1964 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

Conference

Ranking

Coaches

#16

1964 record

6–3 (4–3 Big Ten)

Head coach

Home stadium

Seasons

« 1963

	Conf					Overall
1964 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4/4 Michigan †	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
#9/9 Ohio State	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Purdue	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
#NR/16 Illinois	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
#NR/20 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 / Coaches' 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.

Illinois Fighting Illini football

Venues	Memorial Stadium (1927–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Illibuck (Ohio State) Missouri Land of Lincoln Trophy (Northwestern) Purdue Cannon (Purdue) Sweet Sioux Tomahawk (Northwestern)

Culture & lore	Illinois Loyalty "Oskee Wow-Wow" Marching Illini

People	Head coaches

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

National championship seasons in bold