1996 North Dakota State Bison football team

1996 North Dakota State Bison football
1996 North Dakota State Bison football
Conference	North Central Conference
Record	6–4 (5–4 NCC)
Head coach	Rocky Hager (10th season);
Home stadium	Fargodome
	Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

The 1996 North Dakota State Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota State University during the 1996 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the North Central Conference. In their tenth year under head coach Rocky Hager, the team compiled a 6–4 record.

1996 North Central Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. T–4 Nebraska–Omaha $^	8	–	1	10	–	2
No. 15 Northern Colorado ^	6	–	3	12	–	3
No. 19 North Dakota	6	–	3	7	–	3
South Dakota State	6	–	3	7	–	4
North Dakota State	5	–	4	6	–	4
South Dakota	4	–	5	6	–	5
Mankato State	4	–	5	5	–	6
St. Cloud State	4	–	5	5	–	6
Augustana (SD)	2	–	7	3	–	8
Morningside	0	–	9	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	No. 3 Texas A&M–Kingsville*	No. 5	Fargodome Fargo, ND	W 20–10	16,487	^[1]
September 21	St. Cloud State	No. 2	Fargodome Fargo, ND	W 34–0	17,002	^[2]
September 28	Nebraska–Omaha	No. 1	Fargodome Fargo, ND	L 21–24	12,784	^[3]
October 5	at Augustana (SD)	No. 13	Howard Wood Field Sioux Falls, SD	L 25–34	4,725	^[4]
October 12	at No. 19 Northern Colorado		Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	L 36–38	4,521	^[5]
October 19	No. 14 South Dakota State		Fargodome Fargo, ND (rivalry)	W 31–7	11,635	^[6]
October 26	Mankato State		Fargodome Fargo, ND	W 48–27	12,064	^[7]
November 2	at No. 11 South Dakota		DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	W 59–20	5,823	^[8]
November 9	North Dakota		Fargodome Fargo, ND (Nickel Trophy)	L 19–33	18,600	^[9]
November 16	at Morningside		Elwood Olsen Stadium Sioux City, IA	W 20–6	976	^[10]
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

^ "North Dakota State option confounds Javelinas, 20–10". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. September 8, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Huskies flattened by Bison". St. Cloud Times. September 22, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Omaha shocks Bison". The Bismarck Tribune. September 29, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Vikings' day in the sun". Argus-Leader. October 6, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Northern Colorado 38, North Dakota State 36". The Daily Sentinel. October 13, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Favored Jacks fall to Bison". Argus-Leader. October 20, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Feeney scores 5 touchdowns". The Bismarck Tribune. October 27, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "North Dakota St. humbles USD in showdown 59–20". Sioux City Journal. November 3, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sioux-periority against Bison". The Bismarck Tribune. November 10, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bison hand Morningside 20–6 setback". Sioux City Journal. November 17, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Final 1996 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 8, 2022.

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