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  • Source: 1996 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

    • The 1996 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Marshall Thundering Herd and the Montana Grizzlies. The game was played on December 21, 1996, and was the last I-AA title game contested at Marshall University Stadium, now known as Joan C. Edwards Stadium, in Huntington, West Virginia. The culminating game of the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was a rematch of the prior season's final, and was won by Marshall, 49–29. It was also Marshall's final game in Division I-AA, now known as Division I FCS; the Herd would move to Division I-A (now Division I FBS) the following July, joining the Mid-American Conference.


    Teams


    The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1996 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket. The location of the title game, Marshall University Stadium, was determined before the playoffs started.


    = Montana Grizzlies

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    Montana finished their regular season with a 14–0 record (8–0 in conference). Seeded first in the playoffs, the Grizzlies defeated 16-seed Nicholls State, sixth-seed East Tennessee State, and fourth-seed Troy State to reach the final. This was the second appearance for Montana in a Division I-AA championship game, as the team was the defending champion from 1995.


    = Marshall Thundering Herd

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    Marshall also finished their regular season with a 14–0 record (8–0 in conference). The Thundering Herd, seeded second, defeated 15-seed Delaware, tenth-seed Furman, and third-seed Northern Iowa to reach the final. This was the sixth appearance for Marshall in a Division I-AA championship game, having one prior win (1992) and four prior losses (1987, 1991, 1993, and 1995).


    Game summary




    = Scoring summary

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    = Game statistics

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    References




    Further reading


    "Division I-AA poll". Billings Gazette. Billings, Montana: The Sports Network. AP. November 26, 1996. p. 2D. Retrieved March 6, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
    "1996: The greatest season". The Herald-Dispatch. Huntington, West Virginia. May 6, 2009. Retrieved March 5, 2019.


    External links


    Marshall Thundering Herd 1996 football season review Vol 5 via YouTube

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