American college football season
The 1986 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season . In their seventh year under head coach Mike White , the Illini compiled a 4–7 record and finished in a tie for sixth place in the Big Ten Conference .[1]
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Shane Lamb with 1,414 passing yards, running back Keith Jones with 534 rushing yards, and Stephen Pierce with 602 receiving yards.[2]
Schedule [ edit ] Date Opponent Site Result Attendance September 6 Louisville * W 23–072,822 September 13 at USC * L 16–3151,496 September 20 No. 6 Nebraska * Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL L 14–5975,869 October 4 at Ohio State L 0–1490,030 October 11 Purdue Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry ) W 34–2773,720 October 18 Michigan State Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL L 21–2975,083 October 25 at Wisconsin L 9–1576,983 November 1 at No. 3 Michigan L 13–69104,122 November 8 No. 16 Iowa Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL W 20–1675,190 November 15 at Indiana W 21–1634,572 November 22 Northwestern Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry ) L 18–2370,568 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Games summaries [ edit ] No. 6 Nebraska [ edit ]
Nebraska at Illinois [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 6 Cornhuskers
28
10 14 7
59
Fighting Illini
0
7 0 7
14
At Ohio State [ edit ]
Illinois at Ohio State
1
2 3 4 Total
Fighting Illini
0
0 0 0
0
• Buckeyes
0
14 0 0
14
At No. 3 Michigan [ edit ]
Illinois at Michigan
1
2 3 4 Total
Fighting Illini
10
3 0 0
13
• No. 3 Wolverines
7
20 21 21
69
Scoring summary 1 12:03 ILL Chris Siambekos 47-yard field goal ILL 3–0 5:24 MICH Jim Harbaugh 13-yard run (Mike Gillette kick)MICH 7–3 0:11 ILL Brian Menkhausen 3-yard run (Siambekos kick) ILL 10–7 2 9:38 MICH Gillette 20-yard field goal TIE 10–10 4:13 MICH Bob Perryman 1-yard run (Gillette kick)MICH 17–10 2:15 MICH Paul Jokisch 41-yard pass from Harbaugh (Gillette kick) MICH 24–10 0:26 MICH Gillette 52-yard field goal MICH 27–10 0:00 ILL Siambekos 44-yard field goal MICH 27–13 3 10:55 MICH Harbaugh 1-yard run (Gillette kick) MICH 34–13 8:12 MICH Perryman 25-yard run (Gillette kick) MICH 41–13 4:27 MICH Thomas Wilcher 8-yard run (Gillette kick)MICH 48–13 4 13:03 MICH Chris Zurbrugg 1-yard run (Gillette kick)MICH 55–13 10:10 MICH Zurbrugg 1-yard run (Gillette kick) MICH 62–13 2:26 MICH Taylor 6-yard run (Gillette kick) MICH 69–13
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No. 16 Iowa [ edit ]
Iowa at Illinois
1
2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Hawkeyes
3
7 0 6
16
• Fighting Illini
0
0 7 13
20
Scoring summary 1 IOWA Houghtlin 36-yard field goal IOWA 3–0 2 IOWA Hudson 2-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 10–0 3 Illinois Pierce 54-yard pass from Menkhausen (Siambekos kick) IOWA 10–7 4 Illinois Menkhausen 1-yard run (Siambekos kick) Illinois 14–10 Illinois Siambekos 29-yard field goal Illinois 17–10 Illinois Siambekos 42-yard field goal Illinois 20–10 IOWA Harmon 3-yard run (pass failed) Illinois 20–16
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References [ edit ]
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