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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Football team of the University of Illinois in the US</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:125%">Illinois Fighting Illini football</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="40px"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/AmericanFootball_current_event.svg/40px-AmericanFootball_current_event.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/AmericanFootball_current_event.svg/60px-AmericanFootball_current_event.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/AmericanFootball_current_event.svg/80px-AmericanFootball_current_event.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></td><td class="center" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0;font-style:italic;"><a href="/wiki/2025_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2025 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2025 Illinois Fighting Illini football team </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Illinois_Fighting_Illini_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_logo.svg/125px-Illinois_Fighting_Illini_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_logo.svg/188px-Illinois_Fighting_Illini_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_logo.svg/250px-Illinois_Fighting_Illini_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="172" data-file-height="248" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1890_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1890 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1890</a>; 135 years ago</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Athletic director</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Josh_Whitman" title="Josh Whitman">Josh Whitman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Head coach</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bret_Bielema" title="Bret Bielema">Bret Bielema</a> 4th season, 28–22 (.560)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stadium</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Stadium_(Champaign,_Illinois)" class="mw-redirect" title="Memorial Stadium (Champaign, Illinois)">Memorial Stadium</a> (capacity: 60,670, record: 78,297)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Field surface</th><td class="infobox-data">FieldTurf</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Champaign,_Illinois" title="Champaign, Illinois">Champaign, Illinois</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">NCAA division</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">Division I FBS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Conference</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">All-time record</th><td class="infobox-data nowrap">645–625–50 (.508)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bowl record</th><td class="infobox-data">9–12 (.429)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Claimed national titles</th><td class="infobox-data">5 (<a href="/wiki/1914_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1914 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1914</a>, <a href="/wiki/1919_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1919</a>, <a href="/wiki/1923_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1923 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1923</a>, <a href="/wiki/1927_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1927</a>, <a href="/wiki/1951_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1951 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1951</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Conference titles</th><td class="infobox-data">15 (<a href="/wiki/1910_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1910 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1910</a>, <a href="/wiki/1914_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1914 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1914</a>, <a href="/wiki/1915_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1915 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1915</a>, <a href="/wiki/1918_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1918 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1918</a>, <a href="/wiki/1919_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1919</a>, <a href="/wiki/1923_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1923 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1923</a>, <a href="/wiki/1927_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1927</a>, <a href="/wiki/1928_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1928 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1928</a>, <a href="/wiki/1946_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1946 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1946</a>, <a href="/wiki/1951_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1951 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1951</a>, <a href="/wiki/1953_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1953 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1953</a>, <a href="/wiki/1963_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1963 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1963</a>, <a href="/wiki/1983_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1983 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1983</a>, <a href="/wiki/1990_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1990 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1990</a>, <a href="/wiki/2001_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2001</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rivalries</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Hoosiers_football" title="Indiana Hoosiers football">Indiana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Indiana_rivalry#Football" title="Illinois–Indiana rivalry">rivalry</a>) <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Michigan_football_rivalry" title="Illinois–Michigan football rivalry">rivalry</a>) <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Tigers_football" title="Missouri Tigers football">Missouri</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Missouri_football_rivalry" title="Illinois–Missouri football rivalry">rivalry</a>) <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Wildcats_football" title="Northwestern Wildcats football">Northwestern</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Northwestern_football_rivalry" title="Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry">rivalry</a>) <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illibuck_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Illibuck Trophy">rivalry</a>) <a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_football" title="Purdue Boilermakers football">Purdue</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Purdue_football_rivalry" title="Illinois–Purdue football rivalry">rivalry</a>) </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Consensus All-Americans</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>28</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Chapman_(American_football)" title="Ralph Chapman (American football)">Ralph Chapman</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Perry_Graves" title="Perry Graves">Perry Graves</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Bart_Macomber" title="Bart Macomber">Bart Macomber</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/John_Depler" class="mw-redirect" title="John Depler">John Depler</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Carney" title="Chuck Carney">Chuck Carney</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Jim_McMillen" title="Jim McMillen">Jim McMillen</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Red_Grange" title="Red Grange">Red Grange</a> (3)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Shively" title="Bernie Shively">Bernie Shively</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Agase" title="Alex Agase">Alex Agase</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Karras" title="Johnny Karras">Johnny Karras</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/J.C._Caroline" class="mw-redirect" title="J.C. Caroline">J.C. Caroline</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Burrell" title="Bill Burrell">Bill Burrell</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Dick Butkus</a> (2)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Grabowski" title="Jim Grabowski">Jim Grabowski</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/David_Williams_(wide_receiver)" title="David Williams (wide receiver)">David Williams</a> (2)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Moe_Gardner" title="Moe Gardner">Moe Gardner</a> (2)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Dana_Howard" title="Dana Howard">Dana Howard</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Hardy_(linebacker)" title="Kevin Hardy (linebacker)">Kevin Hardy</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/J_Leman" class="mw-redirect" title="J Leman">J Leman</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Whitney_Mercilus" title="Whitney Mercilus">Whitney Mercilus</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Devon_Witherspoon" title="Devon Witherspoon">Devon Witherspoon</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Cameron Tucker</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Colors</th><td class="infobox-data">Orange and blue<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style>   </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fight song</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Loyalty" title="Illinois Loyalty">Illinois Loyalty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oskee_Wow_Wow" class="mw-redirect" title="Oskee Wow Wow">Oskee Wow Wow</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Marching band</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marching_Illini" title="Marching Illini">Marching Illini</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Outfitter</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://fightingillini.com/sports/football">fightingillini.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> The Illinois Fighting Illini football program represents the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign" title="University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign">University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign</a> in <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> at the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision</a> (formerly Division I-A) level. The Fighting Illini are a founding member of the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>. Illinois claims five national championships and 15 Big Ten championships. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_seasons" title="List of Illinois Fighting Illini football seasons">List of Illinois Fighting Illini football seasons</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history_(1890–1912)">Early history (1890–1912)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history (1890–1912)">edit</a>]</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bristow_Adams,_University_of_Illinois_football_player,_1902.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Bristow_Adams%2C_University_of_Illinois_football_player%2C_1902.jpg/170px-Bristow_Adams%2C_University_of_Illinois_football_player%2C_1902.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Bristow_Adams%2C_University_of_Illinois_football_player%2C_1902.jpg/255px-Bristow_Adams%2C_University_of_Illinois_football_player%2C_1902.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Bristow_Adams%2C_University_of_Illinois_football_player%2C_1902.jpg/340px-Bristow_Adams%2C_University_of_Illinois_football_player%2C_1902.jpg 2x" data-file-width="747" data-file-height="1209" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Bristow_Adams" title="Bristow Adams">Bristow Adams</a> poster of an Illini football player, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1902</figcaption></figure> The University of Illinois fielded its first football team in 1890, under the direction of <a href="/wiki/Scott_Williams_(American_football_coach)" title="Scott Williams (American football coach)">Scott Williams</a>, the team's starting <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> who also served as the team's head coach. The team finished with a record of 1–2.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lackey_(American_football)" title="Robert Lackey (American football)">Robert Lackey</a> took over the reins for the program's second season in 1891, and the team finished undefeated with a mark of 6–0.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> In July 1892, several days after graduating from Dartmouth, <a href="/wiki/Edward_K._Hall" title="Edward K. Hall">Edward K. Hall</a> was hired by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to serve as head football coach and director of physical training at a salary of $1,000. He announced at the time that he would spend the summer working as a waiter at a hotel in <a href="/wiki/Old_Orchard_Beach,_Maine" title="Old Orchard Beach, Maine">Old Orchard Beach, Maine</a>, before reporting to Illinois.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> He was the third head football coach at Illinois, held that position for the 1892 and 1893 seasons, and led the team to a record of 12–6–4 in his two years as head coach.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> His 1892 team compiled a 9–4–1 record, played the first games in the football rivalries with <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Wildcats_football" title="Northwestern Wildcats football">Northwestern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Maroons_football" title="Chicago Maroons football">Chicago</a>, and played six road games in nine days (four wins and two losses) in late October 1892.