| 1996 San Jose SaberCats (Arena) | 
| 3rd place • American Conference • Western Division • 6-8-0 .428 | 
| Head Coach: Todd Shell | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 4/26/1996 | H | Anaheim Piranhas | 18-40 | L | San Jose, CA | San Jose Arena | 14969 | |
| Sat | 5/4/1996 | A | Arizona Rattlers | 59-61 | L | Phoenix, AZ | America West Arena | 15279 | |
| Fri | 5/10/1996 | H | Albany Firebirds | 69-40 | W | San Jose, CA | San Jose Arena | 15561 | |
| Sat | 5/18/1996 | A | Florida Bobcats | 43-26 | W | West Palm Beach, FL | West Palm Beach Auditorium | 4479 | |
| Fri | 5/24/1996 | H | Orlando Predators | 42-25 | W | San Jose, CA | San Jose Arena | 15470 | |
| Sat | 6/1/1996 | A | Tampa Bay Storm | 22-36 | L | St. Petersburg, FL | ThunderDome | 14663 | |
| Sat | 6/8/1996 | A | Texas Terror | 42-24 | W | Houston, TX | The Summit | 9132 | |
| Fri | 6/14/1996 | H | St. Louis Stampede | 34-58 | L | San Jose, CA | San Jose Arena | 15130 | |
| Sat | 6/22/1996 | A | Connecticut Coyotes | 29-39 | L | Hartford, CT | Hartford Civic Center | 8246 | |
| Fri | 6/28/1996 | H | Memphis Pharaohs | 38-35 | W | San Jose, CA | San Jose Arena | 15135 | |
| Thu | 7/4/1996 | A | Anaheim Piranhas | 36-39 | L | Anaheim, CA | Arrowhead Pond | 10790 | |
| Fri | 7/19/1996 | A | Milwaukee Mustangs | 43-48 | L | Milwaukee, WI | Bradley Center | 14977 | |
| Fri | 7/26/1996 | H | Minnesota Fighting Pike | 31-40 | L | San Jose, CA | San Jose Arena | 14901 | |
| Fri | 8/2/1996 | H | Arizona Rattlers | 30-29 | W | San Jose, CA | San Jose Arena | 15109 | |
| First Round Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 8/10/1996 | H | Orlando Predators | 65-48 | W | San Jose, CA | San Jose Arena | 15129 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Theo Adams | OL/DL | 6-4 | 298 | 30 | Hawaii | 5 | ||
| Brian Allred | WR/DB | 5-10 | 175 | 27 | Allan Hancock JC; Sacramento State | 13 | ||
| Mike Babb | WR/LB | 6-2 | 200 | 29 | Golden West JC; Weber State | 3 | ||
| Chris Barber | WR/DB | 6-0 | 187 | 32 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | ||
| Chris Baus | OL/DL | 6-2 | 275 | 26 | Pacific | 14 | ||
| Ben Bennett | QB | 6-1 | 200 | 34 | Duke | 7 | ||
| Marlin Brown | OL/DL | 6-3 | 265 | 29 | Washington State | 9 | ||
| Vaughn Bryant | WR/DB | 5-9 | 187 | 24 | Stanford | 8 | ||
| Howard Butler | OL/DL | 6-2 | 270 | 22 | San Jose State | 12 | ||
| Derrick Chachere | FB/LB | 6-3 | 260 | 29 | Nevada-Reno | 11 | ||
| Rodney Dickerson | FB/LB | 6-2 | 240 | 25 | Cal Poly (Humboldt) | 3 | ||
| Titus Dixon | WR/DB | 5-6 | 152 | 30 | Troy | 12 | ||
| Steven Domingos | K | 6-3 | 200 | 29 | San Francisco State | 1 | 0 | |
| Amod Field | WR/DB | 5-11 | 181 | 29 | Montclair State | 2 | ||
| Bobby Fresques | QB | 6-1 | 190 | Sacramento State | 8 | |||
| Anthony Howard | WR/LB | 6-3 | 190 | 29 | Garden City JC | 1 | ||
| Roy Hurd | WR/LB | 6-2 | 195 | 30 | Phoenix JC; Arizona State | 2 | ||
| Larry Jones | OL/DL | 6-3 | 300 | 29 | Hawaii | 9 | ||
| Tony Kimbrough | QB | 6-2 | 180 | 32 | Grand Rapids CC; Western Michigan | 10 | ||
| Pat McGuirk | DB | 5-10 | 174 | 29 | San Mateo JC; Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | 14 | ||
| Charles Miller | OL/DL | 6-2 | 270 | Pacific | 8 | |||
| Aaron Mills | K | 5-11 | 180 | Stanford | 5 | 0 | ||
| Leonard Nelson | FB/LB | 6-1 | 220 | 27 | American River JC; Sacramento State | 8 | ||
| Al Noga | OL/DL | 6-1 | 264 | 31 | Hawaii | 14 | ||
| Joe O'Brien | OL/DL | 6-2 | 275 | 24 | Boise State | 2 | ||
| Louis Perez | K | 5-9 | 198 | 25 | UCLA | 5 | 0 | |
| Tom Petithomme | FB/LB | 6-1 | 240 | 24 | San Jose State | 12 | ||
| Rob Presbury | OL/DL | 6-3 | 260 | 31 | Delaware State | 7 | ||
| Jerry Reese | WR/DB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | San Jose State | 12 | ||
| Ira Richards | OL/DL | 6-2 | 280 | Central Oklahoma | 5 | |||
| Daryl Rogers | WR/LB | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Pacific | 11 | ||
| Roger Ruzek | K | 6-1 | 195 | 36 | Weber State | 3 | 0 | |
| Ricky Shaw | OL/DL | 6-4 | 240 | 31 | Oklahoma State | 6 | ||
| James Spencer | OL/DL | 6-6 | 285 | 26 | Syracuse | 3 | ||
| Kip Texada | WR/DB | 5-9 | 180 | 28 | McNeese State | 11 | ||
| Brent White | OL/DL | 6-4 | 254 | 29 | Michigan | 3 | ||
| Scott Wood | QB | 6-3 | 215 | 28 | St. Mary's (California) | 3 | ||
| Spencer Wray | WR/DB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Arizona | 14 | ||
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