1967 Illinois

4–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Big Ten), coached by James Valek.

Schedule and results

Illinois in 1967, game by game: lost at Florida 0–14; won vs. Pittsburgh 34–6; lost vs. Indiana 7–20; lost vs. Minnesota 7–10; lost vs. Notre Dame 7–47; won at Ohio State 17–13; lost vs. No. 6 Purdue 9–42; lost vs. Michigan 14–21; won at Northwestern 27–21; won at Iowa 21–19+28−40Lost 0–14 at Florida-14FloridaWon 34–6 vs. Pittsburgh+28PittsburghLost 7–20 vs. Indiana-13IndianaLost 7–10 vs. Minnesota-3MinnesotaLost 7–47 vs. Notre Dame-40Notre DameWon 17–13 at Ohio State+4Ohio StateLost 9–42 vs. No. 6 Purdue-33No. 6 PurdueLost 14–21 vs. Michigan-7MichiganWon 27–21 at Northwestern+6NorthwesternWon 21–19 at Iowa+2Iowa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Iowa 21–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 94th-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 1967.

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
143–⁠213
Coach
James Valek
Elo
1452 −56 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−1.9 No. 67 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ellis Rainsberger
Captains
Ron Bess and Ken Kmiec
Most valuable player
John Wright

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 2Cyril Pinder RBPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 2John Wright WRAtlanta Falcons

All-Big Ten

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Terry MillerLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1967 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1967 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Indiana6–⁠19–⁠24
Minnesota6–⁠18–⁠2
Purdue6–⁠18–⁠29
Ohio State5–⁠26–⁠3
Michigan3–⁠44–⁠6
Illinois3–⁠44–⁠6
Michigan State3–⁠43–⁠7
Northwestern2–⁠53–⁠7
Iowa0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1
Wisconsin0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠9–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.