| Year: | 1996 |
| Team: | Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Yankee Conference |
| Division: | Mid-Atlantic Division |
| Short Conf: | Yankee |
| Tsnrank: | 11 |
| Record: | 8–4 |
| Conf Record: | 6–2 |
| Head Coach: | Tubby Raymond |
| Hc Year: | 31st |
| Off Coach: | Ted Kempski |
| Oc Year: | 29th |
| Off Scheme: | Delaware Wing-T |
| Def Coach: | Bob Sabol |
| Dc Year: | 6th |
| Stadium: | Delaware Stadium |
| Bowl: | NCAA Division I-AA First Round |
| Bowl Result: | L 14–59 at Marshall |
The 1996 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware as a member of the Mid-Atlantic Division of the Yankee Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 31st-year head coach Tubby Raymond, the Fightin' Blue Hens compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, tying for second place in the Yankee Conference's Mid-Atlantic Division. Delaware advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where the Fightin' Blue Hens lost to the eventual national champion, Marshall, in the first round. The team played home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware.