1983 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 1983 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season.
| 1983 Illinois Fighting Illini football | |
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Big Ten champion | |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 10 |
| AP | No. 10 |
| 1983 record | 10–2 (9–0 Big Ten) |
| Head coach |
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| MVP | Don Thorp |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 70,906) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Illinois $ | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Michigan | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Iowa | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Ohio State | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Jack Trudeau with 2,446 passing yards, running back Thomas Rooks with 842 rushing yards, and wide receiver David Williams with 870 receiving yards.[1] Defensive end Don Thorp was selected as the team's most valuable player and also received the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the most valuable player in the Big Ten Conference.[2] The 1983 Illini were the first team in Big Ten history to go 9-0 in regular season conference play, and the only team to do so until Wisconsin went 9-0 in 2017.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 10 | 1:30 pm | at Missouri* | L 18–28 | 53,744 | |||
| September 17 | 6:00 pm | Stanford* | W 17–7 | 72,852 | |||
| September 24 | 11:30 am | at No. 19 Michigan State | ABC | W 20–10 | 75,867 | ||
| October 1 | 1:00 pm | No. 4 Iowa |
| W 33–0 | 73,351 | ||
| October 8 | 1:30 pm | at Wisconsin | No. 19 | W 27–15 | 78,307 | ||
| October 15 | 1:00 pm | No. 6 Ohio State | No. 19 |
| W 17–13 | 73,414 | |
| October 22 | 1:30 pm | at Purdue | No. 11 | W 35–21 | 69,328 | ||
| October 29 | 11:30 am | No. 8 Michigan | No. 9 |
| CBS | W 16–6 | 76,127 |
| November 5 | 7:00 pm | at Minnesota | No. 6 | W 50–23 | 35,514 | ||
| November 12 | 1:00 pm | Indiana | No. 5 |
| W 49–21 | 73,612 | |
| November 19 | 1:00 pm | at Northwestern | No. 4 | W 56–24 | 52,333 | ||
| January 2 | 4:00 pm | vs. UCLA* | No. 4 | NBC | L 9–45 | 103,217 | |
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*Schedule Source:[3]
Awards and honors
- Don Thorp (Defensive end)
- Chicago Tribune Silver Football
- All-American, (defensive end)
- Jim Juriga, (Tackle)
- All-American, (tackle)
- Craig Swoope, (Defensive back)
- All-American, (defensive back)
References
- "1983 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.
- DeLassus, David. "Illinois Yearly Results: 1980–1984". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2012-05-03. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
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