1963 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1963 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Big Ten champion
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 4
AP No. 3
1963 record 8–1–1 (5–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach Pete Elliott (4th year)
MVP Dick Butkus
Captain Mike Taliaferro, Dick Deller
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
1963 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 Illinois $ 5 1 1     8 1 1
#10 Michigan State 4 1 1     6 2 1
Ohio State 4 1 1     5 3 1
Purdue 4 3 0     5 4 0
Northwestern 3 4 0     5 4 0
Wisconsin 3 4 0     5 4 0
Michigan 2 3 2     3 4 2
Iowa 2 3 1     3 3 2
Minnesota 2 5 0     3 6 0
Indiana 1 5 0     3 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1963 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Pete Elliott, the Illini compiled an 8–1–1 record, finished in first place in the Big Ten Conference, were ranked #3 in the final AP Poll, and defeated Washington in the 1964 Rose Bowl. The sole loss was a 14-8 defeat against Michigan.[1]

Illinois center/linebacker Dick Butkus won the 1963 Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Big Ten's Most Valuable Player and was selected as a consensus first-team player on the 1963 College Football All-America Team.[2] Tackle Archie Sutton was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a second-team All-American.[3]

Quarterback Mike Taliaferro led the team with 450 passing yards while Jim Grabowski led the team with 616 rushing yards. Gregg Schumacher led the team with 133 receiving yards.[4]

Players

Roster

Player Position
Bill Pasko End
Neal Anderson
Jim Plankenhorn Offensive Tackle, Placekicker
Al Wheatland Halfback
Mike Taliaferro (co-captain) Quarterback
Dick Deller (co-captain) Guard
Ron Fearn Fullback
Mike Dundy Defensive back
Dave Anderson
Jim Warren Halfback
Sammy Price Halfback
Gary Eickman Tackle
Jim Wainwright
Lynn Stewart Offensive Tackle
Bob Easter Offensive Tackle
Dee Rutherford
Dick Butkus Center/Linebacker
Todd Gabbett
Rich Callaghan
Fred Custardo Quarterback, Placekicker
Larry Justiz
Tony Parola
Barry Deist
Les Feuquay
Dick Dorr
Hal Wineland
Ken Schreiner
Mario Camanaro
Paul Upton
Bill Minor Guard
Hugh Woodson
Gregg Schumacher End
Dennis Senkowski
Bruce Capel
Art McCaskill
Wayne Paulson Halfback
Dave Mueller
George Donnelly Defensive Back
Dick Kee
Dick Hochleutner
Charles Galbreath
Wylie Fox Guard
Terry Fairbanks
Jim Grabowski Halfback
Kai Anderson
Dick Fitzgerald
Ron Acks Fullback, Linebacker
Mike Summers
Ken Nietupski Tackle
Wayne Strauch
Joe Wolfe
Ed Walsh
Jack Maggiore
Dave DeWolf
Bill Farrell
Jim Unrath
Steve Kimbell
Royce Neisz
John Willis
Archie Sutton Offensive Tackle
Bob Petkus
Don Hansen Linebacker
Eddie Russell
Dave Russell
Dave Powless Guard
Dale Greco
John Walker
Bernie McCabe
Ed Terrill
Bill Harper
Brian Duniec Guard
Ed Washington Offensive Tackle

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
09/26/1953 Nebraska* Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL T 2121  
10/03/1953 Stanford* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 3321  
10/10/1953 Ohio State #3 Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH W 4120  
10/17/1953 Minnesota No. 9 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 277  
10/24/1953 Syracuse* No. 7 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 2013  
10/31/1953 Purdue No. 4 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 210  
11/07/1953 at Michigan #17dagger No. 4 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 193  
11/14/1953 Wisconsin No. 3 Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI L 734  
11/21/1953 Northwestern No. 7 Dyche StadiumEvanston, IL W 30  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

References

  1. "1963 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  2. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 7. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  3. "Staubach Leads Youthful NEA All-Americans". Evening Independent, St. Petersburg, FL. December 2, 1963. p. 14A.
  4. "1963 Illinois Fighting Illini Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
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