1996 Big 12 Championship Game

1996 Big 12 Conference football standings
	Northern Division
	Southern Division
	Championship: Texas 37, Nebraska 27
	x – Division champion/co-champions; $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion; % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative; Rankings from AP Poll

1996 Big 12 Championship Game
1996 Big 12 Championship Game
Inaugural Big 12 Championship Game
Nebraska Cornhuskers	Texas Longhorns
(10–1)	(7–4)
27	37
Head coach: ; Tom Osborne	Head coach: ; John Mackovic
AP	Coaches
3	3
Date	December 7, 1996
Season	1996
Stadium	Trans World Dome
Location	St. Louis, Missouri
MVP	DeAngelo Evans (RB, Nebraska)
Attendance	63,109
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Announcers	Brent Musburger and Dick Vermeil
Big 12 Championship Game
	1997 >

The 1996 Big 12 Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 7, 1996, at Trans World Dome in St. Louis. This was the 1st Big 12 Championship Game and determined the 1996 champion of the Big 12 Conference.^[2] The game featured the Nebraska Cornhuskers, champions of the North division, and the Texas Longhorns, champions of the South division.

Teams[]

Nebraska[]

Texas[]

Game summary[]

1996 Big 12 Championship Game

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 3 Nebraska	7	10	7	3	27
Texas	7	13	3	14	37

at The Dome at America's Center • St. Louis, Missouri

Date: December 7, 1996
Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger and Dick Vermeil
Big 12 game summary

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics[]

Statistics	NEB	TEX
First downs	26	22
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession	39:35	20:25

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Nebraska	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Texas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

References[]

^ "Texas's Gutsy Play Ends Title Hopes for Nebraska". New York Times. 8 December 1996.
^ "All-Time Big 12 Championships". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

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[1] "Texas's Gutsy Play Ends Title Hopes for Nebraska". New York Times. 8 December 1996.

[2] "All-Time Big 12 Championships". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

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