The Penn State Nittany Lions were 10-2 in 1996. They emerged victorious over the Texas Longhorns, 38 to 15, in the Fiesta Bowl.
TEAM | CONF | OVERALL | |
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1 | Ohio State | 7-1 | 11-1 |
1 | Northwestern | 7-1 | 9-3 |
Penn State | 6-2 | 11-2 | |
Iowa | 6-2 | 9-3 | |
Michigan | 5-3 | 8-4 |
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 | 12 | 362 | 4,560 | 850 | 5.4 | 2,440 | 526 | 4.6 | 2,120 | 324 | 6.5 | ||||||||
Team Rank | 19th | 32nd | 16th | 47th | 24th | 22nd | 26th | 54th | 55th | 68th | |||||||||
Opponent | 12 | 188 | 4,129 | 4.7 | 1,822 | 494 | 3.7 | 2,307 | 384 | 6.0 | |||||||||
Opponent Rank | 14th | 60th | 30th | 65th | 84th | 50th | 66th | 101st | 24th | ||||||||||
Net | +174 | +431 | +850 | +0.7 | +618 | +32 | +1.0 | -187 | -60 | +0.5 | |||||||||
Net Rank | 14th | 39th | 16th | 35th | 30th | 42nd | 25th | 70th | 89th | 41st |
Big 12 | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Arizona State | 11 | 2 | .846 |
2 | BYU | 10 | 2 | .833 |
Mountain West | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Boise State | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UNLV | 11 | 3 | .786 |
Independent | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UConn | 8 | 4 | .667 |
Mid-American | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Ohio | 11 | 3 | .786 |
2 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 5 | .615 |
Big 10 | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Oregon | 13 | 0 | 1.000 |
2 | Penn State | 12 | 2 | .857 |
Pac-12 | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Oregon State | 5 | 7 | .417 |
2 | Washington State | 8 | 4 | .667 |
Conference USA | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 5 | .643 |
2 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 6 | .571 |