| Team: | Scottish Claymores |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Record: | 7–3 |
| Division Place: | 1st |
| Coach: | Jim Criner |
| General Manager: | Mike Keller |
| Stadium: | Murrayfield Stadium |
| Playoffs: | World Bowl '96 champions |
| Previous: | 1995 |
| Next: | 1997 |
The 1996 Scottish Claymores season was the second season for the franchise in the World League of American Football (WLAF). The team was led by head coach Jim Criner in his second year, and played its home games at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. They finished the regular season in first place with a record of seven wins and three losses. In World Bowl '96, Scotland defeated the Frankfurt Galaxy 32–27. The victory marked the franchise's first World Bowl championship, in its second active season.
The Claymores had gained the right to play as home team in the World Bowl in week 5. They beat the Galaxy 20–0 at the Waldstadion, taking the World Bowl berth as the midseason leaders.[1] This ended an eight-game winning streak from 1995–96 for the Galaxy.[1]
| Draft order | Player name | Position | College | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Choice | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Ty Parten | DT | Arizona | |
| 2 | 7 | Shannon Jones | LB | USC | |
| 3 | 18 | Yo Murphy | WR | Idaho | |
| 4 | 19 | John DeWitt | DE | Vanderbilt | |
| 5 | 30 | Mazio Royster | RB | USC | |
| 6 | 31 | Frank Robinson | DB | Boise State | |
| 7 | 42 | Arnold Ale | LB | UCLA | |
| 8 | 43 | Steve Shine | LB | Northwestern | |
| 9 | 54 | Tyrone Johnson | WR | Western State | |
| 10 | 55 | Chris Williams | DT | Hampton | |
| 11 | 66 | Basil Proctor | LB | West Virginia | |
| 12 | 67 | Ron Dickerson, Jr. | WR | Arkansas | |
| 12 | 73 | Ken Grace | WR | USC | |
| 13 | 80 | Kris Pollack | G | USC | |
| 14 | 81 | Jessie Cox | LB | Texas Southern | |
| 15 | 92 | Lee Gissendaner | WR | Northwestern | |
| 16 | 93 | Brian White | DB | Dartmouth | |
| 17 | 104 | Scott Tyner | P/K | Oklahoma State | |
| 18 | 105 | Herman Carroll | DE | Mississippi State | |
| 19 | 116 | Joe O'Brien | DT | Boise State | |
| 20 | 117 | Mike Lee | WR | Utah State | |
| 21 | 126 | Aaron Bennetts | TE | UC Davis | |
| 22 | 127 | Jared Kaaiohelo | RB | Missouri Southern | |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Game site | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final score | Team record | |||||||
| 1 | Sunday, 14 April | 3:00 p.m. | at London Monarchs | W 24–21 | 1–0 | White Hart Lane | 16,258 | |
| 2 | Sunday, 21 April | 3:00 p.m. | Barcelona Dragons | W 23–13 | 2–0 | Murrayfield Stadium | 12,928 | |
| 3 | Sunday, 28 April | 3:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | W 21–14 | 3–0 | Murrayfield Stadium | 13,070 | |
| 4 | Saturday, 4 May | 7:00 p.m. | at Rhein Fire | L 14–15 | 3–1 | Rheinstadion | 11,395 | |
| 5 | Saturday, 11 May | 7:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy | W 20–0 | 4–1 | Waldstadion | 32,126 | |
| 6 | Sunday, 19 May | 3:00 p.m. | Rhein Fire | W 24–19 | 5–1 | Murrayfield Stadium | 12,419 | |
| 7 | Sunday, 26 May | 3:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | W 20–17 | 6–1 | Murrayfield Stadium | 13,116 | |
| 8 | Saturday, 1 June | 6:30 p.m. | at Amsterdam Admirals | L 27–31 | 6–2 | Olympisch Stadion | 10,501 | |
| 9 | Sunday, 9 June | 3:00 p.m. | London Monarchs | W 33–28 | 7–2 | Murrayfield Stadium | 15,461 | |
| 10 | Sunday, 16 June | 6:00 p.m. | at Barcelona Dragons | L 27–32 | 7–3 | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc | 16,124 | |
| World Bowl '96 | ||||||||
| 11 | Sunday, 23 June | 6:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | W 32–27 | 8–3 | Murrayfield Stadium | 38,982 | |