1962 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

The 1962 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1962 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third year under head coach Pete Elliott, the Illini compiled a 2–7 record and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1] Halfback Ken Zimmerman was selected as the team's most valuable player.[2]

1962 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1962 record2–7 (2–5 Big Ten)
Head coachPete Elliott (3rd season)
MVPKen Zimmerman
CaptainBob Scharbert
Ken Zimmerman
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1962 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Wisconsin $ 6 1 0  8 2 0
No. 10 Minnesota 5 2 0  6 2 1
Northwestern 4 2 0  7 2 0
Ohio State 4 2 0  6 3 0
Michigan State 3 3 0  5 4 0
Purdue 3 3 0  4 4 1
Iowa 3 3 0  4 5 0
Illinois 2 5 0  2 7 0
Indiana 1 5 0  3 6 0
Michigan 1 6 0  2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Washington*
L 7–28
October 6at Northwestern
L 0–45
October 13No. 10 Ohio StateL 15–51
October 20at Minnesota
L 0–17
October 27No. 4 USC*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
L 16–28
November 3at Purdue
W 14–10
November 10at Michigan
L 10–1449,756[3]
November 17No. 4 Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
L 6–35
November 24Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 7–6
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1962 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  2. "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  3. Joe Falls (November 11, 1962). "M Spurts In, 14-10". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1F, 3F via Newspapers.com.


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