1996 Mount Union Purple Raiders football team
| 1996 Mount Union Purple Raiders football | |
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NCAA Division III champion OAC champion | |
Stagg Bowl, W 56–24 vs. Rowan | |
| Conference | Ohio Athletic Conference |
| Record | 14–0 (9–0 OAC) |
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| Home stadium | Mount Union Stadium |
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| Mount Union $^ | 9 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Carroll | 8 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marietta | 6 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio Northern | 6 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baldwin–Wallace | 6 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Muskingum | 4 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Heidelberg | 2 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hiram | 2 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Otterbein | 2 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1996 Mount Union Purple Raiders football team was an American football team that represented the University of Mount Union in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1996 NCAA Division III football season. In their 11th year under head coach Larry Kehres, the Purple Raiders compiled a perfect 14–0 record, won the OAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 669 to 184. They qualified for the NCAA Division III playoffs and advanced to the national championship team, where they defeated Rowan, 5-–24.[1]
Junior quarterback Bill Borchert completed 250 of 374 passes (66%) for 4,035 yards and 55 touchdowns, including 505 yards and seven touchdowns in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl. He was selected by the American Football Coaches Association as the first-team quarterback on its Division III All-America team and won the Melberger Award as the outstanding player in Division III.[2]
Mount Union's 1996 season was the start of a record 54-game winning streak that spanned four seasons, continuing through December 6, 1998.[1]
The team played its home games at Mount Union Stadium in Alliance, Ohio.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 14 | at Defiance* | Defiance, OH | W 62–10 | ||||
| September 21 | Baldwin–Wallace |
| W 55–20 | ||||
| September 28 | Otterbein |
| W 49–13 | ||||
| October 5 | at Ohio Northern | Ada, OH | W 44–7 | ||||
| October 12 | Heidelberg |
| W 59–7 | ||||
| October 19 | at John Carroll | University Heights, OH | W 27–9 | ||||
| October 26 | at Muskingum | New Concord, OH | W 55–17 | ||||
| November 2 | Marietta |
| W 61–16 | ||||
| November 9 | Capital |
| W 42–0 | ||||
| November 16 | at Hiram | Hiram, OH | W 40–0 | ||||
| November 23 | Allegheny* |
| W 31–26 | ||||
| November 30 | Illinois Wesleyan* |
| W 49–14 | ||||
| December 7 | at Wisconsin–La Crosse* |
| W 39–21 | 2,131 | [3] | ||
| December 14 | vs. Rowan* | W 56–24 | 5,048 | [4] | |||
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mount Union Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ^ "QB has No. 1 season". The Times Leader. December 22, 1996. pp. 1B, 5B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Borchert leaves La Crosse in a daze". Wisconsin State Journal. December 8, 1996 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mount Union routs Rowan, 56-24". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 15, 1996. p. C2 – via Newspapers.com.