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American college football season
The 1986 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an
American football team that represented the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during the
1986 NCAA Division I-A football season . In their seventh year under head coach
Mike White , the Illini compiled a 4–7 record and finished in a tie for sixth place in the
Big Ten Conference .
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The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Shane Lamb with 1,414 passing yards, running back
Keith Jones with 534 rushing yards, and Stephen Pierce with 602 receiving yards.
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Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance September 6
Louisville * W 23–072,822
September 13 at
USC * L 16–3151,496
September 20 No. 6
Nebraska * Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL L 14–5975,869
October 4 at
Ohio State L 0–1490,030
October 11
Purdue Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (
rivalry ) W 34–2773,720
October 18
Michigan State Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL L 21–2975,083
October 25 at
Wisconsin L 9–1576,983
November 1 at No. 3
Michigan L 13–69104,122
November 8 No. 16
Iowa Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL W 20–1675,190
November 15 at
Indiana W 21–1634,572
November 22
Northwestern Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (
rivalry ) L 18–2370,568
*Non-conference game Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
Games summaries
No. 6 Nebraska
Nebraska at Illinois [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 6 Cornhuskers
28
10 14 7
59
Fighting Illini
0
7 0 7
14
At Ohio State
Illinois at Ohio State
1
2 3 4 Total
Fighting Illini
0
0 0 0
0
• Buckeyes
0
14 0 0
14
At No. 3 Michigan
Illinois at Michigan
1
2 3 4 Total
Fighting Illini
10
3 0 0
13
• No. 3 Wolverines
7
20 21 21
69
Scoring summary 1 12:03 ILL Chris Siambekos 47-yard field goal ILL 3–0
5:24 MICH
Jim Harbaugh 13-yard run (
Mike Gillette kick) MICH 7–3
0:11 ILL Brian Menkhausen 3-yard run (Siambekos kick) ILL 10–7
2 9:38 MICH Gillette 20-yard field goal TIE 10–10
4:13 MICH
Bob Perryman 1-yard run (Gillette kick) MICH 17–10
2:15 MICH Paul Jokisch 41-yard pass from Harbaugh (Gillette kick) MICH 24–10
0:26 MICH Gillette 52-yard field goal MICH 27–10
0:00 ILL Siambekos 44-yard field goal MICH 27–13
3 10:55 MICH Harbaugh 1-yard run (Gillette kick) MICH 34–13
8:12 MICH Perryman 25-yard run (Gillette kick) MICH 41–13
4:27 MICH
Thomas Wilcher 8-yard run (Gillette kick) MICH 48–13
4 13:03 MICH
Chris Zurbrugg 1-yard run (Gillette kick) MICH 55–13
10:10 MICH Zurbrugg 1-yard run (Gillette kick) MICH 62–13
2:26 MICH Taylor 6-yard run (Gillette kick) MICH 69–13
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No. 16 Iowa
Iowa at Illinois
1
2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Hawkeyes
3
7 0 6
16
• Fighting Illini
0
0 7 13
20
Scoring summary 1 IOWA Houghtlin 36-yard field goal IOWA 3–0
2 IOWA Hudson 2-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 10–0
3 Illinois Pierce 54-yard pass from Menkhausen (Siambekos kick) IOWA 10–7
4 Illinois Menkhausen 1-yard run (Siambekos kick) Illinois 14–10
Illinois Siambekos 29-yard field goal Illinois 17–10
Illinois Siambekos 42-yard field goal Illinois 20–10
IOWA Harmon 3-yard run (pass failed) Illinois 20–16
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References
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Seasons National championship seasons in bold