1996 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1996 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Participating as members of the Big Ten Conference, the Hawkeyes played their home games at Kinnick Stadium and were led by coach Hayden Fry.

1996 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Alamo Bowl champion
Alamo Bowl, W 27–0 vs. Texas Tech
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 18
Record	9–3 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Hayden Fry (18th season)
Offensive coordinator	Don Patterson (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Elliott (1st season)
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium
Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

1996 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Ohio State +		7	–	1					11	–	1
No. 15 Northwestern +		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 7 Penn State		6	–	2					11	–	2
No. 18 Iowa		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 20 Michigan		5	–	3					8	–	4
Michigan State		5	–	3					6	–	6
Wisconsin		3	–	5					8	–	5
Purdue		2	–	6					3	–	8
Minnesota		1	–	7					4	–	7
Indiana		1	–	7					3	–	8
Illinois		1	–	7					2	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	11:30 am	Arizona*	No. 22	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN	W 21–20	68,267
September 14	2:30 pm	Iowa State*	No. 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*	No. 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 No. 10 Penn State		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ESPN2	W 21–20	96,230
October 26	2:30 pm	No. 2 Ohio State	No. 20	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (College GameDay)	ABC	L 26–38	70,397
November 2	11:00 am	at Illinois	No. 25	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN+	W 31–21	54,381
November 9	2:30 pm	No. 18 Northwestern	No. 23	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ABC	L 13–40	70,397
November 16	11:30 am	Wisconsin		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	ESPN	W 31–0	66,570
November 23	7:30 pm	at Minnesota	No. 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*	No. 21	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	W 27–0	55,677
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster

1996 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 22 Tavian Banks Jr FB 85 Michael Burger So WR 4 Ricchard Carter Jr WR 6 Tim Dwight Jr TE 80 Zeron Flemister Fr WR 18 Damon Gibson Jr OL 79 Mike Goff Jr TE 81 Chris Knipper Jr WR 10 Demo Odems Sr RB 5 Sedrick Shaw Sr QB 12 Matt Sherman Jr RB 31 Rob Thein   Fr OL 73 Ross Verba Sr TE 86 Austin Wheatley Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 9 Matt Bowen Fr DL 94 Jared DeVries So DE 9 Bill Ennis-Inge Sr DT 72 Epenesa Epenesa Jr LB 37 Matt Hughes Sr DB 8 Tom Knight Sr DB 3 Damien Robinson Sr LB 56 Vernon Rollins So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 38 Zach Bromert So P 46 Nick Gallery Sr K 20 Brion Hurley Sr	Head coach Hayden Fry Coordinators/assistant coaches Don Patterson – Offensive Coordinator Bob Elliott – Defensive Coordinator Chuck Long – Defensive backs Bobby Diaco – Graduate assistant Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Redshirt

Rankings

Further information: 1996 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AP	22	22	22	21	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	20	25	23	RV	24	22	21	21	18
Coaches	25		RV	21	19	25				19		25		23	22	21	21	18

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Game summaries

Arizona

Arizona at #22 Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 7 0 10 3 20 • Hawkeyes 0 14 7 0 21 Date: September 7 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA Game attendance: 68,267 Sources: Box score and Game recap

Scoring summary Q1 0:43 ARIZ Mike Lucky 1-yard pass from Keith Smith (Matt Peyton kick) ARIZ 7–0 Q2 6:58 IOWA Vernon Rollins fumble recovery in end zone (Zach Bromert kick) Tied 7–7 Q2 6:35 IOWA Damon Gibson 18-yard pass from Matt Sherman (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 14–7 Q3 12:01 IOWA Sedrick Shaw 1-yard run (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 21–7 Q3 7:49 ARIZ Matt Peyton 50-yard field goal IOWA 21–10 Q3 5:56 ARIZ Keith Smith 20-yard run (Matt Peyton kick) IOWA 21–17 Q4 14:57 ARIZ Matt Peyton 39-yard field goal IOWA 21–20

See also: 1996 Arizona Wildcats football team

Iowa held on to win this back-and-forth contest, aided by three Wildcat turnovers.

