1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1996 NCAA Division I-AA season
Regular season
Number of teams117
DurationAugust–November
Payton AwardArchie Amerson (RB, Northern Arizona)
Buchanan AwardDexter Coakley (LB, Appalachian State)
Playoff
DurationNovember 30–December 21
Championship dateDecember 21, 1996
Championship siteMarshall University Stadium
Huntington, West Virginia
ChampionMarshall
NCAA Division I-AA football seasons

The 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1996, and concluded with the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 21, 1996, at Marshall University Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. The Marshall Thundering Herd won their second I-AA championship, defeating the defending national champion Montana Grizzlies by a score of 49–29.[1]

  1. ^ "1996 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved December 29, 2013.