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(8 years, 47-41-3)

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Upcoming Event: Football versus UAB on Sep 3, 2026 at 8 PM CT

Upcoming Event: Football versus Duke on Sep 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM CT

Upcoming Event: Football versus Southern Illinois on Sep 19, 2026 at 1 PM CT

Upcoming Event: Football at Ohio State on Sep 26, 2026 at TBA

Upcoming Event: Football versus Purdue on Oct 3, 2026 at TBA

Completed Event: Football versus #-/23 Tennessee on December 30, 2025 , Win , 30, to, 28

Completed Event: Football versus Northwestern on November 29, 2025 , Win , 20, to, 13

Completed Event: Football at Wisconsin on November 22, 2025 , Loss , 10, to, 27

Completed Event: Football versus Maryland on November 15, 2025 , Win , 24, to, 6

Completed Event: Football versus Rutgers on November 1, 2025 , Win , 35, to, 13

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National Championships:
1914 (tied with Army), 1919 (tied with Harvard and Notre Dame), 1923, 1927. Authority, Parke H. Davis in Spalding's Guides.

Rose Bowl Appearances:
1947, 1952, 1964, 1984.
All home games at Champaign unless noted
(Illinois Scores First)

Scott Williams was the man credited with introducing the game of football to the University of Illinois campus. Even though the first college football game was played in 1869, no one seemed to have heard of the sport when Williams, who played at the high school level in Normal, just 50 miles from Champaign-Urbana, managed to gather and teach enough players to play three games in the inaugural season of 1890. Williams coached, captained and quarterbacked that '90 team, and, by the time he left Illinois in 1893, had played every position on the team with the exception of guard and center.

Captain: Scott Williams

Like Scott Williams, Robert Lackey coached the Fighting Illini for just one season. Lackey had been the captain of the 1890 Purdue team, which had humiliated Illinois, 62-0. In addition to his coaching duties, he played halfback part of the time on the '91 team, which played in a league for the first time, and won the championship cup.

Captain: Robert W. Hart

O	1	0	*Lake Forest	8	L
O	17	26	Bloomington Swifts	0	W
N	7	40	Eureka College	0	W
N	13	44	Illinois Wesleyan	4	W
N	21	12	Knox College	0	W
N	26	20	@Bloomington	12	W

	142	(6-0-0)	24

* Lake Forest later forfeited the game for using ineligible players. Illinois was champion of Illinois Intercollegiate Football League.

E.K. Hall, according to Scott Williams, developed a class of football at Illinois "second to none in the west" in the seasons of 1892 and 1893, the same two years in which the Fighting Illini wore green uniforms. One of the most noteworthy happenings during Hall's tenure was an "ironman trip," during which the 18-man Illinois team played six games in eight days. A former Dartmouth athlete, Hall was called "Boss Hall" by his players.

Captain: Robert W. Hart

O	8	6	Purdue	12	L
O	12	16	Northwestern	16	T
O	21	22	@Wash. (St. Louis)	0	W
O	22	20	@Doane (Omaha)	0	W
O	24	0	@Nebraska	6	L
O	26	26	@Baker	10	W
O	27	4	@Kansas	26	L
O	29	42	@K.C. Athletic Club	0	W
N	1		Wisconsin (Forfeited)		W
N	5	38	Englewood H.S.	0	W
			(Chicago)
N	16	4	@Chicago	4	T
N	17		@Beloit (Forfeited)		W
N	18	34	DePauw	0	W
N	24	28	Chicago	12	W

		240	(9-3-2)		86

Captain: George H. Atherton

S	30	60	Wabash	6	W
O	7	14	@DePauw	4	W
O	21	0	@Northwestern	0	T
O	28	4	Chicago Ath. Assn.	10	L
N	6	24	Oberlin	34	L
N	11	18	*Pastime Ath. Club	16	W
N	25	26	@Purdue	26	T
N	30	10	Lake Forest	10	T

		156	(3-2-3)	106

* at St. Louis, Mo.

Captain: John E. Pfeffer

O	21	22	@Wash. (St. Louis)	0	W
O	22	20	@Doane (Omaha)	0	W
O	6	36	@Wabash	6	W
O	13	0	@Chicago Ath. Club	14	L
O	20	54	Lake Forest	6	W
N	3	66	Northwestern	0	W
N	17	2	Purdue	22	L
N	21		@Chicago (Forfeit)		W
N	24	14	Indianapolis Artillery	18	L
N	29	10	*Pastime Ath. Club	0	W

		182	(5-3-0)		66

* at St. Louis, Mo.

George Huff, born on a Champaign, Ill., farm in 1872, first attended the University of Illinois at age 15. He not only played and coached football at the UI, but coached baseball (for 24 years) and was the athletic director and director of the School of Physical Education. He was also, for a brief time, the manager of the Boston American League baseball team, and later was a talent scout for many summers. Huff had the title of head football coach from 1895-99, but performed most of the duties for just the first two of those five years. In 1897, the year the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives (the Big Ten Conference) was formed, Fred Smith, formerly of Princeton, actually took over the coaching reins and remained for two seasons. In 1899, Neilson Poe, another former Princeton player, coached the Fighting Illini. Huff broke tradition in 1913 when he brought in a high school football coach to head up the Illinois football program. That coach was the immortal Bob Zuppke.

Captain: Robert J. Hotchkiss

O	5	48	Wabash	0	W
O	12	0	@Chicago Ath. Club	8	L
O	19	79	Illinois College	0	W
O	26	10	@Wisconsin	10	T
N	2	38	Rush-Lake Forest	0	W
N	23	38	Northwestern	4	W
N	28	2	@Purdue	6	L

		215	(4-2-1)	28

Captain: Charles D. Beebe

O	3	38	Lake Forest	0	W
O	10	70	Knox	4	W
O	17	10	*Missouri	0	W
O	21	22	Oberlin	6	W
O	31	0	+@Chicago	12	L
N	7	4	Northwestern	10	L
N	26	4	@Purdue	4	T

		148	(4-2-1)		36
		Big Ten: (0-2-1) T-6th

* at St. Louis, Mo.
+ Illinois' first Big Ten game

Captain: Don Sweney

O	2	26	Eureka	0	W
O	9	6	Physicians-Surgeons	0	W
O	16	36	Lake Forest	0	W
O	23	34	&Purdue	4	W
O	30	12	Chicago	18	L
N	12	64	Knox	0	W
N	20	6	*Carlisle Indians	23	L
N	25	6	+Eureka	0	W

		190	(6-2-0)	45
		Big Ten: (1-1-0) 4th

& Illinois' first Big Ten victory
* at Chicago Coliseum in first night and indoor game
+ at Peoria

Captain: Arthur R. Johnston

S	28	18	Illinois Wesleyan	0	W
O	1	6	Physicians-Surgeons	11	L
O	8	0	Notre Dame	5	L
O	15	16	DePauw	0	W
O	22	10	Alumni	6	W
N	4	17	Alumni	23	L
N	12	5	+@Michigan	12	L
N	19	0	&Carlisle Indians	11	L
N	24	11	Minnesota	10	W

		83	(4-5-0)	78
		Big Ten: (1-1-0) 4th

+ at Detroit, Mich.
& at Chicago, Ill.

Captain: E. C. McLane

S	30	6	Illinois Wesleyan	0	W
O	7	5	@Knox	0	W
O	14	0	Indiana	5	L
O	28	0	Michigan	5	L
N	6	0	Alumni	0	T
N	11	0	+@Wisconsin	23	L
N	22	0	@Purdue	5	L
N	25	29	@St. Louis U.	0	W
N	30	0	&Iowa	58	L

		40	(3-5-1)	96
		Big Ten: (0-3-0) T-6th

+ at Milwaukee, Wis.
& at Rock Island, Ill.

Fred L. Smith, who performed most of the head football coaching duties under George Huff in 1897-98, was finally given the title in 1900. He only served the one year, turning over the coaching duties to his assistant Edgar Holt prior to the 1901 season.

Captain: Arthur R. Hall

S	29	26	Rose Poly	0	W
O	3	63	DePauw	0	W
O	6	21	Illinois Wesleyan	0	W
O	10	6	Physicians-Surgeons	0	W
O	13	16	Knox	0	W
O	16	35	Lombard	0	W
O	20	0	@Northwestern	0	T
O	27	0	&Michigan	12	L
N	3	17	Purdue	5	W
N	10	0	@Minnesota	23	L
N	17	0	+Indiana	0	T
N	24	0	@Wisconsin	27	L

		184	(7-3-2)	67
		Big Ten: (1-3-2) 8th

& at Chicago, Ill.
+ at Indianapolis, Ind.

Edgar G. Holt posted the best winning percentage (.804) of any Fighting Illini coach who served for more than one year. His teams, however, finished only fourth and fifth in the league in his two seasons despite their impressive records. His 1902 team recorded eight shutouts. Holt coached two players of note, guard/running back Jake Stahl, a bruising runner, who later went on to manage professional baseball's Boston Red Sox, and tackle Justa Lindgren, who became Illinois' football coach in 1906.

Captain: Justa M. Lindgren

S	28	39	Englewood HS	0	W
O	5	52	Marion Sims	0	W
O	11	23	Physicians-Surgeons	0	W
O	12	21	Wash. (St. Louis)	0	W
O	19	24	@Chicago	0	W
O	26	11	Northwestern	17	L
N	2	18	+Indiana	0	W
N	9	27	@Iowa	0	W
N	16	28	@Purdue	6	W
N	28	0	Minnesota	16	L

		243	(8-2-0)	39
		Big Ten: (4-2-0) 4th

+ at Indianapolis, Ind.

