The 1996 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation. The team was led by second-year head coach Charlie Weatherbie.[1][2]
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
|---|
| September 7 | at Rutgers | | W 10–6 | |
| September 21 | SMU | | W 19–17 | 26,798 |
| September 28 | at Boston College | | L 38–43 | |
| October 5 | Duke | - Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
- Annapolis, MD
| W 64–27 | 31,365 |
| October 12 | at Air Force | | W 20–17 | |
| October 26 | at Wake Forest | | W 47–18 | 17,307 |
| November 2 | vs. Notre Dame | | L 27–54 | 38,651 |
| November 9 | Delaware | - Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
- Annapolis, MD
| W 30–14 | |
| November 16 | Tulane | - Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
- Annapolis, MD
| W 35–21 | 24,952 |
| November 23 | at Georgia Tech | | W 36–26 | 44,415 |
| December 7 | vs. Army | | L 24–28 | |
| December 25 | vs. California | | W 42–38 | 30,411 |
 Homecoming
|
Roster[]
| 1996 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
|
| Players
|
Coaches
|
Offense
| Pos. |
# |
Name |
Class
|
|
|
|
Butts, LeBronLeBron Butts
|
| QB
|
8
|
Fay, BenBen Fay
|
|
|
|
Heaven, AstorAstor Heaven
|
| QB
|
7
|
McCoy, ChrisChris McCoy
|
5.0 !Jr
|
| RB
|
|
McGrew, PatPat McGrew
|
5.0 !Jr
|
| FB
|
5
|
Nelson, OmarOmar Nelson
|
7.0 !Sr
|
|
|
|
Plaskonos, NealNeal Plaskonos
|
|
|
|
Schemm, CoryCory Schemm
|
| OG
|
66
|
Wahle, MikeMike Wahle
|
3.0 !So
|
| T
|
70
|
Zimmerman, JeffJeff Zimmerman
|
7.0 !Sr
|
|
Defense
| Pos. |
# |
Name |
Class
|
| LB
|
|
Bruce, ClintClint Bruce
|
7.0 !Sr
|
|
Special teams
| Pos. |
# |
Name |
Class
|
| K
|
|
Vanderhorst, ThomasThomas Vanderhorst
|
|
- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
|
References[]
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