1996 North Dakota State Bison football team

1996 North Dakota State Bison football
1996 North Dakota State Bison football
Conference	North Central Conference
Record	6–4 (5–4 NCC)
Head coach	Rocky Hager (10th season);
Home stadium	Fargodome
	Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

1996 North Central Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
No. T–4 Nebraska–Omaha $^	8	–	1	10	–	2
No. 15 Northern Colorado ^	6	–	3	12	–	3
No. 19 North Dakota	6	–	3	7	–	3
South Dakota State	6	–	3	7	–	4
North Dakota State	5	–	4	6	–	4
South Dakota	4	–	5	6	–	5
Mankato State	4	–	5	5	–	6
St. Cloud State	4	–	5	5	–	6
Augustana (SD)	2	–	7	3	–	8
Morningside	0	–	9	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

The 1996 North Dakota State Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota State University during the 1996 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the North Central Conference. In their tenth year under head coach Rocky Hager, the team compiled a 6–4 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	No. 3 Texas A&M–Kingsville*	No. 5	Fargodome Fargo, ND	W 20–10	16,487	^[1]
September 21	St. Cloud State	No. 2	Fargodome Fargo, ND	W 34–0	17,002	^[2]
September 28	Nebraska–Omaha	No. 1	Fargodome Fargo, ND	L 21–24	12,784	^[3]
October 5	at Augustana (SD)	No. 13	Howard Wood Field Sioux Falls, SD	L 25–34	4,725	^[4]
October 12	at No. 19 Northern Colorado		Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	L 36–38	4,521	^[5]
October 19	No. 14 South Dakota State		Fargodome Fargo, ND (rivalry)	W 31–7	11,635	^[6]
October 26	Mankato State		Fargodome Fargo, ND	W 48–27	12,064	^[7]
November 2	at No. 11 South Dakota		DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	W 59–20	5,823	^[8]
November 9	North Dakota		Fargodome Fargo, ND (Nickel Trophy)	L 19–33	18,600	^[9]
November 16	at Morningside		Elwood Olsen Stadium Sioux City, IA	W 20–6	976	^[10]
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

^ "North Dakota State option confounds Javelinas, 20–10". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. September 8, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Huskies flattened by Bison". St. Cloud Times. September 22, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Omaha shocks Bison". The Bismarck Tribune. September 29, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Vikings' day in the sun". Argus-Leader. October 6, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Northern Colorado 38, North Dakota State 36". The Daily Sentinel. October 13, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Favored Jacks fall to Bison". Argus-Leader. October 20, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Feeney scores 5 touchdowns". The Bismarck Tribune. October 27, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "North Dakota St. humbles USD in showdown 59–20". Sioux City Journal. November 3, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sioux-periority against Bison". The Bismarck Tribune. November 10, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bison hand Morningside 20–6 setback". Sioux City Journal. November 17, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Final 1996 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 8, 2022.

North Dakota State Bison football
Venues	Dacotah Field (1910–1992) Fargodome (1993–present)
Bowls & rivalries	North Dakota: Nickel Trophy South Dakota State: Dakota Marker
Culture & lore	Thundar "On Bison" Gold Star Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 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 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 2025
National championship seasons in bold