Captain: Garland Stahl

S	20	34	North Div.	6	W
S	27	45	Englewood HS	0	W
O	1	22	Osteopaths	0	W
O	4	33	Monmouth	0	W
O	8	24	Haskell	10	W
O	11	44	Wash. (St. Louis)	0	W
O	18	29	Purdue	5	W
O	25	0	@Chicago	6	L
N	1	47	Indiana	0	W
N	8	5	@Minnesota	17	L
N	15	0	@Ohio State	0	T
N	22	17	@Northwestern	0	W
N	27	80	Iowa	0	W

		380	(10-2-1)	44
		Big Ten: (4-2-0) 4th

George Woodruff coached Illinois during the 1903 season. The former University of Pennsylvania coach, who coached the legendary John Heisman, picked up eight victories to open the campaign (mostly over weaker competition), but proceeded to drop the final six games, including the last four as shutouts. Woodruff returned to the East directly after the season.

Captain: Claude J. Rothgeb

S	19	45	Englewood HS	5	W
S	26	43	Lombard	0	W
S	30	36	Osteopaths	0	W
O	3	29	Knox	5	W
O	7	40	Physicians-Surgeons	0	W
O	10	64	Rush	0	W
O	14	54	Chicago Dentistry	0	W
O	17	24	@Purdue	0	W
O	24	6	@Chicago	18	L
O	31	11	Northwestern	12	L
N	6	0	@Indiana	17	L
N	14	0	Minnesota	32	L
N	21	0	@Iowa	12	L
N	26	0	@Nebraska	16	L

		352	(8-6-0)	117
		Big Ten: (1-5-0) 7th

This was a case of coaching by committee. Four men, Justa Lindgren, Arthur Hall, Fred Lowenthal and Clyde Mathews, were in charge of the 1904 Illinois football team. Each of the former three had his own stint as head coach between 1905 and 1912.

Captain: Charles A. Fairweather

S	24	10	Northwestern College	0	W
S	28	23	Wabash	2	W
O	1	11	Knox	0	W
O	5	26	Physicians-Surgeons	0	W
O	8	31	@Wash. (St. Louis)	0	W
O	15	10	Indiana	0	W
O	22	24	@Purdue	6	W
O	29	6	@Chicago	6	T
N	5	46	@Ohio State	0	W
N	12	6	@Northwestern	12	L
N	19	29	Iowa	0	W
N	24	10	@Nebraska	16	L

		232	(9-2-1)	42
		Big Ten: (3-1-1) 4th

Fred Lowenthal, after serving on the "Committee of Coaches" in 1904, took his turn as head coach in 1905. Lowenthal, who played center, left guard and left tackle for Illinois from 1898-1901, had moderate success overall, he produced a winning record, but failed to win a conference game. As a player, he was selected by the Chicago Post to its All-Western team.

Captain: Charles J. Moynihan

S	30	6	Knox	0	W
O	4	6	Wabash	0	W
O	7	24	Northwestern College	0	W
O	14	12	St. Louis	6	W
O	21	0	Purdue	29	L
O	28	30	Physicians-Surgeons	0	W
N	4	0	Michigan	33	L
N	18	0	@Chicago	44	L
N	30	6	@Nebraska	24	L

		84	(5-4-0)	136
		Big Ten: (0-3-0) T-6th

Justa Lindgren, another of the 1904 coaching committee members, took the reigns of the 1906 Illinois football team. Like his predecessor, Fred Lowenthal, Lindgren played (center and right tackle) for the Fighting Illini from 1898-1901. He was captain of the 1901 UI team.

Captain: Ina T. Carrithers

O	13	0	Wabash	0	T
O	27	9	@Michigan	28	L
N	10	6	Wisconsin	16	L
N	17	0	@Chicago	63	L
N	24	5	@Purdue	0	W

		20	(1-3-1)	107
		Big Ten: (1-3-0) 5th

Arthur R. Hall was the first man to coach Illinois football for a period of six years or more. The forward pass came into being during this period and Hall installed it into his offense, with quarterback "Pom" Sinnock, the first notable passer for the Fighting Illini. Hall's 1910 team was Illinois' first Big Ten (then Big Eight) football champion. The team outscored its seven opponents, 89-0, with three of the victories coming, 3-0, on the strength of dropkick field goals by Otto Seiler. Hall played for the Fighting Illini at halfback and left end from 1898-1900.

Captain: Lion Gardiner

O	19	6	Chicago	42	L
O	26	15	@Wisconsin	4	W
N	2	21	Purdue	4	W
N	9	12	@Iowa	25	L
N	22	10	@Indiana	6	W

		64	(3-2-0)	81
		Big Ten: (3-2-0) 3rd

Captain: Forest C. Van Hook

O	3	17	Monmouth	6	W
O	10	6	Marquette	6	T
O	17	6	@Chicago	11	L
O	31	10	Indiana	0	W
N	7	22	Iowa	0	W
N	14	15	@Purdue	6	W
N	21	64	Northwestern	8	W

		140	(5-1-1)	37
		Big Ten: (4-1-0) 2nd

Captain: Benjamin F. Baum

O	2	23	Millikin	0	W
O	9	2	Kentucky	6	L
O	16	8	@Chicago	14	L
O	30	24	Purdue	6	W
N	6	6	Indiana	5	W
N	13	35	@Northwestern	0	W
N	20	17	@Syracuse	8	W
		115	(5-2-0)	39
		Big Ten: (3-1-0) 3rd

Captain: Glenn D. Butzer

O	1	13	Millikin	0	W
O	8	29	Drake	0	W
O	15	3	*Chicago	0	W
O	29	11	@Purdue	0	W
N	5	3	@Indiana	0	W
N	12	27	@Northwestern	0	W
N	19	3	Syracuse	0	W

		89	(7-0-0)	0
		Big Ten: (4-0-0) T-1st

* First college homecoming

(First Western Conference title, undefeated, untied, and unscored upon.)

Captain: Chester C. Roberts

O	7	33	Millikin	0	W
O	14	9	St. Louis	0	W
O	21	0	@Chicago	24	L
N	4	12	Purdue	3	W
N	11	0	@Indiana	0	T
N	18	27	Northwestern	13	W
N	25	0	Minnesota	11	L

		81	(4-2-1)	51
		Big Ten: (2-2-1) T-4th

Captain: William H. Woolston

O	5	87	Ill. Wesleyan	3	W
O	12	13	Wash. (St. Louis)	0	W
O	19	13	Indiana	7	W
N	2	0	@Minnesota	13	L
N	9	9	@Purdue	9	T
N	16	0	Chicago	10	L
N	23	0	@Northwestern	6	L

		122	(3-3-1)	48
		Big Ten: (1-3-1) T-6th

Robert C. Zuppke coached the University of Illinois football team in 225 games over a span of 29 years, the longest term of any Fighting Illini football coach. Zuppke, who was born in Germany and raised in Wisconsin, coached Oak Park (Ill.) High School to national championships in 1911 and 1912 before coming to Champaign-Urbana in time for the 1913 season. Zuppke was an innovator as a coach, he is credited with originating such contributions as the "flea-flicker" play, the screen pass, the spiral snap from center, spring practice and the huddle. He led Illinois to all four of its national championships - in 1914, 1919, 1923 and 1927. In addition, Zuppke's teams won seven Big Ten championships.

Captain: Enos M. Rowe

O	4	21	Kentucky	0	W
O	11	24	Missouri	7	W
O	18	37	Northwestern	0	W
O	25	10	@Indiana Ath. Club	0	W
N	1	7	@Chicago	28	L
N	15	0	Purdue	0	T
N	22	9	Minnesota	19	L

		108	(4-2-1)	54
		Big Ten: (2-2-1) 5th

Captain: Ralph D. Chapman

O	3	37	Christian Bros.	0	W
O	10	51	Indiana	0	W
O	17	37	Ohio State	0	W
O	24	33	@Northwestern	0	W
O	31	21	@Minnesota	6	W
N	14	21	Chicago	7	W
N	21	24	@Wisconsin	9	W

		224	(7-0-0)	22
		Big Ten: (6-0-0) 1st

Captain: John W. Watson

O	2	36	Haskell Indians	0	W	3,193
O	9	75	Rolla Mines	7	W	2,969
O	16	3	@Ohio State	3	T	6,634
O	23	36	Northwestern	6	W	4,424
O	30	6	Minnesota	6	T	11,593
N	13	17	Wisconsin	3	W	3,788
N	20	10	@Chicago	0	W	24,078

		183	(5-0-2)	25
		Big Ten: (3-0-2) T-1st

Captain: F. Bart Macomber

O	7	30	Kansas	0	W	3,788
O	14	3	Colgate	15	L	5,263
O	21	6	Ohio State	7	L	4,388
O	28	14	@Purdue	7	W	NA
N	4	14	@Minnesota	9	W	11,368
N	18	7	Chicago	20	L	831
N	25	0	@Wisconsin	0	T	NA

		74	(3-3-1)	58
		Big Ten: (2-2-1) T-4th

Captain: Reynold R. Kraft

O	6	22	Kansas	0	W	NA
O	13	44	Oklahoma	0	W	NA
O	20	7	Wisconsin	0	W	NA
O	27	27	Purdue	0	W	NA
N	3	0	@Chicago	0	T	NA
N	17	0	@Ohio State	13	L	NA
N	24	6	Minnesota	27	L	NA
N	29	28	@Camp Funston	0	W	NA

