1996 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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1996
Memorial Stadium
Seasons
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

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
Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
    		• 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
    		W 46–43 2OT55,534
    October 1211:20 amat
    Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, Michigan
    		• ESPN+L 14–4271,639
    October 2611:20 amat No. 11
    Sweet Sioux Tomahawk
    )    		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
    OL 60 Ryan Schau So
    OL 62 Tom Schau So
    QB 11 Scott Weaver Sr
    		Defense 39 Mike Gusich DB 5-11 178 So. Cincinnati, Ohio / St. Xavier
    Pos. # Name Class
    LB 48 Danny Clark Fr
    DL 92 Tom Claussen Sr
    DL 66 Garrett Johnson So
    LB 41 Eric Guenther 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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