The 1990 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois 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 #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 [ ] The non conference games for the Fighting Illini were against Arizona, Colorado and Southern Illinois.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 8 8:00 PM at Arizona * No. 11 L 16–28September 15 2:30 PM No. 9 Colorado * No. 21 W 23–2264,351 September 22 2:30 PM Southern Illinois * No. 15 Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL W 56–21October 6 2:30 PM at No. 20 Ohio State No. 13 ABC W 31–2089,404 October 13 12:00 PM Purdue No. 11 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 24–10November 24 1:00 PM Northwestern No. 22 W 28–23January 1 12:00 PM vs. No. 14 Clemson * No. 16 NBC L 0–3063,154 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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Game summaries [ ] Colorado [ ]
#9 Colorado at #21 Illinois
by Quarter
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
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–1
1989
L 7–38
[4]
Iowa [ ]
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
32–18–2
1989
W 31–7
Michigan [ ]
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
19–55–1
1989
L 10–24
Indiana [ ]
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
33–15–2
1989
W 41–28
Northwestern [ ]
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
44–34–5
1989
W 63–14
Clemson (Hall of Fame Bowl) [ ]
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
Award winners [ ] 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 [ ] Template:Big Ten Conference football champions
