1996 Sonoma State Cossacks football team

The 1996 Sonoma State Cossacks football team represented Sonoma State University as a member of the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) during the 1996 NCAA Division II football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Frank Scalercio, Sonoma State compiled an overall record of 2–8 with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, placing second in the NCAC. The team was outscored by its opponents 280 to 134 for the season. The average score in the eight losses was 44–7. The Cossacks played home games at Cossacks Stadium[note 1] in Rohnert Park, California.

1996 Sonoma State Cossacks football
ConferenceNorthern California Athletic Conference
Record2–8 (2–2 NCAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCossacks Stadium
1996 Northern California Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Chico State $  3 –1   5 –5  
Sonoma State  2 –2   2 –8  
Humboldt State  1 –3   3 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion

1996 was the last year Sonoma State played intercollegiate football. On December 9, the school announced it was dropping the football program citing budget constraints.[1] Scalercio finished his tenure at Sonoma State with an overall record of 7–30–1, for a winning percentage of .197.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 7Western Montana*
L 17–341,362
September 14at Portland State*
L 7–257,043[2]
September 21Saint Mary's*
  • Cossacks Stadium
  • Rohnert Park, CA
L 14–281,172
September 28La Verne*
  • Cossacks Stadium
  • Rohnert Park, CA
L 23–33734
October 12at Humboldt State
W 24–102,642[3]
October 19at Chapman*
L 7–483,358
October 26Humboldt State
  • Cossacks Stadium
  • Rohnert Park, CA
L 6–211,196[4]
November 2Chico State
  • Cossacks Stadium
  • Rohnert Park, CA
W 9–7567
November 9No. 17 UC Davis*
  • Cossacks Stadium
  • Rohnert Park, CA
L 7–491,205
November 16at Chico State
L 20–25787

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Notes
  1. Cossacks Stadium was renamed in 2002 to Seawolf Stadium when the University changed the name of the mascot to Seawolves.

References
  1. "Sonoma State Drops Football". San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. December 10, 1996. Retrieved October 28, 2017.open access
  2. "Cossacks succumb, 25–7". The Press Democrat. September 15, 1996. Retrieved October 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Cossacks grab first victory in two years". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. October 13, 1996. p. 30. Retrieved March 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  4. Ralph Leef (October 27, 1996). "Battered SSU loses, but not ready to quit". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. p. 29. Retrieved March 11, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  5. "Final 1996 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  6. "1996 - Sonoma St. (CA)". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
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