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1992 Illinois

6–⁠5–⁠1 (4–⁠3–⁠1 Big Ten), coached by Lou Tepper.

Schedule and results

Illinois in 1992, game by game: won vs. Northern Illinois 30–14; won vs. Missouri 24–17; lost at Houston 13–31; lost at Minnesota 17–18; won at No. 21 Ohio State 18–16; lost vs. Iowa 14–24; lost vs. Northwestern 26–27; won at Wisconsin 13–12; won vs. Purdue 20–17; tied at No. 3 Michigan 22–22; won vs. Michigan State 14–10; lost vs. Hawai’i 17–27+16−18Won 30–14 vs. Northern Illinois+16Northern Illino…Won 24–17 vs. Missouri+7MissouriLost 13–31 at Houston-18HoustonLost 17–18 at Minnesota-1MinnesotaWon 18–16 at No. 21 Ohio State+2No. 21 Ohio StateLost 14–24 vs. Iowa-10IowaLost 26–27 vs. Northwestern-1NorthwesternWon 13–12 at Wisconsin+1WisconsinWon 20–17 vs. Purdue+3PurdueTied 22–22 at No. 3 Michigan0No. 3 MichiganWon 14–10 vs. Michigan State+4Michigan StateLost 17–27 vs. Hawai’i-10Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsNorthern IllinoisW 30–⁠1475%
Sep 12vsMissouriW 24–⁠1774%
Sep 19atHoustonL 13–⁠3148%
Oct 3atMinnesotaL 17–⁠1862%
Oct 10at21Ohio StateW 18–⁠1630%
Oct 17vsIowaL 14–⁠2455%
Oct 24vsNorthwesternL 26–⁠2777%
Oct 31atWisconsinW 13–⁠1247%
Nov 7vsPurdueW 20–⁠1765%
Nov 14at3MichiganT 22–⁠2215%
Nov 21vsMichigan StateW 14–⁠1061%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvsHawai’iHoliday BowlL 17–⁠2744%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Hawai’i 27–⁠17 in the Holiday Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 60th-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 1992.

Record
6–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠3–⁠1 4th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
228–⁠235
Coach
Lou Tepper
Elo
1516 −21 this season
SP+ rating
1.0 No. 54 of 105; offense No. 78, defense No. 33
SRS
0.7 No. 51 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Tom Beck
Defensive coordinator
Denny Marcin
Captains
Brad Hopkins and John Wright Jr.
Most valuable player
Jason Verduzco

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 1Brad Hopkins OTHouston Oilers

All-Big Ten

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan6–⁠0–⁠29–⁠0–⁠35
Ohio State5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠118
Michigan State5–⁠35–⁠6
Illinois4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Iowa4–⁠45–⁠7
Wisconsin3–⁠55–⁠6
Indiana3–⁠55–⁠6
Purdue3–⁠54–⁠7
Northwestern3–⁠53–⁠8
Minnesota2–⁠62–⁠9

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