1996 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1996 Illinois Fighting Illini football

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1996 record	2–9 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Tepper
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 70,904)

1996 Big Ten 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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	2:30 PM	at No. 12 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	L 8–20	105,992
September 7	2:30 PM	No. 19 USC*	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	ABC	L 3–55	56,504
September 14	9:00 PM	at Arizona*	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	FSN	L 0–41	43,012
September 21	1:00 PM	Akron*	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL		W 38–7	48,285
October 5	1:00 PM	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL		W 46–43	55,534
October 12	11:20 AM	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	ESPN+	L 14–42	71,639
October 26	11:20 AM	at No. 11 Northwestern	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	ESPN+	L 24–27	48,187
November 2	11:20 AM	No. 25 Iowa	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	ESPN+	L 21–31	54,381
November 9	11:30 AM	No. 2 Ohio State	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	ESPN	L 0–48	54,412
November 16	6:00 PM	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN		L 21–23	34,321
November 23	1:00 PM	Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL		L 15–35	37,814
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Illinois Fighting Illini football
Venues	Illinois Field (1890–1922) Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Missouri Northwestern: (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk, 1945–2008; Land of Lincoln Trophy, 2009–present) Ohio State (Illibuck) Purdue (Purdue Cannon) Michigan
Culture & lore	Illinois Loyalty "Oskee Wow-Wow" Marching Illini Gene Honda Fighting Illini Sports Network Chief Illiniwek
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
National championship seasons in bold

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