1964 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1964 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 16
1964 record 6–3 (4–3 Big Ten)
Head coach Pete Elliott (5th season)
MVP Dick Butkus
Captain Dick Butkus, George Donnelly
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 71,227)
1964 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Michigan $ 6 1 0  9 1 0
No. 9 Ohio State 5 1 0  7 2 0
Purdue 5 2 0  6 3 0
Illinois 4 3 0  6 3 0
Minnesota 4 3 0  5 4 0
Michigan State 3 3 0  4 5 0
Northwestern 2 5 0  3 6 0
Wisconsin 2 5 0  3 6 0
Iowa 1 5 0  3 6 0
Indiana 1 5 0  2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois in the 1964 Big Ten Conference football season. Dick Butkus played center and linebacker for Illinoisfrom 1962 through 1964. During the 1964 season, Butkus was a unanimous pick for the 1964 College Football All-America Team,[1] was named the American Football Coaches Association Player of the Year, finished third in Heisman Trophy balloting (a remarkable achievement for a lineman), and was selected as the team's most valuable player.[2]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 26 at California* No. 3 California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, California W 2014   44,704[3]
October 3 at Northwestern No. 3 Dyche StadiumEvanston, Illinois W 176   52,062[3]
October 10 No. 4 Ohio State No. 2 Memorial StadiumChampaign, Illinois L 026   71,227[3]
October 17 at Minnesota Memorial StadiumMinneapolis W 140   60,475[3]
October 24 UCLA* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois W 267   68,727[3]
October 31 at Purdue Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, Indiana L 1426   59,425[3]
November 7 at Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan L 621   62,415[3]
November 14 Wisconsin Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois W 290   55,077[3]
November 21 Michigan State Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois W 160   32,000[3]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Team players in the NFL

PlayerRoundPickPositionClub
Dick Butkus13LinebackerChicago Bears
George Donnelly113BackSan Francisco 49ers
Archie Sutton215TackleMinnesota Vikings
Gregg Schumacher13170EndSan Francisco 49ers
Dave Powless17225GuardNew York Giants

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Awards and honors

References

  1. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 7. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  2. "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "All Time Scores". University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  4. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1965.htm
  5. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 394


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