1996 Florida Gators football team

1996 Florida Gators football
Consensus National Champions Sugar Bowl Champions SEC Champions SEC Eastern Division Champions
SEC Championship Game, W 45–30 vs. Alabama
Sugar Bowl, W 52–20 vs. Florida State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
1996 record	12–1 (8–0 1st SEC)
Head coach	Steve Spurrier
Offensive coordinator	Steve Spurrier
Offensive scheme	Pro-set, multiple
Defensive coordinator	Bob Stoops
Base defense	4-3
Home stadium	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
Seasons

1996 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
#1 Florida x†		8	–	0					12	–	1
#9 Tennessee		7	–	1					10	–	2
South Carolina		4	–	4					6	–	5
Georgia		3	–	5					5	–	6
Kentucky		3	–	5					4	–	7
Vanderbilt		0	–	8					2	–	9
Western Division
#11 Alabama xy		6	–	2					10	–	3
#12 LSU x		6	–	2					10	–	2
#24 Auburn		4	–	4					8	–	4
Mississippi State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Ole Miss		2	–	6					5	–	6
Arkansas		2	–	6					4	–	7
Championship: Florida 45, Alabama 30
† – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was the team's seventh season under head coach Steve Spurrier. They played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result
8–31–1996*	Southwestern Louisiana	#4	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida		W 55–21
9–7–1996*	Georgia Southern	#4	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida	SS	W 62–14
9–21–1996	#2 Tennessee	#4	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee	CBS	W 35–29
9–28–1996	Kentucky	#1	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida	CBS	W 65–0
10–5–1996	Arkansas	#1	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, Arkansas	JP	W 42–7
10–12–1996	#12 Louisiana State	#1	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida (Homecoming)	CBS	W 56–13
10–19–1996	#16 Auburn	#1	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida	CBS	W 51–10
11–2–1996	Georgia	#1	Alltel Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida	CBS	W 47–7
11–9–1996	Vanderbilt	#1	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee	JP	W 28–21
11–16–1996	South Carolina	#1	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida	ESPN	W 52–25
11–30–1996*	#2 Florida State	#1	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida	ABC	L 21–24
12–7–1996	#11 Alabama	#4	Georgia Dome • Atlanta, Georgia (SEC Championship)	ABC	W 45–30
1–2–1997*	#1 Florida State	#3	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	W 52–20
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Postseason awards and accomplishments

National award winners

• Danny Wuerffel - Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Award, Davey O'Brien Award, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award,

Draddy Trophy, National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar, College Football Association Scholar-Athlete Team

• Jeff Mitchell - Outland Trophy semi-finalist (Interior Lineman)
• Lawrence Wright - Jim Thorpe Award, College Football Association Scholar-Athlete Team

First round draft picks

• Ike Hilliard, 7th pick to New York Giants
• Reidel Anthony, 16th pick to Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Game notes

Southwestern Louisiana

	1	2	3	4	OT
Ragin' Cajuns	0	0	14	7	21
Gators	7	28	7	13	55

Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	OT
Eagles	7	0	7	0	14
Gators	14	21	21	7	63

Tennessee

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Florida 14 21 0 0 35 Tennessee 0 6 10 13 29 Date: September 21 Location: Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN Game attendance: 107,608 Scoring summary 1 12:00 FLA Reidel Anthony 35 yard pass from Danny Wuerffel (Bart Edmiston kick) FLA 7-0 1 10:34 FLA Terry Jackson 10 yard pass from Danny Wuerffel (Bart Edmiston kick) FLA 14-0 2 11:57 FLA Ike Hilliard 5 yard pass from Danny Wuerffel (Bart Edmiston kick) FLA 21-0 2 11:03 FLA Jacquez Green 15 yard pass from Danny Wuerffel (Bart Edmiston kick) FLA 28-0 2 10:06 FLA Anthone Lott 27 yard fumble return (Bart Edmiston kick) FLA 35-0 2 9:47 TEN Peerless Price 72 yard pass from Peyton Manning (two-point conversion failed) FLA 35-6 3 11:14 TEN Jeff Hall 46 yard field goal FLA 35-9 3 2:21 TEN Andy McCullough 24 yard pass from Peyton Manning (Jeff Hall kick) FLA 35-16 4 8:01 TEN Eric Lane 3 yard pass from Peyton Manning (two-point conversion failed) FLA 35-22 4 0:10 TEN Andy McCullough 14 yard pass from Peyton Manning (Jeff Hall kick) FLA 35-29

