1983 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
1983 Illinois Fighting Illini football | |
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Big Ten champion | |
Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 10 |
AP | No. 10 |
1983 record | 10–2 (9–0 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Mike White (4th year) |
Captain | Tim Brewster |
Captain | Joe Miles |
Captain | Don Thorp |
Home stadium |
Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 70,906) |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#10 Illinois $ | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#8 Michigan | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#14 Iowa | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#9 Ohio State | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season.
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Jack Trudeau with 2,446 passing yards, running back Thomas Rooks with 842 rushing yards, and wide receiver David Williams with 870 receiving yards.[1]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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September 10 | 1:30 PM | at Missouri* | Faurot Field • Columbia, MO (Rivalry) | L 18–28 | 53,744 | ||||
September 17 | 6:00 PM | Stanford* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 17–7 | 72,852 | ||||
September 24 | 11:30 AM | at No. 19 Michigan State | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | ABC | W 20–10 | 75,867 | |||
October 1 | 1:00 PM | No. 4 Iowa | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 33–0 | 73,351 | ||||
October 8 | 1:30 PM | at Wisconsin | No. 19 | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | W 27–15 | 78,307 | |||
October 15 | 1:00 PM | No. 6 Ohio State | No. 19 | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy) | W 17–13 | 73,414 | |||
October 22 | 1:30 PM | at Purdue | No. 11 | Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon) | W 35–21 | 69,328 | |||
October 29 | 11:30 AM | No. 8 Michigan | No. 9 | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | CBS | W 16–6 | 76,127 | ||
November 5 | 7:00 PM | at Minnesota | No. 6 | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN | W 50–23 | 35,514 | |||
November 12 | 1:00 PM | Indiana | No. 5 | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 49–21 | 73,612 | |||
November 19 | 1:00 PM | at Northwestern | No. 4 | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) | W 56–24 | 52,333 | |||
January 2 | 4:00 PM | vs. UCLA* | No. 4 | Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) | NBC | L 9–45 | 103,217 | ||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. |
*Schedule Source:[2]
References
- ↑ "1983 Illinois Fighting Illini Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ↑ DeLassus, David. "Illinois Yearly Results: 1980–1984". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
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