The 1996 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season .
Season [ ] Schedule [ ] Iowa finished tied for third place with Penn State in the conference and despite the head to head win, Penn State was selected to go to the Fiesta Bowl while Iowa was selected for the non-prestigious Alamo Bowl (which they won 27–0). Iowa's 21–20 win at Penn State (who finished ranked #7 in both polls) is often considered their biggest win of the year. Although they were blown out by Northwestern, they did give Ohio State a game.
Date
Time
Opponent#
Rank #
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
September 7*
11:30 AM
Arizona
#22
Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
ESPN
W 21–20 68,267
September 14*
2:30 PM
Iowa State
#21
Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy )
ABC
W 38–13 70,397
September 21*
6:00 PM
at Tulsa
#19
Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, OK
ESPN+
L 20–27 27,788
October 5
11:00 AM
Michigan State
Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
ESPN+
W 37–30 70,397
October 12
1:00 PM
at Indiana
Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN
W 31–10 37,154
October 19
11:30 AM
at #10 Penn State
Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA
ESPN2
W 21–20 96,230
October 26
2:30 PM
#2 Ohio State
#20
Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
ABC
L 26–38 70,397
November 2
11:00 AM
at Illinois
#25
Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
ESPN+
W 31–21 54,381
November 9
2:30 PM
#16 Northwestern
#23
Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA
ABC
L 13–40 70,397
November 16
11:30 AM
Wisconsin
Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Heartland Trophy )
ESPN
W 31–0 66,570
November 23
7:30 PM
at Minnesota
#24
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN (Battle for the Floyd of Rosedale )
ESPN2
W 43–24 53,349
December 29*
7:00 PM
vs. Texas Tech
#21
Alamodome • San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl )
ESPN
W 27–0 55,677
*Non-Conference Game. † Homecoming. # Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time .
[1]
Game summaries [ ] Penn State [ ]
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
• Iowa
7
7
0
7
21
Penn State
10
10
0
0
20
Scoring summary Q1
12:24
PSU Curtis Enis 12 yard pass from Wally Richardson (Brett Conway kick)PSU 7–0 Q1
8:05
IOWA Tim Dwight 83 yard punt return (Ryan Driscoll kick)Tie 7–7 Q1
2:14
PSU Brett Conway 37 yard field goal PSU 10–7 Q2
9:35
IOWA Tavian Banks 5 yard run (Ryan Driscoll kick)IOWA 14–10 Q2
4:52
PSU Aaron Harris 49 yard run (Brett Conway kick) PSU 17–14 Q2
1:55
PSU Brett Conway 24 yard field goal PSU 20–14 Q4
12:49
IOWA Tavian Banks 8 yard run (Ryan Driscoll kick) IOWA 21–20
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Team players in the NFL [ ] [3]
References [ ] 