AP Poll Summary
| Pre | 9/5 | 9/12 | 9/19 | 9/26 | 10/3 | 10/10 | 10/17 | 10/24 | 10/31 | 11/7 | 11/14 | 11/21 | 11/28 | 12/5 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
12 Games
| G | Date | Day | School | Opponent | Conf | Pts | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 10, 1983 | Sat | Illinois | @ | Missouri | Big 8 | L | 18 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sep 17, 1983 | Sat | Illinois | Stanford | Pac-10 | W | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Sep 24, 1983 | Sat | Illinois | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | W | 20 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 4 | Oct 1, 1983 | Sat | Illinois | (4) Iowa | Big Ten | W | 33 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 5 | Oct 8, 1983 | Sat | (19) Illinois | @ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | W | 27 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | W 4 | |
| 6 | Oct 15, 1983 | Sat | (19) Illinois | (6) Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 7 | Oct 22, 1983 | Sat | (11) Illinois | @ | Purdue | Big Ten | W | 35 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | W 6 | |
| 8 | Oct 29, 1983 | Sat | (9) Illinois | (8) Michigan | Big Ten | W | 16 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | W 7 | ||
| 9 | Nov 5, 1983 | Sat | (6) Illinois | @ | Minnesota | Big Ten | W | 50 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | W 8 | |
| 10 | Nov 12, 1983 | Sat | (5) Illinois | Indiana | Big Ten | W | 49 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | W 9 | ||
| 11 | Nov 19, 1983 | Sat | (4) Illinois | @ | Northwestern | Big Ten | W | 56 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 0 | W 10 | |
| 12 | Jan 2, 1984 | Mon | (4) Illinois | @ | UCLA | Pac-10 | L | 9 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 0 | L 1 | Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA) |
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