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> <a href="/wiki/George_Huff_(coach)" title="George Huff (coach)">George Huff</a> was the fifth head coach in Illini football history, succeeding <a href="/wiki/Louis_Vail" title="Louis Vail">Louis Vail</a>. Huff led the Illini into the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>, which formed in 1896.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> After back-to-back 4–2–1 seasons in 1895 and 1896,<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> the Illini posted a 6–2 record in 1897.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> That proved to be the high point of Huff's tenure, as Illinois slipped to 4–5 in 1898 and 3–5–1 in 1899,<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> ending Huff's tenure at Illinois. <a href="/wiki/Arthur_R._Hall" title="Arthur R. Hall">Arthur Hall</a> served as Illinois' head football coach from 1907 to 1912, compiling a 36–12–4 record.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> Hall led the Illini to an undefeated 7–0 mark in 1910.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Robert_Zuppke_era_(1913–1941)">Robert Zuppke era (1913–1941)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Robert Zuppke era (1913–1941)">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Zuppke.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Robert_Zuppke.jpg/200px-Robert_Zuppke.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="310" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Robert_Zuppke.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="277" data-file-height="430" /></a><figcaption>Coach Robert Zuppke in 1920</figcaption></figure> For 29 seasons, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Zuppke" title="Robert Zuppke">Robert Zuppke</a> served as Illinois' head football coach.<a href="#cite_note-auto-15">[15]</a> During his tenure, Illinois' fan attendance at home games skyrocketed from an average of 4,500 to 60,000.<a href="#cite_note-auto-15">[15]</a> Under Zuppke's leadership, the Fighting Illini posted undefeated seasons in 1914,<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> 1915,<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> 1923<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> and 1927.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> In 1914, the Fighting Illini compiled a 7–0 record (6–0 against <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Western Conference</a> opponents), claimed a national championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 224–22.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> The team was retroactively selected as the national champion for 1914 by the <a href="/wiki/Billingsley_Report" title="Billingsley Report">Billingsley Report</a> and as a co-national champion with <a href="/wiki/1914_Army_Cadets_football_team" title="1914 Army Cadets football team">Army</a> by <a href="/wiki/Parke_H._Davis" title="Parke H. Davis">Parke H. Davis</a>.<a href="#cite_note-auto1-21">[21]</a> <a href="/wiki/End_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="End (American football)">End</a> <a href="/wiki/Perry_Graves" title="Perry Graves">Perry Graves</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">guard</a> <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Chapman_(American_football)" title="Ralph Chapman (American football)">Ralph Chapman</a> were consensus <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-Americans</a>. Chapman was the team captain.<a href="#cite_note-auto2-22">[22]</a> In 1915, the Illini compiled a 5–0–2 record and finished as co-champions of the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Western Conference</a>.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> Center John W. Watson was the team captain.<a href="#cite_note-auto2-22">[22]</a> In 1923, the Fighting Illini compiled an 8–0 record (5–0 against <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a> opponents) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 136–20.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> The team was selected retroactively as the national champion by the <a href="/wiki/Boand_System" title="Boand System">Boand System</a>, <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Researchers_Association" title="College Football Researchers Association">College Football Researchers Association</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helms_Athletic_Foundation" title="Helms Athletic Foundation">Helms Athletic Foundation</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Parke_H._Davis" title="Parke H. Davis">Parke H. Davis</a>, and as a co-national champion by the <a href="/wiki/Berryman_QPRS" title="Berryman QPRS">Berryman QPRS</a> system, <a href="/wiki/National_Championship_Foundation" title="National Championship Foundation">National Championship Foundation</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Sagarin" title="Jeff Sagarin">Jeff Sagarin</a> (using the ELO-Chess methodology).<a href="#cite_note-auto1-21">[21]</a> <a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">Guard</a> <a href="/wiki/Jim_McMillen" title="Jim McMillen">Jim McMillen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">halfback</a> <a href="/wiki/Red_Grange" title="Red Grange">Red Grange</a> were consensus <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-Americans</a>. McMillen was also the team captain.<a href="#cite_note-auto2-22">[22]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_Grange_circa_1923.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Red_Grange_circa_1923.jpg/170px-Red_Grange_circa_1923.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Red_Grange_circa_1923.jpg/255px-Red_Grange_circa_1923.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Red_Grange_circa_1923.jpg/340px-Red_Grange_circa_1923.jpg 2x" data-file-width="482" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>HB <a href="/wiki/Red_Grange" title="Red Grange">Red Grange</a> "The Galloping Ghost" in 1923</figcaption></figure> In 1927, the Fighting Illini compiled a 7–0–1 record (5–0 against <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Western Conference</a> opponents) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 152–24.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> The team was selected as the 1927 national champion by the <a href="/wiki/Billingsley_Report" title="Billingsley Report">Billingsley Report</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dickinson_System" title="Dickinson System">Dickinson System</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helms_Athletic_Foundation" title="Helms Athletic Foundation">Helms Athletic Foundation</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Championship_Foundation" title="National Championship Foundation">National Championship Foundation</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Parke_H._Davis" title="Parke H. Davis">Parke H. Davis</a>.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> Though the team had no consensus <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-Americans</a> and was known for its lack of prominent names, center <a href="/wiki/Robert_Reitsch" title="Robert Reitsch">Robert Reitsch</a> and guard <a href="/wiki/Russ_Crane_(American_football)" title="Russ Crane (American football)">Russ Crane</a> made a handful of first-team selections. Reitsch was also the team captain.<a href="#cite_note-auto2-22">[22]</a> Illinois struggled from 1930 to 1941, posting seven losing seasons and no conference championships.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> The Illini did finish 7–1 in 1934, however, this proved to be the last season of six or more wins during the Zuppke era.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> Zuppke retired from Illinois following a 2–6 campaign in 1941,<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> leaving the Illini after compiling a 131–81–12 record.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ray_Eliot_era_(1942-1959)">Ray Eliot era (1942-1959)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ray Eliot era (1942-1959)">edit</a>]</div> Illinois promoted assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Ray_Eliot" title="Ray Eliot">Ray Eliot</a> to the position of head coach after Zuppke's retirement.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> Eliot would lead the Illini football program for 18 seasons, compiling an 83–73–11 record.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> In 1946, the Illini won the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a> title and completed an 8–2 season with a 45–14 win over <a href="/wiki/1946_UCLA_Bruins_football_team" title="1946 UCLA Bruins football team">UCLA</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1947_Rose_Bowl" title="1947 Rose Bowl">Rose Bowl</a>. The team's captain was <a href="/wiki/Center_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Center (American football)">center</a> Mac Wenskunas. <a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">Guard</a> <a href="/wiki/Alex_Agase" title="Alex Agase">Alex Agase</a> was voted the team's most valuable player and received the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune_Silver_Football" title="Chicago Tribune Silver Football">Chicago Tribune Silver Football</a> as the Big Ten's most valuable player.<a href="#cite_note-auto3-33">[33]</a> In 1951, the Illini compiled a 9–0–1 record, finished in first place in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>, was ranked No. 4 in the final <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a>, and defeated <a href="/wiki/1951_Stanford_Indians_football_team" title="1951 Stanford Indians football team">Stanford</a> 40–7 in the <a href="/wiki/1952_Rose_Bowl" title="1952 Rose Bowl">1952 Rose Bowl</a>. The lone setback was a scoreless tie with <a href="/wiki/1951_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1951 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a>.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> The team is the school's last <a href="/wiki/Boand_System" title="Boand System">national champion</a> in football with a 40–7 rout of Stanford in what was the first nationally televised college football game. Additionally, <a href="/wiki/Al_Brosky" title="Al Brosky">Al Brosky</a> had 8 interceptions that season bringing his career total to 30, an NCAA record that still stands today. His record included a <a href="/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio" title="Joe DiMaggio">DiMaggio</a>-like streak of 16 consecutive games with an interception. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1998. Halfback <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Karras" title="Johnny Karras">Johnny Karras</a> was a consensus first-team pick on the <a href="/wiki/1951_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1951 College Football All-America Team">1951 College Football All-America Team</a>.<a href="#cite_note-CAA-35">[35]</a> Linebacker <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Boerio" title="Chuck Boerio">Chuck Boerio</a> was selected as the team's most valuable player.<a href="#cite_note-auto3-33">[33]</a> In 1953, the Illini compiled a 7–1–1 record, finished in a tie for first place in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>, and were ranked No. 7 in the final <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a>. The sole defeat was a 34–7 loss to <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Badgers_football" title="Wisconsin Badgers football">Wisconsin</a>.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> Tackle <a href="/wiki/Don_Ernst" class="mw-redirect" title="Don Ernst">Don Ernst</a> was selected as the team's most valuable player.<a href="#cite_note-auto3-33">[33]</a> Sophomore halfback <a href="/wiki/J._C._Caroline" title="J. C. Caroline">J. C. Caroline</a> led the team with 1,256 rushing yards on 194 attempts (6.5 yards per carry) and was selected as a consensus first-team player on the <a href="/wiki/1953_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1953 College Football All-America Team">1953 College Football All-America Team</a>.<a href="#cite_note-CAA-35">[35]</a> Guard <a href="/wiki/John_Bauer_(American_football)" title="John Bauer (American football)">John Bauer</a> was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Newspaper_Enterprise_Association" title="Newspaper Enterprise Association">Newspaper Enterprise Association</a> as a third-team All-American.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> Following a 5–3–1 record in 1959, Eliot opted to retire as Illinois' head football coach.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pete_Elliott_era_(1960-1966)">Pete Elliott era (1960-1966)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Pete Elliott era (1960-1966)">edit</a>]</div> Illinois hired <a href="/wiki/California_Golden_Bears_football" title="California Golden Bears football">California</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Pete_Elliott" title="Pete Elliott">Pete Elliott</a> as Eliot's replacement in 1960.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> With the Illini, his record was 31–34–1,<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> earning a Big Ten title and <a href="/wiki/1964_Rose_Bowl" title="1964 Rose Bowl">Rose Bowl</a> victory over Washington during the 1963 season.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> A few months after the end of the 1966 season in which the Illini finished 4–6,<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> Elliott was forced to resign as head coach in the wake of a <a href="/wiki/Slush_fund" title="Slush fund">slush fund</a> scandal in the athletic program.