
1967 Illinois
4–6 (3–4 Big Ten), coached by James Valek. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Pittsburgh 34–6Sep 30
By 28 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | at | L 0–14 | 27% |
| Sep 30 | vs | W 34–6 | 72% |
| Oct 7 | vs | L 7–20 | 69% |
| Oct 14 | vs | L 7–10 | 49% |
| Oct 21 | vs | L 7–47 | 31% |
| Oct 28 | at | W 17–13 | 33% |
| Nov 4 | vs | L 9–42 | 31% |
| Nov 11 | vs | L 14–21 | 52% |
| Nov 18 | at | W 27–21 | 39% |
| Nov 25 | at | W 21–19 | 59% |
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 2 | Cyril Pinder RB | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Rd 2 | John Wright WR | Atlanta Falcons |
All-Big Ten
2 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
John WrightEAP-1; UPI-2
Ron BessDBAP-1; UPI-1
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| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6–1 | 9–2 | 4 | |
| 6–1 | 8–2 | ||
| 6–1 | 8–2 | 9 | |
| 5–2 | 6–3 | ||
| 3–4 | 4–6 | ||
| 3–4 | 4–6 | ||
| 3–4 | 3–7 | ||
| 2–5 | 3–7 | ||
| 0–6–1 | 1–8–1 | ||
| 0–6–1 | 0–9–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.