1996 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team

1996 South Carolina State Bulldogs football
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record4–6 (4–3 MEAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumOliver C. Dawson Stadium
1996 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 12 Florida A&M $^   7 – 0     9 – 3  
No. 20 Howard   6 – 1     10 – 2  
North Carolina A&T   4 – 3     8 – 3  
  4 – 3     4 – 6  
Hampton   3 – 4     5 – 6  
Morgan State   2 – 5     4 – 7  
Delaware State   2 – 5     3 – 8  
Bethune–Cookman   0 – 7     2 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1996 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represented South Carolina State University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 14th-year head coach Willie Jeffries, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 4–6, with a mark of 4–3 in conference play, and finished tied for third in the MEAC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 31No. 18 Georgia Southern*
L 14–219,526[1]
September 7at Charleston Southern*
Canceled[A 1] [2]
September 14at No. 21 Furman*
L 13–2712,225[3]
September 28Johnson C. Smith*
  • Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
  • Orangeburg, SC
L 21–38[4]
October 5Morgan State
  • Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
  • Orangeburg, SC
W 27–205,789[5]
October 19Bethune–Cookman
  • Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
  • Orangeburg, SC
W 20–1819,648[6]
October 26Hampton
  • Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
  • Orangeburg, SC
L 14–204,787[7]
November 2at Delaware State
W 34–14[8]
November 9Howard
  • Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
  • Orangeburg, SC
L 3–235,561[9]
November 16vs. No. 16 Florida A&M
L 6–2024,800[10]
November 23vs. North Carolina A&T
W 35–021,282[11]

Notes

  1. ^ The game against Charleston Southern scheduled for September 7 was canceled due to the impacts of Hurricane Fran.

References

  1. ^ "S.C. State comes up short to Southern". The Greenville News. September 1, 1996. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "SCSU/Charleston Southern game canceled". The Times and Democrat. September 7, 1996. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Paladins, Crosby run over SCSU". The Times and Democrat. September 15, 1996. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Smith tops S.C. State for first time since '61". The Charlotte Observer. September 29, 1996. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Big-play Bynum lifts Bulldogs". The State. October 6, 1996. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "SCSU goes to 2–0 in MEAC". The Times and Democrat. October 20, 1996. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Turnovers costly in S.C. State loss". The Greenville News. October 27, 1996. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Bynum garners 266 yards as Jeffries gets 100th win". The Times and Democrat. November 3, 1996. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Bulldogs fall to Howard". The Times and Democrat. November 10, 1996. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Sampson lifts Florida A&M". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. November 17, 1996. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Bulldogs rough up Aggies". The Charlotte Observer. November 24, 1996. Retrieved August 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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