		134	(5-2-1)	40
		Big Ten: (2-2-1) T-5th

Captains: Edward C. Sternaman, B.A. Ingwersen

O	4	3	@Chanute Field	0	W	NA
O	12	0	Great Lakes	7	L	2,535
O	26	0	Municipal Pier	7	L	0
N	2	19	@Iowa	0	W	NA
N	9	22	@Wisconsin	0	W	NA
N	16	13	Ohio State	0	W	2,786
N	23	29	@Chicago	0	W	NA

		86	(5-2-0)	14
		Big Ten: (4-0-0) 1st

Captain: William K. Kopp

O	11	14	@Purdue	7	W	NA
O	18	9	Iowa	7	W	6,470
O	25	10	Wisconsin	14	L	7,260
N	1	10	Chicago	0	W	16,000
N	8	10	@Minnesota	6	W	NA
N	15	29	Michigan	7	W	9,622
N	22	9	@Ohio State	7	W	14,925

		91	(6-1-0)	48
		Big Ten: (6-1-0) 1st

Captain: John C. Depler

O	9	41	Drake	0	W	4,435
O	16	20	Iowa	3	W	10,480
O	23	7	@Michigan	6	W	27,655
O	30	17	Minnesota	7	W	15,265
N	6	3	@Chicago	0	W	27,545
N	13	9	@Wisconsin	14	L	20,257
N	20	0	*Ohio State	7	L	19,921

		97	(5-2-0)	37
		Big Ten: (4-2-0) 4th

* First college Dad's Day

Captain: Lawrence W. Walquist

O	8	52	South Dakota	0	W	7,404
O	15	2	@Iowa	14	L	13,516
O	22	0	Wisconsin	20	L	13,063
O	29	0	Michigan	3	L	13,171
N	5	21	DePauw	0	W	5,814
N	12	6	Chicago	14	L	18,872
N	19	7	@Ohio State	0	W	18,118

		88	(3-4-0)	51
		Big Ten: (1-4-0) 8th

Captain: David D. Wilson

O	14	7	Butler	10	L	5,350
O	21	7	Iowa	8	L	18,784
O	28	0	@Michigan	24	L	41,560
N	4	6	Northwestern	3	W	14,775
N	11	3	@Wisconsin	0	W	28,745
N	18	0	@Chicago	9	L	32,115
N	25	3	Ohio State	6	L	32,115

		26	(2-5-0)	60
		Big Ten: (2-4-0) 6th

Captain: James W. McMillen

O	6	24	Nebraska	7	W	10,117
O	13	21	Butler	7	W	8,564
O	20	9	@Iowa	6	W	19,011
O	27	29	&Northwestern	0	W	25,774
N	3	7	+Chicago	0	W	60,632
N	10	10	Wisconsin	0	W	21,579
N	17	27	Miss. A & M	0	W	17,078
N	24	9	@Ohio State	0	W	39,355

		136	(8-0-0)	20
		Big Ten: (5-0-0) 1st

& at Chicago
+ First game played at Memorial Stadium

Captain: Frank E. Rokusek

O	4	9	@Nebraska	6	W	22,355
O	11	40	Butler	10	W	12,599
O	18	39	*Michigan	14	W	67,886
O	25	45	DePauw	0	W	12,196
N	1	36	Iowa	0	W	31,330
N	8	21	@Chicago	21	T	32,543
N	15	7	@Minnesota	20	L	35,341
N	22	7	Ohio State	0	W	27,378

		204	(6-1-1)	71
		Big Ten: (3-1-1) T-2nd

* Memorial Stadium dedicated

Captain: Harold E. "Red" Grange

O	3	0	Nebraska	14	L	22,335
O	10	16	Butler	13	W	12,599
O	17	10	@Iowa	12	L	24,738
O	24	0	Michigan	3	L	66,609
O	31	24	@Pennsylvania	2	W	67,877
N	7	13	Chicago	6	W	68,864
N	14	21	Wabash	0	W	20,466
N	21	14	@Ohio State	9	W	72,657

		98	(5-3-0)	59
		Big Ten: (2-2-0) T-4th

Captain: Charles E. Kassel

O	2	27	Coe	0	W	19,144
O	9	38	Butler	7	W	8,101
O	16	13	Iowa	6	W	42,555
O	23	0	@Michigan	13	L	46,688
O	30	3	Pennsylvania	0	W	58,661
N	6	7	@Chicago	0	W	47,274
N	13	27	Wabash	13	W	5,762
N	20	6	Ohio State	7	L	28,755

		121	(6-2-0)	46
		Big Ten: (2-2-0) T-6th

Captain: Robert Reitsch

O	1	19	Bradley	0	W	16,987
O	8	58	Butler	0	W	10,742
O	15	12	Iowa State	12	T	11,211
O	22	7	@Northwestern	6	W	46,580
O	29	14	Michigan	0	W	63,101
N	5	14	@Iowa	0	W	22,000
N	12	15	Chicago	6	W	48,012
N	19	13	@Ohio State	0	W	70,034

		152	(7-0-1)	24
		Big Ten: (5-0-0) T-1st

Captain: Albert J. Nowack

O	6	33	Bradley	6	W	21,477
O	13	31	Coe	0	W	8,562
O	20	13	Indiana	7	W	26,683
O	27	6	Northwestern	0	W	59,871
N	3	0	@Michigan	3	L	78,229
N	10	14	@Butler	0	W	9,448
N	17	40	@Chicago	0	W	48,714
N	24	8	Ohio State	0	W	35,712

		145	(7-1-0)	16
		Big Ten: (4-1-0) 1st

Captain: Russell J. Crane

O	5	25	Kansas	0	W	20,636
O	12	45	Bradley	0	W	9,217
O	19	7	@Iowa	7	T	32,001
O	26	14	Michigan	0	W	54,333
N	2	0	@Northwestern	7	L	50,000
N	9	17	Army	7	W	69,509
N	16	20	Chicago	6	W	22,792
N	23	27	@Ohio State	0	W	64,869

		155	(6-1-1)	27
		Big Ten: (3-1-1) 2nd

Captain: Olaf E. Robinson

O	4	7	Iowa State	0	W	32,718
O	11	27	Butler	0	W	8,371
O	18	0	Northwestern	32	L	52,687
O	25	7	@Michigan	15	L	63,176
N	1	0	Purdue	25	L	26,549
N	8	0	*Army	13	L	68,186
N	15	28	@Chicago	0	W	18,500
N	22	9	Ohio State	12	L	16,881

		78	(3-5-0)	97
		Big Ten: (1-4-0) 8th

* at New York, N.Y.

Captain: Gil Berry

O	3	20	St.Louis	6	W	13,535
O	10	0	@Purdue	7	L	15,825
O	17	20	Bradley	0	W	31,505
O	24	0	Michigan	35	L	33,496
O	31	6	@Northwestern	32	L	35,783
N	7	6	Wisconsin	7	L	15,313
N	14	6	Chicago	13	L	10,721
N	21	0	@Ohio State	40	L	20,642
N	26	0	+&Indiana	0	T	15,825

		58	(2-6-1)	140
		Big Ten: (0-6-1) T-9th

& at Chicago, Ill.
+ Even though the Illinois-Indiana game ended in a tie, the Hoosiers were awarded the victory, since they had registered more first downs than the Fighting Illini.

Captain: Gil Berry

O	1	20	#Miami of Ohio	7	W	4,568
O	1	13	#Coe	0	W	4,568
O	8	20	Bradley	0	W	41,256
O	15	0	Northwestern	26	L	25,369
O	22	0	@Michigan	32	L	19,513
O	29	13	@Chicago	7	W	16,139
N	5	12	@Wisconsin	20	L	18,961
N	12	18	Indiana	6	W	8,400
N	19	0	Ohio State	3	L	6,718

		96	(5-4-0)	101
		Big Ten: (2-4-0) 7th

# Doubleheader

Captain: Herman Walser

S	30	13	Drake	6	W	25,788
O	7	21	@Wash. (St. Louis)	6	W	8,776
O	14	21	Wisconsin	0	W	19,810
O	21	0	*Army	6	L	28,495
N	4	6	Michigan	7	L	20,405
N	11	3	@Northwestern	0	W	27,269
N	18	7	Chicago	0	W	8,135
N	25	6	@Ohio State	7	L

		77	(5-3-0)	32
		Big Ten: (3-2-0) 5th

* at Cleveland, Ohio

Captains: Chuck Bennis, Jack Beynon

S	29	40	Bradley	7	W	26,027
O	6	12	@Wash. (St. Louis)	7	W	7,229
O	13	14	Ohio State	13	W	24,831
O	27	7	@Michigan	6	W	34,822
N	3	7	Army	0	W	42,000
N	10	14	@Northwestern	3	W	36,000
N	17	3	@Wisconsin	7	L	23,817
N	24	6	@Chicago	0	W	29,828

		103	(7-1-0)	43
		Big Ten: (4-1-0) 3rd

Captain: Charles S. Galbreath, Jr.

