1984 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1984 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record7–4 (6–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPDavid Williams
CaptainRick Schulte, Dave Edwards
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1983
1985 →
1984 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Ohio State $ 7 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Illinois 6 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Purdue 6 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
No. 16 Iowa 5 – 3 – 1 8 – 4 – 1
Wisconsin 5 – 3 – 1 7 – 4 – 1
Michigan State 5 – 4 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
Michigan 5 – 4 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
Minnesota 3 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Northwestern 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Indiana 0 – 9 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during the 1984 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fifth year under head coach Mike White, the Illini compiled a 6–3 record and finished in a tie for second place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Jack Trudeau with 2,724 passing yards, running back Thomas Rooks with 1,056 rushing yards, and wide receiver David Williams with 1,278 receiving yards.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 1Northwestern
W 24–1675,753
September 8Missouri*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
W 30–2478,297
September 15at Stanford*
L 19–3443,795
September 22Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 40–775,762
September 29at Iowa
L 16–2166,322
October 6Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 22–676,428
October 13at No. 8 Ohio State
L 38–4589,937
October 20Purdue
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
W 34–2076,101
October 27at Michigan
L 18–26104,916
November 3Minnesota
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 48–376,056
November 10vs. Indiana
W 34–749,264
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1984 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "1984 Illinois Fighting Illini Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.


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