1996 National Football League Draft

1996 New York Jets

The 1996 Nabisco Dinah Shore was a women's professional golf tournament, held March 28–31 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 25th edition of the Nabisco Dinah Shore, and the fourteenth as a major championship. Patty Sheehan won her only Nabisco Dinah Shore, one stroke ahead of runners-up Meg Mallon, Kelly Robbins, and Annika Sörenstam. She sank a 7-foot (2 m) putt for par on the final hole to avoid a four-way playoff and win the last of her six major titles.

The 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 12 schools playing in single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 22, 1996, and ended with the championship game on March 30. A total of 11 games were played. The top two seeds in each region received a bye into the tournament quarterfinals. In the Regional Semifinals, Michigan's Mike Legg scored one of the most memorable goals in tournament history. The University of Michigan, coached by Red Berenson, won the national championship with a 3–2 victory over Colorado College in overtime in front of 12,957 fans.

The 1996 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was the fifteenth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 1996, thirty-two Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured eight regionals of four teams, each in a double elimination format. The 1996 Women's College World Series was held in Columbus, Georgia from May 23 through May 27 and marked the conclusion of the . This marked the last time that the Women's College World Series was held in a city other than Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and previewed Golden Park's hosting of softball events for the 1996 Summer Olympics. Arizona won their fourth NCAA championship by defeating Washington 6–4 in the final game. Arizona second baseman Jenny Dalton

1996 Newsweek Champions Cup - Doubles

1996 Northwestern Wildcats football season

The 1996 New Zealand general election was held on 12 October 1996 to determine the composition of the 45th New Zealand Parliament. It was notable for being the first election to be held under the new mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system, and produced a parliament considerably more diverse than previous elections. It saw the National Party, led by Jim Bolger, retain its position in government, but only after protracted negotiations with the smaller New Zealand First party to form a coalition. New Zealand First's position as "kingmaker", able to place either of the two major parties into government, was a significant election outcome.

NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

1996 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 1996 Omloop Het Volk was the 50th edition of the Omloop Het Volk cycle race and was held on 2 March 1996. The race started in Ghent and finished in Lokeren. The race was won by Tom Steels.

1996 National Football League season

The 1996 NECBL season was the third season of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. The league added a franchise in West Warwick, Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Reds. The league's Bristol, Connecticut franchise, the , dropped out of the league after two seasons. In the semifinal playoff rounds, Danbury defeated Rhode Island 2-0 and Central Mass defeated Middletown 2-1. In the championship round, Central Mass defeated Danbury 2-1 to win their second consecutive NECBL championship.

1996 NHL Eastern Conference Finals

Kenji Fukuda

1996 Nichirei International Championships

1996 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

The 1996 Oceanian Futsal Championship (OFC) was the second edition of the main international futsal tournament of the Oceanian region. It took place from August 3 to August 8, 1996, and was hosted by Port Vila, Vanuatu. The tournament also acted as a qualifying tournament for the 1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship in Spain. The Australia won the tournament, and qualified for the World Cup.

The 1996 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 15th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Goodman Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania during May 1996. All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship; a total of 6 teams were invited to participate. Maryland defeated Virginia, 10–5, to win their fourth, and second consecutive, national championship. This would subsequently become the second of Maryland's record seven straight national titles (1995–2001). Furthermore, Maryland's championship win secured its second straight undefeated season (19–0). The leading scorer for the tournament, with 7 goals, was Kelly Amonte from Maryland. The Most Outstanding Player trophy was not awarded this year.

1996 Norwegian Football Cup

1996 Norwegian Premier League (women)

1996 National Hockey League Entry Draft

The 1996 Ondrej Nepela Memorial was the Ondrej Nepela Memorial competition of the 1996–97 season. It was the 4th Ondrej Nepela Memorial to be held. It is an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Bratislava, Slovakia. Skaters compete in three disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating. It is usually one of the first senior internationals of the season. The competition is named for 1972 Olympic gold medalist Ondrej Nepela. The 1996 competition was its 4th year. It took place between September 27 and 30, 1996.

The 1996 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its fiftieth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region was composed of six teams, resulting in 48 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The fiftieth tournament's champion was LSU, coached by Skip Bertman. The Most Outstanding Player was Pat Burrell of Miami (FL).

Takaki Kanda

1996 Northeast Louisiana Indians football season

The 1996 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 15th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Goodman Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania during May 1996. All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship; a total of 6 teams were invited to participate. The leading scorer for the tournament, with 7 goals, was Kelly Amonte from Maryland. The Most Outstanding Player trophy was not awarded this year.

1996 Oporto Open - Doubles

1996 National Hockey League All-Star Game

1996 Ohio State Buckeyes football season

The 1996 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament determined which Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) teams would qualify for playoff to compete at the 1996 Summer Olympics men's football tournament. Source:(H) Host.13 January 1996 Adelaide13 January 1996 Adelaide15 January 1996 Adelaide15 January 1996 Adelaide17 January 1996 Adelaide19 January 1996 Adelaide19 January 1996 Adelaide21 January 1996 Adelaide21 January 1996 Adelaide23 January 1996 Adelaide23 January 1996 Adelaide25 January 1996 Adelaide25 January 1996 Adelaide27 January 1996 Adelaide27 January 1996 Adelaide29 January 1996 Adelaide29 January 1996

1996 Nike Tour

1996 Nations Cup

1996 Nebelhorn Trophy

1996 NHK Trophy

The 1996 North Indian Ocean cyclone season featured several deadly tropical cyclones, with over 2,000 people killed during the year. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) – the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center for the northern Indian Ocean as recognized by the World Meteorological Organization – issued warnings for nine tropical cyclones in the region. Storms were also tracked on an unofficial basis by the American-based Joint Typhoon Warning Center, which observed one additional storm. The basin is split between the Bay of Bengal off the east coast of India and the Arabian Sea off the west coast. During the year, the activity was affected by the monsoon season, with most storms forming in June or after October.

The 62nd Orange Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Florida State Seminoles and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on January 1, 1996, at The Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. Florida State defeated Notre Dame, 31-26. The game was part of the 1995-1996 Bowl Alliance of the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season and represented the concluding game of the season for both teams. The Orange Bowl was first played in 1935, and the 1996 game represented the 62nd edition of the Orange Bowl. The contest was televised in the United States on CBS. This would be the last Orange Bowl played in the Orange Bowl Stadium until 1999, as the next three were played in Pro Player Stadium, before moving the game there permanently after the 1999 season

1996 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 1996 Norwegian Football Cup was the 91st edition of the Norwegian Football Cup. The 1996 Norwegian Football Cup was won by Tromsø after they defeated Bodø/Glimt in the cup final. This was the first time two teams from Nord-Norge had met in the final with the score 2–1.

The 1996 New Zealand rugby league season was the 89th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand. The main feature of the year was the final season of the Lion Red Cup competition that was run by the New Zealand Rugby League. The Counties Manukau Heroes won the Cup by defeating the Waitakere City Raiders 34–22 in the Grand Final. With the outbreak of the Super League war the New Zealand Rugby League sided with the Super League organisation.

