From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1996 LSU Tigers football team
1996 LSU Tigers football team
1996 LSU Tigers football Championship: Florida 45, Alabama 30
SEC Western Division Champions † – Conference champion
x – Division champion/co-champions
Bowl,
Chick-fil-A Bowl, W 10–7 vs. Clemson Tigers y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll
Conference Southeastern Conference Western
Division
The 1996 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana
Ranking
State University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football
Coaches #13 season. LSU finished with a 10–2 overall record (6–2 in
SEC play) after defeating Clemson Tigers, 10–7, in the
AP #12
Peach Bowl. It was Gerry DiNardo’s second season as head
1996 record 10–2 (6–2 SEC) coach and the Tigers built upon the previous year’s suc-
Head coach Gerry DiNardo cess with their first ten-win season and bowl win since
1987. The Tigers tied for the SEC West title with Alabama,
Home stadium Tiger Stadium but had lost to the Tide 26–0 in Baton Rouge in a game
Seasons that was notable for being Shaun Alexander’s breakout
« 1995 1997 »
performance.
1996 SEC football standings
Schedule
Conf Overall
Team W L W L
References
Eastern Division
#1 Florida 8 – 0 12 – 1
x†
#9 7 – 1 10 – 2
Tennessee
South 4 – 4 6 – 5
Carolina
Georgia 3 – 5 5 – 6
Kentucky 3 – 5 4 – 7
Vanderbilt 0 – 8 2 – 9
Western Division
#11 6 – 2 10 – 3
Alabama
xy
#12 LSU x 6 – 2 10 – 2
#24 4 – 4 8 – 4
Auburn
Mississippi 3 – 5 5 – 6
State
Ole Miss 2 – 6 5 – 6
Arkansas 2 – 6 4 – 7
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1996 LSU Tigers football team
Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 7:00 PM Houston* #17 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 35-34 80,303
7
September 6:30 PM at #14 Auburn #21 Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL ESPN W 19-15 85,214
21
September 7:00 PM New Mexico #17 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 63-7 77,676
28 State
October 5 7:00 PM Vanderbilt #14 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 35-0 80,142
October 12 11:00 at #1 Florida #12 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, CBS L 13-56 85,567
AM FL
October 19 7:00 PM Kentucky #17 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 41-14 79,660
October 26 11:30 Mississippi State #13 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA JP W 28-20 79,594
AM Sports
November 6:30 PM #10 Alabama #11 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA ESPN L 26-0 80,290
9
November 2:00 PM at Mississippi #17 Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Ox- W 39-7 44,436
16 ford, MS
November 7:00 PM Tulane* #18 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 35-17 78,966
23
November 1:30 PM at Arkansas #19 War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, CBS W 17-7 22,329
29 AR
December 8:00 PM vs. Clemson* #17 Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA (Peach ESPN W 10-7 63,622
28 Bowl)
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time Zone.
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