S	28	0	Ohio	6	L	19,404
O	5	28	Wash. (St. Louis)	6	W	18,886
O	12	19	@USC	0	W	50,000
O	26	0	Iowa	19	L	26,647
N	2	3	@Northwestern	10	L	36,000
N	9	3	Michigan	0	W	28,136
N	16	0	@Ohio State	6	L	43,000
N	23	6	Chicago	7	L	12,536

		59	(3-5-0)	54
		Big Ten: (1-4-0) T-9th

Captain: Elvin C. Sayre

S	26	9	DePaul	6	W	16,589
O	3	13	Wash. (St. Louis)	7	W	20,568
O	10	6	USC	24	L	33,325
O	17	0	@Iowa	0	T	39,000
O	24	2	Northwestern	13	L	30,579
O	31	9	@Michigan	6	W	35,000
N	14	0	Ohio State	13	L	19,465
N	21	18	@Chicago	7	W	15,000

		57	(4-3-1)	76
		Big Ten: (2-2-1) 6th

Captain: Lowell Spurgeon

S	25	20	Ohio	6	W	20,059
O	2	0	DePaul	0	T	25,000
O	9	0	Notre Dame	0	T	45,000
O	16	6	@Indiana	13	L	17,000
O	30	6	Michigan	7	L	32,506
N	6	6	@Northwestern	0	W	42,000
N	13	0	@Ohio State	19	L	41,921
N	20	21	@Chicago	0	W	13,627

		59	(3-3-2)	45
		Big Ten: (2-3-0) 8th

Captain: James W. McDonald

S	24	0	Ohio	6	L	31,378
O	1	44	DePaul	7	W	11,414
O	8	12	Indiana	2	W	15,571
O	15	6	@Notre Dame	14	L	45,000
O	22	0	Northwestern	13	L	37,000
O	29	0	@Michigan	14	L	30,000
N	12	14	Ohio State	32	L	18,000
N	19	34	@Chicago	0	W	6,000

		110	(3-5-0)	88
		Big Ten: (2-3-0) 7th

Captain: Melvin C. Brewer

S	30	0	Bradley	0	T	31,000
O	14	0	@USC	26	L	60,000
O	21	6	Indiana	7	L	21,912
O	28	0	@Northwestern	13	L	35,000
N	4	16	Michigan	7	W	30,654
N	11	7	Wisconsin	0	W	17,665
N	18	0	@Ohio State	21	L	46,643
N	25	46	@Chicago	0	W	4,500

		75	(3-4-1)	74
		Big Ten: (3-3-0) 6th

Captain: Thomas J. Riggs

O	5	31	Bradley	0	W	31,000
O	12	7	USC	13	L	30,125
O	19	0	@Michigan	28	L	39,000
O	26	0	Notre Dame	26	L	63,186
N	2	6	@Wisconsin	13	L	35,000
N	9	14	@Northwestern	32	L	35,000
N	16	6	Ohio State	14	L	15,571
N	25	7	@Iowa	18	L	19,759

		71	(1-7-0)	144
		Big Ten: (0-5-0) 9th

Captain: Selected each game

O	4	45	Miami (Ohio)	0	W	21,500
O	11	6	@Minnesota	34	L	50,345
O	18	40	Drake	0	W	12,193
O	25	14	@Notre Dame	49	L	48,000
N	1	0	Michigan	20	L	30,010
N	8	0	Iowa	21	L	14,339
N	15	7	@Ohio State	12	L	38,000
N	22	0	@Northwestern	27	L	26,000

		112	(2-6-0)	163
		Big Ten: (0-5-0) 9th

Ray Eliot, known to Illinois football fans as "Mr. Illini," held the position of head football coach at Illinois for more years than anyone else except Bob Zuppke. Eliot was born Raymond Nusspickel at Brighton, Mass., in 1905, and graduated from the University of Illinois in 1932 after lettering in baseball and three times in football as a tackle. After entering the coaching profession at Illinois College in Jacksonville, he returned to the U of I in 1937 as line coach under Zuppke before replacing him in 1942. At Illinois, Eliot produced Big Ten championships in 1946, 1951 and 1953. His teams claimed Rose Bowl victories, 45-14, over UCLA in 1947, and, 40-7, over Stanford in 1952. Eliot, who for years was in demand as a lecturer at football clinics around the nation, was renowned as a motivator. A nine-word motto he uttered, typified his Fighting Illini spirit: "Anything you think you can do, you can do."

Captain: James Smith

S	26	46	South Dakota	0	W	7,500
O	3	67	Butler	0	W	10,000
O	10	20	Minnesota	13	W	24,276
O	17	12	@Iowa	7	W	25,600
O	24	14	Notre Dame	21	L	43,476
O	31	14	@Michigan	28	L	33,000
N	7	14	@Northwestern	7	W	35,300
N	14	20	&Ohio State	44	L	68,586
N	21	0	Great Lakes	6	L	10,850
N	28	20	+Camp Grant	0	W	5,000

		227	(6-4-0)	126
		Big Ten: (3-2-0) T-3rd

& at Cleveland, Ohio
+ at Rockford, Ill.

Captain: Selected each game

S	11	0	Camp Grant	23	L	3,500
S	18	18	Iowa Seahawks	32	L	8,500
O	2	21	@Purdue	40	L	15,000
O	9	25	@Wisconsin	7	W	17,000
O	16	33	Pittsburgh	25	W	7,144
O	23	0	@Notre Dame	47	L	24,438
O	30	6	Michigan	42	L	13,500
N	6	19	@Iowa	10	W	11,000
N	13	26	@Ohio State	29	L	36,331
N	20	6	@Northwestern	53	L	25,000

		154	(3-7-0)	308
		Big Ten: (2-4-0) 6th

Captain: Selected each game

S	16	79	Ill. Normal	6	W	5,386
S	23	26	Indiana	18	W	7,986
S	30	26	@Great Lakes	26	T	25,000
O	7	19	Purdue	35	L	15,210
O	14	40	Iowa	6	W	11,498
O	21	39	@Pittsburgh	5	W	15,000
O	28	7	Notre Dame	13	L	65,114
N	11	0	@Michigan	14	L	42,200
N	18	12	+Ohio State	26	L	83,627
N	25	25	@Northwestern	6	W	38,000
		273	(5-4-1)	149
		Big Ten: (3-3-0) 6th

AP Final National Ranking: 15th
+ at Cleveland, Ohio

Captain: Ralph Serpico

S	22	23	Pittsburgh	6	W	9,962
S	29	0	@Notre Dame	7	L	45,000
O	6	0	Indiana	6	L	25,173
O	20	7	@Wisconsin	7	T	33,000
O	27	0	Michigan	19	L	55,672
N	3	6	Great Lakes	12	L	14,569
N	10	48	Iowa	7	W	14,060
N	17	2	@Ohio State	27	L	70,287
N	24	7	@Northwestern	13	L	35,000
		93	(2-6-1)	104
		Big Ten: (1-4-1) 7th

Captain: Mac Wenskunas

S	21	33	@Pittsburgh	7	W	35,000
S	28	6	Notre Dame	26	L	75,119
O	5	43	Purdue	7	W	38,512
O	12	7	@Indiana	14	L	27,000
O	19	27	Wisconsin	21	W	62,597
O	26	13	@Michigan	9	W	86,938
N	2	7	@Iowa	0	W	52,000
N	16	16	Ohio State	7	W	61,519
N	23	20	@Northwestern	0	W	47,000
J	1	45	*UCLA	14	W	93,083

		217	(8-2-0)	105
		Big Ten: (6-1-0) 1st

AP Final National Ranking: 5th
* 1947 Rose Bowl

Captain: Art Dufelmeier

S	27	14	Pittsburgh	0	W	22,079
O	4	35	@Iowa	12	W	52,000
O	11	0	*Army	0	T	65,000
O	18	40	Minnesota	13	W	56,048
O	25	7	@Purdue	14	L	42,000
N	1	7	Michigan	14	L	71,119
N	8	60	W. Michigan	14	W	24,012
N	15	28	@Ohio State	7	W	70,036
N	22	13	Northwestern	28	L	52,158

		204	(5-3-1)	102
		Big Ten: (3-3-0) T-3rd

* at Yankee Stadium, New York, N.Y.

Captain: Herbert Siegert

S	25	40	Kansas State	0	W	29,593
O	2	16	@Wisconsin	20	L	45,000
O	9	21	Army	26	L	71,119
O	16	0	@Minnesota	6	L	62,066
O	23	10	Purdue	6	W	56,451
O	30	20	@Michigan	28	L	85,938
N	6	14	Iowa	0	W	41,502
N	13	7	Ohio State	34	L	65,732
N	20	7	@Northwestern	20	L	47,000

		135	(3-6-0)	140
		Big Ten: (2-5-0) 8th

Captain: Lyle Button

S	24	20	Iowa State	20	T	31,106
O	1	13	Wisconsin	13	T	38,332
O	8	20	@Iowa	14	W	45,066
O	15	20	Missouri	27	L	42,184
O	22	19	@Purdue	0	W	48,000
O	29	0	Michigan	13	L	71,119
N	5	33	Indiana	14	W	40,457
N	12	17	@Ohio State	30	L	81,805
N	19	7	Northwestern	9	L	67,872
		149	(3-4-2)	140
		Big Ten: (3-3-1) T-5th

Captain: William Vohaska

S	30	28	Ohio Univ.	2	W	NA
O	7	6	Wisconsin	7	L	54,230
O	13	14	@UCLA	6	W	45,619
O	21	20	Washington	13	W	35,930
O	28	20	Indiana	0	W	65,021
N	4	7	@Michigan	0	W	96,577
N	11	21	@Iowa	7	W	45,104
N	18	14	Ohio State	7	W	71,119
N	25	7	@Northwestern	14	L	NA

		137	(7-2-0)	56
		Big Ten: (4-2-0) 4th

AP Final National Ranking:13th
UPI Final National Ranking:11th

Captain: Charles Studley

S	29	27	UCLA	13	W	53,265
O	6	14	Wisconsin	10	W	56,207
O	13	41	Syracuse	20	W	30,000
O	20	27	@Washington	20	W	54,000
O	27	21	@Indiana	0	W	33,000
N	3	7	Michigan	0	W	71,119
N	10	40	Iowa	13	W	56,444
N	17	0	@Ohio State	0	T	79,457
N	24	3	@Northwestern	0	W	52,000
J	1	40	*Stanford	7	W	96,825