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jim_Valek_era_(1967-1970)">Jim Valek era (1967-1970)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Jim Valek era (1967-1970)">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football" title="South Carolina Gamecocks football">South Carolina</a> assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Jim_Valek" title="Jim Valek">Jim Valek</a> was hired as Elliott's replacement in 1967.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> Under Valek, the Illini compiled an 8–32 record,<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> the worst of any Illini football head coach in decades. In 1967, the Illini compiled a 4–6 record and finished in a tie for fifth place in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> The team's offensive leaders were quarterback <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dean_Volkman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dean Volkman (page does not exist)">Dean Volkman</a> with 1,005 passing yards, running back Rich Johnson with 768 rushing yards, and wide receiver John Wright with 698 receiving yards.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> End John K. Wright was selected as the team's most valuable player.<a href="#cite_note-auto4-48">[48]</a> In 1968, the Illini compiled a 1–9 record and finished in a tie for eighth place in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> The team's offensive leaders were quarterback <a href="/wiki/Bob_Naponic" title="Bob Naponic">Bob Naponic</a> with 813 passing yards, running back Rich Johnson with 973 rushing yards, and wide receiver <a href="/wiki/Doug_Dieken" title="Doug Dieken">Doug Dieken</a> with 223 receiving yards.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> Fullback Rich Johnson was selected as the team's most valuable player.<a href="#cite_note-auto4-48">[48]</a> In 1969, the Illini compiled a 0–10 record and finished in last place in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Steve Livas with 705 passing yards, running back Dave Jackson with 465 rushing yards, and wide receiver Doug Dieken with 486 receiving yards.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> Dieken was selected as the team's most valuable player.<a href="#cite_note-auto4-48">[48]</a> <a href="/wiki/Guard_(gridiron_football)" title="Guard (gridiron football)">Guard</a> Doug Redmann was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Newspaper_Enterprise_Association" title="Newspaper Enterprise Association">Newspaper Enterprise Association</a> as a second-team player on the <a href="/wiki/1969_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1969 College Football All-America Team">1969 College Football All-America Team</a>.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> In 1970, the Illini compiled a 3–7 record and finished in a tie for last place in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> The team's offensive leaders were quarterback <a href="/wiki/Mike_Wells_(quarterback)" title="Mike Wells (quarterback)">Mike Wells</a> with 906 passing yards, running back <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Robinson" title="Darrell Robinson">Darrell Robinson</a> with 749 rushing yards, and wide receiver Doug Dieken with 537 receiving yards.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> Dieken was selected for the second consecutive year as the team's most valuable player.<a href="#cite_note-auto4-48">[48]</a> Illinois fired Valek after the 1970 season, citing the decline in the team's on-field performance.<a href="#cite_note-auto5-56">[56]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bob_Blackman_era_(1971–1976)">Bob Blackman era (1971–1976)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bob Blackman era (1971–1976)">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Champaign_-_%22Block_I%22_in_Stadium_(4290020853).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Champaign_-_%22Block_I%22_in_Stadium_%284290020853%29.jpg/170px-Champaign_-_%22Block_I%22_in_Stadium_%284290020853%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Champaign_-_%22Block_I%22_in_Stadium_%284290020853%29.jpg/255px-Champaign_-_%22Block_I%22_in_Stadium_%284290020853%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Champaign_-_%22Block_I%22_in_Stadium_%284290020853%29.jpg/340px-Champaign_-_%22Block_I%22_in_Stadium_%284290020853%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="662" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Illinois students seated in a "Block I" during a 1970 game at <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Stadium_(Champaign,_Illinois)" class="mw-redirect" title="Memorial Stadium (Champaign, Illinois)">Memorial Stadium</a></figcaption></figure> Coach <a href="/wiki/Bob_Blackman_(American_football)" title="Bob Blackman (American football)">Bob Blackman</a> came to Illinois from <a href="/wiki/Dartmouth_Indians_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Dartmouth Indians football">Dartmouth</a>, where he had had a successful head coach tenure spanning more than a decade, to turn the Illini program around in 1971.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> Under Blackman, the Illini compiled a record of 29–36–1.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> In 1971, the Illini compiled a 5–6 record and finished in a three-way tie for third place in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> The team's offensive leaders were quarterback <a href="/wiki/Mike_Wells_(quarterback)" title="Mike Wells (quarterback)">Mike Wells</a> with 1,007 passing yards, running back John Wilson with 543 rushing yards, and wide receiver Garvin Roberson with 372 receiving yards.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> Punter/halfback Terry Masar was selected as the team's most valuable player.<a href="#cite_note-auto4-48">[48]</a> In 1972, the Illini compiled a 3–8 record and finished in a tie for 6th in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> The team's offensive leaders were quarterback <a href="/wiki/Mike_Wells_(quarterback)" title="Mike Wells (quarterback)">Mike Wells</a> with 837 passing yards, running back George Uremovich with 611 rushing yards, and wide receiver Garvin Roberson with 569 receiving yards.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> Center <a href="/wiki/Larry_McCarren" title="Larry McCarren">Larry McCarren</a> and defensive end Larry Allen were the most valuable players.<a href="#cite_note-auto4-48">[48]</a> In 1973, the Illini compiled a 5–6 record and finished in a four-way tie for 4thin the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Jeff Hollenbach with 916 passing yards, running back George Uremovich with 519 rushing yards, and wide receiver Garvin Roberson with 416 receiving yards.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> Halfback Eddie Jenkins and defensive end Octavus Morgan were the most valuable players.<a href="#cite_note-auto4-48">[48]</a> In 1974, the Illini compiled a 6–4–1 record and finished 5th in the Big Ten, their first winning season since 1965.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Jeff Hollenbach with 1,037 passing yards, running back Chubby Phillips with 772 rushing yards, and wide receiver Joe Smalzer with 525 receiving yards.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> Hollenbach and linebacker Tom Hicks were the most valuable players.<a href="#cite_note-auto4-48">[48]</a> In 1975, the Illini compiled a 5–6 record and finished in a three-way tie for 3rd in the Big Ten.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Kurt Steger with 1,136 passing yards, running back <a href="/wiki/Lonnie_Perrin" title="Lonnie Perrin">Lonnie Perrin</a> with 907 rushing yards, and wide receiver Frank Johnson with 349 receiving yards.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> Offensive tackle Stu Levenick and defensive back Bruce Beaman were the most valuable players.<a href="#cite_note-auto4-48">[48]</a> In 1976, the Illini compiled a 5–6 record and finished in a four-way tie for 3rd in the Big Ten.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Kurt Steger with 1,243 passing yards, running back James Coleman with 687 rushing yards, and wide receiver Eric Rouse with 326 receiving yards.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> Offensive tackle Jerry Finis and linebacker <a href="/wiki/Scott_Studwell" title="Scott Studwell">Scott Studwell</a> were the most valuable players.<a href="#cite_note-auto4-48">[48]</a> Blackman was fired following the 1976 season, the administration again unhappy with the team's consistent mediocrity.<a href="#cite_note-auto5-56">[56]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gary_Moeller_era_(1977–1979)">Gary Moeller era (1977–1979)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Gary Moeller era (1977–1979)">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan</a> defensive coordinator <a href="/wiki/Gary_Moeller" title="Gary Moeller">Gary Moeller</a> was hired to replace Blackman in 1977.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> Under Moeller, the Illini continued to struggle, compiling a 6–24–3 record.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> In 1977, the Illini compiled a 3–8 record and finished in ninth place in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> The team's offensive leaders were quarterback <a href="/wiki/Mike_McCray" title="Mike McCray">Mike McCray</a> with 418 passing yards, running back James Coleman with 715 rushing yards, and wide receiver <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Schooley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Schooley (page does not exist)">Tom Schooley</a> with 231 receiving yards.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> Coleman and linebacker John Sullivan were selected as the team's most valuable players.<a href="#cite_note-auto4-48">[48]</a> In 1978, the Illini compiled a 1–8–2 record and again finished in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Rich Weiss with 665 passing yards, running back Wayne Strader with 389 rushing yards, and wide receiver Jeff Barnes with 270 receiving yards.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> Linebacker John Sullivan and center Randy Taylor were selected as the team's most valuable players.<a href="#cite_note-auto4-48">[48]</a> In 1979, the Illini compiled a 2–8–1 record and, for the third season in a row, finished in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> The team's offensive leaders were quarterback <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_McCullough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lawrence McCullough (page does not exist)">Lawrence McCullough</a> with 1,254 passing yards, running back <a href="/wiki/Mike_Holmes" title="Mike Holmes">Mike Holmes</a> with 792 rushing yards, and wide receiver <a href="/wiki/John_Lopez" title="John Lopez">John Lopez</a> with 296 receiving yards.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> McCullough was selected as the team's most valuable player.<a href="#cite_note-auto4-48">[48]</a> Illinois fired Moeller after the 1979 season.<a href="#cite_note-auto5-56">[56]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mike_White_era_(1980–1987)">Mike White era (1980–1987)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Mike White era (1980–1987)">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> offensive line coach <a href="/wiki/Mike_White_(American_football_coach)" title="Mike White (American football coach)">Mike White</a> succeeded Moeller and brought moderate success to Illinois' football program, compiling a 47–41–3 record in his eight years.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> The Illini posted five consecutive winning seasons from 1981 to 1985, posting records of 7–4,<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> 7–5,<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> 10–2,<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> 7–4<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> and 6–5–1.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> His best team was the 1983 unit, which won a school-record 10 games en route to Illinois' first conference title and bowl appearance in 20 years. The 1983 season ended with a loss to <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_football" title="UCLA Bruins football">UCLA</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1984_Rose_Bowl" title="1984 Rose Bowl">Rose Bowl</a>.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> White departed as coach after 1987 due to recruiting violations.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="John_Mackovic_era_(1988–1991)">John Mackovic era (1988–1991)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: John Mackovic era (1988–1991)">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/John_Mackovic" title="John Mackovic">John Mackovic</a>, head coach of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a>, was hired as the Fighting Illini's 20th head football coach in 1988.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> In 1988, the Illini compiled a 6–5–1 record, finished in third place in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>, and lost to <a href="/wiki/1988_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="1988 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1988_All-American_Bowl" title="1988 All-American Bowl">1988 All-American Bowl</a>.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> The team's offensive leaders were quarterback <a href="/wiki/Jeff_George" title="Jeff George">Jeff George</a> with 2,257 passing yards, running back <a href="/wiki/Keith_Jones_(Atlanta_Falcons)" title="Keith Jones (Atlanta Falcons)">Keith Jones</a> with 1,108 rushing yards, and Steve Williams with 523 receiving yards.