1982 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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1982 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Liberty Bowl, L 15–21 vs. Alabama
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1982 record7–5 (6–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPTony Eason
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1981
1983 →
1982 Big Ten Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Michigan $ 8 – 1 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
No. 12 Ohio State 7 – 1 �� 0 9 – 3 – 0
Iowa 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Illinois 6 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Wisconsin 5 – 4 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Indiana 4 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Purdue 3 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Northwestern 2 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Michigan State 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Minnesota 1 – 8 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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 6–5 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[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 4Northwestern
W 49–13
September 11Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 23–16
September 18at Syracuse*
W 47–10
September 25No. 3 Pittsburgh*No. 19
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
L 3–20
October 2at No. 19 Minnesota
  • H.H.H. Metrodome
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 42–24
October 9PurdueNo. 20
W 38–34
October 16Ohio StateNo. 15
L 21–26
October 23at Wisconsin
W 29–28
October 30at Iowa
L 13–14
November 6No. 15 Michigan
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
L 10–16
November 13at Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 48–7
December 29vs. Alabama*
L 15–21
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[]

1982 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 3 Tony Eason Sr
C 55 Adam Lingner Sr
RB 42 Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References[]

  1. ^ "1982 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "1982 Illinois Fighting Illini Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  3. ^ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
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