		220	(9-0-1)	83
		Big Ten: (5-0-1) 1st

AP Final National Ranking: 4th
UPI Final National Ranking: 3rd
* 1952 Rose Bowl

Captain: Alfred Brosky

S	27	33	Iowa State	7	W	47,338
O	4	6	@Wisconsin	20	L	52,071
O	11	48	Washington	14	W	48,248
O	18	7	@Minnesota	13	L	55,267
O	25	12	Purdue	40	L	71,119
N	1	22	@Michigan	13	W	64,752
N	8	33	@Iowa	13	W	44,855
N	15	7	Ohio State	27	L	60,077
N	22	26	Northwestern	28	L	41,214

		194	(4-5-0)	175
		Big Ten: (2-5-0) T-6th

Captain: Robert Lenzini

S	26	21	Nebraska	21	T	40,011
O	3	33	Stanford	21	W	32,737
O	10	41	@Ohio State	20	W	81,745
O	17	27	Minnesota	7	W	55,641
O	24	20	Syracuse	13	W	30,076
O	31	21	Purdue	0	W	57,210
N	7	19	Michigan	3	W	71,119
N	14	7	@Wisconsin	34	L	52,887
N	21	39	@Northwestern	14	W	51,039

		228	(7-1-1)	133
	Big Ten: (5-1-0) T-1st

AP Final National Ranking: 7th
UPI Final National Ranking: 7th

Captain: Jan Smid

S	25	12	Penn State	14	L	54,094
O	2	2	@Stanford	12	L	30,000
O	9	7	Ohio State	40	L	69,567
O	16	6	@Minnesota	19	L	63,810
O	23	34	Syracuse	6	W	41,820
O	30	14	@Purdue	28	L	47,000
N	6	7	@Michigan	14	L	58,812
N	13	14	Wisconsin	27	L	71,169
N	20	7	Northwestern	20	L	39,186

		103	(1-8-0)	180
		Big Ten: (0-6-0) 10th

Captain: J. C. Caroline

S	24	20	@California	13	W	32,000
O	1	40	Iowa State	0	W	43,457
O	8	12	@Ohio State	27	L	82,407
O	15	21	Minnesota	13	W	45,995
O	22	7	@Michigan St.	21	L	51,851
O	29	0	Purdue	13	L	61,262
N	5	25	Michigan	6	W	58,968
N	12	17	@Wisconsin	14	W	53,529
N	19	7	@Northwestern	7	T	35,000

		149	(5-3-1)	114
		Big Ten: (3-3-1) 5th

Captain: James Minor

S	29	32	California	20	W	54,833
O	6	13	@Washington	28	L	36,000
O	13	6	Ohio State	26	L	58,247
O	20	13	@Minnesota	16	L	63,037
O	27	20	Michigan State	13	W	71,119
N	3	7	@Purdue	7	T	46,166
N	10	7	@Michigan	17	L	75,470
N	17	13	Wisconsin	13	T	52,858
N	24	13	@Northwestern	14	L	40,000

		124	(2-5-2)	154
		Big Ten: (1-4-2) T-7th

Captain: Dale Smith

S	27	6	@UCLA	16	L	48,714
O	5	40	Colgate	0	W	41,594
O	12	7	@Ohio State	21	L	82,239
O	19	34	Minnesota	13	W	69,619
O	26	14	@Michigan St.	19	L	64,353
N	2	6	Purdue	21	L	47,690
N	9	20	Michigan	19	W	46,007
N	16	13	@Wisconsin	24	L	52,384
N	23	27	Northwestern	0	W	27,017

		167	(4-5-0)	133
		Big Ten: (3-4-0) 7th

Captain: Jack Delveaux

S	27	14	UCLA	18	L	46,577
O	4	13	@Duke	15	L	25,000
O	11	13	Ohio State	19	L	50,416
O	18	20	@Minnesota	8	W	58,174
O	25	16	Michigan State	0	W	68,811
N	1	8	@Purdue	31	L	46,357
N	8	21	@Michigan	8	W	58,778
N	15	12	Wisconsin	31	L	45,937
N	23	27	Northwestern	20	W	32,390

		144	(4-5-0)	150
		Big Ten: (4-3-0) 6th

Captain: William Burrell

S	26	0	@Indiana	20	L	20,000
O	3	20	Army	14	W	64,891
O	10	9	@Ohio State	0	W	82,980
O	17	14	Minnesota	6	W	57,485
O	24	9	*Penn State	20	L	15,045
O	31	7	Purdue	7	T	42,553
N	7	15	Michigan	20	L	45,573
N	14	9	@Wisconsin	6	W	56,028
N	21	28	Northwestern	0	W	65,697

		111	(5-3-1)	93
		Big Ten: (4-2-1) T-3rd

AP Final National Ranking: 13th
UPI Final National Ranking: 11th *at Cleveland, Ohio

Pete Elliott, a native of Bloomington, Ill., became only the third football coach at Illinois in 47 years in 1960. When he was hired, he was the Big Ten's youngest head football coach at age 33. He had already coached for 10 years - as an assistant at Oregon State and Oklahoma, and as head coach at Nebraska and California. A quarterback on Michigan's 1948 national championship team, Elliott eventually represented three different schools in the Rose Bowl: Michigan (quarterbacking the Wolverines to a 49-0 win over Southern Cal in 1948), California (coaching the Bears in their 1959 38-12 loss to Iowa) and Illinois (coaching the Fighting Illini to a 17-7 triumph over Washington in 1964). His 1963 team, with Dick Butkus and Jim Grabowski, produced Illinois' only Big Ten championship during his tenure.

Captain: William Brown

S	24	17	+Indiana	6	W	38,444
O	1	33	West Virginia	0	W	43,612
O	8	7	Ohio State	34	L	71,119
O	15	10	@Minnesota	21	L	63,641
O	22	10	Penn State	8	W	51,459
O	29	14	@Purdue	12	W	48,625
N	5	7	@Michigan	8	L	62,297
N	12	35	Wisconsin	14	W	43,165
N	19	7	@Northwestern	14	L	51,782

		140	(5-4-0)	117
		Big Ten: (2-4-0) T-5th

+ Indiana on probation-game did not count in conference standings

Captain: Gary Brown

S	30	7	Washington	20	L	41,319
O	7	7	Northwestern	28	L	40,138
O	14	0	@Ohio State	44	L	82,974
O	21	0	Minnesota	33	L	52,247
O	28	10	@USC	14	L	28,694
N	4	9	Purdue	23	L	35,077
N	11	6	Michigan	38	L	40,179
N	18	7	@Wisconsin	55	L	45,122
N	25	7	@Michigan St.	34	L	38,344

		53	(0-9-0)	289
		Big Ten: (0-7-0) T-9th

Captains: Bob Scharbert, Ken Zimmerman

S	29	7	@Washington	28	L	56,000
O	6	0	@Northwestern	45	L	41,854
O	13	15	Ohio State	51	L	56,017
O	20	0	@Minnesota	17	L	59,247
O	27	16	USC	28	L	31,375
N	3	14	@Purdue	10	W	45,496
N	10	10	@Michigan	14	L	49,756
N	17	6	Wisconsin	35	L	36,762
N	24	7	Michigan State	6	W	19,547

		75	(2-7-0)	234
		Big Ten: (2-5-0) 8th

Captains: Mike Taliaferro, Dick Deller

S	28	10	California	0	W	42,357
O	5	10	Northwestern	9	W	51,286
O	12	20	@Ohio State	20	T	84,712
O	19	16	Minnesota	6	W	61,229
O	25	18	@UCLA	12	W	24,616
N	2	41	Purdue	21	W	61,796
N	9	8	Michigan	14	L	55,810
N	16	17	@Wisconsin	7	W	65,418
N	28	13	@Michigan St.	0	W	74,342
J	1	17	*Washington	7	W	95,597
		170	(8-1-1)	96
		Big Ten: (5-1-1) 1st

AP Final National Ranking: 3rd
UPI Final National Ranking: 4th
* 1964 Rose Bowl

Captains: Dick Butkus, George Donnelly

S	26	20	@California	14	W	44,704
O	3	17	@Northwestern	6	W	52,062
O	10	0	Ohio State	26	L	71,227
O	17	14	@Minnesota	0	W	60,475
O	24	26	UCLA	7	W	68,727
O	31	14	@Purdue	26	L	59,425
N	7	6	@Michigan	21	L	62,415
N	14	29	Wisconsin	0	W	55,077
N	21	16	Michigan State	0	W	32,000

		142	(6-3-0)	100
		Big Ten: (4-3-0) T-4th

Captains: Jim Grabowski, Don Hansen

S	18	10	Oregon State	12	L	34,000
S	25	42	SMU	0	W	45,175
O	2	12	@Michigan St.	22	L	71,237
O	9	14	@Ohio State	28	L	83,712
O	16	34	Indiana	13	W	61,257
O	23	28	Duke	14	W	47,077
O	30	21	Purdue	0	W	59,507
N	6	3	Michigan	23	L	50,136
N	13	51	@Wisconsin	0	W	55,192
N	20	20	@Northwestern	6	W	41,348

		235	(6-4-0)	118
		Big Ten: (4-3-0) 5th

Captains: Kai Anderson, Bo Batchelder

S	17	7	@SMU	26	L	28,000
S	24	14	Missouri	21	L	55,378
O	1	10	Michigan State	26	L	57,747
O	8	10	Ohio State	9	W	51,069
O	15	24	@Indiana	10	W	39,399
O	22	3	Stanford	6	L	56,561
O	29	21	@Purdue	25	L	61,648
N	5	28	@Michigan	21	W	59,332
N	12	49	Wisconsin	14	W	53,645
N	19	7	@Northwestern	35	L	37,625

		173	(4-6-0)	193
		Big Ten: (4-3-0) T-3rd

Jim Valek, a native of Joliet, played end on Ray Eliot's football teams at Illinois from 1945-48, earning the team's MVP award his senior year. After coaching stops at the high school level, and as an assistant at Illinois, Army, and South Carolina, Valek took over Fighting Illini fortunes upon Elliott's departure in 1967.

