1996 Sonoma State Cossacks football team
| 1996 Sonoma State Cossacks football | |
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| Conference | Northern California Athletic Conference |
| Record | 2–8 (2–2 NCAC) |
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| Home stadium | Cossacks Stadium |
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| Chico State $ | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sonoma State | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Humboldt State | 1 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1996 Sonoma State Cossacks football team represented Sonoma State University as a member of the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) during the 1996 NCAA Division II football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Frank Scalercio, Sonoma State compiled an overall record of 2–8 with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, placing second in the NCAC. The team was outscored by its opponents 280 to 134 for the season. The average score in the eight losses was 44–7. The Cossacks played home games at Cossacks Stadium[note 1] in Rohnert Park, California.
1996 was the last year Sonoma State played intercollegiate football. On December 9, the school announced it was dropping the football program citing budget constraints.[1] Scalercio finished his tenure at Sonoma State with an overall record of 7–30–1, for a winning percentage of .197.
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 7 | Western Montana* |
| L 17–34 | 1,362 | |
| September 14 | at Portland State* | L 7–25 | 7,043 | [2] | |
| September 21 | Saint Mary's* |
| L 14–28 | 1,172 | |
| September 28 | La Verne* |
| L 23–33 | 734 | |
| October 12 | at Humboldt State | W 24–10 | 2,642 | [3] | |
| October 19 | at Chapman* |
| L 7–48 | 3,358 | |
| October 26 | Humboldt State |
| L 6–21 | 1,196 | [4] |
| November 2 | Chico State |
| W 9–7 | 567 | |
| November 9 | No. 17 UC Davis* |
| L 7–49 | 1,205 | |
| November 16 | at Chico State |
| L 20–25 | 787 | |
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Notes[edit]
- ^ Cossacks Stadium was renamed in 2002 to Seawolf Stadium when the University changed the name of the mascot to Seawolves.
References[edit]
- ^ "Sonoma State Drops Football". San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. December 10, 1996. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
- ^ "Cossacks succumb, 25–7". The Press Democrat. September 15, 1996. Retrieved October 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cossacks grab first victory in two years". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. October 13, 1996. p. 30. Retrieved March 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ralph Leef (October 27, 1996). "Battered SSU loses, but not ready to quit". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. p. 29. Retrieved March 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Final 1996 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
- ^ "1996 - Sonoma St. (CA)". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
