1996 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

The 1996 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented Appalachian State University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their eighth year under head coach Jerry Moore, the Mountaineers compiled an overall record of 7–4, with a conference mark of 5–3.

1996 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 25
Record	7–4 (5–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Jerry Moore (8th season)
Home stadium	Kidd Brewer Stadium
Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

1996 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 Marshall $^		8	–	0					15	–	0
No. T–8 East Tennessee State ^		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 13 Furman ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 25 Appalachian State		5	–	3					7	–	4
The Citadel		3	–	5					4	–	7
Georgia Southern		2	–	6					4	–	7
VMI		2	–	6					3	–	8
Chattanooga		2	–	6					3	–	8
Western Carolina		1	–	7					4	–	7
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 29	at Wake Forest*	No. 4	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 13–19	21,129	[1]
September 7	Tennessee Tech*	No. 7	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	W 16–3	14,383	[2]
September 21	at No. 25 Eastern Kentucky*	No. 5	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	W 21–14	4,800	[3]
September 28	The Citadel	No. 4	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	W 34–20	13,231	[4]
October 5	at East Tennessee State	No. 4	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	L 10–31	10,416	[5]
October 12	No. 13 Furman	No. 14	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	L 14–20	12,111	[6]
October 19	at Georgia Southern	No. 21	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA (rivalry)	W 35–28	11,074	[7]
October 26	No. 1 Marshall	No. 20	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (rivalry)	L 10–24	23,458	[8]
November 2	at Chattanooga		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 20–6	6,487	[9]
November 16	at Western Carolina		Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC (rivalry)	W 24–17	11,316	[10]
November 23	VMI	No. 25	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	W 26–14	8,260	[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game