1978_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team

1978 Illinois Fighting Illini football
1978 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	1–8–2 (0–6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gary Moeller (2nd season);
MVP	John Sullivan, Randy Taylor
Captain	John Sullivan, Randy Taylor
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

1978 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season

The 1978 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1978 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach Gary Moeller, the Illini compiled a 1–8–2 record and finished in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference.^[1]

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The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Rich Weiss with 665 passing yards, running back Wayne Strader with 389 rushing yards, and wide receiver Jeff Barnes with 270 receiving yards.^[2] Linebacker John Sullivan and center Randy Taylor were selected as the team's most valuable players.^[3]

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"1978 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.

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"1978 Illinois Fighting Illini Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.

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"Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 29, 2016.

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Tom Henderson (September 17, 1978). "Leach drives U-M past Illinois, 31-0". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1E, 8E – via Newspapers.com.

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Henry Engelhardt (September 17, 1978). "Michigan rolls past bumbling Illini, 31-0". The Michigan Daily. pp. 1, 12 – via Bentley Historical Library.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	Northwestern	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	T 0–0	40,091
September 16	at No. 4 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	L 0–31	104,102	^[4]^[5]
September 23	Stanford*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	L 10–35	43,143
September 30	at Syracuse*	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 28–14	20,101
October 7	at Missouri*	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)	L 3–45	62,062
October 14	Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	T 20–20	51,160
October 21	No. 19 Purdue	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	L 0–13	50,918
October 28	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 10–31	37,355
November 4	No. 18 Michigan State	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	L 19–59	48,077
November 11	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)	L 7–45	87,719
November 18	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 6–24	25,388
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Michigan +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Michigan State +	7	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Purdue	6	–	1	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
Ohio State	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Minnesota	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	2	5	–	4	–	2
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Iowa	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Illinois	0	–	6	–	2	1	–	8	–	2
Northwestern	0	–	8	–	1	0	–	10	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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