1996 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1996 Northwestern Wildcats football
Big Ten co-champion
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 16
AP No. 15
1996 record 9–3 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach Gary Barnett (5th season)
Home stadium Dyche Stadium (Capacity: 48,187)
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 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A college football season. Under head coach Gary Barnett, Northwestern finished the season with a 9–3 record. The Wildcats won a share of the Big Ten Conference title for the second straight year. They faced off against Tennessee in the Florida Citrus Bowl, where the Wildcats lost, 48–28.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 6 5:30 PM at Wake Forest* No. 13 Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina SCC L 27–28   21,749
September 14 2:30 PM at Duke* Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, North Carolina ABC W 38–13   29,321
September 21 11:30 AM Ohio* Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois SCC W 28–7   38,148
September 28 11:30 AM at Indiana No. 25 Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana ESPN W 35–17   36,714
October 5 11:30 AM No. 6 Michigan No. 22 Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois ESPN W 17–16   48,187
October 12 11:30 AM Minnesota No. 15 Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois ESPN2 W 26–24   35,848
October 19 11:30 AM at Wisconsin No. 14 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin ESPN2 W 34–30   79,576
October 26 11:00 AM Illinois No. 11 Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois ESPN+ W 27–24   48,187
November 2 2:30 PM at No. 15 Penn State No. 11 Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania ABC L 9–34   96,596
November 9 2:30 PM at No. 23 Iowa No. 18 Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa ABC W 40–13   70,397
November 16 1:00 PM Purdue No. 13 Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois W 27–24   41,178
January 1 12:00 PM vs. No. 9 Tennessee* No. 11 Florida Citrus Bowl • Orlando, Florida (Florida Citrus Bowl) ABC L 28–48   63,467
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Roster

1996 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 24 Darnell Autry Sr
WR 5 D'Wayne Bates So
QB 8 Tim Hughes Sr
T 74 Paul Janus Sr
QB 10 Steve Schnur Sr
WR 25 Jeff Swenson Jr
TE 84 Jay Tant Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 36 Casey Dailey Jr
LB 51 Pat Fitzgerald Sr
LB 55 Barry Gardner So
LB 44 Keith Lozowski Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 13 Brian Gowins Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Game summaries

Wisconsin

#14 Northwestern at Wisconsin
1 234Total
• Northwestern 7 7614 34
Wisconsin 10 3314 30

[1]

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Darnell AutryRunning back4105Chicago Bears
Tim ScharfLinebacker6164New York Jets
Hudhaifa IsmaeliDefensive back7203Miami Dolphins

[2]

References

  1. ↑ USA Today
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
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