Captains: Ken Kmiec, Ron Bess

S	23	0	@Florida	14	L	57,391
S	30	34	Pittsburgh	6	W	51,251
O	7	7	Indiana	20	L	53,550
O	14	7	Minnesota	10	L	56,103
O	21	7	Notre Dame	47	L	71,227
O	28	17	@Ohio State	13	W	83,298
N	4	9	Purdue	42	L	61,262
N	11	14	Michigan	21	L	44,236
N	18	27	@Northwestern	21	W	36,679
N	25	21	@Iowa	19	W	35,714

		143	(4-6-0)	213
		Big Ten: (3-4-0) T-5th

Captains: Carson Brooks, Tony Pleviak

S	21	7	Kansas	47	L	46,359
S	28	0	Missouri	44	L	48,127
O	5	14	@Indiana	28	L	50,241
O	12	10	@Minnesota	17	L	49,864
O	19	8	@Notre Dame	58	L	59,075
O	26	24	Ohio State	31	L	56,174
N	2	17	@Purdue	35	L	62,321
N	9	0	@Michigan	36	L	56,776
N	16	14	Northwestern	0	W	42,099
N	23	13	Iowa	37	L	35,055

		107	(1-9-0)	333
	Big Ten: (1-6-0) T-8th

Captains: Bruce Erb, Doug Redmann

S	20	18	Washington St.	19	L	40,345
S	27	6	#Missouri	37	L	48,740
O	4	20	@Iowa State	48	L	37,663
O	11	6	Northwestern	10	L	43,928
O	18	20	@Indiana	41	L	51,812
O	25	0	@Ohio State	41	L	86,576
N	1	22	Purdue	49	L	51,299
N	8	0	Michigan	57	L	35,270
N	15	14	@Wisconsin	55	L	42,624
N	22	0	Iowa	40	L	30,257

		106	(0-10-0)	397
		Big Ten: (0-7-0) 10th

# at Busch Stadium, St. Louis

Captains: Doug Dieken, Kirk McMillin

S	19	20	Oregon	16	W	33,246
S	26	9	Tulane	23	L	27,864
O	3	27	Syracuse	0	W	39,357
O	10	0	@Northwestern	48	L	33,316
O	17	24	Indiana	30	L	42,079
O	24	29	Ohio State	48	L	46,208
O	31	23	@Purdue	21	W	67,747
N	7	0	@Michigan	42	L	70,781
N	14	17	Wisconsin	29	L	36,569
N	21	16	@Iowa	22	L	38,700

		165	(3-7-0)	279
		Big Ten: (1-6-0) T-9th

Bob Blackman was a native of Big Ten country - from DeSoto, Iowa, originally, and later from Chicago. His move in 1971 from Dartmouth to Illinois was a move home, of sorts. He had won 104 games in 16 years at the Ivy League school, producing three undefeated seasons for the Big Green. Blackman was the fifth winningest active collegiate coach (with 150 victories) when he arrived on the UI campus as the school's third coach in a decade. It was his job to raise Illinois football fortunes from the lows of the late 1960s. Blackman accomplished that, however, the only winning team he produced was the 1974 squad, which went 6-4-1.

Captains: Glenn Collier, Larry McCarren

S	11	0	@Michigan St.	10	L	42,083
S	18	0	North Carolina	27	L	49,391
S	25	0	@USC	28	L	49,390
O	2	14	Washington	52	L	48,127
O	9	10	Ohio State	24	L	53,555
O	16	6	@Michigan	35	L	73,406
O	23	21	Purdue	7	W	52,344
O	30	24	Northwestern	7	W	40,144
N	6	22	@Indiana	21	W	23,018
N	13	35	@Wisconsin	27	W	65,459
N	20	31	Iowa	0	W	40,703

		163	(5-6-0)	238
		Big Ten: (5-3-0) T-3rd

Captains: Larry McCarren, John Wiza

S	16	0	Michigan State	24	L	55,493
S	23	20	USC	55	L	61,225
S	30	11	@Washington	31	L	61,200
O	7	17	Penn State	35	L	60,394
O	14	7	@Ohio State	26	L	86,298
O	21	7	Michigan	31	L	64,290
O	28	14	@Purdue	20	L	61,784
N	4	43	Northwestern	13	W	35,235
N	11	37	Indiana	20	W	55,077
N	18	27	Wisconsin	7	W	45,703
N	25	14	@Iowa	15	L	25,000

		197	(3-8-0)	277
		Big Ten: (3-5-0) T-6th

Captains: Ken Braid, John Gann

S	15	28	@Indiana	14	W	50,433
S	22	27	@California	7	W	22,000
S	29	10	W. Virginia	17	L	48,107
O	6	0	Stanford	24	L	45,383
O	13	15	Purdue	13	W	54,252
O	20	6	@Michigan St.	3	W	63,303
O	27	50	Iowa	0	W	48,864
N	3	0	Ohio State	30	L	60,707
N	10	6	@Michigan	21	L	76,461
N	17	16	Minnesota	19	L	34,438
N	24	6	@Northwestern	9	L	26,117

		164	(5-6-0)	157
		Big Ten: (4-4-0) T-4th

Captains: Ty McMillin, Revie Sorey

S	14	16	Indiana	0	W	40,911
S	21	41	@Stanford	7	W	47,500
S	28	21	Washington St.	19	W	40,594
O	5	14	California	31	L	54,378
O	12	27	@Purdue	23	W	63,174
O	19	21	*Michigan St.	21	T	55,677
O	26	12	@Iowa	14	L	49,400
N	2	7	@Ohio State	49	L	87,813
N	9	6	Michigan	14	L	60,670
N	16	17	@Minnesota	14	W	46,162
N	23	28	@Northwestern	14	W	33,753

		210	(6-4-1)	206
		Big Ten: (4-3-1) 5th

* Memorial Stadium's Golden Anniversary Game

Captains: Dean March, Stu Levenick

S	13	27	@Iowa	12	W	57,200
S	20	20	Missouri	30	L	57,059
S	27	13	@Texas A & M	43	L	45,524
O	4	27	Washington St.	21	W	51,060
O	11	42	Minnesota	23	W	46,162
O	18	24	Purdue	26	L	61,204
O	25	21	@Michigan St.	19	W	66,223
N	1	9	@Wisconsin	18	L	76,868
N	8	3	Ohio State	40	L	67,571
N	15	15	Michigan	21	L	45,077
N	22	28	@Northwestern	7	W	19,800

		229	(5-6-0)	260
		Big Ten: (4-4-0) T-3rd

Captains: Marty Friel, Dean March, Scott Studwell

S	11	24	Iowa	6	W	49,515
S	18	31	@Missouri	6	W	63,486
S	25	19	Baylor	34	L	44,481
O	2	7	Texas A & M	14	L	67,543
O	9	14	@Minnesota	29	L	52,606
O	16	21	@Purdue	17	W	66,716
O	23	23	Michigan State	31	L	52,860
O	30	31	Wisconsin	25	W	54,121
N	6	10	@Ohio State	42	L	87,654
N	13	7	@Michigan	38	L	104,107
N	20	48	Northwestern	6	W	34,500

		235	(5-6-0)	248
		Big Ten: (4-4-0) T-3rd

Gary Moeller was hired by athletic director Cecil Coleman to bring the Illinois football program back into Big Ten title contention. Moeller knew what it was like to be a Big Ten contender, coaching with Bo Schembechler for two years at Miami of Ohio, and for 10 more at Michigan. His reputation as an outstanding recruiter was in for a test at Illinois. Like Jim Valek, he picked up half of his wins at UI his first season. Unfortunately, they amounted to only three of his total of six in three seasons.

Captains: Rickie Mitchem, Kurt Steger

S	10	9	Michigan	37	L	60,477
S	17	11	Missouri	7	W	52,771
S	24	24	@Stanford	37	L	50,500
O	1	20	Syracuse	30	L	52,015
O	8	0	@Wisconsin	26	L	78,661
O	15	29	@Purdue	22	W	60,242
O	22	21	Indiana	7	W	50,298
O	29	20	@Michigan St.	49	L	70,589
N	5	0	Ohio State	35	L	66,973
N	12	0	Minnesota	21	L	37,697
N	19	7	@Northwestern	21	L	17,255

		141	(3-8-0)	292
		Big Ten: (2-6-0) T-8th

Captains: John Sullivan, Randy Taylor

S	9	0	Northwestern	0	T	40,091
S	16	0	@Michigan	31	L	104,102
S	23	10	Stanford	35	L	43,143
S	30	28	@Syracuse	14	W	20,101
O	7	3	@Missouri	45	L	62,062
O	14	20	Wisconsin	20	T	51,160
O	21	0	Purdue	13	L	50,918
O	28	10	@Indiana	31	L	37,355
N	4	19	Michigan State	59	L	48,077
N	11	7	@Ohio State	45	L	87,719
N	18	6	@Minnesota	24	L	25,388