1996 Odwalla juice E. coli outrbreak

1996 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

1996 Norwegian Third Division

1996 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

1996 Northwestern Wildcats football

1996 NFL draft

NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

1996 Next Generation Adelaide International - Singles

The 1996 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 47th season of operation for the league.

1996 New Orleans Saints

1996 Nokia Open - Singles

1996 Ole Miss Rebels football team

Otohiko Kiyono

1996 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1996 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Southeastern Conference in the West Division. Coached by Tommy Tuberville, the Rebels played their home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. The 1996 Rebels served the second of a two-year postseason bowl ban, part of the sanctions handed down by the NCAA in November 1994. Ole Miss was allowed to appear on television after the NCAA banned the Rebels from the tube in 1995.

1996 Next Generation Adelaide International

The 1996 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 16th women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States. The North Carolina Tar Heels won their third championship, defeating the Princeton Tigers in the final. The championship rounds were held at the Boston College Field Hockey Field in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts on the campus of Boston College.

1996 NFL Season

1996 Oakland Raiders

1996 Oporto Open – Singles

1996 NCAA conference realignment

1996 Nokia Open and the Salem Open Beijing

1996 Open Romania

NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament

1996 Olympic Torch Relay

The 1996 Nichirei International Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan that was part of Tier II of the 1996 WTA Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from September 16 through September 22, 1996.

Tomás Carbonell and Francisco Roig were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Joshua Eagle and Andrew Florent. Emanuel Couto and Bernardo Mota won in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 against Eagle and Florent.

1996 Open Romania - Doubles

1996 New York/New Jersey MetroStars season

The 1996 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 17th annual competition to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was hosted by the United States Air Force Academy at the Cadet Rifle Range in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Defending champions West Virginia again topped the team standings, finishing 11 points ahead of Air Force. This was the Mountaineers' eleventh team title. The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, (Navy), and (West Virginia), for the air rifle.

1996 Nokia Open - Women's Singles

1996 NIT

1996 NCAA Tournament

1996 Ole Miss Rebels football season

The 1996 Oporto Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Porto in Portugal and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. It was the second and final edition of the tournament and ran from June 10 through June 16, 1996. Félix Mantilla won the singles title.

The 1996 Nations Cup was the fourth event of six in the 1996–97ISU Champions Series, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Gelsenkirchen on November 21–23. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 1996–97 Champions Series Final.

Steffi Graf was the defending champion but did not compete that year. Julie Halard-Decugis won in the final 7–5, 7–6 against Iva Majoli.

1996 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1996 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was hosted by the Delaware Blue Hens at Bob Carpenter Center . The final was held at Daskalakis Athletic Center on the campus of Drexel University. Drexel gained its third consecutive America East Conference Championship and an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament with its win over Boston University. Drexel was given the 12th seed in the West Regional of the NCAA Tournament, defeated Memphis in the first round 75–63, and lost in the second round to Syracuse 69–58.

1996 New Delhi mid-air collision

1996 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

The 1996 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began with 48 teams and ended on December 21, 1996, when Stanford defeated Hawaiʻi 3 games to 0 in the NCAA championship match. Stanford's win over Hawaiʻi for the title was, and remains, one of the most lopsided finals in NCAA championship history. Stanford won 15-7, 15-3, 15-5. The 15 points scored by Hawaiʻi was the lowest in a NCAA championship match since the NCAA Tournament began in 1981.

The 1996 New York Yankees season was the 94th season for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. The 1996 New York Yankees were managed by Joe Torre, and played at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. The team finished first in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 92–70, 4 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles and won their first division title since 1981 (the 1994 team had the best record in the American League, but the strike took it away). The team defeated the Texas Rangers in the American League Division Series, three games to one. The Yankees went on to defeat the Orioles in the American League Championship Series four games to one.

1996 OFC Nations Cup Final

1996 Nottingham Open - Singles

1996 Oregon Ducks football team

The 1996 Oceania Athletics Championships were held in Townsville, Australia, between November 28–30, 1996. A total of 42 events were contested, 22 by men and 20 by women.

1996 New Delhi Open - Singles

The 1996 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by head coach Mike Bellotti, who was in his 2nd season as head coach of the Ducks. They played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon and participated as members of the Pacific-10 Conference.

Makoto Yonekura

1996 Orange Bowl (January)

1996 Oklahoma State Cowboys football season

1996 Nabisco Dinah Shore

Yusuke Satō

1996 Norwegian Premier League

1996 Nagoya Grampus Eight season

Shigeyoshi Mochizuki

1996 Northern Illinois Huskies football season

1996 Nokia Open – Women's Singles

1996 NHL Draft

1996 New York Giants

1996 New Zealand NBL season

1996 NLDS

Shigeo Sawairi

The 1996 North Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine. The top six regular season finishers of the league's nine teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, first-seeded Delaware defeated third-seeded Drexel, 12-2, to win its second tournament championship. As a result, Delaware received the North Atlantic's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Tournament.
1996 North Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1996 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested May 29−June 1 at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon in order to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's collegiate Division I outdoor track and field events in the United States. These were the 74th annual men's championships and the 15th annual women's championships. This was the Ducks' eighth time hosting the event and the first since 1991. In a repeat of the previous four years' results, Arkansas and LSU topped the men's and women's team standings, respectively; it was the Razorbacks' sixth men's team title and the tenth for the Lady Tigers. This was the fifth of eight consecutive titles for Arkansas. The Lady Tigers, meanwhile, won their tenth consecutive title and, ultimately, the tenth of eleven consecutive titles they won between 1987 and 1997.

1996 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships

The 1996 New Hampshire Learjet crash involved a Learjet 35A which disappeared on Christmas Eve 1996 near Dorchester, New Hampshire, in the United States. The crash led to the longest missing aircraft search in the state's history, lasting almost three years. Media attention eventually resulted in Congressional legislation mandating improved Emergency locator transmitters (ELT) be installed in U.S.-registered business jets.

1996 Open Gaz de France – Singles

1996 NHL Eastern Conference Final

1996 Nicholls State Colonels football team

The 1996 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 125th Open Championship, held from 18–21 July at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. Tom Lehman won his only major championship by two strokes over runners-up Mark McCumber and Ernie Els. Lehman built a six-stroke lead after 54 holes and became the first American to win at Lytham since Bobby Jones seventy years earlier. Tiger Woods, age 20, was the only amateur to make the cut and finished tied for 22nd; he turned professional six weeks later. Jack Nicklaus, 56, was one stroke out of the lead after 36 holes, but fell back on the weekend and tied for 45th.

