American college football season
1970 Illinois Fighting Illini football |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
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Record | 3–7 (1–6 Big Ten) |
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Head coach | |
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MVP | Doug Dieken |
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Captain | Kirk McMillin, Doug Dieken |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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The 1970 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1970 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fourth and final year under head coach Jim Valek, the Illini compiled a 3–7 record and finished in a tie for last place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mike Wells with 906 passing yards, running back Darrell Robinson with 749 rushing yards, and wide receiver Doug Dieken with 537 receiving yards.[2] Dieken was selected for the second consecutive year as the team's most valuable player.[3]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 19 | Oregon* | | W 20–16 | 33,246 | [4] |
September 26 | Tulane* | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| L 9–23 | 27,864 | [5] |
October 3 | Syracuse* | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| W 27–0 | 39,357 | |
October 10 | at Northwestern | | L 0–48 | 33,316 | |
October 17 | Indiana | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| L 24–30 | 42,079–42,708 | [6] |
October 24 | No. 1 Ohio State | | L 29–48 | 46,208 | |
October 31 | at Purdue | | W 23–21 | 67,747 | |
November 7 | at No. 5 Michigan | | L 0–42 | 70,781 | [7] |
November 14 | Wisconsin | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| L 17–29 | 36,569 | |
November 21 | at Iowa | | L 16–22 | 38,700 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1970 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | LB | 52 | Larry Allen | So | S | 29 | Steve Allen | Sr | | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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Game summaries
Oregon
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Oregon | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 16 | • Illinois | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 | - Date: September 19
- Location: Memorial Stadium
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Scoring summary |
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| Q2 | 4:36 | ILL | Wells 1 yard run (Wells kick) | ILL 7–0 | | Q2 | 1:37 | ORE | Newland 95 yard pass from Blanchard (Woody kick) | Tie 7–7 | | Q2 | 0:01 | ILL | Wells 37 yard field goal | ILL 10–7 | | Q3 | 12:51 | ILL | Dieken 26 yard pass from Wells (Wells kick) | ILL 17–7 | | Q4 | 9:49 | ILL | Wells 22 yard field goal | ILL 20–7 | | Q4 | 4:30 | ORE | Marshall 24 yard run (Woody kick) | ILL 20–14 | | Q4 | 1:45 | ORE | Safety, Wells tackled by Reeves in end zone | ILL 20–16 | |
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References
- ^ "1970 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ^ "1970 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.
- ^ Cawood, Neil (September 20, 1970). "Underdog Illinois hands Oregon 20-16 loss". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- ^ "Tulane steals five passes, stings Wells, Illinois, 23–9". Herald and Review. September 27, 1970. Retrieved October 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 14. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
- ^ Curt Sylvester (November 8, 1970). "U-M Rocks Outclassed Illini, 42-0". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1C, 4C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1970 Sep 20. Retrieved 2018-Nov-04.
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Venues | - Illinois Field (1890–1922)
- Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
- Soldier Field (1994–present)
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