1996 Indiana State Sycamores football team
American college football season
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The 1996 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 17th-year coach Dennis Raetz, the Sycamores compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, and finished tied for second in the Gateway. Indiana State played home games at Memorial Stadium in Terre Haute, Indiana.
ConferenceGateway Football Conference
Record6–5 (3–2 Gateway)
Headcoach
- Dennis Raetz (17th season)
HomestadiumMemorial Stadium
| 1996 Indiana State Sycamores football | |
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| Conference | Gateway Football Conference |
| Record | 6–5 (3–2 Gateway) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Northern Iowa $^ | 5 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Western Illinois ^ | 3 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 Southwest Missouri State | 3 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 3 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 1 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State | 0 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| August 29 | Mars Hill* | W 48–0 | [1] | |||
| September 7 | at No. 21 (I-A) Kansas State* | L 3–59 | 40,724 | [2] | ||
| September 14 | at No. 17 Eastern Illinois* | L 16–35 | [3] | |||
| September 21 | Saint Joseph's (IN)* |
| W 47–14 | [4] | ||
| September 28 | at Liberty* | W 34–10 | [5] | |||
| October 5 | at No. 22 Western Illinois | W 10–7 | [6] | |||
| October 12 | at Southern Illinois | W 24–13 | 10,300 | [7] | ||
| October 19 | Illinois State | No. 23 |
| W 23–7 | 7,049 | [8] |
| October 26 | at Western Kentucky* | No. 21 | L 20–27 | 8,200 | [9] | |
| November 9 | No. 3 Northern Iowa | No. 21 |
| L 19–34 | [10] | |
| November 16 | No. 20 Southwest Missouri State |
| L 12–27 | [11] | ||
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