1996 Nichirei International Championships – Singles

1996 Optus Cup

The 1996 Norwegian Football Cup Final was the final match of the 1996 Norwegian Football Cup, the 91st season of the Norwegian Football Cup, the premier Norwegian football cup competition organized by the Football Association of Norway (NFF). The match was played on 27 October 1996 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, and opposed two Tippeligaen sides and the Northern Norway teams Tromsø and Bodø/Glimt. Tromsø defeated Bodø/Glimt 3–1 to claim the Norwegian Cup for a second time in their history.

1996 North Atlantic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1996 Nichirei International Championships - Doubles

1996 National Board of Review Awards

1996 Nike Tour graduates

1996 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

The 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship was the 58th annual NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf. The tournament was held at the Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tennessee from May 29 to June 1, 1996. The team championship was won by the Arizona State Sun Devils who captured their second national championship by three strokes over the UNLV Rebels. The individual national championship was won by Tiger Woods from Stanford.

1996 New England Patriots

The 1996 Oldham Bears season was the club's first season in the Super League. Coached by Andy Goodway, the Oldham Bears competed in Super League I and finished in 8th place. The club also reached the fourth round of the Challenge Cup.

1996 Ohio Bobcats football

The 1996 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested May 29−June 1 at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon in order to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's collegiate Division I outdoor track and field events in the United States. These were the 74th annual men's championships and the 15th annual women's championships. This was the Ducks' eighth time hosting the event and the first since 1991.

The 1996 Oakland Raiders season was their 37th in the league. They were unable to improve upon their previous season's output of 8–8, winning only seven games. This was the team's third consecutive season in which they failed to qualify for the playoffs. Afterwards Head coach Mike White was fired in only his second season. He was 15-17 overall head coaching the Raiders.

1996 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

1996 Oceania Athletics Championships

The 1996 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 28th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at Canyonview Pool in La Jolla, San Diego, California during December 1996. UCLA defeated USC in the final, 8–7, to win their fifth national title. The Bruins (24–6) were coached by Guy Baker. The Most Outstanding Player of the tournament was Matt Swanson from UCLA. Swanson, along with seven other players, comprised the All-Tournament Team.

1996 Oregon State Beavers football

Junji Kawabata

1996 National League Division Series

1996 Newsweek Champions Cup - Men's Singles

1996 Ohio Bobcats football season

Seiji Kami

In 1996 the Northern Transvaal changed their name to the Blue Bulls. In the 1996 season the Blue Bulls recorded a 147-8 victory over SWD Eagles that remains the highest score in Currie Cup history.

The 1996 Nottingham Open was a men's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Nottingham Tennis Centre in Nottingham in England and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from 17 June through 23 June 1996. Fifth-seeded Jan Siemerink won the singles title.

Seiji Kubo

The 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1996 at the Texas Swimming Center at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas at the 73rd annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States. Hosts Texas topped the team standings, the Longhorns' sixth men's title (and first since 1991, the last time the championships were held in Austin).

The 1996 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1996. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1996 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fiftieth time in 1996, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. LSU claimed the championship for the third time.

1996 Omloop Het Volk

1996 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament

1996 Nottingham Open – Doubles

The 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 12 schools playing in single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 22, 1996, and ended with the championship game on March 30. A total of 11 games were played. The top two seeds in each region received a bye into the tournament quarterfinals. In the Regional Semifinals, Michigan's Mike Legg scored one of the most memorable goals in tournament history.

The 1996 Oman cyclone (also known as Cyclone 02A) was a tenacious and deadly system that caused historic flooding in the southern Arabian Peninsula. It originated from a disturbance in the Gulf of Aden, the first such tropical cyclogenesis on record. After moving eastward, the system interacted with the monsoon trough and became a tropical storm on June 11. Later that day, it turned toward Oman and struck the country's southeast coast. It weakened over land, dissipating on June 12, although it continued to produce rainfall – heavy at times – over the next few days. Offshore Oman, the storm's rough waves disabled an oil tanker and damaged a fishing boat, killing one person in the latter incident. Striking Oman, the storm produced significant rainfall totals well above the monthly average, peaking at 234 mm (9.2 in) in the Dhofar region. Strong winds where the storm moved ashore damaged buildings and the local water plant. The rains washed out roads and isolated villages, killing two people due to drowning in Al-Ghubra. However, the effects were more severe in Yemen, where the floods were considered the worst on record. The storm produced the heaviest rainfall in 70 years, reaching 189 mm (7.4 in) in Ma'rib. Flood waters washed away or damaged 1,068 km (664 mi) of roads and 21 bridges, some of them dating back 2,000 years to the Roman era. The storm washed away the topsoil or otherwise wrecked 42,800 ha (106,000 acres) of crop fields, accounting for US$100 million in agriculture damage. At least 1,820 houses were destroyed, many of them built on wadis, or dry river beds. Overall damage was estimated at US$1.2 billion, and there were 338 deaths in Yemen. The World Bank assisted in a project to rebuild the damaged infrastructure in Yemen and to mitigate against future floods.

1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers football season

1996 Open Gaz de France - Singles

1996 Olympics

The 1996 North American Touring Car Championship was the first season of the North American Touring Car Championship. The series was organized by CART, and ran to Super Touring regulations. 16 rounds at 8 race meetings were organized, all but two (Lime Rock and Trois-Rivières) supporting the CART IndyCar World Series.

1996 New York Giants football team

The 31st National Society of Film Critics Awards, given by the National Society of Film Critics on January 5, 1997, honored the best in film for 1996.

1996 Norwegian First Division

1996 Nichirei International Championships – Doubles

The 1996 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation. The team was led by second-year head coach Charlie Weatherbie.

1996 Open Gaz de France

The 1996 NatWest Trophy was the 16th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 25 June and 7 September 1996. The tournament was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club who defeated Essex County Cricket Club by 129 runs in the final at Lord's.

The 1996 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships were the 50th annual championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I men's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States. Defending champions Stanford defeated UCLA in the championship final, 4–1, to claim the Cardinal's second consecutive and fourteenth overall team national title.

1996 Oldham Bears season

The 1996 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa was a historic tour in the history of New Zealand rugby. The All Blacks won the test series 2–1 and became known as the incomparables for their feat of winning a series in South Africa for the first time.

The Oakland Athletics' 1996 season was the team's 29th in Oakland, California. It was also the 96th season in franchise history. The team finished third in the American League West with a record of 78-84. The 1996 season was the Athletics' first under manager Art Howe. It was also the team's fourth consecutive losing season. The reasons behind Oakland's mediocrity remained the same; a below-average offense failed to offset an awful pitching staff. The Athletics' starting rotation, once again, was in shambles; none of the Athletics' six primary starters (Don Wengert, Doug Johns, John Wasdin, Ariel Prieto, Steve Wojciechowski, and Dave Telgheder) managed to win more than eight games. Oakland's bullpen also ranked among the league's worst. Reliever Carlos Reyes lead all pitchers in strikeouts with 78. All told, the A's boasted a team ERA of 5.20; this was the 10th best total in the 14-team American League. The Athletics' offense was only slightly better. As had been the case in prior years, slugger Mark McGwire was the main draw; he crushed a league-high (and Oakland franchise record) 52 home runs in 1996. Designated hitter Gerónimo Berroa and catcher Terry Steinbach belted 36 and 35 home runs, respectively; secondary hitters Scott Brosius, Jason Giambi, and Ernie Young contributed 22, 20, and 19. The Athletics, as a team, hit 243 home runs (the American League's third-most); a low team batting average, however, ensured that they would finish the season with only 861 runs (the American League's 10th best total). The Athletics hovered around the .500-mark for almost all of the season. They were not expected to contend in 1996, and indeed did not; they ultimately finished 12 games behind the first-time AL West Champion Texas Rangers.

