1973 Illinois
5–6 (4–4 Big Ten), coached by Bob Blackman. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Iowa 50–0Oct 27
By 50 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15 | at Indiana | W 28–14 | 47% |
| Sep 22 | at California | W 27–7 | 50% |
| Sep 29 | vs West Virginia | L 10–17 | 50% |
| Oct 6 | vs Stanford | L 0–24 | 52% |
| Oct 13 | vs Purdue | W 15–13 | 52% |
| Oct 20 | at Michigan State | W 6–3 | 43% |
| Oct 27 | vs Iowa | W 50–0 | 80% |
| Nov 3 | vs 1Ohio State | L 0–30 | 33% |
| Nov 10 | at 4Michigan | L 6–21 | 14% |
| Nov 17 | vs Minnesota | L 16–19 | 55% |
| Nov 24 | at Northwestern | L 6–9 | 59% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Northwestern 9–6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 92nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
- Record
- 5–6
- Conference
- 4–4 tied for 4th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 164–157
- Coach
- Bob Blackman
- Elo
- 1454 −15 this season
- SP+ rating
- 2.6 No. 69 of 123; offense No. 103, defense No. 20
- SRS
- 9.0 No. 35 of 129 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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- Captains
- John Gann and Ken Braid
- Most valuable player
- Eddie Jenkins and Octavus Morgan
Drafted in 1974
The 1974 draft| Rd 7 | Gerry Sullivan C | Cleveland Browns |
All-Big Ten
3 first team, 2 second teamFirst team
Garvin RobersonEnds/receivers- Octavus MorganDL
- Mike GowDBAP-1; UPI-1
Second team
- Revie SoreyOGAP-2
- Tom HicksLBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1973 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1973 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 7–0–1 | 10–0–1 | 6 |
| Ohio State | 7–0–1 | 10–0–1 | 2 |
| Minnesota | 6–2 | 7–4 | |
| Purdue | 4–4 | 5–6 | |
| Michigan State | 4–4 | 5–6 | |
| Illinois | 4–4 | 5–6 | |
| Northwestern | 4–4 | 4–7 | |
 Wisconsin | 3–5 | 4–7 | |
| Indiana | 0–8 | 2–9 | |
| Iowa | 0–8 | 0–11 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.