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Iowa State

Iowa State at #21 Iowa
Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy

1 2 3 4 Total Cyclones 0 0 13 0 13 • Hawkeyes 7 17 14 0 38 Date: September 14 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA Game attendance: 70,397 Sources: Box score and Game recap

Scoring summary Q1 0:00 IOWA Tavian Banks 89-yard run (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 7–0 Q2 12:17 IOWA Tavian Banks 13-yard run (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 14–0 Q2 6:59 IOWA Damon Gibson 42-yard pass from Matt Sherman (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 21–0 Q2 0:03 IOWA Brion Hurley 54-yard field goal IOWA 24–0 Q3 13:21 ISU Troy Davis 1-yard run (Jamie Kohl kick) IOWA 24–7 Q3 11:49 IOWA Tim Dwight 5-yard run (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 31–7 Q3 7:04 ISU Joe Parmentier 6-yard pass from Todd Doxzon (two-point conversion failed) IOWA 31–13 Q3 0:14 IOWA Tavian Banks 28-yard run (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 38–13

See also: 1996 Iowa State Cyclones football team and Iowa–Iowa State football rivalry

Tavian Banks ran for 182 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Hawkeyes defeated the Cyclones for the 14th consecutive time.

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Tulsa

#19 Iowa at Tulsa

1 2 3 4 Total Hawkeyes 7 10 0 3 20 • Golden Hurricane 10 3 14 0 27 Date: September 21 Location: Skelly Stadium, Tulsa, Oklahoma Game attendance: 27,788 Television network: ESPN+ Sources: Box score and Game recap

Scoring summary Q1 11:56 IOWA Sedrick Shaw 8-yard run (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 7–0 Q1 8:16 Tulsa James Anderson 37-yard field goal IOWA 7–3 Q1 2:23 Tulsa Wes Caswell 13-yard pass from John Fitzgerald (James Anderson kick) Tulsa 10–7 Q2 12:52 IOWA Tim Dwight 4-yard pass from Matt Sherman (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 14–10 Q2 2:27 IOWA Brion Hurley 45-yard field goal IOWA 17–10 Q2 0:15 Tulsa James Anderson 29-yard field goal IOWA 17–13 Q3 10:25 Tulsa Reggie Williams 8-yard run (James Anderson kick) Tulsa 20–17 Q3 2:49 Tulsa Solomon White 2-yard run (James Anderson kick) Tulsa 27–17 Q4 14:57 IOWA Zach Bromert 26-yard field goal Tulsa 27–20

See also: 1996 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

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Michigan State

Michigan State at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Spartans 17 6 7 0 30 • Hawkeyes 0 10 20 7 37 Date: October 5 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA Game attendance: 70,397 Sources: Box score and Game recap

Scoring summary Q1 12:45 MSU Nigea Carter 22-yard pass from Bill Burke (Chris Gardner kick) MSU 7–0 Q1 9:12 MSU Chris Gardner 45-yard field goal MSU 10–0 Q1 1:12 MSU Duane Goulbourne 1-yard run MSU 17–0 Q2 14:08 IOWA Chris Knipper 35-yard pass from Matt Sherman (Zach Bromert kick) MSU 17–7 Q2 9:30 IOWA Brion Hurley 51-yard field goal MSU 17–10 Q2 0:56 MSU Octavis Long 41-yard pass from Bill Burke MSU 23–10 Q3 12:10 IOWA Chris Knipper 35-yard pass from Matt Sherman (PAT failed) MSU 23–16 Q3 9:37 IOWA Sedrick Shaw 5-yard pass from Matt Sherman (Zach Bromert kick) Tied 23–23 Q3 3:19 MSU Sedrick Irvin 3-yard run (Chris Gardner kick) MSU 30–23 Q3 0:52 IOWA Tavian Banks 1-yard run (Zach Bromert kick) Tied 30–30 Q4 12:37 IOWA Michael Burger 8-yard run (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 37–30

See also: 1996 Michigan State Spartans football team

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Indiana

Iowa at Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 7 3 21 0 31 Hoosiers 7 0 3 0 10 Date: October 12 Location: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Indiana Game attendance: 37,154 Sources: Box score and Game recap

Scoring summary Q1 9:05 IU Trent Jones 30-yard blocked punt return (Bill Manolopoulos kick) IU 7–0 Q1 4:03 IOWA Tavian Banks 9-yard run (Zach Bromert kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 4:19 IOWA Zach Bromert 33-yard field goal IOWA 10–7 Q3 12:44 IU Bill Manolopoulos 52-yard field goal Tied 10–10 Q3 9:04 IOWA Tavian Banks 16-yard run (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 17–10 Q3 8:05 IOWA Tom Knight 57-yard interception return (Zach Bromert) IOWA 24–10 Q3 0:00 IOWA Tavian Banks 28-yard run (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 31–10

See also: 1996 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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Penn State

Iowa at #10 Penn State

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 7 7 0 7 21 Nittany Lions 10 10 0 0 20 Date: October 19 Location: Beaver Stadium, University Park, Pennsylvania Game attendance: 96,230 Game weather: 48 °F (9 °C), Rain, Wind 20 mph (32 km/h) Referee: Steve Newman TV announcers (ESPN2): Charley Steiner and Rod Gilmore Sources: Box score

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

See also: 1996 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

Highlighted by an electrifying 83-yard punt return touchdown by Tim Dwight (the first of five career punt return touchdowns), the Hawkeyes earned their first road win over a top ten opponent since the 1990 season.