The game was a showdown between No. 4 Florida and No. 2 Tennessee. Volunteers quarterback Peyton Manning had not beaten the Gators in two previous attempts, and after a second-half meltdown a year earlier in Gainesville, the Volunteers were looking to exact revenge on their SEC East rival in Knoxville. The game featured two of the top quarterbacks in college football, Manning and Florida's Danny Wuerffel. Both teams featured strong aerial attacks, but Florida's Fred Taylor and Tennessee's Jay Graham were among the SEC's best tailbacks. ESPN's College Gameday was on hand to broadcast their pregame show live from Knoxville.

The tone for the game was set on Florida's first drive, as Spurrier spurned the punt team on a 4th and 10 from the UT 35, and Wuerffel connected with Reidel Anthony for a touchdown to put the Gators up 7-0. Teako Brown intercepted Manning on the Volunteers' first drive, and it took Wuerffel only one play to find the end zone again, hitting Terry Jackson from 10 yards out to extend the lead to 14-0. Florida doubled their lead in a 52-second stretch early in the 2nd quarter, as Ike Hilliard and Jacquez Green became the third and fourth different receivers with touchdown receptions on the afternoon, sandwiched around a James Bates interception of Manning. Antone Lott's 27-yard fumble return stretched the lead to 35-0, before Manning finally got the Vols on the scoreboard before halftime on a 72-yard strike to Peerless Price.

With Florida switching to a more conservative offensive game plan in the second half, Manning cut the lead to 35-22 with 8 minutes left with 2 more touchdown tosses, including a second to Price. Andy McCellough's 14-yard reception brought the Vols within 35-29 with 10 seconds to play, but Florida recovered the ensuing onsides kick to hang on for a six-point win on a rainy Knoxville afternoon.

Florida would ride the early-season win over their bitter rival to a 10-0 start and the #1 ranking, before being upset by #2 Florida State in Tallahassee in their regular-season finale. With #2 Arizona State locked into the Rose Bowl, #4 Florida would need a win the following week in the SEC Championship against Alabama and an upset of #3 Nebraska by 21-point underdog Texas to get another shot at the Seminoles in the Sugar Bowl. Fate was with the Gators, as Texas stunned Nebraska 37-27, and Florida won a shootout with the Crimson Tide to earn a rematch with FSU. WIth #4 Ohio State defeating #2 Arizona State in the Rose Bowl a day prior, the Sugar Bowl would decide the national championship, and Florida dominated the rematch to win the school's first national title. Tennessee bounced back to stay in the national title picture at 6-1 before being stunned on the road at Memphis, and finished 10-2, defeating Northwestern in the Citrus Bowl.

Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	OT
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
Gators	21	20	17	7	65

Coming off a big win in Knoxville the week before and being ranked #1 for the first time since 1994, the Gators were looking for somewhat of an easy home game against the Kentucky Wildcats. This would prove true as the Gators scored just 63 seconds into the game with a touchdown pass from Danny Wuerffell to Ike Hilliard. Wuerffell would have 3 touchdown passes in all, but the day belonged to Jaquez Green. In the 3rd quarter, Green took a punt back 66 yards for a touchdown. On Kentucky's next possession, they would punt again and Green, who was still breathing heavy from his first return, weaved his way for another return for a touchdown, this one from 79 yards. In all, the Gators amassed over 300 return yards from punts and kickoffs. In the end the Gators posted their first shutout since a 31-0 drubbing of Tennessee in Knoxville in 1994, with Florida defeating Kentucky 65-0.

Arkansas

	1	2	3	4	OT
Gators	14	0	14	14	42
Razorbacks	7	0	0	0	7

LSU

	1	2	3	4	OT
Tigers	0	6	0	7	13
Gators	14	28	0	14	56

With Florida winning so convincingly all season, the next two weeks might have proved a challenge for the Gators, with #12 LSU and #16 Auburn coming to town. It was business as usual for the Gators. LSU came in undefeated on the campaign and featured an offense that scored 38 points per game. Florida, however, was not thinking upset, as Danny Wuerffell threw three touchdowns, two of them to Ike Hilliard, and ran for another score as the Gators proved to have the better offense. Their defense came to play as well as they forced two turnovers and recorded 7 sacks and held the LSU offense to just 28 rushing yards. In the end, the Gators proved themselves worthy of the #1 ranking as they thumped the Tigers 56-13.