1996 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1996 Odwalla E. coli outbreak

NATCCseason

The 1996 Nicholls State Colonels football team represented Nicholls State University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Colonels were led by second-gyear head coach Darren Barbier. They played their home games at John L. Guidry Stadium and were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 8–4, 4–2 in Southland play to finish in second place.

Mitsutoshi Tsushima

1996 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship

The 1996 New York Giants season was the franchise's 72nd season in the National Football League (NFL). With a 6–10 record, the Giants finished in last place in the National Football Conference East Division.

1996 Oregon Ducks football

The 1996 National Camogie League, the second most important elite level inter-county competition in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Cork, who defeated Galway in the final, played at Páirc Uí Rinn.

1996 North American Touring Car Championship season

The 1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Nebraska participated in the very first Big 12 Championship Game by winning the North Division. They were upset by the unranked winners of the South Division, Texas. They still played in an Alliance bowl, the Orange Bowl, where they beat Virginia Tech.

1996 New England Patriots football team

1996 Open Gaz de France – Doubles

1996 Nottingham Open - Doubles

1996 NatWest Trophy

The 1996 Oceania Handball Nations Cup, was the second official competition for senior men's national handball teams from the region. It was held from 8-9 December, 1996 in Porirua, New Zealand. The winner would play Lithuania in the qualifying competition for the 1997 World Men's Handball Championship. Australia and New Zealand played a two-game series to determine the winner.

1996 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships

1996 Open Gaz de France - Doubles

1996 Nichirei International Championships - Singles

The 1996 Oceania Junior Athletics Championships were held in Townsville, Australia, between November 28–30, 1996. They were held together with the 1996 Oceania Open Championships. A total of 35 events were contested, 18 by men and 17 by women.

1996 Norwegian Football Cup Final

1996 Open Championship

1996 Nottingham Open

1996 Orange Bowl

The 1996 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships were the 15th annual championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I women's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States. Florida defeated Stanford in the championship final, 5–2, to claim their second national title.

The 1996 Nebelhorn Trophy was the Nebelhorn Trophy of the 1996–1997 figure skating season. The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain. It was one of the first international senior competitions of the season. Skaters were entered by their respective national federations, rather than receiving individual invitations as in the Grand Prix of Figure Skating, and competed in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The Fritz-Geiger-Memorial Trophy was presented to the country with the highest placements across all disciplines. The 1996 Nebelhorn Trophy took place between August 27 and 30, 1996.

The 1996 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 125th Open Championship, held from 18–21 July at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. Tom Lehman won his only major championship by two strokes over runners-up Mark McCumber and Ernie Els. Lehman built a six-stroke lead after 54 holes and became the first American to win at Lytham since Bobby Jones seventy years earlier.

The 1996 1. divisjon, Norway's second-tier football league, began play on 28 April 1996 and ended on 29 September 1996. The league was contested by 24 teams, divided in two groups and the winner of each group won promotion to Tippeligaen, while the runners-up played a promotion-playoff to win promotion. This was the last season that this league was divided into two groups, so bottom six teams was relegated to 2. divisjon, while the sixth-placed team place a play-off against the winners of the group-winners in the 2. divisjon.

Javier Frana was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Marc-Kevin Goellner. Jan Siemerink won in the final 6–3, 7–6(7–0) against Sandon Stolle.

Passi

The 1996 Oakfield tornado was an F5-rated tornado that severely damaged the village of Oakfield, Wisconsin, on July 18, 1996. In addition, strong thunderstorms brought heavy rains, lightning, and gusty winds to the south east central region of Wisconsin. All of these elements resulted from the passage of a strong upper level disturbance over an extremely unstable airmass. The violent tornado developed outside of town and moved eastward across Fond du Lac County, directly through Oakfield. At 7:15 p.m. the large tornado struck the village (pop: 1,012), injuring 17 people but killing none. Damage estimates totaled over $40 million as 47 of 327 homes were destroyed. An additional 56 homes as well as numerous businesses and churches suffered heavy damage. A state of emergency was declared by W

1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game

Akira Kawaguchi

Mary Pierce was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Kimberly Po. Monica Seles won in the final 6–1, 6–4 against Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

Naoki Mori

1996 Nokia Open - Doubles

1996 NHL All-Star Game

1996 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The 1996 Nike Tour season was the seventh season of the Nike Tour, the PGA Tour's official developmental tour, now known as the Web.com Tour. The top ten players on the final money list earned PGA Tour cards for 1997.

1996 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

1996 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament

1996 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1996 National Basketball Association Finals

Takayuki Nishigaya

1996 Navy Midshipmen football

1996 Newsweek Champions Cup – Doubles

1996 New Zealand rugby league season

The 1996 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and participated as members of the newly formed Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They were coached by John Blake.

1996 Olympic bombing

1996 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament

1996 Oklahoma Sooners football season

1996 Oceania Junior Athletics Championships

The 62nd New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 1996, were given announced on December 12, 1996, and given on January 5, 1997.

The 1996 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team represented Northeast Louisiana University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A college football season. The Indians offense scored 192 points while the defense allowed 353 points.

The 1996 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship involved 12 schools competing for the national championship of women's NCAA Division I gymnastics. It was the fifteenth NCAA gymnastics national championship and the defending NCAA Team Champion for 1995 was Utah. The competition took place in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, hosted by the University of Alabama in the Coleman Coliseum. The 1996 Championship was won by host, Alabama and was their 3rd NCAA Title, setting a new NCAA record score of 198.025.

The 1996 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was led by head coach Mack Brown.

The 62nd Orange Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Florida State Seminoles and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on January 1, 1996, at The Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. Florida State defeated Notre Dame, 31-26. The game was part of the 1995-1996 Bowl Alliance of the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season and represented the concluding game of the season for both teams. The Orange Bowl was first played in 1935, and the 1996 game represented the 62nd edition of the Orange Bowl. The contest was televised in the United States on CBS.

Tommy Ho and Brett Steven were the defending champions but only Steven competed that year with Sandon Stolle. Steven and Stolle lost in the first round to Jonas Björkman and Stefan Edberg. Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde won in the final 1–6, 6–2, 6–2 against Brian MacPhie and Michael Tebbutt.

1996 Navy Midshipmen football team

Suguru Itō

Alberto Berasategui was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Mikael Tillström. Félix Mantilla won in the final 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–3 against Hernán Gumy.

