1996 Mount Union Purple Raiders football team

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1996
Rowan
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record14–0 (9–0 OAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMount Union Stadium
Seasons
← 1995
 →
1996 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Mount Union $^   9 0     14 0  
John Carroll   8 1     9 1  
Marietta
  6 3     7 3  
Ohio Northern
  6 3     7 3  
Baldwin–Wallace
  6 3     6 4  
Muskingum
  4 5     5 5  
Heidelberg
  2 7     3 7  
Hiram
  2 7     3 7  
Otterbein
  2 7     2 8  
Capital
  0 9     1 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

The 1996 Mount Union Purple Raiders football team was an

Rowan, 5-–24.[1]

Junior quarterback Bill Borchert completed 250 of 374 passes (66%) for 4,035 yards and 55 touchdowns, including 505 yards and seven touchdowns in the

Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl. He was selected by the American Football Coaches Association as the first-team quarterback on its Division III All-America team and won the Melberger Award as the outstanding player in Division III.[2]

Mount Union's 1996 season was the start of a record 54-game winning streak that spanned four seasons, continuing through December 6, 1998.[1]

The team played its home games at Mount Union Stadium in Alliance, Ohio.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 14at
Defiance*
Defiance, OHW 62–10
September 21
Baldwin–Wallace
W 55–20
September 28
Otterbein
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, OH
W 49–13
October 5at
Ohio Northern
Ada, OHW 44–7
October 12
Heidelberg
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, OH
W 59–7
October 19at John CarrollUniversity Heights, OHW 27–9
October 26at
Muskingum
New Concord, OHW 55–17
November 2
Marietta
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, OH
W 61–16
November 9
Capital
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, OH
W 42–0
November 16at
Hiram
Hiram, OHW 40–0
November 23
Allegheny
*
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, OH (NCAA Division III first round)
W 31–26
November 30
Illinois Wesleyan
*
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, OH (NCAA Division III quarterfinal)
W 49–14
December 7at Wisconsin–La Crosse*
W 39–212,131[3]
December 14vs.
Stagg Bowl)
W 56–245,048[4]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ a b "Mount Union Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
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