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1996 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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1996 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Ohio State +   7 1     11 1  
No. 15 Northwestern +   7 1     9 3  
No. 7 Penn State   6 2     11 2  
No. 18 Iowa   6 2     9 3  
No. 20 Michigan   5 3     8 4  
Michigan State   5 3     6 6  
Wisconsin   3 5     8 5  
Purdue   2 6     3 8  
Minnesota   1 7     4 7  
Indiana   1 7     3 8  
Illinois   1 7     2 9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The team's head coach was Lou Tepper, who was fired as head coach of the Illini after the end of the season. Illinois had a record of 2–9 and failed to make a bowl game.

Schedule

August 312:30 PMat No. 12 Michigan

ABCL 8–20 105,992 September 72:30 PMNo. 19 USC*

ABCL 3–55 56,504 September 149:00 PMat Arizona*

FSNL 0–41 43,012 September 211:00 PMAkron*

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois

W 38–7 48,285 October 51:00 PMIndiana

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois

W 46–43 55,534 October 1211:20 AMat Michigan State

ESPN+L 14–42 71,639 October 2611:20 AMat No. 11 Northwestern

ESPN+L 24–27 48,187 November 211:20 AMNo. 25 Iowadagger

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois

ESPN+L 21–31 54,381 November 911:30 AMNo. 2 Ohio State

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois

ESPNL 0–48 54,412 November 166:00 PMat Minnesota

L 21–23 34,321 November 231:00 PMWisconsin

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois

L 15–35 37,814

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References

  1. ^ "fightingillini.com". Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2012-11-20. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)