1981 Big Ten Conference Schedule and Results

Record: 59-55-0, .518 W-L% (6th of 14) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 4.53 (6th of 14), SOS: 4.92 (5th of 14)

Conference Champion: Iowa and Ohio State

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Michigan and Ohio State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Iowa, Michigan and Ohio State)

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44 Games

Conference games only

44 Games Table
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
1	Sep 12, 1981	Sat	Illinois	27	@	Michigan State	17
2	Sep 12, 1981	Sat	Indiana	21	@	Northwestern	20
3	Sep 12, 1981	Sat	Wisconsin	21		(1) Michigan	14
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
4	Sep 19, 1981	Sat	Minnesota	16		Purdue	13
5	Sep 19, 1981	Sat	(8) Ohio State	27		Michigan State	13
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
6	Oct 3, 1981	Sat	Illinois	38		Minnesota	29
7	Oct 3, 1981	Sat	(18) Iowa	64	@	Northwestern	0
8	Oct 3, 1981	Sat	(8) Michigan	38	@	Indiana	17
9	Oct 3, 1981	Sat	Wisconsin	20		Purdue	14
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
10	Oct 10, 1981	Sat	(15) Iowa	42		Indiana	28
11	Oct 10, 1981	Sat	(6) Michigan	38	@	Michigan State	20
12	Oct 10, 1981	Sat	Minnesota	35		Northwestern	23
13	Oct 10, 1981	Sat	Purdue	44		Illinois	20
14	Oct 10, 1981	Sat	Wisconsin	24		(18) Ohio State	21
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
15	Oct 17, 1981	Sat	Indiana	17		Minnesota	16
16	Oct 17, 1981	Sat	(12) Iowa	9	@	(5) Michigan	7
17	Oct 17, 1981	Sat	Michigan State	33		(14) Wisconsin	14
18	Oct 17, 1981	Sat	Ohio State	34		Illinois	27
19	Oct 17, 1981	Sat	Purdue	35	@	Northwestern	0
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
20	Oct 24, 1981	Sat	Illinois	23		Wisconsin	21
21	Oct 24, 1981	Sat	(18) Michigan	38		Northwestern	0
22	Oct 24, 1981	Sat	Minnesota	12	@	(6) Iowa	10
23	Oct 24, 1981	Sat	Ohio State	29		Indiana	10
24	Oct 24, 1981	Sat	Purdue	27		Michigan State	26
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
25	Oct 31, 1981	Sat	Illinois	24		(16) Iowa	7
26	Oct 31, 1981	Sat	(15) Michigan	34	@	Minnesota	13
27	Oct 31, 1981	Sat	Michigan State	26		Indiana	3
28	Oct 31, 1981	Sat	Ohio State	45	@	Purdue	33
29	Oct 31, 1981	Sat	Wisconsin	52		Northwestern	0
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
30	Nov 7, 1981	Sat	Iowa	33		Purdue	7
31	Nov 7, 1981	Sat	(12) Michigan	70		Illinois	21
32	Nov 7, 1981	Sat	Michigan State	61	@	Northwestern	14
33	Nov 7, 1981	Sat	Minnesota	35		(18) Ohio State	31
34	Nov 7, 1981	Sat	Wisconsin	28	@	Indiana	7
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
35	Nov 14, 1981	Sat	Illinois	35		Indiana	14
36	Nov 14, 1981	Sat	Iowa	17	@	Wisconsin	7
37	Nov 14, 1981	Sat	(11) Michigan	28	@	Purdue	10
38	Nov 14, 1981	Sat	Michigan State	43		Minnesota	36
39	Nov 14, 1981	Sat	Ohio State	70		Northwestern	6
Rk	Date	Day	Winner	Pts		Loser	Pts	Notes
40	Nov 21, 1981	Sat	Illinois	49	@	Northwestern	12
41	Nov 21, 1981	Sat	Indiana	20		Purdue	17
42	Nov 21, 1981	Sat	(19) Iowa	36		Michigan State	7
43	Nov 21, 1981	Sat	Ohio State	14	@	(7) Michigan	9
44	Nov 21, 1981	Sat	Wisconsin	26	@	Minnesota	21

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