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Colorado State Football Team History


Colorado State Rams
Colorado State University
 Fort Collins, CO
Founded: 1870
Stadium: Sonny Lubiak Field at Hughes Stadium
Capacity: 34,400
Colors: Green & Gold
Coach: Sonny Lubick
Conference: Western Athletic-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1890  <-- 1995 <- 1996 -> 1997 --> 2024
1996 Season Highlights
 Sonny Lubick enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Colorado State.
 
1996 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Aug. 31  vs. Tennessee-Chattanooga  61   19   W       
 Sat., Sep. 7  vs. Colorado  34   48   L       
 Sat., Sep. 14  @ Oregon  28   35   L       
 Sat., Sep. 21  vs. Nevada Las Vegas  35   16   W       
 Sat., Sep. 28  @ Nebraska  9   65   L       
 Sat., Oct. 5  @ Hawaii  28   16   W       
 Sat., Oct. 12  @ Tulsa  14   20   L       
 Sat., Oct. 19  vs. San Jose State  36   13   W       
 Sat., Oct. 26  vs. San Diego State  27   18   W       
 Sat., Nov. 2  @ Air Force  42   41   W       
 Sat., Nov. 9  @ Fresno State  42   20   W       
 Sat., Nov. 16  vs. Wyoming  24   25   L       
 
1996 Season Totals
  Record7-5
  Points Scored380
  Scoring Average31.7
  Points Allowed336
  Defense Average28.0
  Opponents Record65-63
  Conference Record6-2
  Home Record4-2
  Away Record3-3
1996 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1996 Western Athletic- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Brigham Young 14-1590277Won  19-1510-0410170  Lavell Edwards
Colorado State 7-5380336 6-2248169  Sonny Lubick
New Mexico 6-5331280 3-5237233  Dennis Franchione
Wyoming 10-2464284 7-2341180  Joe Tiller
San Diego State 8-3428303 6-2300209  Ted Tollner
Utah 8-4313309Lost  10-386-2224199  Ron McBride
Rice 7-4296312 6-2261194  Ken Hatfield
Air Force 6-5360231 5-3316171  Fisher DeBerry
Southern Methodist 5-6246267 3-4150211  Tom Rossley
Fresno State 4-7267344 3-5199245  Jim Sweeney
San Jose State 3-9221448 3-5168273  John Ralston
Texas Christian 4-7211302 1-5107174  Pat Sullivan
Tulsa 4-7245333 1-6140238  Dave Rader
Hawaii 2-10161433 1-7100315  Fred vonAppen
Nevada Las Vegas 1-11276551 1-8239383  Jeff Horton
Texas El Paso 2-9183314 0-8129278  Charlie Bailey

1996 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1996 All Western Athletic Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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