1996 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1996 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record2–9 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPaul Schudel (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorDenny Marcin (5th as DC, 9th overall season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
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

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 312:30 pmat No. 12 Michigan
ABCL 8–20105,992
September 72:30 pmNo. 19 USC*
ABCL 3–5556,504
September 149:00 pmat Arizona*
FSNL 0–4143,012
September 211:00 pmAkron*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
W 38–748,285
October 51:00 pmIndiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois (rivalry)
W 46–43 2OT55,534
October 1211:20 amat Michigan State
ESPN+L 14–4271,639
October 2611:20 amat No. 11 Northwestern
ESPN+L 24–2748,187
November 211:20 amNo. 25 Iowadagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ESPN+L 21–3154,381
November 911:30 amNo. 2 Ohio State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ESPNL 0–4854,412
November 166:00 pmat Minnesota
L 21–2334,321
November 231:00 pmWisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
L 15–3537,814
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

1996 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 15 Justin Cella Fr
TE 86 Matt Cushing Jr
TE 87 Mark Day Jr
WR 1 Michael Dean Fr
RB 7 Ty Douthard Sr
WR 83 Jason Dulick Sr
RB 35 Robert Holcombe Jr
QB 9 Kirk Johnson Fr
C 69 Chris Koerwitz Sr
OL 72 Jay Kuchenbecker Sr
OL 67 J. P. Machado So
WR 22 Rob Majoy So
WR 6 George McDonald-Ashford  So
OL 60 Ryan Schau So
OL 62 Tom Schau So
QB 11 Scott Weaver Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 48 Danny Clark Fr
DL 92 Tom Claussen Sr
DL 66 Garrett Johnson So
LB 41 Eric Guenther So
DB 39 Mike Gusich So
DT 76 Tremaine Halley Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References

  1. ^ "fightingillini.com". Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2012.


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