The Michigan State Spartans were 6-5 in 1996. They fell to the Stanford Cardinal, 38 to 0, in the Sun Bowl.
GP | PTS | YDS | PLY | AVG | RUSH YDS | RUSH ATT | RUSH AVG | PASS YDS | PASS ATT | PASS AVG | SCK | SCKY | 1DWN | RUSH 1DWN | PASS 1DWN | PEN 1DWN | PEN | PEN YDS | |
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Team | 11 | 358 | 4,576 | 854 | 5.4 | 2,067 | 546 | 3.8 | 2,509 | 308 | 8.1 | ||||||||
Team Rank | 21st | 30th | 14th | 48th | 32nd | 13th | 60th | 39th | 60th | 18th | |||||||||
Opponent | 11 | 264 | 3,314 | 4.6 | 1,284 | 421 | 3.0 | 2,030 | 296 | 6.9 | |||||||||
Opponent Rank | 50th | 17th | 27th | 19th | 26th | 20th | 32nd | 24th | 46th | ||||||||||
Net | +94 | +1,262 | +854 | +0.7 | +783 | +125 | +0.7 | +479 | +12 | +1.3 | |||||||||
Net Rank | 33rd | 15th | 14th | 29th | 23rd | 15th | 32nd | 25th | 50th | 27th |
Big 12 | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Arizona State | 11 | 3 | .786 |
2 | BYU | 11 | 2 | .846 |
Mountain West | W | L | PCT | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Boise State | 12 | 2 | .857 |
2 | UNLV | 11 | 3 | .786 |
Independent | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Notre Dame | 13 | 1 | .929 |
2 | UConn | 9 | 4 | .692 |
Mid-American | W | L | PCT | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ohio | 11 | 3 | .786 |
2 | Miami (OH) | 9 | 5 | .643 |
Big 10 | W | L | PCT | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Oregon | 13 | 1 | .929 |
2 | Penn State | 13 | 2 | .867 |
Pac-12 | W | L | PCT | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Oregon State | 5 | 7 | .417 |
2 | Washington State | 8 | 5 | .615 |
Conference USA | W | L | PCT | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 5 | .643 |
2 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 6 | .571 |