1996 New Delhi Open

The 1996 Nigerien coup d'état was a military coup d'état which occurred on 27 January 1996 in Niamey, Niger. It ousted Niger's first democratically elected president, Mahamane Ousmane after nearly three years in power and installed General Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara as head of state. Prime Minister Hama Amadou was arrested in the coup and several soldiers and presidential guard were killed in the fighting.

The 1996 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 2nd in the club's history. Coached by Graham Lowe and captained by Dean Schifilliti, they competed in the Optus Cup.

The 1996 NHL Entry Draft was held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 22, 1996.

The 1996 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was John Cooper. The Buckeyes played their home games in Ohio Stadium. The team finished the season with a win-loss record of 11–1, and a Big Ten Conference record of 7–1. They were co-champions of Big Ten Conference with the Northwestern Wildcats and played in the 1997 Rose Bowl against Pacific-10 Conference champion the Arizona State Sun Devils. Ohio State did not play Northwestern during the regular season and were selected to play in the Rose Bowl due to their better overall record of 10–1 (the Wildcats were 9–2). Northwestern had played in the previous Rose Bowl. The Buckeyes used two quarterbacks throughout the year, junior Stanley Jackson, and sophomore Joe Germaine, the Buckeyes were dominant throughout the majority of the season, outscoring their opponents by a score of 455–131. The Buckeyes only loss came late in the season to their rivals, the Michigan Wolverines, by a score of 13–9. Because of the late loss, Ohio State fell from second to fourth in the polls. Due to the Big Ten and Pac-10 not being involved in the Bowl Alliance agreement as the two champions were contractually obligated to play in the Rose Bowl, Ohio State was set to play #2 Arizona State, while #1 Florida State and #3 Florida played for the national championship in the 1997 Sugar Bowl. Ohio State went into the 1997 Rose Bowl with high hopes and Germaine came off the bench and threw a late touchdown pass to David Boston to steal a come-from-behind victory. With the Buckeyes dramatic upset victory over the Sun Devils, Buckeye fans hoped for a share of the national title. However, Florida would later avenge a late season loss to their rivals, and beat the Seminoles by a score of 52–20. Florida finished first and Ohio State second in both polls, followed by Florida State and Arizona State. The National Championship was claimed by both Ohio State and Florida following a 2018 Gatorade commercial that debuted during the 2017 NCAA National Championship game. The Rose Bowl appearance was the Buckeyes first since 1985. The Rose Bowl victory was the sixth in school history, the first since 1974. Germaine was named Rose Bowl MVP.

1996 Navy Midshipmen football season

1996 Nokia Open – Women's Doubles

1996 NHL Entry Draft

1996 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship

The 1996 North Indian Ocean cyclone season featured several deadly tropical cyclones, with over 2,000 people killed during the year. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) – the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center for the northern Indian Ocean as recognized by the World Meteorological Organization – issued warnings for nine tropical cyclones in the region. Storms were also tracked on an unofficial basis by the American-based Joint Typhoon Warning Center, which observed one additional storm. The basin is split between the Bay of Bengal off the east coast of India and the Arabian Sea off the west coast. During the year, the activity was affected by the monsoon season, with most storms forming in June or after October. The first system originated on May 7 in the Bay of Bengal, which is the body of water east of India; the storm developed in tandem with a storm in the southern hemisphere, and ultimately struck Bangladesh. Three storms formed in June. The first struck Oman and later caused devastating flooding in Yemen, killing 338 people and causing $1.2 billion in damage. The other two storms struck opposite sides of India, collectively resulting in 226 deaths after causing widespread flooding. After a brief land depression in July and a weak depression in early October, the season featured four notable cyclones beginning in late October. A low pressure area moved across southern India, killing 388 people before taking an unusual track in the Arabian Sea. At the end of October, a deep depression killed 14 people in Bangladesh. The strongest cyclone of the season was also the deadliest, killing 1,077 people when it struck Andhra Pradesh in early November. The final storm of the season executed a rare loop in the Bay of Bengal before weakening and striking southern India in early December, killing seven.

1996 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1996 Nicholls State Colonels football season

1996 North Carolina Tar Heels football season

The 1996 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was John Cooper. The Buckeyes played their home games in Ohio Stadium. The team finished the season with a win-loss record of 11–1, and a Big Ten Conference record of 7–1. They were co-champions of Big Ten Conference with the Northwestern Wildcats and played in the 1997 Rose Bowl against Pacific-10 Conference champion the Arizona State Sun Devils. Ohio State did not play Northwestern during the regular season and were selected to play in the Rose Bowl due to their better overall record of 10–1 (the Wildcats were 9–2). Northwestern had played in the previous Rose Bowl.

The Oakland Athletics' 1996 season was the team's 29th in Oakland, California. It was also the 96th season in franchise history. The team finished third in the American League West with a record of 78-84. The Athletics hovered around the .500-mark for almost all of the season. They were not expected to contend in 1996, and indeed did not; they ultimately finished 12 games behind the first-time AL West Champion Texas Rangers.

The 1996 NHK Trophy was the fifth event of six in the 1996–97 ISU Champions Series, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Osaka on December 5–8. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 1996–97 Champions Series Final.

The 1996 National Hockey League All-Star Game took place at the FleetCenter in Boston on January 20, 1996. The 46th game was originally scheduled to take place in 1995, but the lockout of the 1994–95 NHL season led to its postponement.

1996 New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa

1996 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament

1996 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

1996 Norwegian Second Division

Hiroto Takahashi

The 63rd Orange Bowl, also known as the 1996 Orange Bowl, was a 1996–1997 Bowl Alliance game played on December 31, 1996, between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Virginia Tech Hokies. Virginia Tech, champions of the Big East Conference, came into the game with a 10–1 record and #10 AP ranking, whereas Nebraska, members of the Big 12 Conference, came into the game with a 10–2 and No. 6 ranking. In a high-scoring affair, Nebraska defeated Virginia Tech, 41–21.

1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers football

1996 Open Romania – Doubles

1996 Ole Miss Rebels football

The 1996 Oakfield tornado was an F5-rated tornado that severely damaged the village of Oakfield, Wisconsin, on July 18, 1996. In addition, strong thunderstorms brought heavy rains, lightning, and gusty winds to the south east central region of Wisconsin. All of these elements resulted from the passage of a strong upper level disturbance over an extremely unstable airmass. The violent tornado developed outside of town and moved eastward across Fond du Lac County, directly through Oakfield. At 7:15 p.m. the large tornado struck the village (pop: 1,012), injuring 17 people but killing none. Damage estimates totaled over $40 million as 47 of 327 homes were destroyed. An additional 56 homes as well as numerous businesses and churches suffered heavy damage. A state of emergency was declared by Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson allowing National Guard soldiers to be called in to aid victims and clear debris. The tornado was strong enough to level the Friday Canning Company, sweeping up millions of empty cans and leaving them scattered over a 50-mile (80 km) radius. Besides structural damage to buildings the tornado was very costly to farmers; Crops, livestock, and farm equipment were also destroyed. The original National Weather Service report from Milwaukee/Sullivan categorized the tornado to be an F3 to F4 tornado on the Fujita scale. It was later upgraded to an F5, the most intense category tornado possible. It would be the only F5 tornado to hit the United States that year. The tornado width when it reached its maximum strength was about 100 yards (92m) wide, making it one of the narrowest F5's on record. The tornado was documented by at least three experienced storm chasers. There were eleven other tornadoes in Wisconsin from this storm complex, with one death at Marytown, Wisconsin.

