1996 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

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1996 Georgia Southern Eagles football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1996 record4–7 (2–6 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDaryl Dickey (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorTommy Spangler (7th season)
Home stadiumPaulson Stadium
(capacity: 18,000)
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
1996 Southern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Marshall $^   8 – 0     15 – 0  
No. T–8 East Tennessee State ^   7 – 1     10 – 3  
No. 13 Furman ^   6 – 2     9 – 4  
No. 25 Appalachian State   5 – 3     7 – 4  
The Citadel   3 – 5     4 – 7  
Georgia Southern   2 – 6     4 – 7  
VMI   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Chattanooga   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Western Carolina   1 – 7     4 – 7  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1996 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented Georgia Southern University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Frank Ellwood in his first and only season as head coach, the Eagles compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a conference mark of 2–6, tying for sixth place in the SoCon. Georgia Southern played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 31at South Carolina State*No. 18
W 21–149,526
September 7at No. 4 (I-A) Florida*No. 14
SSL 14–6284,962
September 213:30 pmNo. 1 MarshallNo. 13
WSAZL 13–2913,977
September 28at ChattanoogaNo. 23
L 21–236,324
October 5VMINo. 25
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 20–1712,041
October 12at Western Carolina
W 38–287,678
October 19Appalachian State
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA (rivalry)
L 28–3511,074[1]
October 26at The Citadel
L 20–359,427
November 2No. 9 East Tennessee State
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
L 14–1712,611
November 9at Furman
L 14–2111,616
November 16Liberty*
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 45–1410,959
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References[]

  1. ^ "QB swap stops Ga. Southern". The Atlanta Constitution. October 20, 1996. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "1996 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
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