1986 Big Ten Conference football season

August 2023 1986 Big Ten Conference football season NCAA Division I-A Football Former Big Ten Conference Logo 1986-1991.png 125px 10 Michigan, Ohio State Co-champions Football 1985 1987 The 1986 Big Ten Conference football season was the 91st season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. Regular season With 7-1 Big Ten records, No. 8 Michigan and No. 7 Ohio State shared the 1986 conference title.2025 BIG TEN FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE Big Ten Conference November 4, 2025 https://img.boostsport.ai/2025_BIG_TEN_FOOTBALL_MEDIA_GUIDE.pdf 91–99 Michigan won the head-to-head matchup and Ohio State had more recently been to the Rose Bowl, so Michigan was granted the invitation to the 1987 Rose Bowl, where they would lose to Arizona State 15-22. The Cotton Bowl took Ohio State, who defeated Texas A&M 28-12. No. 16 Iowa and Minnesota tied for third with 5-3 Big Ten records. Michigan State came in fifth at 4-4 (6-5 overall). Indiana and Illinois tied for sixth at 3-5 each, while Northwestern, Purdue, and Wisconsin tied for eighth place with 2-6 conference records. Bowl games 1986–87 NCAA football bowl games Five Big Ten teams played in bowl games, with the conference going 2-3 overall: Rose Bowl: No. 7 Arizona State 22, No. 4 Michigan 15https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ByUeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G5YEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1723%2C6507017 Pittsburgh Press Today's line: college football bowls December 31, 1986 B11 Cotton Bowl: No. 11 Ohio State 28, No. 8 Texas A&M 12https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HFdPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PwMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3096%2C4647973 Toledo Blade Ohio Hackenberg Dave Defense carries Ohio State to victory over Texas A&M January 2, 1987 16 Holiday Bowl: No. 19 Iowa 39, San Diego State 38Holiday Bowl Game History https://web.archive.org/web/20090615192845/http://www.holidaybowl.com/game-history/1986.html June 15, 2009 All-American Bowl: Florida State 27, Indiana 13http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2011/Bowls.pdf Bowl/All-Star Game Records: Most Valuable Players in Former Major Bowls National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records 100 NCAA.org October 1, 2011 Liberty Bowl: Tennessee 21, Minnesota 14 http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1986-12-30/sports/8603190945_1_darrell-thompson-chip-lohmiller-yard dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151222114145/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1986-12-30/sports/8603190945_1_darrell-thompson-chip-lohmiller-yard 2015-12-22 Vols Thwart Gophers' Comeback, Win Liberty Bowl – tribunedigital-sunsentinel 1987 NFL draft References 1986 Big Ten Conference football season