1996 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship

1996 National Society of Film Critics Awards

Mitsunori Yamao

Luke Jensen and Murphy Jensen were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Ellis Ferreira and Jan Siemerink. Mark Petchey and Danny Sapsford won in the final 6–7, 7–6, 6–4 against Neil Broad and Piet Norval.

Meredith McGrath and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Laurence Courtois and Nancy Feber. Kristie Boogert and Jana Novotná won in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Julie Halard-Decugis and Nathalie Tauziat.

1996 Oregon State Beavers football season

1996 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team

The 1996 New York Yankees season was the 94th season for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. The 1996 New York Yankees were managed by Joe Torre, and played at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. The team finished first in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 92–70, 4 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles and won their first division title since 1981 (the 1994 team had the best record in the American League, but the strike took it away). The team defeated the Texas Rangers in the American League Division Series, three games to one. The Yankees went on to defeat the Orioles in the American League Championship Series four games to one. In the 1996 World Series the Yankees beat the National League champion Atlanta Braves four games to two, winning four consecutive games to overcome a two-games-to-none deficit. New York became the first team to lose the first two games at home and win the Series. All told, the Yankees finished the post-season with an 8-0 road win-loss record, while going just 3-4 at home. The Yankees earned their 23rd World Series title and their first since 1978.

The 1996 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 1996 National League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 1, and ended on Saturday, October 5, with the champions of the three NL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
* (1) Atlanta Braves (Eastern Division champion, 96–66) vs. (4) Los Angeles Dodgers (Wild Card, 90–72): Braves won series, 3–0.
* (2) San Diego Padres (Western Division champion, 91–71) vs. (3) St. Louis Cardinals (Central Division champion, 88–74): Cardinals won series, 3–0.

1996 Nottingham Open – Singles

1996 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

1996 Oakland Athletics season

The 1996 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament was the 15th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The semifinals and championship game were played at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, California during December 1996. North Carolina defeated Notre Dame in the final, 1–0 (in two overtimes), to win their thirteenth national title. Coached by Anson Dorrance, the Tar Heels finished the season 27–0–1. North Carolina returned to the championship after appearing in all thirteen finals prior to 1995.

1996 NC State Wolfpack football season

1996 Orange Bowl (disambiguation)

The 1996 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the 27th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate volleyball. The single elimination tournament was played at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California during May 1996. UCLA defeated Hawaiʻi in the final match, 3–2 (15–13, 12–15, 9–15, 17–15, 15–12), to win their sixteenth, and second consecutive, national title. The Bruins (26–5) were coached by Al Scates. Hawaiʻi's was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Katz, along with five other players, comprised the All-Tournament Team. This was the first time the Most Outstanding Player did not come from the championship team.

1996 Oporto Open

1996 Northern Illinois Huskies football

1996 Oceania Handball Championship

The Consensus 1996 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches. 1996 was the last year that the UPI teams were named. After being considered a part of consensus selections since 1949, they would be replaced in 1998 by the Sporting News All-American team.

NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament

The 1996 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 1996 National League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 1, and ended on Saturday, October 5, with the champions of the three NL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
* (1) Atlanta Braves (Eastern Division champion, 96–66) vs. (4) Los Angeles Dodgers (Wild Card, 90–72): Braves won series, 3–0.
* (2) San Diego Padres (Western Division champion, 91–71) vs. (3) St. Louis Cardinals (Central Division champion, 88–74): Cardinals won series, 3–0. The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home field advantage, which was not tied to playing record but was predetermined—a highly unpopular arrangement which was discontinued after the 1997 playoffs. Also, the team with home field "advantage" was required to play the first two games on the road, with potentially the last three at home, in order to reduce travel. The Padres played the Cardinals, rather than the wild card Dodgers, because the Padres and Dodgers are in the same division. Had the 1996 NLDS been played under the 1998-2011 arrangement, then Atlanta (1) would have still faced off against Los Angeles (St. Louis had a worse record, but would have faced Atlanta because of the mandate of no teams from the same division playing against each other in the Division Series) and San Diego likewise would have still faced off against St. Louis, but the Cardinals would have had home field advantage. Under the 2012-present format, which removed the prohibition against teams from the same division meeting in the Division Series, the matchups still would have been Atlanta-Los Angeles and St. Louis-San Diego, with the Braves and Cardinals having home field advantage. The St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves both swept their Division Series, and went on to meet in the NL Championship Series (NLCS). The Braves would rally to win that series four games to three and become the National League champion, but would lose to the American League champion New York Yankees in the 1996 World Series.

1996 Ordina Open

The 1996 National Invitation Tournament was the 1996 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

1996 Northeast Louisiana Indians football

The 1996 OFC Nations Cup Final was the final match of the 1996 OFC Nations Cup. It was a two-legged match held on 27 October in Papeete and 1 November in Canberra Australia won the match 11–0 on aggregate against Tahiti. Australia won the right to play in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup as the representative from the OFC.

1996 Open Paginas Amarillas – Singles

1996 Oakland Raiders season

1996 Northern Transvaal Currie Cup season

1996 North Queensland Cowboys season

1996 Ohio State Buckeyes football

1996 NCAA Rifle Championships

1996 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

The 1996 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament took place from March 15–31, 1996. The Final Four consisted of Connecticut, Georgia, Stanford, and Tennessee. Tennessee defeated Georgia 83–65 in the championship game.

The following polls make up the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. USA Today and ESPN began publishing the Coaches' Poll of 31 active coaches ranking the top 25 teams in the nation in 1992. Each coach is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association. Baseball America began publishing its poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1981. Beginning with the 1985 season, it expanded to the top 25. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.

1996 NHL Western Conference Final

1996 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1996 NCAA conference realignment was initiated by the dissolution of the Southwest Conference (SWC), the formation of the Big 12 Conference and Conference USA (C-USA), and the expansion of the Western Athletic Conference to 16 teams. This "new" WAC ultimately did not last long, as eight of its 16 members left the conference in 1999 and founded the Mountain West Conference.

1996 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football season

The 1996 season was the first season in New York/New Jersey MetroStars's existence, in the first season of American Major League Soccer. They played their home games at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The team played 38 matches in the season including 35 Major League Soccer games and 3 friendlies. Eddie Firmani coached the team for their first eight games before being replaced by Carlos Queiroz. The team is now known as the New York Red Bulls; the entire organization is known as Red Bull New York.

