1974 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1974 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1974 record 6–4–1 (4–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach Bob Blackman (4th season)
MVP Tom Hicks, Jeff Hollenbach
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
1974 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Ohio State + 7 1 0  10 2 0
No. 3 Michigan + 7 1 0  10 1 0
No. 12 Michigan State 6 1 1  7 3 1
Wisconsin 5 3 0  7 4 0
Illinois 4 3 1  6 4 1
Purdue 3 5 0  4 6 1
Minnesota 2 6 0  4 7 0
Iowa 2 6 0  3 8 0
Northwestern 2 6 0  3 8 0
Indiana 1 7 0  1 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois in the 1974 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fourth year under head coach Bob Blackman, the Illini compiled a 6–4–1 record and finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Jeff Hollenbach with 1,037 passing yards, running back Chubby Phillips with 772 rushing yards, and wide receiver Joe Smalzer with 525 receiving yards.[2] Hollenbach and linebacker Tom Hicks were selected as the team's most valuable players.[3]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 14 Indiana Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL W 160    
September 21 at No. 19 Stanford* Stanford StadiumPalo Alto, CA W 417    
September 28 Washington State* No. 16 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 2119    
October 5 California* No. 14 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL L 1431    
October 12 at Purdue Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon) W 2723    
October 19 Michigan State Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL T 2121    
October 26 at Iowa Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA L 1214    
November 2 at No. 1 Ohio State Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) L 749    
November 9 No. 4 Michigan Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL L 614    
November 16 at Minnesota Memorial StadiumMinneapolis, MN W 1714    
November 23 Northwestern Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) W 2814    
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.


References

  1. "1974 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  2. "1974 Illinois Fighting Illini Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  3. "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
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