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1996 NCAA Division I AA football season

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Duration
  
August – November 1996

Duration
  
November 30 – December 21, 1996

Championship site
  
Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Huntington, WV

Champion
  
Marshall Thundering Herd

Payton Award
  
Archie Amerson – RB (Northern Arizona)

Buchanan Award
  
Dexter Coakley – LB (Appalachian State)

The 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level, began in August 1996, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 21, 1996, at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. The Marshall Thundering Herd won their second I-AA championship, defeating the defending national champion Montana Grizzlies by a final score of 49−29

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Conference changes and new programs

  • The American West Conference disbanded following the 1995 season and its four remaining members either became independents (Cal Poly, Sacramento State, and Southern Utah) or joined the Big Sky (Cal State Northridge).
  • Prior to the season, the Northeast Conference, a preexisting Division I conference, announced it would add a football for its five members that sponsored the sport.

    • NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

    * Denotes host institution

    References

    1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season Wikipedia
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