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    1996 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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    1996 Illinois Fighting Illini football
    ConferenceBig Ten Conference
    Record2–9 (1–7 Big Ten)
    Head coach
    • Lou Tepper (5th season)
    Offensive coordinatorPaul Schudel (2nd season)
    Defensive coordinatorDenny Marcin (5th season)
    MVPRobert Holcombe
    Captains
    • Rodney Byrd
    • Ty Douthard
    • Paul Marshall
    • Dennis Stallings
    Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
    Seasons
    ← 1995
    1997 →
    1996 Big Ten Conference football standings
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    		 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 as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Lou Tepper in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Fighting Illini compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for ninth at the bottom of the Big Ten standings. The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois.

    Schedule

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    DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
    August 312:30 pmat No. 12 Michigan
    • Michigan Stadium
    • Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)
    		ABCL 8–20105,992
    September 72:30 pmNo. 19 USC*
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    		ABCL 3–5556,504
    September 149:00 pmat Arizona*
    • Arizona Stadium
    • Tucson, AZ
    		FSNL 0–4143,012
    September 211:00 pmAkron*
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    		W 38–748,285
    October 51:00 pmIndiana
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
    		W 46–43 2OT55,534
    October 1211:20 amat Michigan State
    • Spartan Stadium
    • East Lansing, MI
    		ESPN PlusL 14–4271,639
    October 2611:20 amat No. 11 Northwestern
    • Dyche Stadium
    • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
    		ESPN PlusL 24–2748,187
    November 211:20 amNo. 25 Iowadagger
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    		ESPN PlusL 21–3154,381
    November 911:30 amNo. 2 Ohio State
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL (Illibuck)
    		ESPNL 0–4854,412
    November 166:00 pmat Minnesota
    • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
    • Minneapolis, MN
    		L 21–2334,321
    November 231:00 pmWisconsin
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    		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

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    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
    • Lou Tepper
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    • Paul Schudel – Offensive coordinator
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Roster

    References

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