1996 Orange Bowl (December)

1996 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships

The 1996 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament determined which Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) teams would qualify for playoff to compete at the 1996 Summer Olympics men's football tournament. Source:(H) Host.13 January 1996 Adelaide13 January 1996 Adelaide15 January 1996 Adelaide15 January 1996 Adelaide17 January 1996 Adelaide19 January 1996 Adelaide19 January 1996 Adelaide21 January 1996 Adelaide21 January 1996 Adelaide23 January 1996 Adelaide23 January 1996 Adelaide25 January 1996 Adelaide25 January 1996 Adelaide27 January 1996 Adelaide27 January 1996 Adelaide29 January 1996 Adelaide29 January 1996 Adelaide31 January 1996 Adelaide31 January 1996 Adelaide Notes

The 1996 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the 27th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate volleyball. The single elimination tournament was played at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California during May 1996. UCLA defeated Hawaiʻi in the final match, 3–2 (15–13, 12–15, 9–15, 17–15, 15–12), to win their sixteenth, and second consecutive, national title. The Bruins (26–5) were coached by Al Scates.

1996 Open Romania – Singles

1996 Olympics medal count

1996 Oceanian Futsal Championship

The 1996 Oman cyclone (also known as Cyclone 02A) was a tenacious and deadly system that caused historic flooding in the southern Arabian Peninsula. It originated from a disturbance in the Gulf of Aden, the first such tropical cyclogenesis on record. After moving eastward, the system interacted with the monsoon trough and became a tropical storm on June 11. Later that day, it turned toward Oman and struck the country's southeast coast. It weakened over land, dissipating on June 12, although it continued to produce rainfall – heavy at times – over the next few days.

伊藤 亘

The 1996 Odwalla E. coli outbreak began on October 7, 1996, when Odwalla produced a batch of apple juice using blemished fruit contaminated with E. coli bacterium, which ultimately killed a 16-month-old girl and sickened 66 people. Odwalla made and marketed unpasteurized fruit juices for the health segment of the juice market.

1996 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

1996 National Basketball Association Draft

1996 New York Giants season

The 1996 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's ten teams, seeded based on their conference record. Monmouth won the championship, their first, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Tournament.

The 1996 Nebelhorn Trophy was the Nebelhorn Trophy of the 1996–1997 figure skating season. The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain. The 1996 Nebelhorn Trophy took place between August 27 and 30, 1996.

The 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 26th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Twelve NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament. The championship game was played at Maryland's Byrd Stadium in front of 22,102 fans. The game saw Princeton defeat Virginia by the score of 13-12 in overtime. Jesse Hubbard scored the game-winning goal for Princeton in overtime. This was Princeton's third national championship under Head Coach Bill Tierney, since 1992.

1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1996 NECBL season

The 1996 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football, Division I-A. They were led by first year head coach Joe Novak and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

The 1996 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 28th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at Canyonview Pool in La Jolla, San Diego, California during December 1996. UCLA defeated USC in the final, 8–7, to win their fifth national title. The Bruins (24–6) were coached by Guy Baker. The Most Outstanding Player of the tournament was Matt Swanson from UCLA. Swanson, along with seven other players, comprised the All-Tournament Team. The tournament's leading scorers, with 5 goals each, were Hrvoje Cismic (USC), Brian Stahl (Massachusetts), and Marko Zagar (USC).

The 1996 NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships were contested at the 15th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I women's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States. This year's events were hosted by the University of Michigan at the in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Four-time defending champions Stanford again topped the team standings, finishing 81 points ahead of SMU. It was the Cardinal's eighth overall women's team title.

1996 Open Paginas Amarillas – Doubles

This is a list of players who graduated from the Nike Tour in 1996. The top ten players on the Nike Tour's money list in 1996 earned their PGA Tour card for 1997. *PGA Tour rookie for 1997. T = TiedGreen background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 1998 (won or finished inside the top 125).Yellow background indicates player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1998, but retained conditional status (finished between 126–150).Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1998 (finished outside the top 150).

Yūji Sakakura

1996 Newsweek Champions Cup

1996 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships

Masashi Shimamura

The 1996 New York Giants season was the franchise's 72nd season in the National Football League (NFL). With a 6–10 record, the Giants finished in last place in the National Football Conference East Division. In the 1996 NFL Draft, the Giants selected defensive end Cedric Jones with the fifth overall pick. The Giants' first game of the season was at home against the Buffalo Bills, and resulted in a 23–20 loss in overtime. After being shut out by the Dallas Cowboys, New York fell to 0–3 with a 31–10 defeat to the Washington Redskins. Against the New York Jets, the Giants earned their first victory of the season; a 15–10 win over the Minnesota Vikings left them with a 2–3 record heading into their bye week. The team then lost four of its next six games. After defeating the Cowboys, the Giants' record entering December stood at 5–7. They ended the season by losing three of their last four games. The Giants fired head coach Dan Reeves after the season, and hired Jim Fassel as his replacement. Quarterback Dave Brown started all 16 games for the Giants in 1996, throwing for 12 touchdowns and 20 interceptions. New York's leading running back was Rodney Hampton, who had 254 carries for 827 yards. Wide receivers Chris Calloway and Thomas Lewis led the Giants with four touchdowns and 53 receptions each; Calloway had a team-high 739 receiving yards. Defensively, Chad Bratzke and Michael Strahan had the most sacks among Giants players with five apiece, while Jason Sehorn had five interceptions to lead the team.

1996 Open Paginas Amarillas - Singles

1996 Olympic Games

1996 Nokia Open

The 1996 Open Gaz de France was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris in France that was part of Tier II of the 1996 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 13 February until 18 February 1996.

1996 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana

The 1996 National League Championship Series (NLCS) matched the East Division champion Atlanta Braves and the Central Division champion St. Louis Cardinals. It was the second NLCS meeting of the two teams and first since 1982. The Braves won in seven games, becoming the eighth team in baseball history to win a best-of-seven postseason series after being down 3–1, and first to overcome such a deficit in the NLCS. They outscored the Cardinals, 32–1, over the final three games. Also, Bobby Cox became the only manager to be on both the winning and losing end of such a comeback in postseason history, having previously blown the 1985 American League Championship Series with the Toronto Blue Jays against the Kansas City Royals. The Braves would go on to lose to the New York Yankees in the World Series in six games.

1996 Oklahoma State Cowboys football

1996 Open Paginas Amarillas

Toshiyuki Kosugi

1996 New Hampshire Learjet crash

The 1996 New Zealand National Basketball League season was the 15th running of the competition. Only one change occurred heading into the 1996 season, with the Waitakere Rangers dropping down to the Conference Basketball League. The Auckland Stars won the championship in 1996 to claim their fourth league title. Auckland faced the Nelson Giants in the best-of-three Finals series where, despite Nelson winning Game 1 110–95, Auckland prevailed with a 2–1 series win, defeating Nelson 109–98 in Game 2 and 94–90 in Game 3.

