1996 Ferris State Football
Season Results
Record
Overall: 10- 2
Midwest Intercollegiate FB: 9- 1
Date Opponent Score Record Site Attend
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8/29 * Ashland W 26- 0 1- 0 A Ashland, Ohio 5836
9/ 7 * INDIANAPOLIS W 30-19 2- 0 H Big Rapids, Mich. 3200
9/14 * HILLSDALE W 20- 7 3- 0 H Big Rapids, Mich. 4787
9/21 * Grand Valley State 17-36 L 3- 1 A Allendale, Mich. 4100
9/28 * NORTHERN MICHIGAN W 38-33 4- 1 H Big Rapids, Mich. 4086
10/ 5 * Wayne State W 26- 7 5- 1 A Detroit, Mich. 1320
10/12 * NORTHWOOD W 40-24 6- 1 H Big Rapids, Mich. 5488
10/19 * Michigan Tech W 31- 6 7- 1 A Houghton, Mich. 761
11/ 2 * Saginaw Valley State W 26-17 8- 1 A Univ. Center, Mich. 4500
11/ 9 * St. Francis W 35-14 9- 1 A Joliet, Ill. 400
11/23 INDIANA (PA.) W 24-23 10- 1 H Big Rapids, Mich. 1349
11/30 CLARION 21-23 L 10- 2 H Big Rapids, Mich. 1848
* - Midwest Intercollegiate FB
Record W L Pct Attendance # Total Average
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All Games 10 2 .833 Home 6 20758 3460
Midwest Intercollegiate F 9 1 .900 Away 6 16917 2820
Home 5 1 .833 Neutral 0 0 0
Away 5 1 .833 Total 12 37675 3140
Neutral 0 0 .000
Day Games 8 2 .800
Night Games 2 0 1.000
Overtime Games 0 0 .000
Team Statistics
Ferris State Opponents
88 First Downs Rushing 93
124 First Downs Passing 95
14 First Downs by Penalty 15
839 Total Offensive Plays 827
4596 Total Yards Gained 3650
383.00 Average Yards per Game 304.17
5.48 Average Yards per Play 4.41
462 Plays Rushing 495
1715 Yards Rushing 1743
142.92 Yards Rushing per Game 145.25
2881 Yards Passing 1907
240.08 Yards Passing per Game 158.92
377 Passes Attempted 332
211 Passes Completed 153
14 Passes Had Intercepted 11
33.2 Net Yards per Punt 32.5
31-12 Fumbles-Fumbles Lost 33-23
60-531 Penalties-Yards 74-645
60-173 3rd Down Conversions 57-186
.347 3rd Down Conversion Percentage .306
11- 22 4th Down Conversions 17- 34
.500 4th Down Conversion Percentage .500
Scoring by Period
1 2 3 4 Tot
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Ferris State 68 124 58 84 334
Average 5.7 10.3 4.8 7.0 27.8
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Opponents 50 51 40 68 209
Average 4.2 4.2 3.3 5.7 17.4
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Possession Time by Period
1 2 3 4 Total
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Ferris State 90:38 90:45 90:39 88:25 360:27
Average 7:33 7:33 7:33 7:22 30:02
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Opponents 89:22 89:15 89:21 91:35 359:33
Average 7:26 7:26 7:26 7:37 29:57
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