1996 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

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1996 Southern Conference football standings

	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

The 1996 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The team was coached by Frank Ellwood, in his first and only year as head coach for the Eagles.

Schedule

August 31at South Carolina State*

• Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
• Orangeburg, SC

W 21–14 – September 7at No. 4 Florida*

• Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
• Gainesville, FL

SSL 14–62 84,962 September 213:30 PMNo. 1 MarshallNo. 13

• Paulson Stadium
• Statesboro, GA

WSAZL 13–29 13,977 September 28at Chattanooga

• Finley Stadium
• Chattanooga, TN

L 21–23 – October 5VMI

• Paulson Stadium
• Statesboro, GA

W 20–17 – October 12at Western Carolina

• E. J. Whitmire Stadium
• Cullowhee, NC

W 38–28 – October 19Appalachian State

• Paulson Stadium
• Statesboro, GA

L 28–35 – October 26at The Citadel

• Johnson Hagood Stadium
• Charleston, SC

L 20–35 9,427 November 2No. 9 East Tennessee State

• Paulson Stadium
• Statesboro, GA

L 14–17 – November 9at Furman (SC)

• Paladin Stadium
• Greenville, SC

L 14–21 – November 16Liberty (VA)*

• Paulson Stadium
• Statesboro, GA

W 45–14 –