1996 Michigan State Spartans football team
The 1996 Michigan State Spartans football team competed on behalf of Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Head coach Nick Saban was in his second season with the Spartans. Michigan State played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans went 6–5 overall and 5–3 in conference play during the regular season.[1] The team played in the Sun Bowl on December 31, 1996, and were defeated 0–38 by Stanford.
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1996 record | 6–6 (5–3 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Nick Saban (2nd season) |
Offensive coordinator | Gary Tranquill (2nd season) |
Offensive scheme | Pro set |
Defensive coordinator | Dean Pees (2nd season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Spartan Stadium (72,027) |
1996 Big Ten Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 12:30 p.m. | Purdue |
| ESPN | W 52–14 | 72,511 |
September 7 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 1 Nebraska* |
| ABC | L 14–55 | 75,590 |
September 21 | 1:00 p.m. | Louisville* |
| L 20–30 | 70,311 | |
September 28 | 12:30 p.m. | Eastern Michigan* |
| SCD | W 47–0 | 69,941 |
October 5 | 2:00 p.m. | at Iowa | L 30–37 | 70,397 | ||
October 12 | 12:00 p.m. | Illinois |
| ESPN+ | W 42–14 | 71,639 |
October 19 | 4:00 p.m. | at Minnesota | W 27–9 | 45,434 | ||
October 26 | 12:30 p.m. | Wisconsin |
| ESPN2 | W 30–13 | 69,217 |
November 2 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 9 Michigan |
| ABC | L 29–45 | 106,381 |
November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | Indiana |
| W 38–15 | 64,719 | |
November 23 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 7 Penn State |
| ABC | L 29–32 | 96,263 |
December 31 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Stanford* |
| CBS | L 0–38 | 42,271 |
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Roster
1996 Michigan State Spartans football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Offense
75 Shane Adkins OL 6-6 264 Fr
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Defense
25 Mike Austin LB 6-3 230 Fr. Xenia, Ohio
38 Sean Banks LB 6-2 205 Fr
95 Davarrio Carter DT 6-2 276 Fr.
54 T. J. Henning LB 6-1 212 So. Laingsburg, Mich.
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Special teams
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1997 NFL Draft
The following players were selected in the 1997 NFL Draft.
Player | Round | Pick | Position | NFL Team |
Derrick Mason | 4 | 98 | Wide Receiver | Tennessee Oilers |
Nigea Carter | 6 | 197 | Wide Receiver | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
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