		103	(1-8-2)	317
		Big Ten: (0-6-2) 9th

Captains: Lawrence McCullough, Stanley Ralph

S	8	16	@Michigan St.	33	L	46,377
S	15	6	Missouri	14	L	66,306
S	22	27	@Air Force	19	W	18,178
S	29	12	Navy	13	L	53,825
O	6	7	Iowa	13	L	51,044
O	13	14	@Purdue	28	L	69,413
O	20	7	Michigan	27	L	43,370
O	27	17	@Minnesota	17	T	47,406
N	3	7	Ohio State	44	L	41,870
N	10	14	Indiana	45	L	30,874
N	17	29	@Northwestern	13	W	19,217

		156	(2-8-1)	266
		Big Ten: (1-6-1) 9th

Mike White was new athletic director Neale Stoner's choice to run the UI football program starting in 1980. He had declined Pete Elliott's overtures to join him at Illinois in 1960, but picked up some impressive coaching credentials after learning from some of the game's heavyweights - Bill Walsh, Dick Vermeil, Marv Levy and John Ralston. White coached California to a Pac-8 championship with a nation-leading offense (459 yards per game) in 1975. Along the way, he had helped to develop such passers as Joe Roth, Jim Plunkett, Steve Bartkowski and Craig Morton, and would add to his list at Illinois with the likes of Dave Wilson, Tony Eason and Jack Trudeau. White's wide-open passing philosophy seemed to be just what the Fighting Illini needed at the time. His teams virtually rewrote the UI record books in the passing department and brought Illinois back to Big Ten contender status. Five of White's eight Illinois teams posted winning records. The 1982 squad (7-5-0) played in the Liberty Bowl against Alabama in the legendary Bear Bryant's final game as Crimson Tide head coach. The Liberty Bowl was Illinois' first bowl game appearance since the 1964 Rose Bowl. The 1983 Big Ten championship team (10-2), which played in the 1984 Rose Bowl, is the only team in Big Ten history to have defeated all nine conference opponents in the same season.

Captains: Selected each game

S	6	35	Northwestern	9	W	44,222
S	13	20	Michigan State	17	W	46,377
S	20	7	@Missouri	52	L	66,306
S	27	20	Air Force	20	T	45,638
O	4	21	Mississippi St.	28	L	60,889
O	11	20	@Iowa	14	W	59,780
O	18	20	Purdue	45	L	62,121
O	25	14	@Michigan	45	L	105,109
N	1	18	Minnesota	21	L	51,202
N	8	42	@Ohio State	49	L	87,952
N	15	24	@Indiana	26	L	38,128

		241	(3-7-1)	326
		Big Ten: (3-5-0) T-6th

Captains: Greg Boeke, Ron Ferrari, Jack Squirek

S	5	6	@Pittsburgh	26	L	46,022
S	12	27	@Michigan St.	17	W	54,945
S	19	17	Syracuse	14	W	57,579
O	3	38	Minnesota	29	W	63,814
O	10	20	@Purdue	44	L	69,846
O	17	27	@Ohio State	34	L	87,158
O	24	23	Wisconsin	21	W	67,413
O	31	24	Iowa	7	W	66,877
N	7	21	@Michigan	70	L	105,570
N	14	35	Indiana	14	W	56,143
N	21	49	@Northwestern	12	W	23,116

		287	(7-4-0)	288
		Big Ten: (6-3-0) T-3rd

Captains: Mike Bass, Dan Gregus, Mike Martin

S	4	49	*Northwestern	13	W	67,036
S	11	23	Michigan State	16	W	66,152
S	18	47	@Syracuse	10	W	30,128
S	25	3	Pittsburgh	20	L	71,547
O	2	42	@Minnesota	24	W	63,684
O	9	38	Purdue	34	W	71,232
O	16	21	Ohio State	26	L	73,488
O	23	29	@Wisconsin	28	W	78,406
O	30	13	@Iowa	14	L	59,922
N	6	10	Michigan	16	L	75,256
N	13	48	@Indiana	7	W	38,471
D	29	15	#Alabama	21	L	54,123

		338	(7-5-0)	229
		Big Ten: (6-3-0) 4th

* First night game in Memorial Stadium
# Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tenn.

Captains: Tim Brewster, Joe Miles, Don Thorp

S	10	18	@Missouri	28	L	53,744
S	17	17	Stanford	7	W	72,852
S	24	20	@Michigan St.	10	W	75,867
O	1	33	Iowa	0	W	73,351
O	8	27	@Wisconsin	15	W	78,307
O	15	17	Ohio State	13	W	73,414
O	22	35	@Purdue	21	W	69,328
O	29	16	Michigan	6	W	76,127
N	5	50	@Minnesota	23	W	35,514
N	12	49	Indiana	21	W	73,612
N	19	56	@Northwestern	24	W	52,333
J	2	9	*UCLA	45	L	103,217

		347	(10-2-0)	213
		Big Ten: (9-0-0) 1st

AP Final National Ranking: 10th
UPI Final National Ranking: 10th
* 1984 Rose Bowl

Captains: Rick Schulte, David Edwards

S	1	24	Northwestern	16	W	75,753
S	8	30	Missouri	24	W	78,297
S	15	19	@Stanford	34	L	43,795
S	22	40	Michigan State	7	W	75,762
S	29	16	@Iowa	21	L	66,322
O	6	22	Wisconsin	6	W	78,307
O	13	38	@Ohio State	45	L	89,937
O	20	34	Purdue	20	W	76,101
O	27	18	@Michigan	26	L	104,916
N	3	48	Minnesota	3	W	76,056
N	10	34	#Indiana	7	W	49,264

		323	(7-4-0)	209
		Big Ten: (6-3-0) T-2nd

# at Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis

Captains: Jack Trudeau, Craig Swoope, Chris White

S	7	10	USC	20	L	76,369
S	14	28	So. Illinois	25	W	76,330
S	21	25	@Nebraska	52	L	76,149
O	5	31	Ohio State	28	W	76,343
O	12	24	@Purdue	30	L	68,837
O	19	30	@Michigan St.	17	W	76,438
O	26	38	Wisconsin	25	W	76,395
N	2	3	Michigan	3	T	76,397
N	9	0	@Iowa	59	L	66,120
N	16	41	Indiana	24	W	78,805
N	23	45	@Northwestern	20	W	33,054
D	31	29	*Army	31	L	29,857

		304	(6-5-1)	334
		Big Ten: (5-2-1) 3rd

* Peach Bowl, Atlanta, Ga.

Captains: Scott Davis, Sam Ellsworth, Mark Dennis, Shane Lamb

S	6	23	Louisville	0	W	72,822
S	13	16	@USC	31	L	51,496
S	20	14	Nebraska	59	L	75,869
O	4	0	@Ohio State	14	L	90,030
O	11	34	Purdue	27	W	73,720
O	18	21	Michigan State	29	L	75,083
O	25	9	@Wisconsin	15	L	76,983
N	1	13	@Michigan	69	L	104,122
N	8	20	Iowa	16	W	75,190
N	15	21	@Indiana	16	W	34,572
N	22	18	Northwestern	23	L	70,568

		189	(4-7-0)	299
		Big Ten: (3-5-0) T-6th

Captains: Mike Scully, Mike Piel, Darrick Brownlow

S	5	14	@No. Carolina	34	L	40,000
S	12	7	Arizona State	21	L	*70,060
S	19	20	East Carolina	10	W	62,045
O	3	6	Ohio State	10	L	73,045
O	10	3	@Purdue	9	L	59,483
O	17	16	Wisconsin	14	W	57,040
O	24	14	@Michigan St.	14	T	76,513
O	31	27	Minnesota	17	W	60,143
N	7	22	@Indiana	34	L	50,026
N	14	14	Michigan	17	L	64,496
N	21	10	@Northwestern	28	L	27,104

		153	(3-7-1)	208
		Big Ten: (2-5-1) 8th

* 28th consecutive home sellout game

John Mackovic became Illinois' 19th head football coach February 3, 1988. Mackovic came to Champaign with a variety of collegiate and professional coaching experiences and built the Fighting Illini into not only a Big Ten contender, but also a force to be reckoned with nationally. All four of his UI teams played in bowl games (1988 All American Bowl, 1990 Florida Citrus Bowl, 1991 Hall of Fame Bowl and 1991 John Hancock Bowl). Mackovic was the first to have earned the Dave McLain Big Ten Coach of the Year award in each of his first two seasons in the league. His 1989 team tied the school record (set in 1983) for victories with 10 and his 1990 team tied for the Big Ten Championship.

Mackovic was named athletic director at Illinois December 23, 1988. He retained both the position of athletic director and head football coach until resigning just before the 1991 John Hancock Bowl to become head coach at Texas.

Captains: Glenn Cobb, Mark McGowan

S	3	7	Washington St.	44	L	54,458
S	10	16	@Arizona State	21	L	70,091
S	17	35	Utah	24	W	54,002
O	1	31	@Ohio State	12	W	90,274
O	8	20	Purdue	0	W	63,473
O	15	34	@Wisconsin	6	W	57,886
O	22	21	Michigan State	28	L	65,771
O	29	27	@Minnesota	27	T	40,554
N	5	21	Indiana	20	W	66,201
N	12	9	@Michigan	38	L	105,000
N	19	14	Northwestern	9	W	43,329
D	29	10	#Florida	14	L	42,890

		245	(6-5-1)	243
		Big Ten: (5-2-1) T-3rd

# All American Bowl, Birmingham, Ala.

Captains: Craig Schneider, Steve Glasson, Mike Bellamy, Moe Gardner

S	4	14	@USC	13	W	54,622
S	16	7	@Colorado	38	L	46,747
S	23	41	Utah State	2	W	61,553
O	7	34	Ohio State	14	W	69,088
O	14	14	@Purdue	2	W	41,101
O	21	14	@Michigan St.	10	W	76,216
O	28	32	Wisconsin	9	W	64,856
N	4	31	@Iowa	7	W	67,700
N	11	10	Michigan	24	L	73,069
N	18	41	Indiana	28	W	53,368
N	25	63	@Northwestern	14	W	31,017
J	1	31	#Virginia	21	W	60,016
		332	(10-2-0)	182
		Big Ten: (7-1-0) 2nd

AP Final National Ranking: 10th
UPI Final National Ranking: 10th
# Florida Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Fla.

