1996 Baylor Bears football team

1996 Baylor Bears football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South Division
1996 record	4–7 (1–7 Big 12)
Head coach	Chuck Reedy (4th season)
Home stadium	Floyd Casey Stadium (Capacity: 50,000)
Seasons

1996 Big 12 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North
#6 Nebraska ‡		8	–	0					11	–	2
#8 Colorado		7	–	1					11	–	2
#17 Kansas State		6	–	2					9	–	3
Missouri		3	–	5					5	–	6
Kansas		2	–	6					4	–	7
Iowa State		1	–	7					2	–	9
South
#23 Texas †		6	–	2					8	–	5
Texas Tech		5	–	3					6	–	5
Texas A&M		4	–	4					6	–	6
Oklahoma		3	–	5					3	–	8
Oklahoma State		2	–	6					5	–	6
Baylor		1	–	7					4	–	7
Championship: Texas 37, Nebraska 27
*† – Bowl Alliance representative as champion ‡ – Bowl Alliance at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Baylor Bears football team (variously "Baylor", "BU", or the "Bears") represented Baylor University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They played their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas. They were coached by head coach Chuck Reedy, who was fired following the conclusion of the season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	7:00 PM	at Louisiana Tech*	Independence Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana		W 24–16	29,469
September 14	2:00 PM	at Louisville*	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky	FSN	W 14–13	38,756
September 21	2:30 PM	Oregon State*	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, Texas	ABC	W 42–10	42,327
October 5	6:30 PM	at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, Texas		L 24–45	50,594
October 12	1:00 PM	at No. 5 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska		L 0–49	75,478
October 19	6:00 PM	Oklahoma	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, Texas		L 24–28	35,712
October 26	1:00 PM	Iowa State	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, Texas		W 49–21	35,114
November 2	2:30 PM	at Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas	ABC	L 23–28	75,482
November 9	2:30 PM	Texas A&M	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, Texas (Battle of the Brazos)	ABC	L 7–24	45,112
November 16	1:00 PM	Missouri	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, Texas		L 42–49 3OT	22,705
November 23	2:00 PM	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma		L 17–37	21,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

1996 Baylor Bears football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense 18 Brandon Dennard SE 6-1 170 Fr. Duncanville, Texas 80 Bradley Domel TE 6-4 221 Jr. Needville, Texas 53 Danny Fletcher C 6-4 253 Jr Pos. # Name Class T 79 Davis, DavidDavid Davis 7.0 !Sr RB 22 Douglas, JerodJerod Douglas 5.0 !Jr OT 78 Draper, CurtisCurtis Draper 7.0 !Sr	Defense 91 James Calvin NT 6-1 287 Fr. Keller, Texas 83 Chad Chmelar TE 6-4 228 So. Caldwell, Texas 51 Eric Clay LB 6-2 240 Fr. Houston, Texas 7 Nikia Codie FS 6-3 196 So 96 Sheldon Mallory DE 6-3 274 Jr. Amarillo, Texas 3 Robert Mason LB 6-1 222 Sr. Houston, Texas 83 Justin Snow DE 6-3 242 Fr Pos. # Name Class CB 5 McCullough, GeorgeGeorge McCullough 7.0 !Sr FS 14 Smith, RodneyRodney Smith 1.0 !Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class C, LB 40 Littleton, JodyJody Littleton 5.0 !Jr	Head coach Chuck Reedy Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 1996-12-25