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1996 Big Ten Conference Schedule and Results

Record: 74-56, .569 W-L% (2nd of 11) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 7.94 (1st of 11), SOS: 5.58 (1st of 11)

Conference Champion: Northwestern and Ohio State

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 5 (Iowa, Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State and Penn State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 (Iowa, Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State and Penn State)

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44 Games

Conference games only

44 Games Table
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
1	Aug 31, 1996	Sat	(12) Michigan	20		Illinois	8
2	Aug 31, 1996	Sat	Michigan State	52		Purdue	14
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
3	Sep 28, 1996	Sat	(25) Northwestern	35	@	Indiana	17
4	Sep 28, 1996	Sat	(3) Penn State	23	@	Wisconsin	20
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
5	Oct 5, 1996	Sat	Illinois	46		Indiana	43
6	Oct 5, 1996	Sat	Iowa	37		Michigan State	30
7	Oct 5, 1996	Sat	(22) Northwestern	17		(6) Michigan	16
8	Oct 5, 1996	Sat	(3) Ohio State	38		(4) Penn State	7
9	Oct 5, 1996	Sat	Purdue	30		Minnesota	27
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
10	Oct 12, 1996	Sat	Iowa	31	@	Indiana	10
11	Oct 12, 1996	Sat	Michigan State	42		Illinois	14
12	Oct 12, 1996	Sat	(15) Northwestern	26		Minnesota	24
13	Oct 12, 1996	Sat	(2) Ohio State	17		Wisconsin	14
14	Oct 12, 1996	Sat	(10) Penn State	31		Purdue	14
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
15	Oct 19, 1996	Sat	Iowa	21	@	(10) Penn State	20
16	Oct 19, 1996	Sat	(13) Michigan	27		Indiana	20
17	Oct 19, 1996	Sat	Michigan State	27	@	Minnesota	9
18	Oct 19, 1996	Sat	(14) Northwestern	34	@	Wisconsin	30
19	Oct 19, 1996	Sat	(2) Ohio State	42	@	Purdue	14
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
20	Oct 26, 1996	Sat	(10) Michigan	44	@	Minnesota	10
21	Oct 26, 1996	Sat	Michigan State	30		Wisconsin	13
22	Oct 26, 1996	Sat	(11) Northwestern	27		Illinois	24
23	Oct 26, 1996	Sat	(2) Ohio State	38	@	(20) Iowa	26
24	Oct 26, 1996	Sat	(17) Penn State	48	@	Indiana	26
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
25	Nov 2, 1996	Sat	(25) Iowa	31	@	Illinois	21
26	Nov 2, 1996	Sat	(9) Michigan	45		Michigan State	29
27	Nov 2, 1996	Sat	(2) Ohio State	45		Minnesota	0
28	Nov 2, 1996	Sat	(15) Penn State	34		(11) Northwestern	9
29	Nov 2, 1996	Sat	Wisconsin	33		Purdue	25
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
30	Nov 9, 1996	Sat	Michigan State	38		Indiana	15
31	Nov 9, 1996	Sat	(18) Northwestern	40	@	(23) Iowa	13
32	Nov 9, 1996	Sat	(2) Ohio State	48	@	Illinois	0
33	Nov 9, 1996	Sat	Purdue	9		(9) Michigan	3
34	Nov 9, 1996	Sat	Wisconsin	45		Minnesota	28
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
35	Nov 16, 1996	Sat	Iowa	31		Wisconsin	0
36	Nov 16, 1996	Sat	Minnesota	23		Illinois	21
37	Nov 16, 1996	Sat	(13) Northwestern	27		Purdue	24
38	Nov 16, 1996	Sat	(2) Ohio State	27	@	Indiana	17
39	Nov 16, 1996	Sat	(11) Penn State	29	@	(16) Michigan	17
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
40	Nov 23, 1996	Sat	Indiana	33	@	Purdue	16
41	Nov 23, 1996	Sat	(24) Iowa	43	@	Minnesota	24
42	Nov 23, 1996	Sat	(21) Michigan	13	@	(2) Ohio State	9
43	Nov 23, 1996	Sat	(7) Penn State	32		Michigan State	29
44	Nov 23, 1996	Sat	Wisconsin	35	@	Illinois	15

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