1963 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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1963 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Big Ten champion
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP #3
1963 record 8–1–1 (5–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach Pete Elliott (4th year)
MVP Dick Butkus
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
« 1962 1964 »
1963 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 Illinois $ 5 – 1 – 1     8 – 1 – 1
#10 Michigan State 4 – 1 – 1     6 – 2 – 1
Ohio State 4 – 1 – 1     5 – 3 – 1
Purdue 4 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Northwestern 3 – 4 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 4 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Michigan 2 – 3 – 2     3 – 4 – 2
Iowa 2 – 3 – 1     3 – 3 – 2
Minnesota 2 – 5 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
Indiana 1 – 5 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1963 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Pete Elliott, the Illini compiled an 8–1–1 record, finished in first place in the Big Ten Conference, were ranked #3 in the final AP Poll, and defeated Washington in the 1964 Rose Bowl. The sole loss was a 14-8 defeat against Michigan.[1]

Illinois center/linebacker Dick Butkus won the 1963 Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Big Ten's Most Valuable Player and was selected as a consensus first-team player on the 1963 College Football All-America Team.[2] Tackle Archie Sutton was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a second-team All-American.[3]

Quarterback Mike Taliaferro led the team with 450 passing yards while Jim Grabowski led the team with 616 rushing yards. Gregg Schumacher led the team with 133 receiving yards.[4]

Players

References

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