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> In 1989, the Illini finished 10–2,<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> capping their season off with a win in the Florida Citrus Bowl.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> In 1990, the Illini compiled an 8–4 record, finished in a four-way tie for first place in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>, were ranked No. 25 in the final <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a>, and lost to <a href="/wiki/1990_Clemson_Tigers_football_team" title="1990 Clemson Tigers football team">Clemson</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1991_Hall_of_Fame_Bowl" title="1991 Hall of Fame Bowl">1991 Hall of Fame Bowl</a>.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> The team's offensive leaders were quarterback <a href="/wiki/Jason_Verduzco" title="Jason Verduzco">Jason Verduzco</a> with 2,567 passing yards, fullback <a href="/wiki/Howard_Griffith" title="Howard Griffith">Howard Griffith</a> with 1,115 rushing yards, and Shawn Wax with 863 receiving yards.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> In a 56-21 victory against <a href="/wiki/Southern_Illinois_University" title="Southern Illinois University">Southern Illinois University</a> on September 22, 1990, Griffith set the <a href="/wiki/NCAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA">NCAA</a> record for touchdowns in a game with eight.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> In 1991, the Illini enjoyed another non-losing season, finishing 6–6 after losing in the <a href="/wiki/1991_John_Hancock_Bowl" title="1991 John Hancock Bowl">1991 John Hancock Bowl</a>.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a><a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> Because he was able to turn around the Illini football program, Mackovic received interest from multiple schools regarding their head football coaching position. Mackovic elected to leave Illinois after the 1991 season to accept the head coaching position at <a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_football" title="Texas Longhorns football">Texas</a>.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lou_Tepper_era_(1992–1996)">Lou Tepper era (1992–1996)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Lou Tepper era (1992–1996)">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Lou_Tepper" title="Lou Tepper">Lou Tepper</a> was promoted from defensive coordinator to head coach of the Illinois in 1992.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> Tepper was the first Illinois coach since <a href="/wiki/Robert_Zuppke" title="Robert Zuppke">Robert Zuppke</a> to win or tie both of his first two meetings against <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> The 1992 game, a 22–22 tie, ended Michigan's 19-game conference winning streak. Tepper was involved in a series of controversial moves associated with the <a href="/wiki/Recruiting_(college_athletics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Recruiting (college athletics)">recruitment</a> of <a href="/wiki/Blue_chip_(sports)" title="Blue chip (sports)">blue-chip</a> quarterback <a href="/wiki/Chris_Redman" title="Chris Redman">Chris Redman</a> in 1994 and 1995. Redman stated that he had committed to Illinois based on the recruiting efforts of Illini offensive coordinator and former NFL <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> quarterback <a href="/wiki/Greg_Landry" title="Greg Landry">Greg Landry</a>.<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> Tepper ignited a controversy when he unexpectedly fired Landry the day after Redman signed his <a href="/wiki/Letter_of_commitment" class="mw-redirect" title="Letter of commitment">letter of commitment</a>.<a href="#cite_note-chicagotribune.com-101">[101]</a> Tepper denied any attempt to deceive Redman about Landry's future at Illinois and eventually released Redman from his commitment. It would later emerge that Landry had allegedly been soliciting an NFL job behind Tepper's back. The departures of Landry and Redman and the manner in which they left had damaged Tepper's reputation among fans and media.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a><a href="#cite_note-chicagotribune.com-101">[101]</a> The <a href="/wiki/NCAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA">NCAA</a> decided to void the LOC based on the unusual circumstances, allowing Redman five full years of eligibility and no transfer restrictions.<a href="#cite_note-chicagotribune.com-101">[101]</a> Tepper hired former <a href="/wiki/Ball_State_Cardinals_football" title="Ball State Cardinals football">Ball State</a> head coach and veteran <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Ten">Big Ten</a> assistant <a href="/wiki/Paul_Schudel" title="Paul Schudel">Paul Schudel</a> as Landry's replacement. The hiring of Schudel marked the fourth time in six years that the Illini had made a change at offensive coordinator. Despite Tepper's abilities as a defensive coach, he only put together only two winning seasons in his six years in Champaign.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> His teams were unable to match the moderate success the Illini had enjoyed under Mackovic and <a href="/wiki/Mike_White_(American_football_coach)" title="Mike White (American football coach)">Mike White</a>, and the Illini got progressively worse over his tenure. They placed fourth in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a> in Tepper's first full season, 1992, and finished in fourth, fifth, seventh, and ninth in his remaining years. Tepper was fired after the 1996 season, when the Illini went 2–9 with a 1–7 conference record.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a><a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ron_Turner_era_(1997–2004)">Ron Turner era (1997–2004)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Ron Turner era (1997–2004)">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> offensive coordinator <a href="/wiki/Ron_Turner_(American_football)" title="Ron Turner (American football)">Ron Turner</a> was hired in 1997 to replace Tepper.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> 1997 saw Illinois go 0–11, the worst season in program history.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a><a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> In 1998, the team again posted a losing record, although it was a 3–8 campaign that bettered the previous year's mark by three games.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> The '98 campaign was followed by a winning 8–4 season in 1999,<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> which was capped off by a dominant win over <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Cavaliers_football" title="Virginia Cavaliers football">Virginia</a> in the <a href="/wiki/MicronPC_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="MicronPC Bowl">MicronPC Bowl</a>.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> After a disappointing 2000 season in which the Illini finished 5–6,<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> the Illini finished 10–2 (7–1 conference) behind the arm of quarterback <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Kittner" title="Kurt Kittner">Kurt Kittner</a> in 2001, winning the Big Ten championship.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> The Illini accepted a berth in the <a href="/wiki/Sugar_Bowl" title="Sugar Bowl">Sugar Bowl</a>, which they lost to <a href="/wiki/LSU_Tigers_football" title="LSU Tigers football">LSU</a>, coached by <a href="/wiki/Nick_Saban" title="Nick Saban">Nick Saban</a>, by a score of 47-34.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> From 2002 to 2004, the Illini's struggles once again returned, as Turner's teams posted a 5–7 record in 2002,<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> which was followed by a 1–11 campaign in 2003<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> and a 3–8 mark in 2004.<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> Illinois fired Turner after the 2004 season.<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ron_Zook_era_(2005–2011)">Ron Zook era (2005–2011)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Ron Zook era (2005–2011)">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Very_long_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-very_long" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section may be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">too long</a> to read and navigate comfortably. Consider <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Splitting" title="Wikipedia:Splitting">splitting</a> content into sub-articles, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">condensing</a> it, or adding <a href="/wiki/Help:Section#Subsections" title="Help:Section">subheadings</a>. Please discuss this issue on the article's <a href="/wiki/Talk:Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football" title="Talk:Illinois Fighting Illini football">talk page</a>. (February 2018)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ron-zook-withnavy-may-28-08.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Ron-zook-withnavy-may-28-08.jpg/170px-Ron-zook-withnavy-may-28-08.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Ron-zook-withnavy-may-28-08.jpg/255px-Ron-zook-withnavy-may-28-08.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Ron-zook-withnavy-may-28-08.jpg/340px-Ron-zook-withnavy-may-28-08.jpg 2x" data-file-width="436" data-file-height="607" /></a><figcaption>Coach Ron Zook</figcaption></figure> In 2005, former <a href="/wiki/Florida_Gators_football" title="Florida Gators football">Florida</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Ron_Zook" title="Ron Zook">Ron Zook</a> was hired to replace Turner as head coach.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> In Zook's inaugural season of 2005, Illinois finished with an overall record of 2–9, and a record of 0–8 in Big Ten games.<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> Despite his team's past struggles, Zook improved the ability of Illinois to recruit top football talent. According to one source, the 2006 recruiting class was one of the 30 best in college football.<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> Despite this, they finished the 2006 season 1–7 in the conference and 2–10 overall. While the record did not improve, the play on the field did as the Illini nearly upset top ranked Ohio State. Additionally, the Illini played well against <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Hawkeyes_football" title="Iowa Hawkeyes football">Iowa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Badgers_football" title="Wisconsin Badgers football">Wisconsin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football" title="Penn State Nittany Lions football">Penn State</a> but ended up losing close games (they were down 15–12 at Penn State until Penn State broke open the close game to make it 26–12). The 2006 recruiting class included <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Williams" class="mw-redirect" title="Isiah Williams">Isiah "Juice" Williams</a> of Chicago Vocational High School, considered to be one of the top quarterback recruits in the country.<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> In late 2006, Zook signed <a href="/wiki/Arrelious_Benn" title="Arrelious Benn">Arrelious Benn</a>, one of the top wide receiver prospects in the 2007 class.<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a><a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> More recently, Zook also won over <a href="/wiki/Simeon_Career_Academy" title="Simeon Career Academy">Simeon High School</a> standout <a href="/wiki/Martez_Wilson" title="Martez Wilson">Martez Wilson</a><a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a><a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> prospect D'Angelo McCray.<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> This class was one of Illinois' best in recent memory, being rated within the top 25 nationally by some experts.<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> Zook's recruiting success finally began to pay dividends during the 2007 season. After losing a close game on neutral turf to a <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Tigers_football" title="Missouri Tigers football">Missouri</a> squad, the Illini ran off five straight wins, including back-to-back home wins over Penn State and Wisconsin. Illinois' 5–1 start gave them a No. 18 ranking in the AP Poll. This was Illinois' first ranking in the AP Poll since the end of the 2001 season. A homecoming win over Ball State gave the Illini bowl eligibility and a blowout win at Minnesota all but assured Zook's first bowl appearance as coach of the Illini. On November 10, the then-unranked Illini defeated No. 1-ranked Ohio State in Columbus. The Illini finished the 2007 regular season by defeating Northwestern to finish 9–3 overall, 6–2 in the Big Ten.<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> Because Big Ten champion <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State</a> football played in the BCS National Championship game, Illinois received a bid to play in the Rose Bowl as the second ranked team in the Big Ten. Their improvement of 7 wins over the 2006 season was the largest such increase of any Division I team. His success earned Zook a contract extension in October 2007, which paid him approximately $1.5 million through the 2013 season.<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> Zook's success on the recruiting trail continued as well, with Illinois having the No. 17 recruiting class in 2008 according to rivals.com.