1989 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1989 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 10
AP No. 10
1989 record 10–2 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach John Mackovic (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Lou Tepper (2nd season)
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 69,200)
1989 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 Michigan $ 8 –0 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 10 Illinois 7 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 16 Michigan State 6 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
No. 24 Ohio State 6 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
Minnesota 4 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
Indiana 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Iowa 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Purdue 2 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Wisconsin 1 –7 –0  2 –9 –0
Northwestern 0 –8 –0  0 –11 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 4 2:30 PM at No. 5 USC* No. 22 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles ABC W 14-13   54,622
September 16 2:30 PM at No. 8 Colorado* No. 10 Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado CBS L 7-38   46,747
September 23 1:00 PM Utah State* No. 20 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois W 41-2   61,553
October 7 2:30 PM Ohio State No. 18 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois (Illibuck) ABC W 34-14   69,088
October 14 1:00 PM at Purdue No. 16 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana (Purdue Cannon) W 14-2   41,101
October 21 11:30 AM at Michigan State No. 13 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan ESPN W 14-10   76,216
October 28 1:00 PM Wisconsindagger No. 8 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois W 32-9   64,856
November 4 2:30 PM at Iowa No. 8 Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa ABC W 31-7   67,700
November 11 2:30 PM No. 3 Michigan No. 8 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois ABC L 10-24   73,069
November 18 2:30 PM Indiana No. 12 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois ABC W 41-28   53,368
November 25 2:00 PM at Northwestern No. 11 Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) W 63-14   31,017
January 1 12:30 PM vs. No. 16 Virginia* No. 11 Florida Citrus Bowl • Orlando, Florida (Florida Citrus Bowl) ABC W 31-21   60,016
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Roster

1989 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 2 Mike Bellamy Sr
QB 11 Jeff George Jr
RB 29 Howard Griffith Jr
TE 82 Frank Hartley Jr
T 79 Brad Hopkins So
C 69 Tim Simpson So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 96 Mel Agee Jr
LB 48 Darrick Brownlow Jr
DT 95 Moe Gardner Jr
DB 33 Chris Green Jr
DB 18 Henry Jones Jr
DB 37 Steve Nelson Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Awards and honors

Team players in the NFL

PlayerRoundPickPositionClub
Jeff George11QuarterbackIndianapolis Colts
Mike Bellamy250Wide receiverPhiladelphia Eagles

[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.touchdownclubofcolumbus.com/Awards.htm#SAMMY Archived 2011-05-25 at WebCite
  2. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1990.htm


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.