1967 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1967 record | 4–6 (3–4 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Jim Valek (1st season) |
| MVP | John K. Wright |
| Captain | Ron Bess, Ken Kmiec |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Indiana + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Purdue + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1967 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1967 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Jim Valek, the Illini compiled a 4–6 record and finished in a tie for fifth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Dean Volkman with 1,005 passing yards, running back Rich Johnson with 768 rushing yards, and wide receiver John Wright with 698 receiving yards.[2] End John K. Wright was selected as the team's most valuable player.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | |||||
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| September 23 | at Florida* | Florida Field • Gainesville, FL | L 0–14 | ||||||
| September 30 | Pittsburgh* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 34–6 | ||||||
| October 7 | Indiana | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | L 7–20 | ||||||
| October 14 | Minnesota | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | L 7–10 | ||||||
| October 21 | Notre Dame* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | L 7–47 | ||||||
| October 28 | at Ohio State | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) | W 17–13 | ||||||
| November 4 | No. 6 Purdue | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon) | L 9–42 | ||||||
| November 11 | Michigan | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | L 14–21 | ||||||
| November 18 | at Northwestern | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) | W 27–21 | ||||||
| November 25 | at Iowa | Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA | W 21–19 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
This was the first season since 1952 that Illinois would face Iowa, following the chaos of their last matchup.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "1967 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ↑ "1967 Illinois Fighting Illini Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
- ↑ Dochterman, Scott (June 11, 2011). "Special report: How pass interference, a jawbreaker and tossed apples nearly canned the Iowa-Illinois football rivalry". The Gazette. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
- ↑ http://www.winsipedia.com/games/illinois/vs/iowa Illinois vs. Iowa All-Time. Winsipedia.
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