1986 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1986 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1986 record 4–7 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach Mike White (7th season)
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
1986 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Michigan + 7 –1 –0  11 –2 –0
No. 7 Ohio State + 7 –1 –0  10 –3 –0
No. 16 Iowa 5 –3 –0  9 –3 –0
Minnesota 5 –3 –0  6 –6 –0
Michigan State 4 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
Indiana 3 –5 –0  6 –6 –0
Illinois 3 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Northwestern 2 –6 –0  4 –7 –0
Purdue 2 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Wisconsin 2 –6 –0  3 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh year under head coach Mike White, the Illini compiled a 4–7 record and finished in a tie for sixth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Shane Lamb with 1,414 passing yards, running back Keith Jones with 534 rushing yards, and Stephen Pierce with 602 receiving yards.[2]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 6 Louisville* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 23–0    
September 13 at USC* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 16–31    
September 20 No. 6 Nebraska* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL L 14–59    
October 4 at Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) L 0–14    
October 11 Purdue Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon) W 34–27    
October 18 Michigan State Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL L 21–29    
October 25 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI L 9–15    
November 1 at No. 3 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI L 13–69    
November 8 No. 16 Iowa Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 20–16    
November 15 at Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN W 21–16    
November 22 Northwestern Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) L 18–23    
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.


References

  1. ↑ "1986 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ "1986 Illinois Fighting Illini Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
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