1996 Canisius Golden Griffins football team

1996 Canisius Golden Griffins football
Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Record	5–4 (4–4 MAAC)
Head coach	Chuck Williams (2nd season)
Home stadium	Demske Field

1996 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Duquesne $		8	–	0					10	–	1
Georgetown		7	–	1					7	–	3
Marist		6	–	2					7	–	3
St. John's		5	–	3					6	–	4
Canisius		4	–	4					5	–	4
Saint Peter's		2	–	6					2	–	7
Siena		2	–	6					2	–	7
Fairfield		1	–	7					1	–	8
Iona		1	–	7					1	–	9
$ – Conference champion

The 1996 Canisius Golden Griffins football team represented Canisius College in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Golden Griffins offense scored 158 points while the defense allowed 108 points.

The 1996 season was the only season in which the Golden Griffins had a winning record at the Division I level (its last winning season up to that point, 1990, had come when the team was still in Division III) and the last time the team would ever have a winning season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 14	1:00 pm	at Gannon*	Sox Harrison Stadium Edinboro, PA	W 21–0	1,300
September 28	1:30 pm	Saint Peter's	Demske Field Buffalo, NY	W 12–7	471
October 5	12:00 pm	at Iona	Mazzella Field New Rochelle, NY	W 42–0	811
October 12	1:30 pm	Siena	Demske Field Buffalo, NY	W 25–7	558
October 19	1:00 pm	at Fairfield	Alumni Stadium Fairfield, CT	W 21–0	486
October 26	3:00 pm	St. John's	Demske Field Buffalo, NY	L 28–41	1,173
November 2	1:00 pm	at Georgetown	Kehoe Field Washington, DC	L 0–24
November 9	1:00 pm	at Marist	Leonidoff Field Poughkeepsie, NY	L 6–9	2,500
November 16	1:30 pm	Duquesne	Demske Field Buffalo, NY	L 3–20	811
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

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