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> On November 20, 2007, Ron Zook was selected as the Big Ten Coach of the Year.<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> Zook also was awarded the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award following the 2007 season.<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> After making the <a href="/wiki/2008_Rose_Bowl" title="2008 Rose Bowl">2008 Rose Bowl</a>, Illinois was squashed, 49–17, by the <a href="/wiki/2007_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="2007 USC Trojans football team">USC Trojans</a>, putting a bit of a damper on an otherwise great season. <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leman_cap.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e5/Leman_cap.jpg/220px-Leman_cap.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e5/Leman_cap.jpg/330px-Leman_cap.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e5/Leman_cap.jpg/440px-Leman_cap.jpg 2x" data-file-width="604" data-file-height="453" /></a><figcaption>All-American <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Leman" title="Jeremy Leman">Jeremy Leman</a> (47) and Illinois' other captains take the field, 2007</figcaption></figure> Expectations were high for 2008, but Illinois didn't live up to those expectations early on, as they lost to <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Tigers_football" title="Missouri Tigers football">Missouri</a>, 52–42, in their season opener and to <a href="/wiki/Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football" title="Penn State Nittany Lions football">Penn State</a>, 38–24. The 2008 Fighting Illini ended up with a 5-7 record (3-5 in conference games) and finishing tied for 6th in the Big Ten. Despite a very disappointing 2008 season, Zook's 2009 Fighting Illini team received AP Poll votes. As they had the previous two years, Illinois started off the season with a loss to Missouri, but this time, the result was far more lopsided than the previous affairs; Missouri won 39–7. Illinois beat Illinois State but then suffered an embarrassing 30–0 shutout at the hands of <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State</a>. Illinois lost their next four games by 10 points or more (including a 27–14 loss to Indiana, which was the Hoosiers' only Big Ten win of the season), sinking to 1–6 overall. Zook's team then put together a stunning blowout of the Michigan Wolverines in Memorial Stadium, and followed it up with a 35–32 upset of Minnesota the very next week. After back-to-back wins, the Illini lost their last 3 games to finish the year off at 3-9 (2-6 in Big Ten Play). At the end of the 2009 season, offensive coordinator Mike Schultz was released from his contract,<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> and co-defensive coordinators Dan Disch and Curt Mallory were demoted to position coaches.<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a> Illinois hired <a href="/wiki/Paul_Petrino" title="Paul Petrino">Paul Petrino</a> as offensive coordinator, and <a href="/wiki/Vic_Koenning" title="Vic Koenning">Vic Koenning</a> as defensive coordinator. <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Go_%27Cats!_(5196313661).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Go_%27Cats%21_%285196313661%29.jpg/220px-Go_%27Cats%21_%285196313661%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Go_%27Cats%21_%285196313661%29.jpg/330px-Go_%27Cats%21_%285196313661%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Go_%27Cats%21_%285196313661%29.jpg/440px-Go_%27Cats%21_%285196313661%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>Illinois playing Northwestern at Chicago's <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a> on November 20, 2010</figcaption></figure> After back-to-back disappointing years, the Illini had almost no pre-season expectations entering 2010. Juice Williams and <a href="/wiki/Arrelious_Benn" title="Arrelious Benn">Arrelious Benn</a> were no longer on the team. However, running back <a href="/wiki/Mikel_Leshoure" title="Mikel Leshoure">Mikel Leshoure</a> was, and he proved to be an invaluable asset on offense, where Illinois started freshman <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Scheelhaase" title="Nathan Scheelhaase">Nathan Scheelhaase</a> at quarterback. They started off 2010 by losing to Missouri for the fourth consecutive year. After the early loss, Illinois defeated <a href="/wiki/Southern_Illinois_Salukis_football" title="Southern Illinois Salukis football">Southern Illinois</a>, 35–3, and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Illinois_Huskies_football" title="Northern Illinois Huskies football">Northern Illinois</a>, 28–22. While the Fighting Illini lost to Ohio State in their Big Ten opener, they gave the Buckeyes a scare, knocking out quarterback <a href="/wiki/Terrelle_Pryor" title="Terrelle Pryor">Terrelle Pryor</a> and holding the Buckeye passing offense almost entirely in check. Illinois then traveled to State College to take on the <a href="/wiki/2010_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Nittany Lions</a>, and Illinois had never won in Beaver Stadium prior to 2010. Illinois handed Penn State a stunning 33–13 loss on homecoming. They went on to win the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Bowl" title="Texas Bowl">Texas Bowl</a> in a blowout against <a href="/wiki/Baylor_Bears_football" title="Baylor Bears football">Baylor</a>.<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> As the 2011 season begun, the Illini were picked by most experts to finish near the bottom of the newly formed Leaders Division. However, Illinois got off to one of their best starts in history by winning their first six games. After taking care of <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_football" title="Arkansas State Red Wolves football">Arkansas State</a>, 33–15, and blasting <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_State_Jackrabbits_football" title="South Dakota State Jackrabbits football">South Dakota State</a>, 56–3, the Fighting Illini won a trio of home games by a margin of a field goal over 22nd-ranked <a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_Sun_Devils_football" title="Arizona State Sun Devils football">Arizona State</a> (17–14), <a href="/wiki/Western_Michigan_Broncos_football" title="Western Michigan Broncos football">Western Michigan</a> (23–20), and <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Wildcats_football" title="Northwestern Wildcats football">Northwestern</a> (38–35) in a game in which Illinois rallied from a 28–10 deficit in the second half. After defeating <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Hoosiers_football" title="Indiana Hoosiers football">Indiana</a>, 41–20, in Illinois' first road game of the season, the Illini were 6–0 for the first time since 1951 and they climbed to 15th in the <a href="/wiki/Coaches%27_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="Coaches' Poll">Coaches' Poll</a> and 16th in the <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a>. However, the Illini lost, 17–7, to <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State</a> and the season seemed headed towards a downward spiral as Illinois lost a pair of close road games at <a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_football" title="Purdue Boilermakers football">Purdue</a> (21–14) and <a href="/wiki/Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football" title="Penn State Nittany Lions football">Penn State</a> (10–7). Illinois returned home and lost to <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan</a>, 31–14. On the Tuesday before the Wisconsin game, Zook opened his weekly press conference by warning the reporters not to ask questions about his job status. When reporter Shannon Ryan of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a> asked Zook if he had talked to his players about the rumors pertaining to his future, he walked out of the press conference. The Illini went on to lose to <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Badgers_football" title="Wisconsin Badgers football">Wisconsin</a> and a 27–7 loss to <a href="/wiki/2011_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="2011 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a>. With that loss, Illinois became the first team in NCAA Division I FBS history to start a season 6–0, and end it at 6–6.<a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a> Zook was fired on November 27, 2011. His final record at Illinois was 34–51.<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> The Illini did receive a bowl invitation and they defeated <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_football" title="UCLA Bruins football">UCLA</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Kraft_Fight_Hunger_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl">Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl</a>.<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a> It was first time in school history that the football team won back-to-back bowl games. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tim_Beckman_era_(2012–2014)">Tim Beckman era (2012–2014)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Tim Beckman era (2012–2014)">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Toledo_Rockets_football" title="Toledo Rockets football">Toledo</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Tim_Beckman" title="Tim Beckman">Tim Beckman</a> was hired as Zook's replacement in December 2011.<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a> At Illinois, Beckman went 12–25 in three seasons, and only won four games in Big Ten play.<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> In his third season, the Illini managed to qualify for a bowl with a 6–6 record,<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> but lost 35–18 to <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Tech_Bulldogs_football" title="Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football">Louisiana Tech</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2014_Heart_of_Dallas_Bowl_(December)" title="2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl (December)">Heart of Dallas Bowl</a>.<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> On August 28, 2015—just a week before what was to be his fourth season—Beckman was fired after the preliminary results of an internal investigation substantiated accusations of gross player mistreatment.<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> Most seriously, the investigation found that he'd forced players to play through serious injuries and had the medical staff clear these players too soon.<a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a> In a statement, Beckman called his ouster a "rush to judgment" that violated the terms of his contract, and stated that he intended to "vigorously defend both my reputation and my legal rights."<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> On April 11, 2016, Beckman settled with the university for a one time payment of $250,000 with the decision of firing "for cause" due to the mistreatment of players standing.<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bill_Cubit_era_(2015)">Bill Cubit era (2015)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Bill Cubit era (2015)">edit</a>]</div> On August 28, 2015, Illini offensive coordinator and former <a href="/wiki/Western_Michigan_Broncos_football" title="Western Michigan Broncos football">Western Michigan</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cubit" title="Bill Cubit">Bill Cubit</a> was named head coach at Illinois for the 2015 season after the university fired <a href="/wiki/Tim_Beckman" title="Tim Beckman">Tim Beckman</a> for alleged mistreatment of players.<a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a><a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a> On November 28, 2015, Illinois formally named Cubit as its 24th head coach, giving him a two-year, $2.4 million contract.<a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> Cubit went 5–7 in the <a href="/wiki/2015_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2015 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2015 season</a>. On March 5, 2016, the school announced that Cubit had been relieved of his duties.<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a> Illinois director of athletics Josh Whitman stated, "I appreciate the leadership that Bill Cubit provided our football program during what has been, unquestionably, a very tumultuous time...Through his efforts, he has kept the program moving forward. Bill is a good man and a good football coach...At this juncture, however, I think it is most important that we position our program for long-term success by creating a more stable environment for the coaches, players, and prospective student-athletes." <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lovie_Smith_era_(2016–2020)">Lovie Smith era (2016–2020)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Lovie Smith era (2016–2020)">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Smith_Lovie_Quinnan3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Smith_Lovie_Quinnan3.jpg/220px-Smith_Lovie_Quinnan3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="307" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Smith_Lovie_Quinnan3.jpg/330px-Smith_Lovie_Quinnan3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Smith_Lovie_Quinnan3.jpg/440px-Smith_Lovie_Quinnan3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2440" data-file-height="3400" /></a><figcaption>Coach Lovie Smith, appointed in 2016</figcaption></figure> On March 7, 2016, former head coach of the NFL's <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers" title="Tampa Bay Buccaneers">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a> <a href="/wiki/Lovie_Smith" title="Lovie Smith">Lovie Smith</a> was named Fighting Illini head coach, agreeing to a contract paying $21 million over six years.