1987 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

The 1987 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their eighth and final year under head coach Mike White, the Illini compiled a 3–7–1 record and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.

1987 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–7–1 (2–5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Mike White (8th season)
Offensive coordinatorDwain Painter (1st season)
MVPDarryl Usher
CaptainMike Scully, Mike Piel, Darrick Brownlow
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1987 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Michigan State $ 7 0 19 2 1
No. 16 Iowa 6 2 010 3 0
Indiana 6 2 08 4 0
No. 19 Michigan 5 3 08 4 0
Ohio State 4 4 06 4 1
Minnesota 3 5 06 5 0
Purdue 3 5 03 7 1
Illinois 2 5 13 7 1
Northwestern 2 6 02 8 1
Wisconsin 1 7 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Scott Mohr with 1,436 passing yards, running back Keith Jones with 322 rushing yards, and Darryl Usher with 723 receiving yards.

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