1987 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

The 1987 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their eighth and final year under head coach Mike White, the Illini compiled a 3–7–1 record and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]

1987 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–7–1 (2–5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPDarryl Usher
CaptainMike Scully, Mike Piel, Darrick Brownlow
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1987 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Michigan State $ 7 –0 –19 –2 –1
No. 16 Iowa 6 –2 –010 –3 –0
Indiana 6 –2 –08 –4 –0
No. 19 Michigan 5 –3 –08 –4 –0
Ohio State 4 –4 –06 –4 –1
Minnesota 3 –5 –06 –5 –0
Purdue 3 –5 –03 –7 –1
Illinois 2 –5 –13 –7 –1
Northwestern 2 –6 –02 –8 –1
Wisconsin 1 –7 –03 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Scott Mohr with 1,436 passing yards, running back Keith Jones with 322 rushing yards, and Darryl Usher with 723 receiving yards.[2]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5at North Carolina*
L 14–3440,000
September 12No. 15 Arizona State*
L 7–2170,060
September 19East Carolina*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 20–1062,045[3]
October 3No. 9 Ohio State
L 6–1073,045
October 10at Purdue
L 3–959,483
October 17Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 16–1457,040
October 24at No. 14 Michigan State
T 14–1476,513
October 31Minnesota
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 27–1760,143
November 7at No. 18 Indiana
L 22–3450,026
November 14Michigan
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
L 14–1764,496
November 21at Northwestern
L 10–2827,104
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "1987 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  2. "1987 Illinois Fighting Illini Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  3. "Illini go to relief pitchers, win 20–10". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 20, 1987. Retrieved March 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.