American college football season
1982 Illinois Fighting Illini football |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
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Record | 7–5 (6–3 Big Ten) |
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Head coach | |
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MVP | Tony Eason |
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Captain | Mike Bass, Dan Gregus, Mike Martin |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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The 1982 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during the 1982 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third year under head coach Mike White, the Illini compiled a 7–4 record, finished in fourth place in the Big Ten Conference, and lost to Alabama in the 1982 Liberty Bowl, which was Hall of Famer Bear Bryant's final game as Alabama's head coach.[1]
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Tony Eason with 3,248 passing yards, running back Dwight Beverly with 390 rushing yards, and wide receiver Mike Martin with 941 receiving yards.[2] Eason was selected as the team's most valuable player.[3]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 4 | Northwestern | | | W 49–13 | 67,036 | |
September 11 | Michigan State | | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| W 23–16 | 66,152 | |
September 18 | at Syracuse* | | | W 47–10 | 30,128 | |
September 25 | No. 3 Pittsburgh* | No. 19 | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| L 3–20 | 71,547 | |
October 2 | at No. 19 Minnesota | | | W 42–24 | 63,684 | |
October 9 | Purdue | No. 20 | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL (rivalry)
| W 38–34 | 71,232 | |
October 16 | Ohio State | No. 15 | | L 21–26 | 73,488 | |
October 23 | at Wisconsin | | | W 29–28 | 78,406 | |
October 30 | at Iowa | | | L 13–14 | 59,922 | |
November 6 | No. 15 Michigan | | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL (rivalry)
| L 10–16 | 75,256 | [4][5] |
November 13 | at Indiana | | | W 48–7 | 38,471 | |
December 29 | vs. Alabama* | | | L 15–21 | 54,123 | [6] |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1982 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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References
- ^ "1982 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ^ "1982 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.
- ^ Joe Lapointe (November 7, 1982). "U-M survives by stopping last Illinois try". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1D, 9D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ron Pollack (November 7, 1982). "Michigan downs Illinois, 16-10: Blue halts late Illini drive before record-setting crowd". The Michigan Daily. pp. 1, 8 – via Bentley Historical Library.
- ^ "Bryant goes out a winner". Chicago Tribune. December 30, 1982. Retrieved February 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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Venues | - Illinois Field (1890–1922)
- Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
- Soldier Field (1994–present)
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