1996 Georgia Southern Eagles football team
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.
| 1996 Georgia Southern Eagles football | |
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| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Record | 4–7 (2–6 SoCon) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Daryl Dickey (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Tommy Spangler (7th season) |
| Home stadium | Paulson Stadium (capacity: 18,000) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| August 31 | at South Carolina State* | No. 18 | W 21–14 | 9,526 | ||||
| September 7 | at No. 4 (I-A) Florida* | No. 14 | SS | L 14–62 | 84,962 | |||
| September 21 | 3:30 pm | No. 1 Marshall | No. 13 | WSAZ | L 13–29 | 13,977 | ||
| September 28 | at Chattanooga | No. 23 | L 21–23 | 6,324 | ||||
| October 5 | VMI | No. 25 |
| W 20–17 | 12,041 | [1] | ||
| October 12 | at Western Carolina | W 38–28 | 7,678 | |||||
| October 19 | Appalachian State |
| L 28–35 | 11,074 | [2] | |||
| October 26 | at The Citadel | L 20–35 | 9,427 | |||||
| November 2 | No. 9 East Tennessee State |
| L 14–17 | 12,611 | ||||
| November 9 | at Furman | L 14–21 | 11,616 | [3] | ||||
| November 16 | Liberty* |
| W 45–14 | 10,959 | ||||
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References
- "Georgia Southern 20, VMI 17". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 6, 1996. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- "QB swap stops Ga. Southern". The Atlanta Constitution. October 20, 1996. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "QB's record day carries Furman". The State. November 10, 1996. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- "1996 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
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