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1984 Illinois

7–⁠4 (6–⁠3 Big Ten), coached by Mike White.

Schedule and results

Illinois in 1984, game by game: won vs. Northwestern 24–16; won vs. Missouri 30–24; lost at Stanford 19–34; won vs. Michigan State 40–7; lost at Iowa 16–21; won vs. Wisconsin 22–6; lost at No. 8 Ohio State 38–45; won vs. Purdue 34–20; lost at Michigan 18–26; won vs. Minnesota 48–3; won vs. Indiana 34–7+45−15Won 24–16 vs. Northwestern+8NorthwesternWon 30–24 vs. Missouri+6MissouriLost 19–34 at Stanford-15StanfordWon 40–7 vs. Michigan State+33Michigan StateLost 16–21 at Iowa-5IowaWon 22–6 vs. Wisconsin+16WisconsinLost 38–45 at No. 8 Ohio State-7No. 8 Ohio StateWon 34–20 vs. Purdue+14PurdueLost 18–26 at Michigan-8MichiganWon 48–3 vs. Minnesota+45MinnesotaWon 34–7 vs. Indiana+27Indiana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsNorthwesternW 24–⁠1685%
Sep 8vsMissouriW 30–⁠2466%
Sep 15atStanfordL 19–⁠3474%
Sep 22vsMichigan StateW 40–⁠775%
Sep 29atIowaL 16–⁠2145%
Oct 6vsWisconsinW 22–⁠660%
Oct 13at8Ohio StateL 38–⁠4534%
Oct 20vsPurdueW 34–⁠2073%
Oct 27atMichiganL 18–⁠2646%
Nov 3vsMinnesotaW 48–⁠385%
Nov 10vsIndianaW 34–⁠784%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Indiana 34–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 29th-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 1984.

Led the nationDavid Williams: receptions (101 catches), receiving yards (1,278 yds)

Consensus All-AmericanDavid Williams, WR

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
323–⁠209
Coach
Mike White
Elo
1604 −5 this season
SP+ rating
11.2 No. 29 of 106; offense No. 19, defense No. 54
SRS
11.5 No. 20 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Rick Schulte and Dave Edwards
Most valuable player
David Williams

Drafted in 1985

The 1985 draft
Rd 4Mike Heaven DBTampa Bay Buccaneers

All-Big Ten

6 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1984 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1984 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ohio State7–⁠29–⁠313
Illinois6–⁠37–⁠4
Purdue6–⁠37–⁠5
Iowa5–⁠3–⁠18–⁠4–⁠116
Wisconsin5–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Michigan State5–⁠46–⁠6
Michigan5–⁠46–⁠6
Minnesota3–⁠64–⁠7
Northwestern2–⁠72–⁠9
Indiana0–⁠90–⁠11

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