1996 Big Ten Conference Team Defense

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Record: 74-56, .569 W-L% (2nd of 11) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 7.94 (1st of 11), SOS: 5.58 (1st of 11)

Conference Champion: Northwestern and Ohio State

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 5 (Iowa, Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State and Penn State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 (Iowa, Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State and Penn State)

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Team Defense

Team Defense Table
				Passing					Rushing				Total Offense				Penalties		Turnovers
Rk	School	G	Pts	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	1D	No.	Yds	Fum	Int	TO
1	Ohio State	11	10.4	12.7	28.1	45.3	145.6	0.5	36.2	97.6	2.7	0.6	64.3	243.3	3.8	13.1	4.5	37.2	0.8	1.8	2.6
2	Michigan	11	15.2	18.6	33.7	55.3	192.5	0.5	38.2	108.5	2.8	0.8	71.9	300.9	4.2	17.4	5.7	49.5	0.9	1.2	2.1
3	Penn State	12	15.7	15.8	32.0	49.5	192.2	0.9	41.2	151.8	3.7	0.8	73.2	344.0	4.7	17.9	4.5	36.6	1.1	1.4	2.5
4	Wisconsin	12	19.4	19.9	32.8	60.7	245.0	1.0	35.4	116.2	3.3	1.3	68.3	361.2	5.3	19.8	5.3	41.3	0.8	1.2	2.0
5	Northwestern	11	20.9	15.1	27.0	55.9	189.7	1.0	39.2	141.5	3.6	1.2	66.2	331.2	5.0	17.9	6.6	50.3	0.8	1.2	2.0
6	Iowa	11	22.1	14.1	29.9	47.1	169.3	1.2	39.4	148.1	3.8	1.3	69.3	317.4	4.6	17.4	4.8	35.3	1.5	1.5	3.0
7	Michigan State	11	24.0	14.4	26.8	53.6	184.5	1.4	38.4	116.7	3.0	1.5	65.2	301.3	4.6	16.3	6.0	50.8	0.8	0.6	1.5
8	Indiana	11	26.5	14.4	27.7	51.8	197.3	1.2	43.6	158.3	3.6	1.6	71.4	355.5	5.0	19.4	5.2	39.0	0.9	1.5	2.5
9	Purdue	11	29.5	16.4	29.2	56.1	204.0	1.0	39.0	160.4	4.1	2.0	68.2	364.4	5.3	19.1	4.7	40.5	0.7	1.0	1.7
10	Minnesota	11	30.9	10.8	18.9	57.2	162.9	1.2	49.9	246.5	4.9	2.4	68.8	409.5	5.9	20.3	6.2	45.5	0.7	1.1	1.8
11	Illinois	11	33.8	14.4	24.9	57.7	194.1	1.5	44.2	212.9	4.8	2.5	69.1	407.0	5.9	18.7	5.8	49.9	1.0	0.8	1.8

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