Auburn

	1	2	3	4	OT
Tigers	7	3	0	0	10
Gators	7	14	16	14	51

It was another ranked team and another set of Tigers for Florida. This time, it was 16th ranked Auburn coming to Gainesville. Like the LSU game, the Gators scored quick and often, amassing over 600 yards of offense and holding Auburn to just 173 yards. Danny Wuerffell again threw for 3 touchdowns and ran for another for the red-hot Florida offense. The first half may have been closer than most would have expected, as Auburn kicked a field goal late to trail just 21-10. But that would be it for the Tigers as the Gators reeled off 30 unanswered points en route to a 51-10 win.

Georgia

	1	2	3	4	OT
Bulldogs	0	0	0	7	7
Gators	20	14	0	13	47

1. 1 Florida was coming in looking to win its 7th consecutive game against Georgia in the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. Wuerrfell again would have an outstanding game, bolstering his heisman candidacy, with 279 yards passing and 4 touchdowns. The Gators also amassed over 200 yards rushing. The Gator defense held the Dawgs to just 272 yards and one touchdown on the day. By the end of the day, Alltel Stadium was half teal (teal seats in the stadium) and half orange and blue as the Gators won 47-7. By this point in the season, Florida was bruising their opponents by an average score of 52-12.

Vanderbilt

	1	2	3	4	OT
Gators	7	14	7	0	28
Commodores	3	0	11	7	21

South Carolina

	1	2	3	4	OT
Gamecocks	6	9	7	3	25
Gators	14	14	7	17	52

Florida State

	1	2	3	4	OT
Gators	0	14	0	7	21
Seminoles	17	0	0	7	24

Alabama (SEC Championship Game)

	1	2	3	4	OT
Crimson Tide	7	7	14	2	30
Gators	6	18	14	7	45

Florida State (Sugar Bowl, National Championship Game)

	1	2	3	4	OT
Gators	10	14	14	14	52
Seminoles	3	14	3	0	20

Scores by quarter

	1	2	3	4	OT
Opponents	57	45	66	60	228
Gators	148	220	117	127	612

Personnel

Depth Chart

Offense WR WR Reidel Anthony Jamie Richardson Nafis Karim Travis McGriff LT LG C RG RT Zach Piller Ryan Kalich Jeff Mitchell Donnie Young Mo Collins Donnie Young Deac Story Corey Yarbrough Cheston Blackshear Scott Bryan TE Tremayne Allen Teras Ross Erron Kinney WR Ike Hilliard Jacquez Green QB Danny Wuerffel Brian Schottenheimer Doug Johnson Noah Brindise TB Fred Taylor Elijah Williams Terry Jackson Eugene McCaslin FB Dwayne Mobley Jerome Evans Terry Jackson

Defense CB Fred Weary Shea Showers DE DT DT DE Tim Beauchamp Ed Chester Reggie McGrew Anthony Mitchell Willie Rodgers Keith Council Mike Moten Cameron Davis CB Anthone Lott Tony George Ronnie Battle FS Shea Showers Teako Brown Mike Harris Will LB Middle LB Sam LB Johnny Rutledge James Bates Mike Peterson Keith Kelsey Dwayne Thomas Jevon Kearse SS Lawrence Wright Demetric Jackson

