1986 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

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1986 Western Illinois Leathernecks football
Conference Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference
Record6–5 (2–4 GCAC)
Head coach
Home stadium Hanson Field
Seasons
←  1985
1987  →
1986 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Eastern Illinois $^ 5 –1 –011 –2 –0
No. 17 Southern Illinois 4 –2 –07 –4 –0
Northern Iowa 4 –2 –07 –3 –1
Illinois State 3 –3 –05 –5 –0
Western Illinois 2 –4 –06 –5 –0
SW Missouri State 1 –5 –03 –7 –0
Indiana State 1 –5 –03 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1986 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Bruce Craddock, the Leathernecks compiled an overall record of 6–5, with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, and finished fifth in the GCAC. The Leathernecks were led by senior All-American center Frank Winters, senior All- American defensive lineman Todd Auer, and sophomore quarterback Paul Singer, who was 6 -2 as the starter and led the Leathernecks in passing for the second consecutive season. All - conference receiver Albert Brown led the Leathernecks in receiving yards.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 30at Kansas State *
L 7–3526,320 [1]
September 13 Mankato State *
W 17–1311,231 [2]
September 20at Southwest Missouri State
W 27–10 [3]
September 27at Northern Illinois *
W 10–026,364 [4]
October 4 Illinois State
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
L 7–1712,136 [5]
October 11at Northern Michigan *
W 28–22 [6]
October 18No. T–9 Eastern Illinois
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
L 3–37 [7]
October 25at Northern Iowa
L 30–3213,152 [8]
November 1 Northwest Missouri State *
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
W 26–9 [9]
November 8at Southern Illinois
W 24–2112,500 [10]
November 15No. 15 Sam Houston State *
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
L 13–164,628 [11]

References

  1. ↑ "K-State opens season with 35–7 victory". The Olathe Daily News. August 31, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "WIU manages to get past Mankato State". The Rock Island Argus. September 14, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Western Illinois wins". The Pantagraph. September 21, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Western edges Huskies". The Daily Chronicle. September 28, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Illinois State wins". Herald and Review. October 5, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "W. Illinois 28, N. Michigan 22". The Flint Journal. October 12, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Eastern Illinois bops Western". The Pantagraph. October 19, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Northern Iowa nips Western". Quad-City Times. October 26, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Western 26, Northwest Missouri 9". The Rock Island Argus. November 2, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Eastern Illinois wins conference as Western knocks off SIU 24–21". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 9, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Sam Houston St.16, W. Illinois 13". The Rock Island Argus. November 16, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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