The team's statistical leaders included Donald Sellers with 2,048 passing yards, Lennox Gordon with 1,008 rushing yards, Jeremy Banks with 538 receiving yards, and kicker Colby Cason with 62 points scored.[3]
1996, mexico, lobos, football, team, american, football, team, that, represented, university, mexico, western, athletic, conference, during, 1996, ncaa, division, football, season, their, fifth, season, under, head, coach, dennis, franchione, lobos, compiled, . The 1996 New Mexico Lobos football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Mexico in the Western Athletic Conference WAC during the 1996 NCAA Division I A football season In their fifth season under head coach Dennis Franchione the Lobos compiled a 6 5 record 3 5 against WAC opponents and outscored opponents by a total of 331 to 280 1 2 1996 New Mexico Lobos footballConferenceWestern Athletic ConferenceDivisionMountain DivisionRecord6 5 3 5 WAC Head coachDennis Franchione 5th season Offensive coordinatorDennis Darnell 3rd as OC 5th overall season Defensive coordinatorGary Patterson 1st season Home stadiumUniversity StadiumSeasons 19951997 1996 Western Athletic Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L W L Mountain DivisionNo 5 BYU x 8 0 14 1 Utah 6 2 8 4 Rice 6 2 7 4 SMU 4 4 5 6 New Mexico 3 5 6 5 TCU 3 5 4 7 Tulsa 2 6 4 7 UTEP 0 8 2 9 Pacific DivisionNo 22 Wyoming x 7 1 10 2 San Diego State 6 2 8 3 Colorado State 6 2 7 5 Air Force 5 3 6 5 Fresno State 3 5 4 7 San Jose State 3 5 3 9 Hawaii 1 7 2 10 UNLV 1 8 1 11 Championship BYU 28 Wyoming 25 OT Conference championx Division champion co championsRankings from AP PollThe team s statistical leaders included Donald Sellers with 2 048 passing yards Lennox Gordon with 1 008 rushing yards Jeremy Banks with 538 receiving yards and kicker Colby Cason with 62 points scored 3 Schedule editDateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSourceAugust 29at New Mexico State Aggie Memorial StadiumLas Cruces NMW 28 7September 7Northern Arizona University StadiumAlbuquerque NMW 49 33September 14UCF University StadiumAlbuquerque NMW 17 718 317September 21at BYUCougar StadiumProvo UTL 14 1763 587September 28TCUUniversity StadiumAlbuquerque NMW 27 7October 5at RiceRice StadiumHouston TXL 21 38October 19San Diego StateUniversity StadiumAlbuquerque NML 42 4827 444October 26at SMUCotton BowlDallas YXL 31 5224 024November 2at TulsaSkelly StadiumTulsa OKW 34 2319 897November 9UtahUniversity StadiumAlbuquerque NML 24 3122 241November 23UTEPUniversity StadiumAlbuquerque NMW 44 1719 510 Non conference gameRoster edit1996 New Mexico Lobos football team rosterPlayers CoachesOffense Pos Name Class Defense Pos Name ClassWS 6 Scott McGarrahan JrFS 16 Billy Austin JrLB 23 Brian Urlacher Fr Special teams Pos Name Class Head coachDennis FranchioneCoordinators assistant coachesLegend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible nbsp Injured nbsp RedshirtRoster Last update 1996 12 23References edit 1996 New Mexico Lobos Schedule and Results SR College Football Sports Reference LLC Retrieved November 4 2019 University of New Mexico Football Record Book PDF University of New Mexico 2013 pp 36 40 Archived from the original PDF on March 4 2016 Retrieved November 6 2019 1996 New Mexico Lobos Stats SR College Football Sports Reference LLC Retrieved November 4 2019 nbsp This college football 1990s season article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1996 New Mexico Lobos football team amp oldid 1171224500, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,