1996 NAIA Division I football season

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1996 NAIA Division I football season
Regular season	August–November 1996
Postseason	November 23–December 7, 1996
National Championship	Milam Stadium Weatherford, OK
Champions	Southwestern Oklahoma State
← 1995 NAIA Division I football season 1997 →

The 1996 NAIA Division I football season was the NAIA, was the 27th (and final) season of play of the NAIA's top division for football. The NAIA reverted to a single division for its football championship in 1997.

The regular season was played from August to November 1996. The 1996 NAIA Division I Football Championship Series then concluded with the 1996 NAIA Champion Bowl, played that year on December 7, 1996 at Milam Stadium in Weatherford, Oklahoma.^[1]^[2]

Southwestern Oklahoma State defeated Montana Tech in the Champion Bowl, 33–31, to win their first NAIA national title.^[3]

Conference standings

1996 Frontier Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Montana Tech $^	4	–	2	7	–	5
No. 4 Carroll (MT) ^	3	–	3	6	–	4
Rocky Mountain	3	–	3	6	–	4
Western Montana	2	–	4	3	–	6

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1996 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 SW Oklahoma State +^	4	–	1	9	–	3
No. 3 NW Oklahoma State +^	4	–	1	8	–	3
Langston	3	–	2	6	–	4
No. 5 SE Oklahoma State	3	–	2	6	–	4
East Central	1	–	4	3	–	7
Panhandle State	0	–	5	0	–	10
Northeastern State *	0	–	0	3	–	8

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant * – ineligible for conference title Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

1996 NAIA Division I independents football records
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Team	W		L	W		L
Harding		–		6	–	4
Central State (OH)		–		4	–	4
Arkansas–Pine Bluff		–		5	–	5
Ouachita Baptist		–		3	–	7

Conference champions

Conference	Champion	Record
Frontier	Montana Tech	4–2

Rankings

Final NAIA Division I poll rankings:

Rank	Team (first place votes)	Record (thru Nov. 17)	Points
1	Southwestern Oklahoma State (2)	7–3	10
2	Montana Tech	6–4	8
3	Northwestern Oklahoma State	8–2	6
4	Carroll (MT)	6–3	4
5	SE Oklahoma State	6–4	2

^[4]

Postseason

1996 NAIA Division I Football Championship

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Montana Tech	10	7	7	7	31
Southwestern Oklahoma State	0	23	7	3	33

Stadium

Milam Stadium

City

Weatherford, Oklahoma

MOP (Offense)

Keith Kizzie, Southwestern Oklahoma State

MOP (Defense)

Mark Patterson, Southwestern Oklahoma State

NAIA Football National Championship
< 1995	1997 >

Bracket

Semifinals November 23		Championship Game December 7

Carroll (MT)	28

Montana Tech	49
		Montana Tech	31

		SW Oklahoma State	33
NW Oklahoma State	7

SW Oklahoma State	17

References

^ "NAIA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
^ "1996 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
^ "NAIA Division I poll". Billings Gazette. Billings, Montana. Associated Press. November 18, 1996. p. 3B. Retrieved May 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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Seasons

1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970–1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Division I	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Division II	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
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Championships

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