Captains: Curtis Lovelace, Howard Griffith, Moe Gardner, Darrick Brownlow

S	8	16	@Arizona	28	L	53,330
S	15	23	Colorado	22	W	64,351
S	22	56	So. Illinois	21	W	64,469
O	6	31	@Ohio State	20	W	89,404
O	13	34	Purdue	0	W	60,604
O	20	15	Michigan State	13	W	70,398
O	27	21	@Wisconsin	3	W	67,746
N	3	28	Iowa	54	L	72,714
N	10	17	@Michigan	22	L	105,343
N	17	24	@Indiana	10	W	44,639
N	24	28	Northwestern	23	W	32,383
J	1	0	#Clemson	30	L	63,154

		293	(8-4-0)	246
		Big Ten: (6-2) T-1st

AP Final National Ranking: 25th
UPI Final National Ranking: 24th
# Hall of Fame Bowl, Tampa, Fla

Captains: Mike Hopkins, Marlon Primous, Tim Simpson

A	31	38	East Carolina	31	W	46,313
S	14	19	@Missouri	23	L	49,586
S	21	51	Houston	10	W	60,182
O	5	24	Minnesota	3	W	57,981
O	12	10	Ohio State	7	W	70,125
O	19	21	@Iowa	24	L	70,220
O	26	11	@Northwestern	17	L	26,542
N	2	22	Wisconsin	6	W	61,493
N	9	41	@Purdue	14	W	34,582
N	16	0	Michigan	20	L	66,757
N	23	24	@Michigan St.	27	L	61,721
D	31	3	&#UCLA	6	L	42,281

		264	(6-6-0)	188
		Big Ten: (4-4) 5th

# John Hancock Bowl, El Paso, Texas
& Head coach was Lou Tepper

Lou Tepper was hired as Illinois' 20th head football coach Dec. 13, 1991, just prior to the team's appearance in the John Hancock Bowl. He replaced John Mackovic, who resigned his head football coach and athletic director duties to become head coach at the University of Texas.

Tepper had five successful seasons at Colorado prior to coming to Illinois. He spent his last two years with the Buffaloes as their assistant head coach.

When Mackovic took over the program in 1988, he brought Tepper in as defensive coordinator and named him assistant head coach in 1990.

Tepper led Illinois to the 1992 Holiday Bowl and a 30-0 victory in the the 1994 Liberty Bowl. He also coached consecutive Butkus Award winners in Dana Howard (1994) and Kevin Hardy (1995).

Captains: Brad Hopkins, John Wright, Jr.

S	5	30	No. Illinois	14	W	50,015
S	12	24	Missouri	14	W	53,568
S	19	13	@Houston	31	L	25,931
O	3	17	@Minnesota	18	L	32,112
O	10	18	@Ohio State	16	W	93,982
O	17	14	Iowa	24	L	70,314
O	24	26	Northwestern	27	L	52,332
O	31	13	@Wisconsin	12	W	65,293
N	7	20	Purdue	17	W	55,339
N	14	22	@Michigan	22	T	106,481
N	21	14	Michigan State	10	W	40,552
D	30	17	#Hawaii	27	L	44,457

		235	(6-5-1)	228
		Big Ten: (4-3-1) 4th

# Holiday Bowl, San Diego, Calif.

Captains: Greg Engel, Filmel Johnson, Gary Voelker

S	11	3	@Missouri	31	L	48,427
S	18	14	Arizona	16	L	51,110
S	25	7	Oregon	13	L	45,574
O	2	28	@Purdue	10	W	37,621
O	9	12	Ohio State	20	L	61,209
O	16	49	@Iowa	3	W	70,397
O	23	24	@Michigan	21	W 106,385
O	30	20	Northwestern	13	W	49,940
N	6	23	Minnesota	20	W	50,192
N	13	14	@Penn State	28	L	90,000
N	20	10	Wisconsin	35	L	48,083

		204	(5-6)	210
		Big Ten: (5-3) T-4th

Captains: Pete Gabrione, John Holecek, Dana Howard, Jon Kerr

S	1	9	#Wash. St.	10	L	39,472
S	10	42	Missouri	0	W	64,305
S	17	34	No. Illinois	10	W	55,327
O	1	16	Purdue	22	L	58,338
O	8	24	@Ohio State	10	W	93,351
O	15	47	Iowa	7	W	59,573
O	22	14	Michigan	19	L	72,677
O	29	28	@Northwestern	7	W	40,365
N	5	21	@Minnesota	17	W	35,069
N	12	31	Penn State	35	L	72,364
N	19	13	@Wisconsin	19	L	77,745
D	31	30	&East Carolina	0	W	33,280

		309	(7-5)	210
		Big Ten: (4-4) T-5th

# Illinois home game at Soldier Field, Chicago
& St. Jude Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tenn.

Captains: Jason Dulick, Kevin Hardy, Brett Larsen

S	2	14	Michigan	38	L	70,193
S	9	31	@Oregon	34	L	44,201
S	16	9	Arizona	7	W	57,134
S	23	7	East Carolina	0	W	60,545
O	7	17	@Indiana	10	W	38,098
O	14	21	Michigan State	27	L	65,653
O	28	14	Northwestern	17	L	65,425
N	4	26	@Iowa	7	W	70,397
N	11	3	@Ohio State	41	L	92,639
N	18	48	Minnesota	14	W	45,521
N	25	3	@Wisconsin	3	T	76,750

		254	(5-5-1)	229
		Big Ten: (3-4-1) T-7th

Captains: Rodney Byrd, Ty Douthard, Paul Marshall, Dennis Stallings

A	31	8	@Michigan	20	L	105,992
S	7	3	USC	55	L	56,504
S	14	0	@Arizona	41	L	43,012
S	21	38	Akron	7	W	48,285
O	5	46	Indiana	43	W	55,534
O	12	14	@Michigan St.	42	L	71,639
O	26	24	@Northwestern	27	L	48,187
N	2	21	Iowa	31	L	54,381
N	9	0	Ohio State	48	L	54,412
N	16	21	@Minnesota	23	L	34,321
N	23	15	Wisconsin	35	L	37,814
		190	(2-9)	372
		Big Ten: (1-7-0) T-9th

Ron Turner was named the 21st head coach in Illinois history December 2, 1996, coming to the Fighting Illini after four highly-successful seasons as the offensive coordinator for the NFL's Chicago Bears. Considered one of the nation's top young coaches, Turner begins his third season at Illinois after spending 17 seasons in the collegiate ranks and four years as the offensive coordinator of the NFL's Chicago Bears.

Turner began his coaching career at his alma mater, Pacific and later served as an assistant at Arizona, Northwestern, Pittsburgh, USC, Texas A&M and Stanford before being named head coach at San Jose State in 1992. Turner guided the Spartans to a 7-4 record in the Big West Conference before moving to Chicago.

In his first season at Illinois, Turner's offense helped Robert Holcombe become the all-time Illini rushing leader.

Captains: Ivan Benson, Danny Clark, Robert Holcombe

S	6	7	Southern Miss	24	L	44,519
S	13	14	@Louisville	26	L	36,824
S	20	22	Washington St.	35	L	47,131
S	27	10	@Iowa	38	L	70,397
O	4	6	Penn State	41	L	51,523
O	11	7	@Wisconsin	31	L	79,327
O	25	3	Purdue	48	L	45,122
N	1	6	@Indiana	23	L	32,705
N	8	21	Northwestern	34	L	41,195
N	15	6	@Ohio State	41	L	92,008
N	22	17	Michigan St.	27	L	30,087
		119	(0-11)	368
		Big Ten: (0-8) 11th

Captains: Ivan Benson, Danny Clark, Ryan Schau

S	5	13	@Wash. State	20	L	31,568
S	12	48	Mid. Tenn. St.	20	W	35,475
S	19	9	Louisville	35	L	39,414
S	26	14	Iowa	37	L	44,245
O	3	13	@Northwestern	10	W	41,232
O	10	0	Ohio State	41	L	46,390
O	17	3	Wisconsin	37	L	40,627
O	24	9	@Purdue	42	L	60,163
O	31	0	@Penn State	27	L	96,508
N	7	31	Indiana	16	W	31,388
N	21	9	@Michigan St.	41	L	67,285
		149	(3-8)	216
		Big Ten: (2-6) 7th

Captains: Steve Havard, Ray Redziniak, Danny Clark, Neil Rackers

S	4	41	Arkansas State	3	W	34,227
S	11	38	San Diego St.	10	W	35,798
S	18	41	@ Louisville	36	W	40,332
S	25	10	Michigan St.	27	L	52,417
O	2	31	@ Indiana	34	L ot	30,381
O	16	7	Minnesota	37	L	49,152
O	23	35	@ Michigan	29	W	110,188
O	30	7	Penn State	27	L	50,014
N	6	40	@ Iowa	24	W	61,350
N	13	46	@ Ohio State	20	W	93,429
N	20	29	Northwestern	7	W	50,137
D	30	63	& Virginia	21	W	31,089

		388	(8-4)	271
		Big Ten: (4-4) 6 th

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