1984 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season

1984 Illinois Fighting Illini football

Conference| Big Ten Conference
Record| 7–4 (6–3 Big Ten)
Head coach|

* Mike White (5th season)

MVP| David Williams
Captain| Rick Schulte, Dave Edwards
Home stadium| Memorial Stadium

Seasons

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1985 ->

1984 Big Ten Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 13 Ohio State $  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 3  | - | 0
Illinois | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
Purdue | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 5  | - | 0
No. 16 Iowa | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 8  | - | 4  | - | 1
Wisconsin | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 1
Michigan State | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 6  | - | 0
Michigan | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 6  | - | 0
Minnesota | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 7  | - | 0
Northwestern | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 9  | - | 0
Indiana | 0  | - | 9  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 11  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during the 1984 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fifth year under head coach Mike White, the Illini compiled a 6–3 record and finished in a tie for second place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Jack Trudeau with 2,724 passing yards, running back Thomas Rooks with 1,056 rushing yards, and wide receiver David Williams with 1,278 receiving yards.[2]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance

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September 1| Northwestern|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL (rivalry)

| W 24–16| 75,753
September 8| Missouri*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL (rivalry)

| W 30–24| 78,297
September 15| at Stanford*|

* Stanford Stadium
* Stanford, CA

| L 19–34| 43,795
September 22| Michigan State|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| W 40–7| 75,762
September 29| at Iowa|

* Kinnick Stadium
* Iowa City, IA

| L 16–21| 66,322
October 6| Wisconsin|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| W 22–6| 76,428
October 13| at No. 8 Ohio State|

* Ohio Stadium
* Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)

| L 38–45| 89,937
October 20| Purdue|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL (rivalry)

| W 34–20| 76,101
October 27| at Michigan|

* Michigan Stadium
* Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)

| L 18–26| 104,916
November 3| Minnesota|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| W 48–3| 76,056
November 10| vs. Indiana|

* Hoosier Dome
* Indianapolis, IN (rivalry)

| W 34–7| 49,264

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## References

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1. ^ "1984 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
2. ^ "1984 Illinois Fighting Illini Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.

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Illinois Fighting Illini football

Venues|

* Illinois Field (1890–1922)
* Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
* Soldier Field (1994–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Indiana
* Michigan
* Missouri
* Northwestern
* Ohio State: Battle for Illibuck
* Purdue

Culture & lore|

* Illinois Loyalty
* "Oskee Wow-Wow"
* Marching Illini
* Gene Honda
* Fighting Illini Sports Network
* Chief Illiniwek
* 1960s slush fund scandal
* 2021 Penn State game

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* NFL draftees
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