1964 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1964 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#16
1964 record	6–3 (4–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Pete Elliott
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 71,227)

1964 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Michigan $	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
#9 Ohio State	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Purdue	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Illinois	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Michigan State	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Iowa	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Indiana	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois in the 1964 college football season.

Season

At Illinois, Dick Butkus played center and linebacker from 1962 through 1964. Butkus was a unanimous All-American, in 1964. Butkus was named the American Football Coaches Association Player of the Year in 1964. Butkus also finished third in Heisman Trophy balloting, a remarkable achievement given his position.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	at California*	#3	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 20–14	44,704^[1]
October 3	at Northwestern	#3	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 17–6	52,062^[1]
October 10	#4 Ohio State	#2	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	L 0–26	71,227^[1]
October 17	at Minnesota		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 14–0	60,475^[1]
October 24	UCLA*		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 26–7	68,727^[1]
October 31	at Purdue		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	L 14–26	59,425^[1]
November 7	at Michigan		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 6–21	62,415^[1]
November 14	Wisconsin		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 29–0	55,077^[1]
November 21	Michigan State		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 16–0	32,000^[1]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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Team players in the NFL

Player	Round	Pick	Position	Club
Dick Butkus	1	3	Linebacker	Chicago Bears
George Donnelly	1	13	Back	San Francisco 49ers
Archie Sutton	2	15	Tackle	Minnesota Vikings
Gregg Schumacher	13	170	End	San Francisco 49ers
Dave Powless	17	225	Guard	New York Giants

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Dick Butkus was also drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 1965 American Football League Draft.^[4]

Awards and honors

Dick Butkus, unanimous All-American
Dick Butkus, American Football Coaches Association Player of the Year
Dick Butkus, third in Heisman Trophy balloting

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "All Time Scores". University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=98&season=1964
↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1965.htm
↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 394

Illinois Fighting Illini football

Venues	Illinois Field (1890–1922) Memorial Stadium (1923–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Missouri Northwestern: (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk, 1945–2008; Land of Lincoln Trophy, 2009–present) Ohio State (Illibuck) Purdue (Purdue Cannon) Michigan

Culture & lore	Illinois Loyalty "Oskee Wow-Wow" Marching Illini Gene Honda Fighting Illini Sports Network Chief Illiniwek

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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