The 1996 Army Cadets football team was an American football team that represented the United States Military Academy as an independent during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth season under head coach Bob Sutton, the Cadets compiled a 10–2 record, won their first eight games of the season for the first time since 1950, were ranked in consecutive weeks in the AP Poll for the first time since 1959, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 379 to 224. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated Navy, 28–24. They also lost to Auburn, 32–29, in the 1996 Independence Bowl. This was Army's last winning season until 2010.
Schedule
Rankings
Game summaries Ohio
Duke
At North Texas
Yale
Vs. Rutgers
Tulane
At Miami (OH)
Lafayette
Air Force
At Syracuse
Vs. Navy
President Bill Clinton became the first sitting U.S. president to attend game since 1974.
Vs. Auburn
Roster
Radio Flagship station Play–by–play Color commentator Sideline reporter Studio host WABC–AM 770
Some games were broadcast on WPLJ–FM 95.5 because of broadcast conflict with the New York Yankees.
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