1996 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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.

1996 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record29 (17 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Lou Tepper (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorPaul Schudel (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorDenny Marcin (5th as DC, 9th overall season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1996 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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
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