1996 Indiana State Sycamores football team

1996 Indiana State Sycamores football
ConferenceGateway Football Conference
Record6–5 (3–2 Gateway)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1996 Gateway Football Conference standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Northern Iowa $^   5 0     12 2  
No. 10 Western Illinois ^   3 2     9 3  
No. 21 Southwest Missouri State   3 2     7 4  
Indiana State   3 2     6 5  
Southern Illinois   1 4     5 6  
Illinois State   0 5     3 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1996 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 17th-year coach Dennis Raetz, the Sycamores compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, and finished tied for second in the Gateway. Indiana State played home games at Memorial Stadium in Terre Haute, Indiana.