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Ohio State

#2 Ohio State at #20 Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • Buckeyes 17 14 7 0 38 Hawkeyes 3 3 6 14 26 Date: October 26 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA Game start: 2:35 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:30 Game attendance: 70,397 Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C), Mostly cloudy, Wind W 12 mph (19 km/h) Referee: Dick Honig Television network: ABC Sources: Box score 2020-01-07 at the Wayback Machine

Scoring summary Q1 12:56 IOWA Brion Hurley 47-yard field goal IOWA 3–0 Q1 4:58 OHST Josh Jackson 27-yard field goal Tied 3–3 Q1 3:58 OHST Kevin Griffin recovered blocked punt in end zone (Josh Jackson kick) OHST 10–3 Q1 1:35 OHST David Boston 17-yard pass from Stanley Jackson (Josh Jackson kick) OHST 17–3 Q2 14:57 OHST John Lumpkin 3-yard pass from Stanley Jackson (Josh Jackson kick) OHST 24–3 Q2 8:07 OHST Joe Montgomery 1-yard run (Josh Jackson kick) OHST 31–3 Q2 6:30 IOWA Zach Bromert 33-yard field goal OHST 31–6 Q3 11:28 OHST Pepe Pearson 4-yard run (Josh Jackson kick) OHST 38–6 Q3 2:19 IOWA Tim Dwight 19-yard run (two-point conversion failed) OHST 38–12 Q4 14:43 IOWA Tim Dwight 86-yard punt return (Tavian Banks reception) OHST 38–20 Q4 10:46 IOWA Michael Burger 1-yard run (two point conversion failed) OHST 38–26

See also: 1996 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

ESPN's College GameDay visited Iowa City for the first time for this matchup between the #2 Buckeyes (6–0) and #20 Hawkeyes (5–1).

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Illinois

#25 Iowa at Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 7 7 3 14 31 Fighting Illini 7 7 0 7 21 Date: November 2 Location: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, IL Game attendance: 54,381 Television network: ESPN+ Sources: Box score and Game recap

Scoring summary Q1 7:25 IOWA Sedrick Shaw 13-yard run (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 7–0 Q1 3:53 ILL Jason Dulick 17-yard pass from Scott Weaver (Neil Rackers kick) Tied 7–7 Q2 9:32 ILL Wilbert Smith 16-yard fumble return (Neil Rackers kick) Illinois 14–7 Q2 0:30 IOWA Damon Gibson 8-yard pass from Matt Sherman (Zach Bromert kick) Tied 14–14 Q3 5:44 IOWA Zach Bromert 37-yard field goal IOWA 17–14 Q4 13:10 IOWA Vernon Rollins 20-yard interception return (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 24–14 Q4 4:40 IOWA Tim Dwight 11-yard pass from Matt Sherman (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 31–14 Q4 2:54 ILL Ty Douthard 1-yard run (Neil Rackers kick) IOWA 31–21

See also: 1996 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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Northwestern

#18 Northwestern at #23 Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • Wildcats 3 10 13 14 40 Hawkeyes 0 7 0 6 13 Date: November 9 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA Game attendance: 70,397 Television network: ABC Sources: Box score and Game recap

Scoring summary Q1 0:52 NW Brian Gowins 23-yard field goal NW 3–0 Q2 10:27 NW Darren Drexler 23-yard pass from D'wayne Bates (Brian Gowins kick) NW 10–0 Q2 6:48 IOWA Tim Dwight 29-yard pass from Matt Sherman (Zach Bromert kick) NW 10–7 Q2 0:00 NW Brian Gowins 22-yard field goal NW 13–7 Q3 6:32 NW Darnell Autry 9-yard run (two point conversion failed) NW 19–7 Q3 1:42 NW Darnell Autry 15-yard pass from Steve Schnur (Brian Gowins kick) NW 26–7 Q4 14:53 NW Darnell Autry 41-yard run (Brian Gowins kick) NW 33–7 Q4 12:19 IOWA Tavian Banks 10-yard pass from Matt Sherman (two-point conversion failed) NW 33–13 Q4 7:31 NW Darnell Autry 18-yard run (Brian Gowins kick) NW 40–13

