1996 Sonoma State Cossacks football team
| 1996 Sonoma State Cossacks football | |
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| Conference | Northern California Athletic Conference |
| 1996 record | 2–8 (2–2 NCAC) |
| Head coach | Frank Scalercio (4th season) |
| Home stadium | Cossacks Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chico State $ | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sonoma State | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Humboldt State | 1 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1996 Sonoma State Cossacks football team represented Sonoma State University during the 1996 NCAA Division II football season. Sonoma State competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference in 1996.
The 1996 Cossacks were led by fourth-year head coach Frank Scalercio. They played home games at Cossacks Stadium in Rohnert Park, California. Sonoma State finished the season with a record of two wins and eight losses (2–8, 2–2 NCAC). The Cossacks were outscored by their opponents 134–280 for the season. This was the last season with Coach Scalercio at the helm. In his four years, the Cossacks compiled a record of 7–30–1, a winning percentage of .197.
1996 was the last year Sonoma State played intercollegiate football. On December 9, 1996, the school announced it was dropping the football program citing budget constraints.
No Sonoma State players were selected in the 1997 NFL Draft.
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