1996 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

1996 Yankee Conference football standings
	New England
	Mid-Atlantic
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from The Sports Network poll

1996 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
1996 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
NCAA I–AA First Round @ Marshall, L 14–59
Conference	Yankee Conference
	Mid–Atlantic
1996 record	8–4 (6–2 Yankee)
Head coach	Tubby Raymond (31st season);
Offensive coordinator	Ted Kempski (29th season)
Offensive scheme	Delaware Wing-T
Defensive coordinator	Bob Sabol (6th season)
Home stadium	Delaware Stadium; (Capacity: 22,000)
	Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

The 1996 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	Lehigh*	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware	W 49–7
September 14	at Villanova	Villanova Stadium Villanova, Pennsylvania (Battle of the Blue)	L 0–27
September 21	West Chester*	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware	W 24–17
September 28	at Maine	Alumni Stadium Orono, Maine	W 27–17
October 5	Boston University	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware	W 50–16
October 12	at Richmond	University of Richmond Stadium Richmond, Virginia	W 14–7	7,814	^[1]
October 19	Northeastern	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware	W 24–14
October 26	James Madison	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware (Rivalry)	W 27–13
November 2	at William & Mary	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, Virginia (Rivalry)	L 7–10 ^OT	8,117
November 9	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland	L 14–30
November 16	Rhode Island	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware	W 43–27
November 30	at Marshall*	Marshall University Stadium Huntington, West Virginia (NCAA I–AA First Round)	L 14–59	15,429
*Non-conference game

^ "Delaware 14, Richmond 7". The News Journal. October 13, 1996. p. E4 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1996 Schedule". UD Athletics. Retrieved 5 January 2015.

v t Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Venues	Frazer Field (1913–1946) Wilmington Park (1940–1952) Delaware Stadium (1952–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games 1974 Grantland Rice Bowl Route 1 Rivalry (Delaware State) James Madison Lehigh Battle of the Blue (Villanova) West Chester William & Mary
Culture & lore	YoUDee "The Delaware Fight Song" Marching Band Winged football helmet
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

1996 Yankee Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
New England
No. 18 New Hampshire x		6	–	2		8	–	3
Maine		5	–	3		7	–	4
UMass		4	–	4		6	–	5
Connecticut		3	–	5		4	–	6
Rhode Island		2	–	6		4	–	6
Boston University		0	–	8		1	–	10
Mid-Atlantic
No. 7 William & Mary x$^		7	–	1		10	–	3
No. 14 Villanova ^		6	–	2		8	–	4
No. 11 Delaware ^		6	–	2		8	–	4
No. 23 James Madison		5	–	3		7	–	4
Northeastern		3	–	5		6	–	5
Richmond		1	–	7		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

v t 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants
Delaware East Tennessee State Eastern Illinois Florida A&M Furman Jackson State Marshall Montana Murray State Nicholls State Northern Arizona Northern Iowa Troy State Villanova Western Illinois William & Mary
Champion – Marshall Thundering Herd