1996 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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

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Game summaries

Wisconsin

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Team players drafted into the NFL

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References