The 1996 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The team's head coach was Lou Tepper, who was fired as head coach of the Illini after the end of the season. Illinois had a record of 2–9 and failed to make a bowl game.

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1996 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	2–9 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Tepper (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Paul Schudel (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Denny Marcin (5th as DC, 9th overall season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	2:30 pm	at No. 12 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan (rivalry)	ABC	L 8–20	105,992
September 7	2:30 pm	No. 19 USC*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ABC	L 3–55	56,504
September 14	9:00 pm	at Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona	FSN	L 0–41	43,012
September 21	1:00 pm	Akron*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois		W 38–7	48,285
October 5	1:00 pm	Indiana	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois		W 46–43 2OT	55,534
October 12	11:20 am	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan	ESPN+	L 14–42	71,639
October 26	11:20 am	at No. 11 Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	ESPN+	L 24–27	48,187
November 2	11:20 am	No. 25 Iowa	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ESPN+	L 21–31	54,381
November 9	11:30 am	No. 2 Ohio State	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ESPN	L 0–48	54,412
November 16	6:00 pm	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis		L 21–23	34,321
November 23	1:00 pm	Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois		L 15–35	37,814
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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