1996 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1996 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.

1996 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy
Fiesta Bowl champion
Fiesta Bowl, W 38–15 vs. Texas
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 7
1996 record11–2 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coachJoe Paterno (31st season)
Offensive coordinatorFran Ganter
Defensive coordinatorJerry Sandusky
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium
(Capacity: 93,967)
1996 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
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  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 252:00 p.m.vs. No. 7 USC*No. 11ABCW 24–777,716
September 73:30 p.m.Louisville*No. 7ABCW 24–795,670
September 1412:00 p.m.Northern Illinois*No. 6
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN+W 49–095,589
September 2112:00 p.m.vs. Temple*No. 5
  • Giants Stadium
  • East Rutherford, NJ
ESPN+W 41–024,847
September 283:30 p.m.at WisconsinNo. 3ABCW 23–2079,607
October 53:30 p.m.at No. 3 Ohio StateNo. 4
ABCL 7–3894,241
October 1212:30 p.m.PurdueNo. 10
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPNW 31–1496,653
October 1912:30 p.m.IowaNo. 10
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN2L 20–2196,230
October 2612:30 p.m.at IndianaNo. 17
ESPNW 48–2637,354
November 23:30 p.m.No. 11 NorthwesternNo. 15
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ABCW 34–996,596
November 1612:00 p.m.at No. 16 MichiganNo. 11ABCW 29–17105,898
November 233:30 p.m.Michigan StateNo. 7
ABCW 32–2996,263
January 1, 19978:00 p.m.vs. No. 20 TexasNo. 7CBSW 38–1565,106
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1996 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
T 78 John Blick Fr
WR 11 Chris Campbell Sr
OL 53 Jim Dudley Fr
RB 39 Curtis Enis So
WR 83 Joe Jurevicius Jr
QB 9 Mike McQueary Jr
G 64 Phil Ostrowski Jr
QB 14 Wally Richardson Sr
QB 16 Kevin Thompson Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 6 Aaron Collins Jr
S 3 Kim Herring Sr
SS 4 Derek Fox Fr
LB 44 Jim Nelson Jr
CB 27 David Macklin Fr
LB 98 Matt Rhule So
DB 45 Jon Sandusky Fr
DE 5 Brad Scioli So
LB 43 Brandon Short Fr
DE 91 Chris Snyder Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 20 Brett Conway Sr
P 28 Darrell Kania Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

NFL Draft

Three Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1997 NFL Draft.

RoundPickOverallNamePositionTeam
2nd2858Kim HerringFree safetyBaltimore Ravens
3rd3090Brett ConwayPlacekickerGreen Bay Packers
7th33234Wally RichardsonQuarterbackBaltimore Ravens
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References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1995-1999)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.


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