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1996 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1996 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	4–7 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jim Wacker (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bob DeBesse (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Tim Rose (1st season)
Captain	Gann Brooks, Jerome Davis, Ben Langford, Cory Sauter
Home stadium	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

1996 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No.2Ohio State +	7	–	1	11	–	1
No.15Northwestern +	7	–	1	9	–	3
No.7Penn State	6	–	2	11	–	2
No.18Iowa	6	–	2	9	–	3
No.20Michigan	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

The 1996 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach Jim Wacker, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4–7 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 340 to 236.^[1]

Linebacker Luke Braaten, offensive tackle James Elizondo, offensive guard Pat Hau, quarterback Rob Jones, long snapper Derek Rackley, cornerback Fred Rodgers, quarterback Cory Sauter, linebacker Jim Tallman, linebacker Parc Williams and quarterback Spergon Wynn were named Academic All-Big Ten.^[2]

Wide receiver Ryan Thelwell and offensive tackle Gann Brooks were awarded the Bronko Nagurski Award.^[3] Wide receiver Tutu Atwell was awarded the Bruce Smith Award.^[3] Parc Williams was awarded the Carl Eller Award.^[3] Free safety Rishon Early was awarded the Bobby Bell Award.^[3] Cory Sauter was awarded the Butch Nash Award.^[3] Defensive tackle Jerome Davis was awarded the Paul Giel Award.^[3]

Total attendance for the season was 261,113, which averaged out to 43,519 per game.^[4] The season high for attendance was again rival Iowa.^[4]

Schedule[edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	7:00 pm	atNE Louisiana*	Malone Stadium Monroe, Louisiana		W 30–3	24,842
September 14	7:00 pm	Ball State*	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis		W 26–23	41,007
September 21	7:30 pm	No. 23Syracuse*	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis	ESPN2	W 35–33	45,756
October 5	11:20 am	atPurdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	ESPN+	L 27–30	39,343
October 12	11:30 am	at No. 15Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	ESPN2	L 24–26	35,848
October 19	3:00 pm	Michigan State	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis		L 9–27	45,434
October 26	6:00 pm	No. 10Michigan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis (Little Brown Jug)	ESPN2	L 10–44	41,246
November 2	11:30 am	at No. 2Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio	ESPN2	L 0–45	93,588
November 9	11:20 am	atWisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	ESPN+	L 28–45	78,006
November 16	6:00 pm	Illinois	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis	MSC	W 23–21	34,321
November 23	7:30 pm	Iowa	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis (Floyd of Rosedale)	ESPN2	L 24–43	53,349
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster[edit]

1996 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`20`	Jim Bean	Fr
G	`60`	Chris Bergstrom	Sr
QB	`11`	Rob Jones	Sr
QB	`17`	Cory Sauter	Jr
WR	`4`	Ryan Thelwell	Jr
C	`61`	Jason Zander	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`22`	Tyrone Carter	Fr
CB	`24`	Rodney Heath	Sr
FS	`23`	Crawford Jordan	Jr
SS	`32`	Mike Juszczak	Jr
OLB	`39`	Ray Kaiser	Jr
DT	`94`	Josh Rawlings	Fr
DT	`58`	Antoine Richard	So
CB	`2`	Craig Scruggs	So
ILB	`46`	Rufus Smith	So
OLB	`15`	Don Williams	Jr
ILB	`37`	Parc Williams	So
ILB	`93`	Jude Wimberger	Fr
OLB	`26`	Blake Zochert	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Jim Wacker

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Lee Fobbs (Outside linebackers)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

References[edit]

^ "1996 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.

^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 182^{[permanent dead link]}

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181^{[permanent dead link]}

^ ^a ^b Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160^{[permanent dead link]}

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