1974 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1974 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1974 record	6–4–1 (4–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bob Blackman (4th season)
MVP	Tom Hicks, Jeff Hollenbach
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1974 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Ohio State +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Michigan +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Michigan State	6	–	1	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Wisconsin	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Iowa	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Indiana	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois in the 1974 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fourth year under head coach Bob Blackman, the Illini compiled a 6–4–1 record and finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference.^[1]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Jeff Hollenbach with 1,037 passing yards, running back Chubby Phillips with 772 rushing yards, and wide receiver Joe Smalzer with 525 receiving yards.^[2] Hollenbach and linebacker Tom Hicks were selected as the team's most valuable players.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 14	Indiana		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 16–0
September 21	at No. 19 Stanford*		Stanford Stadium • Palo Alto, CA	W 41–7
September 28	Washington State*	No. 16	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 21–19
October 5	California*	No. 14	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	L 14–31
October 12	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)	W 27–23
October 19	Michigan State		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	T 21–21
October 26	at Iowa		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 12–14
November 2	at No. 1 Ohio State		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)	L 7–49
November 9	No. 4 Michigan		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	L 6–14
November 16	at Minnesota		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 17–14
November 23	Northwestern		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	W 28–14
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

References

↑ "1974 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
↑ "1974 Illinois Fighting Illini Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
↑ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 29, 2016.

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 Statistical leaders
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 2017
National championship seasons in bold

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