1996 Blinn Buccaneers football team
Appearance
1996 Coffeyville | |
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Conference | Southwest Junior College Football Conference |
Record | 12–0 (6–0 SWJCFC) |
Head coach | (4th season) |
Home stadium | Spencer Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blinn †y$ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tyler †
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5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navarro †y
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3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cisco
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3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trinity Valley †
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3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kilgore
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1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ranger
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0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NE Oklahoma A&M *
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0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Blinn 43, Navarro 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1996 Blinn Buccaneers football team was an
Coffeyville in the Mineral Water Bowl, and won the NJCAA National Football Championship. The Buccaneers also with the 1995 national championship and were the first program to win back to back NJCAA National Football Championships.[1][2]
Fritz was named SJCFC coach of the year, and lineman Hanson Caston was selected as the SJCFC most valuable player. Multiple Blinn players received first-team honors on the 1996 All-SJCFC football team: running back Vaughn Inniss; fullback Wayne Limbrick; center Frank Firestone; guard Lamont Barrett; tackle Jay Olive; punter John Baker; and return specialist Brandon Harrison; defensive end Craig Koontz; defensive lineman Hanson Caston; inside linebacker Michael Jackson;; outside linebacker Eric Anderson; and cornerback Brandon Harrison.[3]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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August 31 | Howard Payne junior varsity* | W 28–7 | |||||
September 7 | Cisco * | W 66–7 | |||||
September 21 | Tyler |
| W 37–13 | 2,800 | |||
September 28 | at Navarro | Corsicana, TX | W 21–6 | ||||
October 5 | Cisco | W 52–7 | |||||
October 12 | Ranger | W | |||||
October 19 | Trinity Valley |
| W 41–6 | ||||
October 26 | at Kilgore |
| W 24–8 | 3,000 | |||
November 2 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M * |
| W 14–7 | ||||
November 9 | Trinity Valley* |
| W 21–0 | ||||
November 16 | Navarro* |
| W 43–0 | ||||
December 7 | Coffeyville* |
| W 43–14 | [4] | |||
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References
- ^ Chris Wimmer (December 7, 2017). "All In: Blinn's First Football National Championship". The Banner-Press.
- ^ Chris Wimmer (December 14, 2017). "Back To Back: Blinn's 1996 National Championship". The Banner-Press.
- Newspapers.com.
- Newspapers.com.