1982 Big Ten Conference football standings
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 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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 4Northwestern
W 49–1367,036[4]
September 11Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 23–1666,152[5]
September 18at Syracuse*
W 47–1030,128[6]
September 25No. 3 Pittsburgh*No. 19
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
L 3–2071,547[7]
October 2at No. 19 Minnesota
W 42–2463,684[8]
October 9PurdueNo. 20
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
W 38–3471,232[9]
October 16Ohio StateNo. 15
L 21–2673,488[10]
October 23at Wisconsin
W 29–2878,406[11]
October 30at Iowa
L 13–1459,922[12]
November 6No. 15 Michigan
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
L 10–1675,256[13][14]
November 13at Indiana
W 48–738,471[15]
December 29vs. Alabama*
L 15–2154,123[16]
  • *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 Thomas Rooks 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.
  4. ^ "Illinois bombards Northwestern". The Post-Crescent. September 5, 1982. Retrieved February 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Illinois wins; official dies". The Pantagraph. September 12, 1982. Retrieved February 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "SU thumped, 47–10". The Sunday Press. September 19, 1982. Retrieved February 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Pitt intercepts Illini hopes, 20–3". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 26, 1982. Retrieved February 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Illini comeback clips Minnesota". Wisconsin State Journal. October 3, 1982. Retrieved February 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Eason's heroics stop Purdue as Illini pull out 38–34 win". The Courier-Journal. October 10, 1982. Retrieved February 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "OSU wins as Spangler finally hits". The Akron Beacon Journal. October 17, 1982. Retrieved February 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Bass boots Badgers". The Reporter. October 24, 1982. Retrieved February 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Iowa nips Illini 14–13". Fort Myers News-Press. October 31, 1982. Retrieved February 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Joe Lapointe (November 7, 1982). "U-M survives by stopping last Illinois try". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1D, 9D – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "Illinois vents frustrations on stunned Hoosiers, 48–7". Journal and Courier. November 14, 1982. Retrieved February 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Bryant goes out a winner". Chicago Tribune. December 30, 1982. Retrieved February 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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