1996 Maine Black Bears football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1996 Maine Black Bears football Yankee Conference Yankee 7–4 5–3 Jack Cosgrove 4th Joe Gilbert 1st Neil McGrath 2nd Mike Flynn Mitch Maury Todd Williamson Alumni Field The 1996 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Jack Cosgrove and finished the season with record of 7–4 and a 5–3 mark in the Yankee Conference. Schedule 1996 NCAA Division I-AA The Sports Network Eastern August 29 l y 1996 Northeastern Huskies Northeastern Parsons Field Brookline, MA 21–22 September 7 w y y Fordham Coffey Field Bronx, NY 24–13 3,725 Wright, Fein Spark UMaine Pat McEvoy September 9, 1996 C4 Bangor Daily News Bangor, Maine Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59163668/1996-fordham-maine/ Attendance figure in Scoreboard: I-AA September 8, 1996 11D The Miami Herald Miami, Fla. September 14 w Boston University Alumni Field Orono, ME 45–8 September 21 w Rhode Island Alumni Field Orono, ME 58–19 September 28 l Delaware 11 Alumni Field Orono, ME 17–27 October 5 l y James Madison 23 Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA 7–31 October 12 w y Connecticut 18 Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT 17–16 October 19 w New Hampshire 18 Alumni Field Orono, ME Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket 34–20 November 2 12:30 p.m. w y UMass Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA 22–14 6,251 November 9 w y y 1996 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen Hofstra James M. Shuart Stadium Hempstead, NY 9–7 November 16 1:30 p.m. l y Buffalo Alumni Field Orono, ME 31–35 3,107 http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/f/maine/1995-1999_yearly_results.php https://web.archive.org/web/20150906033045/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/f/maine/1995-1999_yearly_results.php 2015-09-06 Game by Game Results : 1995-1999 Cfbdatawarehose.com March 7, 20202018 Maine Black Bears Football Media Guide umaine.edu University of Maine 2018 https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/umaine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/8/17/2018_Maine_Football_Media_Guide.pdf PDF March 7, 2020 March 22, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190322224311/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/umaine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/8/17/2018_Maine_Football_Media_Guide.pdf dead Roster 1996 Maine Black Bears f 85 So Brad Bolduc TE 68 So Billy Cole C 11 So Mickey Fein QB 70 Sr Mike Flynn Mike Flynn (American football) OT y 1 Jr Drew O'Connor WR 7 Jr John Tennett WR 16 Jr Mike Long SS https://web.archive.org/web/19961225172711/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/sfc/yankee/sfcx05ra.htm *Jack Cosgrove *Jow Gilbert OC/OL Ben Sirmans (RB/RC) 1996-12-25 Team players in the NFL No Maine players were selected in the 1997 NFL draft. The following finished their college career in 1996, were not drafted, but played in the NFL. Player Position First NFL team Mike Flynn Tackle Baltimore Ravens References Maine Category:Maine Black Bears football seasons Maine Black Bears football