1962 Illinois
2–7 (2–5 Big Ten), coached by Pete Elliott. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Purdue 14–10Nov 3
By 4 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29 | at Washington | L 7–28 | 22% |
| Oct 6 | at Northwestern | L 0–45 | 25% |
| Oct 13 | vs 10Ohio State | L 15–51 | 21% |
| Oct 20 | at Minnesota | L 0–17 | 15% |
| Oct 27 | vs 4USC | L 16–28 | 27% |
| Nov 3 | at Purdue | W 14–10 | 11% |
| Nov 10 | at Michigan | L 10–14 | 32% |
| Nov 17 | vs 4Wisconsin | L 6–35 | 20% |
| Nov 24 | vs Michigan State | W 7–6 | 21% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Michigan State 7–6; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 119th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1962.
- Record
- 2–7
- Conference
- 2–5 8th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 75–234
- Coach
- Pete Elliott
- Elo
- 1368 −40 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 4.6 No. 50 of 120 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Bob Scharbert and Ken Zimmerman
- Most valuable player
- Ken Zimmerman
All-Big Ten
1 second teamSecond team
Dick ButkusCAP-3; UPI-2
From Wikipedia’s 1962 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1962 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 6–1 | 8–2 | 2 |
| Minnesota | 5–2 | 6–2–1 | 10 |
| Northwestern | 4–2 | 7–2 | |
| Ohio State | 4–2 | 6–3 | |
| Michigan State | 3–3 | 5–4 | |
| Purdue | 3–3 | 4–4–1 | |
 Iowa | 3–3 | 4–5 | |
 Illinois | 2–5 | 2–7 | |
 Indiana | 1–5 | 3–6 | |
| Michigan | 1–6 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.