1996 Maine Black Bears football team

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1996 Maine Black Bears football
ConferenceYankee Conference
1996 record7–4 (5–3 Yankee)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Joe Gilbert (1st (3rd overall) season)
Captains
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
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

The 1996 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by forth-year head coach Jack Cosgrove and finished the season with record of 7–4 and a 5–3 mark in the Yankee Conference.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 29at Northeastern
L 21–22
September 7at Fordham*
W 24–133,725[1]
September 14Boston University
W 45–8
September 21Rhode Island
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Orono, ME
W 58–19
September 28Delaware
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Orono, ME
L 17–27
October 5at James Madison
L 7–31
October 12at Connecticut
W 17–16
October 19New Hampshire
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Orono, ME
W 34–20
November 212:30 p.m.at UMass
W 22–146,251
November 9at Hofstra*
W 9–7
November 161:30 p.m.Buffalo*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Orono, ME
L 31–353,107

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Roster[]

1996 Maine Black Bears football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 85 Brad Bolduc So
C 68 Billy Cole So
QB 11 Mickey Fein So
OT 70 Mike Flynn Sr
WR 1 Drew O'Connor Jr
WR 7 John Tennett Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
SS 16 Mike Long Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1996-12-25

Team players in the NFL[]

No Maine players were selected in the 1997 NFL Draft.

The following finished their college career in 1996, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

Player Position First NFL team
Mike Flynn Tackle Baltimore Ravens

References[]

  1. ^ McEvoy, Pat (September 9, 1996). "Wright, Fein Spark UMaine". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Scoreboard: I-AA". The Miami Herald. Miami, Fla. September 8, 1996. p. 11D.
  2. ^ "Game by Game Results : 1995-1999". Cfbdatawarehose.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "2018 Maine Black Bears Football Media Guide" (PDF). umaine.edu. University of Maine. 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
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