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
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
Darnell Autry Running back4 105 Chicago Bears Tim Scharf Linebacker6 164 New York Jets Hudhaifa IsmaeliDefensive back7 203 Miami Dolphins
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