1996 Nicholls State Colonels football team
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| 1996 Nicholls State Colonels football | |
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| Conference | Southland Conference |
| 1996 record | 8–4 (4–2 Southland) |
| Head coach | Darren Barbier (2nd year) |
| Home stadium | John L. Guidry Stadium (Capacity: 12,800) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #4 Troy State $^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #15 Nicholls State ^ | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #21 Stephen F. Austin | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Houston State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwest Texas State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1996 Nicholls State Colonels football team represented Nicholls State University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Colonels were led by second year head coach Darren Barbier. They played their home games at John L. Guidry Stadium and were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 8–4, 4–2 in Southland play to finish in second place.
Previous season
The Colonels finished the season 0–11, 0–5 in Southland play to finish in sixth place.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | |||
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| August 29 | at Northeast Louisiana* | Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA | L 12–14 | ||||||
| September 14 | Jacksonville State* | John L. Guidry Stadium • Thibodaux, LA | W 21–8 | ||||||
| September 21 | at Troy State | Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL | L 7–37 | ||||||
| October 5 | at Samford* | Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL | W 10–3 | ||||||
| October 12 | Northwestern State | John L. Guidry Stadium • Thibodaux, LA (NSU Challenge) | W 19–7 | ||||||
| October 19 | Stephen F. Austin | John L. Guidry Stadium • Thibodaux, LA | L 11–27 | ||||||
| October 26 | at Southwest Texas State | Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX (Rivalry) | W 46–36 | ||||||
| November 2 | Southern* | John L. Guidry Stadium • Thibodaux, LA | W 14–0 | ||||||
| November 9 | Sam Houston State | John L. Guidry Stadium • Thibodaux, LA | W 20–10 | ||||||
| November 16 | Harding* | John L. Guidry Stadium • Thibodaux, LA | W 29–19 | ||||||
| November 23 | at McNeese State | Cowboy Stadium • Lake Charles, LA | W 17–16 | ||||||
| November 30 | Montana | Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (Division I-AA Playoffs First Round) | L 3–48 | ||||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. |
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