1969 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1969 record | 0–10 (0–7 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Jim Valek (3rd season) |
| MVP | Doug Dieken |
| Captain | Doug Redmann, Bruce Erb |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Ohio State + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Michigan + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Purdue | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1969 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third year under head coach Jim Valek, the Illini compiled a 0–10 record and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Steve Livas with 705 passing yards, running back Dave Jackson with 465 rushing yards, and wide receiver Doug Dieken with 486 receiving yards.[2] Dieken was selected as the team's most valuable player.[3]
Guard Doug Redmann was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a second-team player on the 1969 College Football All-America Team.[4]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | |||||
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| September 20 | Washington State* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | L 18–19 | ||||||
| September 27 | vs. No. 11 Missouri* | Busch Memorial Stadium • St. Louis, MO (Rivalry) | L 6–37 | ||||||
| October 4 | Iowa State* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | L 20–48 | ||||||
| October 11 | Northwestern | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) | L 6–10 | ||||||
| October 18 | at Indiana | Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN | L 20–41 | ||||||
| October 25 | at No. 1 Ohio State | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) | L 0–41 | ||||||
| November 1 | No. 13 Purdue | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon) | L 22–49 | ||||||
| November 8 | No. 18 Michigan | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | L 0–57 | ||||||
| November 15 | at Wisconsin | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | L 14–55 | ||||||
| November 22 | Iowa | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | L 0–40 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "1969 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ↑ "1969 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.
- ↑ "Steve Owens, Mike Phipps Pace NEA All-Americans". Clovis News-Journal. November 21, 1969. p. 12.
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