<a href="#cite_note-ILL-152">[152]</a><a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a> After five years without a winning record, the hiring of a leader who had taken a professional football team to the Super Bowl invigorated fans and students.<a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a> Smith's <a href="/wiki/2016_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2016 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">first team</a> posted a 3–9 record.<a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a> Smith's <a href="/wiki/2017_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2017 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">second season</a> saw a youth-movement with 10 true freshman starting by the third game of the season, the most in program history. Illinois also played 18 true freshman student athletes overall, tied for the second most in the nation,<a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> and posted records of 2–10 overall and 0–9 in Big Ten games. The <a href="/wiki/2018_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2018 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2018 Illini</a> improved on their record from the previous year, going 4–8 overall and 2–7 in conference games during Smith's third season. The <a href="/wiki/2019_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2019 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2019 team</a> finished the season 6–7 with a loss in the <a href="/wiki/2019_Redbox_Bowl" title="2019 Redbox Bowl">2019 Redbox Bowl</a>.<a href="#cite_note-157">[157]</a> It was the first bowl game for the University of Illinois football team since 2014.<a href="#cite_note-Fightingillini.com-158">[158]</a> Smith started the season with a 2–5 record and was fired on December 13, 2020. He finished with an overall record of 17–39 in five seasons at Illinois, including a 10–33 record in Big Ten Conference play.<a href="#cite_note-159">[159]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bret_Bielema_era_(2021–present)">Bret Bielema era (2021–present)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Bret Bielema era (2021–present)">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2022_FB_vs_Illinois_0058_(52514818653)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/2022_FB_vs_Illinois_0058_%2852514818653%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-2022_FB_vs_Illinois_0058_%2852514818653%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/2022_FB_vs_Illinois_0058_%2852514818653%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-2022_FB_vs_Illinois_0058_%2852514818653%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/2022_FB_vs_Illinois_0058_%2852514818653%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-2022_FB_vs_Illinois_0058_%2852514818653%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1930" data-file-height="1443" /></a><figcaption>The Illinois offensive line during a 2022 game against Michigan</figcaption></figure> On December 19, 2020, <a href="/wiki/Bret_Bielema" title="Bret Bielema">Bret Bielema</a> was named as the 26th Fighting Illini Head Football Coach.<a href="#cite_note-160">[160]</a> Bielema led Illinois to a 5-7 record in his first year with the Fighting Illini in 2021, including road wins that gained national notoriety over #7 <a href="/wiki/2021_Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football_team" title="2021 Penn State Nittany Lions football team">Penn State</a> and #20 <a href="/wiki/2021_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team" title="2021 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team">Minnesota</a> to give Bielema more AP/CFP ranked wins than any other first-year coach in Illinois history. The Illini won at #7 Penn State, 20-18, in nine overtimes to mark the longest game in college football history. Chase Brown ran for 223 yards, the most ever by a Big Ten opponent at <a href="/wiki/Beaver_Stadium" title="Beaver Stadium">Beaver Stadium</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Peters" title="Brandon Peters">Brandon Peters</a> connected with Casey Washington in the back of the end zone of the ninth overtime to stun the Penn State crowd. Two games later, Illinois earned its first ever win over a College Football Playoff ranked opponent by taking down #20 Minnesota, 14-6, in <a href="/wiki/Huntington_Bank_Stadium" title="Huntington Bank Stadium">Minneapolis</a> behind a dominant effort by the defense.<a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conference_affiliations">Conference affiliations</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Conference affiliations">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Independent (1890–1895)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a> (1896–present) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(Big_Ten_Conference)" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Conference (Big Ten Conference)">Western Conference</a> (1896–1952)</li> <li>Big Ten Conference (1953–present)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championships">Championships</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Championships">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_championships">National championships</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: National championships">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rissman_Trophy_1929.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Rissman_Trophy_1929.jpg/220px-Rissman_Trophy_1929.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="367" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Rissman_Trophy_1929.jpg/330px-Rissman_Trophy_1929.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Rissman_Trophy_1929.jpg/440px-Rissman_Trophy_1929.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3525" data-file-height="5875" /></a><figcaption>Jack F. Rissman Trophy awarded to Illinois for 1927 as <a href="/wiki/Dickinson_System" title="Dickinson System">Dickinson System</a> national champions.</figcaption></figure> Illinois has been selected as <a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">national champions</a> in five seasons (1914, 1919, 1923, 1927, 1951) by NCAA-designated major selectors, often using mathematical algorithms.<a href="#cite_note-Walsh2007-162">[162]</a><a href="#cite_note-2017ncaabook-163">[163]</a>: 111–113  Illinois claims championships for all five years.<a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a> Almost all college football title selections before 1928 were retrospective (selected years or decades later), and that is the case here.<a href="#cite_note-2017ncaabook-163">[163]</a> Only Dickinson in 1927 and Boand in 1951 were contemporaneous. Selection of consensus champions began in 1950. The Fighting Illini have never finished a season ranked No. 1 in either the <a href="/wiki/AP_National_Championship_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="AP National Championship Trophy">AP Poll</a> or <a href="/wiki/AFCA_National_Championship_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="AFCA National Championship Trophy">Coaches' Poll</a>. <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Selector </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Record </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Bowl game </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Final AP </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Final Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1914_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1914 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1914</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Zuppke" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Zuppke">Bob Zuppke</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billingsley_Report" title="Billingsley Report">Billingsley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parke_H._Davis" title="Parke H. Davis">Parke Davis</a> (both co-champions)</td> <td>7–0</td> <td></td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1919_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1919</a></td> <td>Bob Zuppke</td> <td>Billingsley, <a href="/wiki/Boand_System" title="Boand System">Boand</a>, <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Researchers_Association" title="College Football Researchers Association">Football Researchers</a>, Parke Davis, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Sagarin" title="Jeff Sagarin">Sagarin</a> (all co-champions except Boand)</td> <td>6–1</td> <td></td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1923_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1923 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1923</a></td> <td>Bob Zuppke</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Berryman_QPRS" title="Berryman QPRS">Berryman</a>, Boand, Football Researchers, <a href="/wiki/Helms_Athletic_Foundation" title="Helms Athletic Foundation">Helms</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Championship_Foundation" title="National Championship Foundation">National Championship Foundation</a>, Parke Davis, Sagarin (Berryman, NCF, Sagarin co-champions)</td> <td>8–0</td> <td></td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1927_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1927</a></td> <td>Bob Zuppke</td> <td>Billingsley, <a href="/wiki/Dickinson_System" title="Dickinson System">Dickinson</a>, Helms, National Championship Foundation, Parke Davis</td> <td>7–0–1</td> <td></td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1951_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1951 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1951</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ray_Eliot" title="Ray Eliot">Ray Eliot</a></td> <td>Boand (co-champion)</td> <td>9–0–1</td> <td>W <a href="/wiki/1952_Rose_Bowl" title="1952 Rose Bowl">Rose Bowl</a></td> <td>No. 4</td> <td>No. 3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conference_championships">Conference championships</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Conference championships">edit</a>]</div> Illinois has won 15 conference championships, eight outright and seven shared.<a href="#cite_note-165">[165]</a> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Conference </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Conference record </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Overall record </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1910_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1910 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1910</a>†</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Western Conference</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hall_(coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Hall (coach)">Arthur Hall</a></td> <td>4–0</td> <td>7–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1914_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1914 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1914</a></td> <td>Western Conference</td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Zuppke" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Zuppke">Bob Zuppke</a></td> <td>6–0</td> <td>7–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1915_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1915 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1915</a>†</td> <td>Western Conference</td> <td>3–0–2</td> <td>5–0–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1918_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1918 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1918</a>†</td> <td>Western Conference</td> <td>4–0</td> <td>5–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1919_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1919</a></td> <td>Western Conference</td> <td>6–1</td> <td>6–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1923_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1923 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1923</a>†</td> <td>Western Conference</td> <td>5–0</td> <td>8–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1927_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1927</a>†</td> <td>Western Conference</td> <td>5–0</td> <td>7–0–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1928_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1928 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1928</a></td> <td>Western Conference</td> <td>4–1</td> <td>7–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1946_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1946 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1946</a></td> <td>Western Conference</td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Eliot" title="Ray Eliot">Ray Eliot</a></td> <td>6–1</td> <td>8–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1951_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1951 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1951</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a></td> <td>5–0–1</td> <td>9–0–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1953_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1953 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1953</a>†</td> <td>Big Ten Conference</td> <td>5–1</td> <td>7–1–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1963_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1963 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1963</a></td> <td>Big Ten Conference</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pete_Elliot" class="mw-redirect" title="Pete