1962 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1962 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
Record2–7 (2–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPKen Zimmerman
Captains
  • Bob Scharbert
  • Ken Zimmerman
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1962 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Wisconsin $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 10 Minnesota 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Northwestern 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Ohio State 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Michigan State 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Purdue 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Iowa 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Indiana 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Michigan 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1962 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1962 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third year under head coach Pete Elliott, the Illini compiled a 2–7 record and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1] Halfback Ken Zimmerman was selected as the team's most valuable player.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Washington*
L 7–2853,471
October 6at Northwestern
L 0–4541,854
October 13No. 10 Ohio State
L 15–5156,017
October 20at Minnesota
L 0–1759,427
October 27No. 4 USC*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
L 16–2831,375
November 3at Purdue
W 14–1045,496
November 10at Michigan
L 10–1449,756[3]
November 17No. 4 Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
L 6–3536,762
November 24Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 7–619,547
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1962 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  3. ^ Joe Falls (November 11, 1962). "M Spurts In, 14-10". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1F, 3F – via Newspapers.com.
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