Depth Chart: http://gatorzone.com/football/history.php?his=1996/depth1996.html

Roster

1996 Florida Gators roster
Quarterbacks 7 Danny Wuerffel - Senior 12 Doug Johnson - Freshman 16 Brian Schottenheimer - Senior 17 Noah Brindise - Junior Running Backs 6 Daymon Carroll - Freshman Tailbacks 3 Eugene McCaslin - Freshman 21 Fred Taylor - Junior 22 Terry Jackson - Sophomore 23 Dwayne Mobley - Senior 25 Elijah Williams - Junior Fullbacks 34 Jerome Evans - Senior 35 Ernie Dubose - Junior 36 Jayme Campbell - Freshman 40 Rod Frazier - Freshman Tight Ends 80 Shawn Nunn - Senior 82 Dwight Edge - Freshman 88 Taras Ross - Junior 89 Erron Kinney - Freshman 91 Tremayne Allen - Senior		Wide Receivers 3 Travis McGriff - Sophomore 5 Jacquez Green - Sophomore 8 Nafis Karim - Sophomore 15 Reidel Anthony - Junior 18 Jamie Richardson - Freshman 19 Ike Hilliard - Junior 20 Tyrone Baker - Junior 31 Craig Dudley - Freshman 83 Jason Dean - Senior 84 David Nabavi - Senior 85 Ian Skinner - Freshman Offensive Line 51 Ryan Kalich - Freshman 57 Scott Bryan - Freshman 59 Wyley Ritch - Junior 62 Corey Yarbrough - Freshman 65 Sean Ladd - Sophomore 69 Zach Piller - Sophomore 70 Cooper Carlisle - Freshman 71 Jeff Mitchell - Senior 72 Deac Story - Sophomore 73 Pat Browning - Sophomore 74 Zac Zedalis - Freshman 75 Donnie Young - Senior 77 Cheston Blackshear - Freshman 78 Todd Holland - Junior 79 Mo Collins - Sophomore		Defensive Line 53 Thaddeus Bullard - Freshman 54 Willie Rodgers - Junior 55 Willie Cohens - Sophomore 56 Cameron Davis - Senior 61 Buck Gurley - Freshman 64 Derrick Chambers - Freshman 66 Keith Council - Junior 90 Mike Moten - Junior 92 Reggie McGrew - Freshman 93 Tim Beauchamp - Sophomore 94 Ed Chester - Sophomore 96 Ernie Badeaux - Freshman 98 Anthony Mitchell - Freshman 99 McDonald Ferguson - Senior Linebackers 4 Jevon Kearse - Freshman 22 Terry Jackson - Sophomore 29 Mike Peterson - Sophomore 30 Daryl Owens - Freshman 39 Teddy Sims - Freshman 41 Keith Kelsey - Freshman 44 James Bates - Senior 46 Xavier McCray - Junior 49 Zuri Buchanan - Freshman 50 Kavin Walton - Junior 52 Dwayne Thomas - Junior 58 Johnny Rutledge - Sophomore		Cornerbacks 2 Shea Showers - Senior 9 Anthone Lott - Senior 10 Ronnie Battle - Junior 24 Fred Weary - Junior 28 Dock Pollard - Freshman 48 Cedric Warren - Freshman Defensive Backs 38 Demetrius Lewis - Freshman Safeties 1 Tony George - Sophomore 4 Lawrence Wright - Senior 13 Mike Harris - Junior 26 Jon Xynidis - Junior 27 Demetric Jackson - Senior 33 Teako Brown - Sophomore 37 Reggie Davis - Freshman 47 Rod Graddy - Freshman 38 James Gray - Sophomore Punters 43 Matt Teague - Senior 87 Robby Stevenson - Sophomore Kickers 14 Bart Edmiston - Senior 43 Matt Teague - Senior Long Snappers 76 Mike Younkin - Freshman 68 Scott Wise - Freshman 60 Fred Hagberg - Junior

Coaching staff

• Steve Spurrier (Florida '67)- Head Coach
• Rod Broadway (North Carolina '77) - Defensive Tackles
• Jim Collins (Elon College '74) - Recruiting Coordinator, Will and Mike Linebackers
• Dwayne Dixon (Florida '85) - Assistant Head Coach, Wide Receivers
• Carl Franks (Duke '82) - Assistant Offensive Coordinator, Running Backs
• Lawson Holland (Clemson '76) - Tight Ends
• Bob Sanders (Davidson '76) - Assistant Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Ends
• Jimmy Ray Stephens (Florida '77) - Offensive Line
• Bob Stoops (Iowa '83) - Assistant Head Coach, Defensive Coordinator, Secondary
• Barry Wilson (Georgia '65) - Special Teams Coordinator, Sam Linebackers

Coaching Staff: http://gatorzone.com/football/history.php?his=1996/fastfacts1996.html

