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1996 San Diego State

8–⁠3 (6–⁠2 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Ted Tollner.

Schedule and results

San Diego State in 1996, game by game: won vs. Idaho 40–21; lost at California 37–42; won vs. Oklahoma 51–31; won vs. Hawai’i 56–8; won at New Mexico 48–42; lost at Colorado State 18–27; won at San José State 49–20; won vs. No. 16 Wyoming 28–24; lost at UNLV 42–44; won vs. Fresno State 31–21; won vs. Air Force 28–23+48−9Won 40–21 vs. Idaho+19IdahoLost 37–42 at California-5CaliforniaWon 51–31 vs. Oklahoma+20OklahomaWon 56–8 vs. Hawai’i+48Hawai’iWon 48–42 at New Mexico+6New MexicoLost 18–27 at Colorado State-9Colorado StateWon 49–20 at San José State+29San José StateWon 28–24 vs. No. 16 Wyoming+4No. 16 WyomingLost 42–44 at UNLV-2UNLVWon 31–21 vs. Fresno State+10Fresno StateWon 28–23 vs. Air Force+5Air Force
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsIdahoW 40–⁠2182%
Sep 14atCaliforniaL 37–⁠4250%
Sep 21vsOklahomaW 51–⁠3167%
Oct 11vsHawai’iW 56–⁠883%
Oct 19atNew MexicoW 48–⁠4253%
Oct 26atColorado StateL 18–⁠2748%
Nov 2atSan José StateW 49–⁠2077%
Nov 7vs16WyomingW 28–⁠2451%
Nov 16atUNLVL 42–⁠4486%
Nov 23vsFresno StateW 31–⁠2176%
Nov 28vsAir ForceW 28–⁠2357%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Air Force 28–⁠23; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 12th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 86 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1996.

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
428–⁠303
Coach
Ted Tollner
Elo
1581 +52 this season
SP+ rating
7.7 No. 41 of 111; offense No. 10, defense No. 85
SRS
4.5 No. 41 of 111 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Tom Craft
Defensive coordinator
Claude Gilbert
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1997

The 1997 draft
Rd 2Will Blackwell WRPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 5Nate Jacquet WRIndianapolis Colts
Rd 5George Jones RBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 6Ricky Parker DBChicago Bears

1996 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU9–⁠014–⁠15
Wyoming7–⁠110–⁠222
San Diego State6–⁠28–⁠3
Utah6–⁠28–⁠4
Rice6–⁠27–⁠4
Colorado State6–⁠27–⁠5
Air Force5–⁠36–⁠5
SMU4–⁠45–⁠6
New Mexico3–⁠56–⁠5
Fresno State3–⁠54–⁠7
TCU3–⁠54–⁠7
San José State3–⁠53–⁠9
Tulsa2–⁠64–⁠7
Hawai’i1–⁠72–⁠10
UNLV1–⁠81–⁠11
UTEP0–⁠82–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.