The 1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. This was the first season for Nebraska in the Big 12 Conference, which took on that name after adding four schools from the disbanded Southwest Conference; the conference had been known as the Big Eight Conference since 1964, and was the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association before that. Nebraska was placed in the North Division with the four other Midwest schools in the conference, plus Colorado, all of which were in the conference prior to 1996; the Oklahoma schools joined with the former SWC members (all of which were in Texas) to form the South Division. Nebraska participated in the very first Big 12 Championship Game by winning the North Division. They were upset by the unranked winners of the South Division, Texas. They still played in an Alliance bowl, the Orange Bowl, where they beat Virginia Tech.

1996 Nigerien coup d'etat

1996 Nicholls State Colonels football

1996 National Invitation Tournament

Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández were the defending champions but did not compete that year. Amanda Coetzer and Mary Pierce won in the final 6–3, 7–6 against Sung-Hee Park and Shi-Ting Wang.

1996 Open Romania - Singles

1996 Oregon Ducks football season

1996 Ostrava Open

1996 NC State Wolfpack football

1996 NLCS

1996 Oklahoma Sooners football

The 1996 1. divisjon, Norway's second-tier football league, began play on 28 April 1996 and ended on 29 September 1996. The league was contested by 24 teams, divided in two groups and the winner of each group won promotion to Tippeligaen, while the runners-up played a promotion-playoff to win promotion. This was the last season that this league was divided into two groups, so bottom six teams was relegated to 2. divisjon, while the sixth-placed team place a play-off against the winners of the group-winners in the 2. divisjon. Lyn and Haugesund won promotion to Tippeligaen as group-winners, while Sogndal was promoted after beating Odd in the promotion play-off. Jevnaker, Tromsdalen, Ullern, Elverum, Stålkameratene, Mjøndalen, Fana, Strindheim, Nardo, Vidar, Åsane and Fyllingen was relegated to the Second Division, while Harstad and Byåsen avoided relegation through after winning the playoff.

1996 National Soccer League Grand Final

1996 National League Championship Series

1996 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1996 Oman cyclone

1996 New Orleans Saints football team

1996 Open 13

OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

1996 North American Touring Car Championship

1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1996 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1996 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament was the 15th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The semifinals and championship game were played at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, California during December 1996. North Carolina defeated Notre Dame in the final, 1–0 (in two overtimes), to win their thirteenth national title. Coached by Anson Dorrance, the Tar Heels finished the season 27–0–1. North Carolina returned to the championship after appearing in all thirteen finals prior to 1995. The Most Outstanding Offensive Player was Debbie Keller from North Carolina, and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player was , also from North Carolina. Keller and Fettig, along with eleven other players, were named to the All-tournament team. The tournament's leading scorers, with 5 goals each, were Danielle Fotopoulous from Florida and from Notre Dame.

Norwegian Football Cup

1996 Oakland Raiders football team

1996 Oporto Open - Singles

1996 Newsweek Champions Cup - Singles

1996 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

The 1996 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was the fifteenth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 1996, thirty-two Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured eight regionals of four teams, each in a double elimination format. The 1996 Women's College World Series was held in Columbus, Georgia from May 23 through May 27 and marked the conclusion of the . This marked the last time that the Women's College World Series was held in a city other than Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and previewed Golden Park's hosting of softball events for the 1996 Summer Olympics. Arizona won their fourth NCAA championship by defeating Washington 6–4 in the final game. Arizona second baseman Jenny Dalton was named Women's College World Series Most Outstanding Player.

1996 Open 13 - Singles

1996 Ondrej Nepela Memorial

1996 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

1996 NCAA Division I FBS football season

1996 National Camogie League

1996 Nigerien coup d'état

1996 New York Yankees season

1996 NHL Western Conference Finals

1996 Open Paginas Amarillas - Doubles

1996 North Carolina Tar Heels football

1996 Oporto Open – Doubles

1996 Open 13 – Singles

The 63rd Orange Bowl, also known as the 1996 Orange Bowl, was a 1996–1997 Bowl Alliance game played on December 31, 1996, between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Virginia Tech Hokies. Virginia Tech, champions of the Big East Conference, came into the game with a 10–1 record and #10 AP ranking, whereas Nebraska, members of the Big 12 Conference, came into the game with a 10–2 and No. 6 ranking. In a high-scoring affair, Nebraska defeated Virginia Tech, 41–21. Due to Bowl Alliance (predecessor to the Bowl Championship Series) rules, the Orange Bowl following the 1996 season was played on December 31, instead of January 1 or later. This marked the first time that an Orange Bowl was played prior to New Year's Day: there were two Orange Bowls in the same calendar year—one in January, following the 1995 season, and the other in December, following the 1996 season. The Orange Bowl Committee, which had the fourth and sixth selections of eligible Bowl Alliance teams, selected Big East champions Virginia Tech and Nebraska, an at-large selection that appeared to be a national championship game contender before its loss to Texas in the inaugural Big 12 Championship Game. The weeks before the game were filled with controversy, as both teams had multiple players arrested or charged with crimes. Despite having lost their last game before the Orange Bowl, Nebraska was heavily favored over Virginia Tech, as spread bettors favored the Cornhuskers by 16 or 17 points, depending on the source used. The Cornhuskers had won the 1994 and 1995 national championships, and presented an imposing history when compared with that of Virginia Tech, which had posted its most important win in school history at the end of the previous season, defeating Texas in the 1995 Sugar Bowl. On December 31, the weather was clear and warm at the start of the game, though a light rain began to fall in the fourth quarter. Virginia Tech scored first, taking a 7–0 lead at the end of the first quarter—its only advantage in the game. In the second quarter, Nebraska scored three times for 17 points, taking a 17–7 lead before Virginia Tech quarterback Jim Druckenmiller threw a touchdown pass with 19 seconds remaining in the first half, cutting Nebraska's lead to 17–14. In the third quarter, the two teams alternated scores, with Nebraska maintaining a three or 10-point lead throughout. At the end of the third quarter, Nebraska had a 31–21 lead. In the final quarter of the game, Nebraska scored 10 unanswered points as the Cornhuskers used their large number of backup players to advantage. The final score was 41–21, Nebraska.

1996 Oakfield tornado

The 1996 National League Championship Series (NLCS) matched the East Division champion Atlanta Braves and the Central Division champion St. Louis Cardinals. It was the second NLCS meeting of the two teams and first since 1982. The Braves won in seven games, becoming the eighth team in baseball history to win a best-of-seven postseason series after being down 3–1, and first to overcome such a deficit in the NLCS. They outscored the Cardinals, 32–1, over the final three games. Also, Bobby Cox became the only manager to be on both the winning and losing end of such a comeback in postseason history, having previously blown the 1985 American League Championship Series with the Toronto Blue Jays against the Kansas City Royals.

1996 Nokia Open - Women's Doubles