Elliot">Pete Elliott</a></td> <td>5–1–1</td> <td>8–1–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1983_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1983 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1983</a></td> <td>Big Ten Conference</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_White_(American_football_coach)" title="Mike White (American football coach)">Mike White</a></td> <td>9–0</td> <td>10–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1990_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1990 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1990</a>†</td> <td>Big Ten Conference</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Mackovic" title="John Mackovic">John Mackovic</a></td> <td>6–2</td> <td>8–4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2001</a></td> <td>Big Ten Conference</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ron_Turner_(American_football)" title="Ron Turner (American football)">Ron Turner</a></td> <td>7–1</td> <td>10–2 </td></tr></tbody></table> † Co-champions <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bowl_games">Bowl games</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Bowl games">edit</a>]</div> Illinois has participated in 21 bowl games, with the Fighting Illini having a record of 9–12. <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Season </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Coach </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Bowl </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Opponent </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1946_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1946 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1946</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Eliot" title="Ray Eliot">Ray Eliot</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1947_Rose_Bowl" title="1947 Rose Bowl">Rose Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_football" title="UCLA Bruins football">UCLA</a></td> <td>W 45–14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1951_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1951 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1951</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1952_Rose_Bowl" title="1952 Rose Bowl">Rose Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_football" title="Stanford Cardinal football">Stanford</a></td> <td>W 40–7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1963_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1963 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1963</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pete_Elliott" title="Pete Elliott">Pete Elliott</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1964_Rose_Bowl" title="1964 Rose Bowl">Rose Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Huskies_football" title="Washington Huskies football">Washington</a></td> <td>W 17–7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1982_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1982 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1982</a></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Mike_White_(American_football_coach)" title="Mike White (American football coach)">Mike White</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1982_Liberty_Bowl" title="1982 Liberty Bowl">Liberty Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1982_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="1982 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a></td> <td>L 15–21 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1983_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1983 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1983</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1984_Rose_Bowl" title="1984 Rose Bowl">Rose Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_football" title="UCLA Bruins football">UCLA</a></td> <td>L 9–45 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1985_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1985 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1985</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1985_Peach_Bowl" title="1985 Peach Bowl">Peach Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Army_Black_Knights_football" title="Army Black Knights football">Army</a></td> <td>L 29–31 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1988 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1988</a></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/John_Mackovic" title="John Mackovic">John Mackovic</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1988_All-American_Bowl" title="1988 All-American Bowl">All-American Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1988_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="1988 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a></td> <td>L 10–14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1989_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1989 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1989</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1990_Florida_Citrus_Bowl" title="1990 Florida Citrus Bowl">Florida Citrus Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Cavaliers_football" title="Virginia Cavaliers football">Virginia</a></td> <td>W 31–21 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1990_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1990 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1990</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_Hall_of_Fame_Bowl" title="1991 Hall of Fame Bowl">Hall of Fame Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clemson_Tigers_football" title="Clemson Tigers football">Clemson</a></td> <td>L 0–30 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1991 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1991</a></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Lou_Tepper" title="Lou Tepper">Lou Tepper</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_John_Hancock_Bowl" title="1991 John Hancock Bowl">John Hancock Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_UCLA_Bruins_football_team" title="1991 UCLA Bruins football team">UCLA</a></td> <td>L 3–6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1992 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1992</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_Holiday_Bowl" title="1992 Holiday Bowl">Holiday Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_Hawaii_Rainbows_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 Hawaii Rainbows football team">Hawai'i</a></td> <td>L 17–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1994 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1994</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_Liberty_Bowl" title="1994 Liberty Bowl">Liberty Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_East_Carolina_Pirates_football_team" title="1994 East Carolina Pirates football team">East Carolina</a></td> <td>W 30–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1999</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Turner_(American_football)" title="Ron Turner (American football)">Ron Turner</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_MicronPC.com_Bowl" title="1999 MicronPC.com Bowl">MicronPC.com Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Cavaliers_football" title="Virginia Cavaliers football">Virginia</a></td> <td>W 63–21 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2001</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_Sugar_Bowl" title="2002 Sugar Bowl">Sugar Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2001 LSU Tigers football team">LSU</a></td> <td>L 34–47 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2007 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2007</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Zook" title="Ron Zook">Ron Zook</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Rose_Bowl" title="2008 Rose Bowl">Rose Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="2007 USC Trojans football team">USC</a></td> <td>L 17–49 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2010 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2010</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Texas_Bowl" title="2010 Texas Bowl">Texas Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Baylor_Bears_football_team" title="2010 Baylor Bears football team">Baylor</a></td> <td>W 38–14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2011 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2011</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vic_Koenning" title="Vic Koenning">Vic Koenning</a> (interim)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Kraft_Fight_Hunger_Bowl_(December)" title="2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (December)">Fight Hunger Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_UCLA_Bruins_football_team" title="2011 UCLA Bruins football team">UCLA</a></td> <td>W 20–14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2014 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2014</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tim_Beckman" title="Tim Beckman">Tim Beckman</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Heart_of_Dallas_Bowl_(December)" title="2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl (December)">Heart of Dallas Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Louisiana_Tech_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2014 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team">Louisiana Tech</a></td> <td>L 18–35 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2019 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2019</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lovie_Smith" title="Lovie Smith">Lovie Smith</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Redbox_Bowl" title="2019 Redbox Bowl">Redbox Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_California_Golden_Bears_football_team" title="2019 California Golden Bears football team">California</a></td> <td>L 20–35 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2022 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2022</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bret_Bielema" title="Bret Bielema">Bret Bielema</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_ReliaQuest_Bowl" title="2023 ReliaQuest Bowl">ReliaQuest Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_Mississippi_State_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2022 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team">Mississippi State</a></td> <td>L 10–19 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2024 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2024</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Citrus_Bowl_(December)" title="2024 Citrus Bowl (December)">Citrus Bowl</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football_team" title="2024 South Carolina Gamecocks football team"> South Carolina</a></td> <td>W 21–17 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head_coaches">Head coaches</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Head coaches">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_head_football_coaches" title="List of Illinois Fighting Illini head football coaches">List of Illinois Fighting Illini head football coaches</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rivalries">Rivalries</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Rivalries">edit</a>]</div> Illinois has six series against teams that generally are considered their rival in some form, with five of their rivals being in the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indiana">Indiana</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Indiana">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Indiana_rivalry#Football" title="Illinois–Indiana rivalry">Illinois–Indiana rivalry § Football</a></div> While not as intense as the men's basketball rivalry between the schools, the football rivalry between Illinois and <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Hoosiers_football" title="Indiana Hoosiers football">Indiana</a> dates back to 1899 and has been played 73 times.<a href="#cite_note-166">[166]</a><a href="#cite_note-167">[167]</a> When the Big Ten split into non-geographical divisions in 2011,<a href="#cite_note-168">[168]</a> both the Fighting Illini and Hoosiers were placed in the "Leaders" division, thereby ensuring an annual meeting on the football field.<a href="#cite_note-169">[169]</a> However, when the Big Ten opted for a divisional format based on geography three years later,<a href="#cite_note-170">[170]</a> Illinois was placed in the "West" division with Indiana placed in the "East", making the series intermittent once again.<a href="#cite_note-171">[171]</a> Illinois leads the all-time series 46–25–2.<a href="#cite_note-172">[172]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Michigan">Michigan</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Michigan">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Michigan_football_rivalry" title="Illinois–Michigan football rivalry">Illinois–Michigan football rivalry</a></div> The history and rivalry between Illinois and <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan</a> has been marked by crazy games, upsets, and tensions between the two schools and fanbases. The first game was played in 1898 in Detroit, which the Wolverines won 12–5, and both teams played each other for 73 consecutive years from 1924 to 1996. In their most recent meeting in 2024, Illinois won 21–7 in Champaign. Michigan leads the series, 72–24–2. