1996 Robert Morris Colonials football team
American college football season
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The 1996 Robert Morris Colonials football team represented Robert Morris College, now Robert Morris University, as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Colonials were led by 3rd-year head coach Joe Walton and played their home games at Moon Stadium on the campus of Moon Area High School. The Colonials finished the 1996 season with a share of the NEC championship in their first year in the conference, and an ECAC Bowl victory in only the third year of the program's existence.
ConferenceNortheast Conference
Record9–2 (3–1 NEC)
Headcoach
- Joe Walton (3rd season)
DefensivecoordinatorDan Radakovich (2nd season)
| 1996 Robert Morris Colonials football | |
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NEC co-champion ECAC Bowl champion | |
| Conference | Northeast Conference |
| Record | 9–2 (3–1 NEC) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Dan Radakovich (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Moon Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Morris + | 3 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monmouth + | 3 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Connecticut State | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wagner | 2 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Francis (PA) | 0 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 7 | at Mercyhurst* |
| W 20–0 | 1,850 | |||
| September 14 | Butler* | W 38–0 | 2,116 | ||||
| September 21 | Towson State* |
| W 7–0 | 3,756 | |||
| September 28 | at Central Connecticut State | W 35–13 | 1,875 | ||||
| October 5 | Gannon* |
| W 40–7 | 2,944 | |||
| October 12 | at Dayton* | L 21–31 | 7,364 | [1] | |||
| October 26 | Monmouth |
| W 43–6 | 2,681 | |||
| November 2 | at Wagner | L 35–38 | 551 | ||||
| November 9 | at Saint Francis | W 16–15 | 475 | ||||
| November 16 | C.W. Post* |
| W 35–6 | 964 | |||
| November 23 | at Duquesne* | W 28–26 | 4,321 | ||||
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