Team statistics

UF OPP Scoring 559 201   Points per Game 46.6 16.8 First Downs 303 192   Rushing 118 81   Passing 167 87   Penalty 18 24 Total Offense 6047 3373   Avg per Play 7.1 4.1   Avg per Game 503.9 281.1 Fumbles-Lost 16-7 27-14 Penalties-Yards 125-1095 90-748   Avg per Game 91.3 62.3

UF OPP Punts-Yards 38-1475 86-3477   Avg per Punt 38.8 40.4 Time of Possession/Game 28:42 31:18 3rd Down Conversions 59/145 49/189 4th Down Conversions 12/19 8/23 Touchdowns Scored 76 26 Field Goals-Attempts 10-18 7-11 PAT-Attempts 71-75 20-22 Attendance 512424 281107   Games/Avg per Game 6/85404 4/70277

Scores by quarter

	1	2	3	4	OT
UF	137	207	102	113	559
OPP	47	38	63	53	201

Player statistics

Offense

Rushing

Name	#	GP	Att	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Wiliams, E.	25	12	106	690	19	671	6.3	4	46	55.9
Taylor, F.	21	9	104	650	21	629	6.0	5	30	69.9
Jackson, T.	22	12	79	398	10	388	4.9	8	34	32.3
McCaslin, E.	32	9	41	301	11	290	7.1	4	63	32.2
Baker, T.	20	11	16	80	0	80	5.0	0	18	7.3
Hilliard, I.	19	11	4	33	0	33	8.3	0	13	3.0
Anthony, R.	15	12	4	27	0	27	6.8	0	21	2.3
Green, J.	5	12	6	24	3	21	3.5	1	10	1.8
Mobley, D.	23	12	2	17	0	17	8.5	0	10	1.4
Evans, J.	34	12	2	11	0	11	5.5	0	9	0.9
Dubose, E.	35	12	2	9	0	9	4.5	0	6	0.8
Schottenheimer, B.	16	9	7	10	7	3	0.4	1	3	0.3
Richardson, J.	18	9	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Johnson, D.	12	7	3	2	12	-10	-3.3	0	1	-1.4
Brindise, N.	17	3	1	0	10	-10	-10.0	0	0	-3.3
Wuerffel, D.	7	12	63	126	226	-100	-1.6	2	18	-8.3
Team Total		12	442	2378	338	2040	4.6	25	63	170.0

Passing

Name	#	GP	Effic	Cmp-Atm-Int	Pct	Yds	TD	Lng	Avg/G
Wuerffel, D.	7	12	170.61	360-207-13	57.5	3625	39	85	302.1
Johnson, D.	12	7	99.87	27-12-3	44.4	171	2	27	24.4
Schotetnheimer, B.	16	9	155.22	21-13-0	61.9	194	1	34	21.6
Brindise, N.	5	3	114.27	3-2-0	66.7	17	0	15	5.7
Jackson, T.	22	12	0.00	1-0-0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Total		12	164.37	412-234-16	56.8	4007	42	85	333.9

Receiving

Name	#	GP	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Anthony, R.	15	12	72	1293	18.0	18	56	107.8
Hilliard, I.	19	11	47	900	19.1	10	46	81.8
Green, J.	5	12	33	626	19.0	9	85	52.2
Williams, E.	25	12	14	253	18.1	1	45	21.1
McGriff, T.	3	8	14	167	11.9	0	27	20.9
Jackson, T.	22	12	13	163	12.5	1	43	13.6
Taylor, F.	21	9	8	120	15.0	0	38	13.3
Allen, T.	91	12	7	118	16.9	1	32	9.8
Richardson, J.	18	9	5	75	15.0	1	34	8.3
Ross, T.	88	12	4	93	23.3	1	45	7.8
Mobley, D.	23	12	4	51	12.8	0	19	4.3
Karim, N.	8	9	3	47	15.7	0	27	5.2
McCaslin, E.	3	9	3	40	13.3	1	19	4.4
Kinney, E.	83	11	3	40	13.3	0	15	3.6
Dubose, E.	35	12	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.8
Dean, J.	83	5	1	5	5.0	0	5	1.0
Nabavi, D.	84	9	1	5	5.0	1	5	0.6
Schiralli, N.	81	4	1	2	2.0	0	2	0.5
Total		12	234	4007	17.1	42	85	333.9

