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1991 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

The 1991 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a member of the Big Ten Conference the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Fighting Illini were led by fourth-year head coach John Mackovic during the regular season before he resigned and was replaced by Lou Tepper as interim head coach for the team's bowl game. Illinois compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing fifth in the Big Ten. The Fighting Illini were invited to the John Hancock Bowl, where they lost to UCLA. The team's offense scored 264 points while the defense allowed 188 points. Illinois played home games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois.

1991 Illinois Fighting Illini football
John Hancock Bowl, L 3–6 vs. UCLA
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record6–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGene Dahlquist (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorLou Tepper (4th season)
MVPKameno Bell
CaptainMike Hopkins, Marlon Primous, Tim Simpson
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1990
1992 →
1991 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Michigan $ 8 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 10 Iowa 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 1
Ohio State 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Indiana 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 1
Illinois 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
Purdue 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Michigan State 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Wisconsin 2 – 6 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Northwestern 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Minnesota 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 313:00 pmEast Carolina*
ESPNW 38–3146,313
September 141:00 pmat Missouri*
L 19–2349,586
September 212:30 pmNo. 21 Houston*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
ABCW 51–1060,182
October 511:30 amMinnesota
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
ESPNW 24–357,981
October 122:30 pmNo. 11 Ohio StateNo. 20
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
ABCW 10–770,125
October 192:30 pmat No. 15 IowaNo. 13
ABCL 21–2470,220
October 261:00 pmat NorthwesternNo. 17
L 11–1726,542
November 21:00 pmWisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 22–661,493
November 912:00 pmat Purdue
W 41–1433,152
November 162:30 pmNo. 4 MichiganNo. 25
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
ABCL 0–2066,757
November 2312:05 pmat Michigan State
L 24–2761,721
December 311:30 pmvs. UCLA*
CBSL 3–642,281
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster

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1991 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OT 87 Ken Dilger Fr
OT 79 Brad Hopkins Jr
C 69 Tim Simpson Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

After the season

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NFL Draft

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The following Fighting Illini were selected in the 1992 NFL draft after the season.[1]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Team
7 189 Elbert Tuener Wide receiver Houston Oilers
12 328 Kameno Bell Running back Miami Dolphins
12 329 Tim Simpson Center Cleveland Browns

References

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  1. ^ "1992 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 20, 2023.


 

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