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1996 Northwestern Wildcats football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1996
team	Northwestern Wildcats
sport	football
image	File:Northwestern wildcats CMKY 80 100 0 0.svg
image_size	150px
conference	Big Ten Conference
short_conf	Big Ten
CoachRank	16
APRank	15
record	9–3
conf_record	7–1
head_coach	Gary Barnett
hc_year	5th
off_coach	Greg Meyer
oc_year	5th
def_coach	Ron Vanderlinden
dc_year	5th
captain	Justin Chabot
captain2	Pat Fitzgerald
captain3	Mike McGrew
captain4	Steve Schnur
stadium	Dyche Stadium
champion	Big Ten co-champion
bowl	[Florida Citrus Bowl](1997-florida-citrus-bowl)
bowl_result	L 28–48 vs. [Tennessee](1996-tennessee-volunteers-football-team)

The 1996 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A 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. They faced off against Tennessee in the Florida Citrus Bowl, where the Wildcats lost, 48–28.

Schedule

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Rankings

Game summaries

at Wake Forest

at Duke

Ohio

at Indiana

No. 6 Michigan

Minnesota

at Wisconsin

Illinois

Penn State

at No. 23 Iowa

Darnell Autry ran for 240 yards and 4 touchdowns. The Wildcats won back-to-back games against Iowa for the first time since 1966–67.

Purdue

vs. No. 9 Tennessee (Florida Citrus Bowl)

Roster

Awards and honors

Linebacker Pat Fitzgerald: Chuck Bednarik Award, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
Head coach Gary Barnett: Big Ten Coach of the Year

Team players drafted into the NFL

Main article: 1997 NFL draft

References

(2007). "Year-by-Year Results".
"1996 Northwestern Wildcats Roster".
(September 8, 1996). "Wake Forest shocks Cats". The Daily Herald.
(September 15, 1996). "Sweet return trip; With something to prove, NU delivers". Chicago Tribune.
(January 2, 1997). "Cats a lemon in Citrus". Chicago Tribune.
(October 19, 1996). "Northwestern vs. Wisconsin". [[USA Today]].
(November 9, 1996). "Northwestern vs. Iowa". [[USA Today]].
"1997 NFL Draft".

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