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1996 Indiana

3–⁠8 (1–⁠7 Big Ten), coached by Bill Mallory.

Schedule and results

Indiana in 1996, game by game: won at Toledo 40–6; won vs. Miami (OH) 21–14; lost at Kentucky 0–3; lost vs. No. 25 Northwestern 17–35; lost at Illinois 43–46; lost vs. Iowa 10–31; lost at No. 13 Michigan 20–27; lost vs. No. 17 Penn State 26–48; lost at Michigan State 15–38; lost vs. No. 2 Ohio State 17–27; won at Purdue 33–16+34−23Won 40–6 at Toledo+34ToledoWon 21–14 vs. Miami (OH)+7Miami (OH)Lost 0–3 at Kentucky-3KentuckyLost 17–35 vs. No. 25 Northwestern-18No. 25 NorthwesternLost 43–46 at Illinois-3IllinoisLost 10–31 vs. Iowa-21IowaLost 20–27 at No. 13 Michigan-7No. 13 MichiganLost 26–48 vs. No. 17 Penn State-22No. 17 Penn StateLost 15–38 at Michigan State-23Michigan StateLost 17–27 vs. No. 2 Ohio State-10No. 2 Ohio StateWon 33–16 at Purdue+17Purdue
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7atToledoW 40–⁠619%
Sep 14vsMiami (OH)W 21–⁠1440%
Sep 21atKentuckyL 0–⁠357%
Sep 28vs25NorthwesternL 17–⁠3539%
Oct 5atIllinoisL 43–⁠4639%
Oct 12vsIowaL 10–⁠3141%
Oct 19at13MichiganL 20–⁠2714%
Oct 26vs17Penn StateL 26–⁠4822%
Nov 9atMichigan StateL 15–⁠3821%
Nov 16vs2Ohio StateL 17–⁠2712%
Nov 23atPurdueW 33–⁠1632%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Purdue 33–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 72nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠7 tied for 9th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
242–⁠291
Coach
Bill Mallory
Elo
1431 +24 this season
SP+ rating
3.5 No. 51 of 111; offense No. 63, defense No. 50
SRS
1.2 No. 52 of 111 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jamie Baisley and Matt Surface
Most valuable player
Alex Smith

Drafted in 1997

The 1997 draft
Rd 2Nathan Davis DEAtlanta Falcons
Rd 6Steve Lee RBBaltimore Ravens

All-Big Ten

3 second team

Second team

  • Nate DavisDLMedia-2
  • Eric AllenDBCoaches-2; Media-2
  • Alan SutkowskiPMedia-2

From Wikipedia’s 1996 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1996 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ohio State7–⁠111–⁠12
Northwestern7–⁠19–⁠315
Penn State6–⁠211–⁠27
Iowa6–⁠29–⁠318
Michigan5–⁠38–⁠420
Michigan State5–⁠36–⁠6
Wisconsin3–⁠58–⁠5
Purdue2–⁠63–⁠8
Minnesota1–⁠74–⁠7
Indiana1–⁠73–⁠8
Illinois1–⁠72–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.