That team went 10-1 in the regular season, including 9-0 in Big Ten games. It’s the only team in Big Ten history to beat every other conference foe in the same season.
Jan. 1, 1983. Pasadena, California. The mighty men of Michigan, winners of the Big Ten hoped to end their season on a high after losing their regular season finale at arch-rival Ohio State. Led by ...
Former Illinois football coach Mike White, who died Sunday, went 47-41-3 at Illinois from 1980-87 and led the Illini to three bowl games.
In 1983, Terry Donahue won his first Rose Bowl as UCLA's head coach. One year later, he did something no other UCLA coach has done, before or since. When UCLA blasted No. 4 Illinois by a 45-9 score in ...
Mike White, who led Illinois to a 1983 Big Ten sweep and Rose Bowl, has died at 89; he coached QBs Tony Eason and Jack Trudeau.