American college football season
The 1990 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season . In their third year under head coach John Mackovic , the Illini compiled an 8–4 record, finished in a four-way tie for first place in the Big Ten Conference , were ranked No. 25 in the final AP Poll , and lost to Clemson in the 1991 Hall of Fame Bowl .[1]
The team's offensive leader were quarterback Jason Verduzco with 2,567 passing yards, fullback Howard Griffith with 1,115 rushing yards, and Shawn Wax with 863 receiving yards.[2]
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 8 8:00 pm at Arizona * No. 11 L 16–2853,330 September 15 2:30 pm No. 9 Colorado * No. 21 ABC W 23–2264,351 September 22 2:30 pm Southern Illinois * No. 15 Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL W 56–2164,469 [3] October 6 2:30 pm at No. 20 Ohio State No. 13 ABC W 31–2089,404 October 13 12:00 pm Purdue No. 11 Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry ) W 34–060,604 October 20 2:30 pm No. 24 Michigan State No. 8 Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL ABC W 15–1370,398 October 27 1:00 pm at Wisconsin No. 5 W 21–367,746 November 3 2:30 pm No. 13 Iowa No. 5 Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL ABC L 28–5472,714 November 10 11:00 am at No. 19 Michigan No. 17 L 17–22105,343 November 17 11:30 am Indiana No. 22 W 24–1044,639 November 24 1:00 pm Northwestern No. 22 Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry ) W 28–2332,383 January 1 12:00 pm vs. No. 14 Clemson * No. 16 NBC L 0–3063,154 [4] *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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Game summaries [ edit ] Colorado [ edit ] #9 Colorado at #21 Illinois 1 2 3 4 Total Buffaloes 7 10 2 3 22 • Fighting Illini 3 7 7 6 23
Scoring summary Q1 ILL Doug Higgins 29-yard field goal ILL 3–0 COL George Hemingway 2-yard run (Harper kick) COL 7–3 Q2 COL Harper 54-yard field goal COL 10–3 COL Michael Simmons 32-yard pass from Darian Hagan (Harper kick) COL 17–3 0:28 ILL Elbert Turner 8-yard pass from Jason Verduzco (Higgins kick) COL 17–10 Q3 2:28 ILL Shawn Wax 4-yard pass from Jason Verduzco (Higgins kick) Tied 17–17 COL Safety, Greg Biekert tackled Griffith in end zone COL 19–17 Q4 12:44 COL Harper 26-yard field goal COL 22–17 1:18 ILL Howard Griffith 1-yard run (conversion failed) ILL 23–22
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Michigan [ edit ]
Indiana [ edit ]
Northwestern [ edit ] Clemson (Hall of Fame Bowl) [ edit ]
1990 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
Award winners [ edit ] Darrick Brownlow - linebacker (1st-team All-America pick by Football News ; 1st-team all-Big Ten pick by AP) Moe Gardner - defensive lineman (consensus 1st-team All-American; 1st-team all-Big Ten pick by AP) Howard Griffith - fullback (2nd-team all-Big Ten pick by AP) Doug Higgins - placekicker (2nd-team all-Big Ten pick by AP) Henry Jones - defensive back (2nd-team all-Big Ten pick by AP) Marlon Primous - defensive back (2nd-team all-Big Ten pick by AP) Tim Simpson -offensive guard (2nd-team all-Big Ten pick by AP) Shawn Wax - receiver (2nd-team all-Big Ten pick by AP) References [ edit ] ^ "1990 Illinois Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015 . ^ "1990 Illinois Fighting Illini Stats" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015 . ^ Batterson, Steve (September 23, 1990). "Griffith levels Salukis" . Quad-City Times . p. 1E. Retrieved December 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Clemson 'D' gains Fame in 30–0 win" . The Tampa Tribune . January 2, 1991. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "1990 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results" . sports-reference.com . Retrieved November 20, 2016 . ^ "Illinois 23, Colorado 22" . United Press International . September 15, 1990. Retrieved January 1, 2019 .
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