See also: 1996 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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Wisconsin

Wisconsin vs. Iowa
rivalry game

1 2 3 4 Total Badgers 0 0 0 0 0 • Hawkeyes 10 14 7 0 31 Date: November 16 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA Game start: 11:35 am CST Elapsed time: 2:55 Game attendance: 66,570 Game weather: 53 °F (12 °C), Mostly cloudy, Wind SSW 23 mph (37 km/h) Referee: Steve Newman TV announcers (ESPN): Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson, and Adrian Karsten Sources: Box score 2020-01-07 at the Wayback Machine

Scoring summary Q1 9:14 IOWA Zach Bromert 36-yard field goal IOWA 3–0 Q1 3:42 IOWA Sedrick Shaw 29-yard run (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 10–0 Q2 9:07 IOWA Chris Knipper 8-yard pass from Matt Sherman (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 17–0 Q2 5:13 IOWA Sedrick Shaw 33-yard run (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 24–0 Q3 11:07 IOWA Sedrick Shaw 8-yard run (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 31–0

See also: 1996 Wisconsin Badgers football team and Iowa–Wisconsin football rivalry

After this shutout at Kinnick Stadium, the Hawkeyes had gone 17–0–1 in an 18-game stretch in the series with the Badgers.

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Minnesota

#24 Iowa at Minnesota
Battle for Floyd of Rosedale

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 10 7 16 10 43 Golden Gophers 0 10 7 7 24 Date: November 23 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA Game start: 7:35 pm CST Game attendance: 53,349 Television network: ESPN2 Sources: Box score

Scoring summary Q1 8:54 IOWA Sedrick Shaw 5-yard run (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 7–0 Q1 4:47 IOWA Brion Hurley 50-yard field goal IOWA 10–0 Q2 12:52 IOWA Tim Dwight 5-yard run (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 17–0 Q2 6:49 Minn Adam Bailey 20-yard field goal IOWA 17–3 Q2 0:10 Minn Ryan Thelwell 9-yard pass from Cory Sauter (Adam Bailey kick) IOWA 17–10 Q3 8:16 Minn Cory Sauter 1-yard run (Adam Bailey kick) Tied 17–17 Q3 2:53 IOWA Richard Willock 1-yard fumble return (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 24–17 Q3 2:31 IOWA Team Safety IOWA 26–17 Q3 0:58 IOWA Tim Dwight 53-yard pass from Matt Sherman (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 33–17 Q4 11:21 IOWA Zach Bromert 25-yard field goal IOWA 36–17 Q4 10:10 IOWA Sedrick Shaw 14-yard run (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 43–17 Q4 6:50 Minn Ryan Thelwell 11-yard pass from Cory Sauter (Adam Bailey kick) IOWA 43–24

See also: 1996 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and Iowa–Minnesota football rivalry

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Alamo Bowl

Texas Tech vs. #21 Iowa
Alamo Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total Red Raiders 0 0 0 0 0 • Hawkeyes 6 11 0 10 27 Date: December 29 Location: Alamodome, San Antonio, TX Game attendance: 55,677 TV announcers (ESPN): Ron Franklin, Mike Gottfried, and Kellen Winslow Sources: Box score and Game recap

Scoring summary Q1 11:21 IOWA Matt Sherman 1-yard run (PAT failed) IOWA 6–0 Q2 5:30 IOWA Sedrick Shaw 20-yard run (Chris Knipper reception for two-point conversion) IOWA 14–0 Q2 0:15 IOWA Zach Bromert 36-yard field goal IOWA 17–0 Q4 10:36 IOWA Zach Bromert 26-yard field goal IOWA 20–0 Q4 2:09 IOWA Rodney Filer 14-yard run (Zach Bromert kick) IOWA 27–0

Main article: 1996 Alamo Bowl

See also: 1996 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

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Postseason Awards

• Tim Dwight – First-team All-American (All-purpose / kick returners)

See also: 1996 College Football All-America Team and 1996 All-Big Ten Conference football team

Team players in the 1997 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Tom Knight	Defensive Back	1	9	Arizona Cardinals
Ross Verba	Guard	1	30	Green Bay Packers
Sedrick Shaw	Running Back	3	61	New England Patriots
Damien Robinson	Defensive Back	4	119	Philadelphia Eagles

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