1977 Illinois
3–8 (2–6 Big Ten), coached by Gary Moeller. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Indiana 21–7Oct 22
By 14 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | vs 2Michigan | L 9–37 | 33% |
| Sep 17 | vs Missouri | W 11–7 | 50% |
| Sep 24 | at Stanford | L 24–37 | 36% |
| Oct 1 | vs Syracuse | L 20–30 | 71% |
| Oct 8 | at 19Wisconsin | L 0–26 | 27% |
| Oct 15 | at Purdue | W 29–22 | 33% |
| Oct 22 | vs Indiana | W 21–7 | 59% |
| Oct 29 | at Michigan State | L 20–49 | 39% |
| Nov 5 | vs 4Ohio State | L 0–35 | 20% |
| Nov 12 | vs Minnesota | L 0–21 | 50% |
| Nov 19 | at Northwestern | L 7–21 | 63% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Northwestern 21–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 120th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
- Record
- 3–8
- Conference
- 2–6 9th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 141–292
- Coach
- Gary Moeller
- Elo
- 1363 −130 this season
- SP+ rating
- -14.0 No. 115 of 140; offense No. 118, defense No. 110
- SRS
- −5.6 No. 97 of 145 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Rickie Mitchem and Kurt Steger
- Most valuable player
- James Coleman and John Sullivan
All-Big Ten
2 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Kevin PancratzOGAP-1; UPI-1- John SullivanLBAP-1
Second team
- Gary JurczykOGAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1977 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1977 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 7–1 | 10–2 | 9 |
| Ohio State | 7–1 | 9–3 | 11 |
| Michigan State | 6–1–1 | 7–3–1 | |
| Indiana | 4–3–1 | 5–5–1 | |
| Minnesota | 4–4 | 7–5 | |
| Purdue | 3–5 | 5–6 | |
 Iowa | 3–5 | 4–7 | |
| Wisconsin | 3–6 | 5–6 | |
| Illinois | 2–6 | 3–8 | |
| Northwestern | 1–8 | 1–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.