Defense

Name	#	GP	Tackles				Sacks	Pass Defense				Fumbles
			Solo	Ast	Total	TFL-Yds	No-Yds	BrUp	QBH	Int.-Yds	TD	Rcv-Yds	FF	Blkd Kick
Bates, J.	44	11	51	74	125	6.0-23	2.0-14	1	6	1-9
Rutledge, J.	58	11	40	59	99	12.0-58	5.0-39		5			1-0	4
Wright, L.	4	11	40	31	71	2.5-15.5	2.5-15.5	3	3			2-12 1TD	1
Showers, S.	2	11	52	16	68	1.0-1		3		1-0			1
Peterson, M.	29	9	27	18	45	3.5-10.5	0.5-1.5	2	3
Lott, A.	9	11	36	8	44	1.0-6	1.0-6	6		2-25		2-26 1TD	1
Kearse, J.	42	10	27	16	43	8.5-38.5	2.5-11.5	2	4				2	1
Chester, E.	94	10	21	20	41	9.0-35	5.0-28		19			1-0	1
McGrew, R.	92	11	23	15	38	3.0-4	1.0-2	1	7			1-0
Weary, F.	24	11	22	10	32			6		5-117	1	1-64 1TD
Harris, M.	13	9	16	14	30			1
Moten, M.	90	11	11	16	27	2.0-7	1.0-5		6
Mitchell, A.	98	10	13	12	25	3.0-14	3.0-14	1	5
Rodgers, W.	54	10	13	9	22	8.0-33.5	4.0-24.5	1	9			1-0	2
Jackson, D.	27	11	13	7	20	1.0-1		4	1	1-0		1-0
Kelsey, K.	41	8	9	10	19	4.0-17	1.0-9		2
Thomas, D.	52	11	12	7	19
Beauchamp, T.	93	10	7	11	18	7.0-43	6.0-40		9			1-6	1
Davis, C.	56	10	6	8	14	9.5-45	5.5-38		7			1-40 1TD	1
Brown, T.	33	6	7	4	11			3		3-73	1
Council, K.	66	10	3	6	9	2.0-9	1.0-7	1	3			1-0
Ferguson, M.	99	8	1	5	6
George, T.	1	11	5	2	7	1.0-7	1.0-7	1	1	1-2
Sims, T.	39	2	1	4	5								1
Owens, D.	30	2	2	1	3			1	1
Cohens, W.	55	3	2		2	1.0-4	1.0-4	2
Jackson, T.	22	11	1	1	2									1
McCray, X.	46	11	2		2
Perry, J.		4	2		2
Walton, K.	50	6		2	2
Badeaux, E.	96	6	1		1
Xynidis, J.	26	10	1		1									1
Battle, R.	10	11						1
Lewis, D.	38	10
Pollard, D.	28	6										1-0
Baker, T.	20	9
Total		11	467	386	853	85-372	43-266	37	93	14-226	2	14-148 4TD	15	3

Defense statistics reflect regular season games only

Special teams

Kicking

Name	#	Punting					Kicking
		No.	Yds	Avg	Long	Blkd	FG	XP
Stevenson, R.	87	35	1475	42.1	64	0
Edmiston, B.	14						9-17	64-66
Cooper, C.	70						1-1	7-9
Total		38	1475	38.8	64	3	10-18	71-75

Returns

Name	#	Punt Returns					Kick Returns
		No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Green, J.	5	25	324	13.0	2	79	10	216	21.6	0	40
Anthony, R.	1	8	90	11.3	0	30	7	113	16.1	0	22
Richardson, J.	18	4	46	11.5	0	20	3	79	26.3	0	28
Hilliard, I.	19	1	10	10.0	0	10	5	144	28.8	0	40
Xynidis, J.	26	1	28	28.0	0	28
Jackson, T.	22	1	25	25.0	0	25	1	15	15.0	0	15
Lott, A.	9	1	0	0.0	0	0
Peterson, M.	29	0	9	0.0	1	9
Dubose, E.	35						2	18	9.0	0	16
Total		41	532	13.0	3	79	28	585	20.9	0	36

External links

• Overall Individual Offensive Statistics http://gatorzone.com/football/history.php?his=1996/indio1996.html
• Overall Team Statistics http://gatorzone.com/football/history.php?his=1996/overteam1996.html
• Overall Defense Statistics http://gatorzone.com/football/history.php?his=1996/defe1996.html