1980 Illinois
3–7–1 (3–5 Big Ten), coached by Mike White. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Northwestern 35–9Sep 6
By 26 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 | vs Northwestern | W 35–9 | 70% |
| Sep 13 | vs Michigan State | W 20–17 | 44% |
| Sep 20 | at 15Missouri | L 7–52 | 22% |
| Sep 27 | vs Air Force | T 20–20 | 70% |
| Oct 4 | vs Mississippi State | L 21–28 | 41% |
| Oct 11 | at Iowa | W 20–14 | 32% |
| Oct 18 | vs Purdue | L 20–45 | 31% |
| Oct 25 | at Michigan | L 14–45 | 16% |
| Nov 1 | vs Minnesota | L 18–21 | 46% |
| Nov 8 | at 7Ohio State | L 42–49 | 10% |
| Nov 15 | at Indiana | L 24–26 | 26% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Indiana 26–24; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 118th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
- Record
- 3–7–1
- Conference
- 3–5 tied for 6th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 241–326
- Coach
- Mike White
- Elo
- 1372 −24 this season
- SP+ rating
- -5.6 No. 96 of 133; offense No. 42, defense No. 123
- SRS
- −0.9 No. 73 of 138 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Dave Wilson, Dave Dwyer and Ron Ferrari
- Most valuable player
- Dave Wilson
Drafted in 1981
The 1981 draft| Rd 5 | John Gillen LB | St. Louis Cardinals |
All-Big Ten
1 second teamSecond team
John GillenLBAP-2; UPI-2
From Wikipedia’s 1980 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1980 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 8–0 | 10–2 | 4 |
| Ohio State | 7–1 | 9–3 | 15 |
| Purdue | 7–1 | 9–3 | 17 |
| Iowa | 4–4 | 4–7 | |
| Minnesota | 4–5 | 5–6 | |
| Indiana | 3–5 | 6–5 | |
 Wisconsin | 3–5 | 4–7 | |
| Illinois | 3–5 | 3–7–1 | |
| Michigan State | 2–6 | 3–8 | |
| Northwestern | 0–9 | 0–11 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.