1996 Boston University Terriers football team

1996 Boston University Terriers football
1996 Boston University Terriers football
Conference	Yankee Conference
	New England Division
Record	1–10 (0–8 Yankee)
Head coach	Tom Masella (1st season);
Home stadium	Nickerson Field
	Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

1996 Yankee Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
New England Division
No. 18 New Hampshire x	6	–	2	8	–	3
Maine	5	–	3	7	–	4
UMass	4	–	4	6	–	5
Connecticut	3	–	5	4	–	6
Rhode Island	2	–	6	4	–	6
Boston University	0	–	8	1	–	10
Mid-Atlantic Division
No. 7 William & Mary x$^	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 14 Villanova ^	6	–	2	8	–	4
No. 11 Delaware ^	6	–	2	8	–	4
No. 23 James Madison	5	–	3	7	–	4
Northeastern	3	–	5	6	–	5
Richmond	1	–	7	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1996 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Terriers compiled a 1–10 record (0–8 against conference opponents), finished last in the Yankee Conference's New England Division, and were outscored by a total of 373 to 119.^[1]

The school hired Tom Masella as its head football coach in December 1995. He had previously been an assistant coach under Dan Allen before leaving in 1995 to become head football coach at Fairfield University.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	at Saint Mary's	Saint Mary's Stadium Moraga, CA	L 23–27
September 14	at Maine	Alumni Field Orono, ME	L 8–45
September 21	No. 23 James Madison	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 7–38
September 28	Richmond	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 7–37		^[3]
October 5	at No. 5 Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 16–50
October 12	at UMass	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	L 12–43	15,201	^[4]
October 19	Hofstra	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	W 16–9
October 26	at Rhode Island	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 7–38
November 2	Connecticut	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 10–45
November 9	Northeastern	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 3–10
November 16	No. 15 New Hampshire	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 10–31
Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

References

^ "Boston Yearly Results 1995-1997". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
^ Nancy L. Marrapese (December 16, 1995). "Masella makes comeback as BU coach". The Boston Globe. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Things fall apart for BU". The Boston Globe. September 29, 1996. p. C13 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Joe Burris (October 13, 1996). "UMass flattens Terriers". The Boston Globe. p. 72 – via Newspapers.com.

[1] "Boston Yearly Results 1995-1997". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2021.

[2] Nancy L. Marrapese (December 16, 1995). "Masella makes comeback as BU coach". The Boston Globe. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Things fall apart for BU". The Boston Globe. September 29, 1996. p. C13 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] Joe Burris (October 13, 1996). "UMass flattens Terriers". The Boston Globe. p. 72 – via Newspapers.com.

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v t e Boston University Terriers football
Venues	Old Nickerson Field (1928–1938, 1940–1946) Fenway Park (1925–1926, 1936–1939, 1947–1952) Braves Field (1920–1921, 1939, 1953–1954) Nickerson Field (1955–1997)
Bowls & rivalries	Boston College: Green Line Rivalry Sacred Cod Trophy
Culture & lore	Rhett the Boston Terrier "Go BU"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1884 1885 1886 1887 1888–1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898–1903 1904 1905 1906–1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997