1934 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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1934
Memorial Stadium
Seasons
1934 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Minnesota $ 5 0 0 8 0 0
No. 9 Ohio State 5 1 0 7 1 0
No. 6 Illinois 4 1 0 7 1 0
Purdue 3 1 0 5 3 0
Wisconsin 2 3 0 4 4 0
Northwestern 2 3 0 3 5 0
Chicago 2 4 0 4 4 0
Indiana 1 3 1 3 3 2
Iowa 1 3 1 2 5 1
Michigan 0 6 0 1 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Press

The 1934 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an

Les Lindberg was selected as the team's most valuable player.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29
Champaign, IL
W 40–726,027[3]
October 62:30 p.m.at Washington University*W 12–77,229[4][5][6][7]
October 13
rivalry)
W 14–1324,831[8]
October 27at
Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)
W 7–634,822[9]
November 3Army
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 7–042,000[10]
November 10at
Evanston, IL (rivalry)
W 14–336,000[11]
November 17at WisconsinL 3–723,817[12]
November 24at ChicagoW 6–029,828[13]

Players

  • Charles W. Bennis - guard (2nd-team All-Big Ten pick by UP)
  • Jack Beynon - quarterback (1st-team All-Big Ten pick by AP and UP)
  • Chuck Galbreath - tackle (1st-team All-Big Ten pick by UP; 3rd-team All-American pick by AP)
  • Lester Lindberg
    - halfback

References

  1. ^ "1934 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
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