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Missouri">Missouri</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Missouri">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Missouri_football_rivalry" title="Illinois–Missouri football rivalry">Illinois–Missouri football rivalry</a></div> The rivalry between Illinois and <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Tigers_football" title="Missouri Tigers football">Missouri</a> is modeled after the two schools' longstanding <a href="/wiki/Braggin%27_Rights" title="Braggin' Rights">basketball rivalry</a>, and it garners the most interest around St. Louis, with both schools having alumni and fans in the area. It has not been played annually, with 24 matchups occurring from 1896 to 2010, with Missouri leading the series 17–7.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Between 2000 and 2010, the schools met in St. Louis six times, with Missouri winning each time. In 2026, the series will be renewed for a four-year period, to be played on campus sites. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Northwestern">Northwestern</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Northwestern">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Northwestern_football_rivalry" title="Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry">Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry</a></div> <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Wildcats_football" title="Northwestern Wildcats football">Northwestern</a> is Illinois' most played and biggest rival and the series began in 1892 with the two teams having played each other 112 times. Illinois leads the series 58–55–5 as of 2024. The original trophy was the Sweet Sioux Tomahawk utilized from 1947 to 2008, until it was replaced with the Land of Lincoln Trophy in 2009. The Fighting Illini have had periods of dominance in the series, notably winning 11 of 12 matchups from 1908 to 1928.<a href="#cite_note-173">[173]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ohio_State">Ohio State</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Ohio State">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Illibuck" title="Illibuck">Illibuck</a></div> The rivalry with <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State</a> has occurred since 1902, with the Illibuck trophy (a carved wooden trophy) being a reflection of its longevity, being the 2nd oldest trophy awarded for a Big Ten rivalry game. Ohio State leads the series 68–30–4 (not including the 2010 vacated win), with Ohio State having won the last eight games played. They were members of the same Division (Leaders) upon expansion in 2011, but they were separated in 2014, meaning that they do not meet up each year, although they are guaranteed to meet at least once in a four-year period. Illinois has had varied success in this rivalry, notably winning five straight from 1988 to 1992, although they have not beaten Ohio State since 2007, when Illinois beat No. 1 Ohio State in Columbus. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Purdue">Purdue</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Purdue">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Purdue_football_rivalry" title="Illinois–Purdue football rivalry">Illinois–Purdue football rivalry</a></div> The rivalry with <a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_football" title="Purdue Boilermakers football">Purdue</a> is the oldest of the four, with their first meeting being in 1890. Illinois has had varied success, such as winning 11 out of 12 games played between 1900 and 1911 and winning six straight from 1988 to 1993. Purdue leads the series, 47–45–6. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Individual_honors">Individual honors</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Individual honors">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sporting_News_College_Football_Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporting News College Football Player of the Year">Sporting News Player of the Year</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Dick Butkus</a> – 1964</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jim_Grabowski" title="Jim Grabowski">Jim Grabowski</a> – 1965</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Sammy Baugh Trophy">Sammy Baugh Trophy</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Jeff_George" title="Jeff George">Jeff George</a> – 1989</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Butkus_Award" title="Butkus Award">Butkus Award</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Dana_Howard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dana Howard (American football)">Dana Howard</a> – 1994</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Hardy_(linebacker)" title="Kevin Hardy (linebacker)">Kevin Hardy</a> – 1995</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Hendricks_Award" title="Ted Hendricks Award">Ted Hendricks Award</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Whitney_Mercilus" title="Whitney Mercilus">Whitney Mercilus</a> – 2011</dd></dl> <ul><li>CFPA National Defensive Performer of the Year</li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Whitney_Mercilus" title="Whitney Mercilus">Whitney Mercilus</a> – 2011</dd></dl> <ul><li>CFPA Running Back Trophy</li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Mikel_Leshoure" title="Mikel Leshoure">Mikel Leshoure</a> – 2010</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy finalists</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Young" title="Buddy Young">Buddy Young</a> – 1944... 5th</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bill_Burrell" title="Bill Burrell">Bill Burrell</a> – 1959... 4th</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Dick Butkus</a> – 1964... 3rd</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jim_Grabowski" title="Jim Grabowski">Jim Grabowski</a> – 1965... 3rd</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tony_Eason" title="Tony Eason">Tony Eason</a> – 1982... 8th</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Bowl_Game" title="Rose Bowl Game">Rose Bowl Most Valuable Player</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">George Halas</a> – 1919</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Young" title="Buddy Young">Buddy Young</a> & <a href="/wiki/Julius_Rykovich" class="mw-redirect" title="Julius Rykovich">Julius Rykovich</a> – 1946</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bill_Tate_(American_football)" title="Bill Tate (American football)">Bill Tate</a> – 1951</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jim_Grabowski" title="Jim Grabowski">Jim Grabowski</a> – 1964</dd></dl> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune_Silver_Football" title="Chicago Tribune Silver Football">Chicago Tribune Silver Football</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Red_Grange" title="Red Grange">Red Grange</a> – 1924</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Alex_Agase" title="Alex Agase">Alex Agase</a> – 1946</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bill_Burrell" title="Bill Burrell">Bill Burrell</a> – 1959</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Dick Butkus</a> – 1963</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jim_Grabowski" title="Jim Grabowski">Jim Grabowski</a> – 1965</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Don_Thorp" title="Don Thorp">Don Thorp</a> – 1983</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rashard_Mendenhall" title="Rashard Mendenhall">Rashard Mendenhall</a> – 2007</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference_football_individual_honors#Nagurski–Woodson_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Ten Conference football individual honors">Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Moe_Gardner" title="Moe Gardner">Moe Gardner</a> – 1990</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Darrick_Brownlow" title="Darrick Brownlow">Darrick Brownlow</a> – 1990</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dana_Howard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dana Howard (American football)">Dana Howard</a> – 1993 & 1994</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Newton" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnny Newton">Johnny Newton</a> - 2023</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference_football_individual_honors#Thompson–Randle_El_Freshman_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Ten Conference football individual honors">Big Ten Freshman of the Year</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Simeon_Rice" title="Simeon Rice">Simeon Rice</a> – 1992</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Arrelious_Benn" title="Arrelious Benn">Arrelious Benn</a> – 2007</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference_football_individual_honors#Smith–Brown_Defensive_Lineman_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Ten Conference football individual honors">Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Moe_Gardner" title="Moe Gardner">Moe Gardner</a> – 1989</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Simeon_Rice" title="Simeon Rice">Simeon Rice</a> – 1994</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Camp_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" title="Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award">Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Mike_White_(American_football_coach)" title="Mike White (American football coach)">Mike White</a> – 1983</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_Mutual_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" title="Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award">Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Ron_Zook" title="Ron Zook">Ron Zook</a> – 2007</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference_football_individual_awards#Dave_McClain_/_Hayes–Schembechler_Coach_of_the_Year" title="Big Ten Conference football individual awards">Big Ten Coach of the Year</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Mike_White_(American_football_coach)" title="Mike White (American football coach)">Mike White</a> – 1983</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/John_Mackovic" title="John Mackovic">John Mackovic</a> – 1988 & 1989</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ron_Turner_(American_football)" title="Ron Turner (American football)">Ron Turner</a> – 2001</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ron_Zook" title="Ron Zook">Ron Zook</a> – 2007</dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retired_numbers">Retired numbers</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Retired numbers">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_football_retired_numbers" title="List of NCAA football retired numbers">List of NCAA football retired numbers</a></div> Illinois has retired two jersey numbers.<a href="#cite_note-Butkus_RN-174">[174]</a><a href="#cite_note-Grange_RN-175">[175]</a> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow:">Illinois Fighting Illini retired numbers </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#FF5F05;color:white;box-shadow:" width="40px">No. </th> <th style="background-color:#FF5F05;color:white;box-shadow:" width="150px">Player </th> <th style="background-color:#FF5F05;color:white;box-shadow:" width="px">Pos. </th> <th style="background-color:#FF5F05;color:white;box-shadow:" width="100px">Tenure </th> <th style="background-color:#FF5F05;color:white;box-shadow:" width="px">Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td>50</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Dick Butkus</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Center_(gridiron_football)" title="Center (gridiron football)">C</a>/<a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a></td> <td>1962–1964</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Butkus_RN-174">[174]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>77</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Grange" title="Red Grange">Red Grange</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a></td> <td>1923–1925</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-Grange_RN-175">[175]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Consensus_All-Americans">Consensus All-Americans</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Consensus All-Americans">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a>. 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(January 2018) (<a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a>)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Chapman_(American_football)" title="Ralph Chapman (American football)">Ralph Chapman</a> – 1914</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_Graves" title="Perry Graves">Perry Graves</a> – 1914</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bart_Macomber" title="Bart Macomber">Bart Macomber</a> – 1915</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Depler" class="mw-redirect" title="John Depler">John Depler</a> – 1918</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Carney" title="Chuck Carney">Chuck Carney</a> – 1920</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McMillen" title="Jim McMillen">Jim McMillen</a> – 1923</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Grange" title="Red Grange">Red Grange</a> – 1923, 1924, 1925</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Shively" title="Bernie Shively">Bernie Shively</a> – 1926</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Agase" title="Alex Agase">Alex Agase</a> – 1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Karras" title="Johnny Karras">Johnny Karras</a> – 1951</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J.C._Caroline" class="mw-redirect" title="J.C. Caroline">J.C. Caroline</a> – 1953</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Burrell" title="Bill Burrell">Bill Burrell</a> – 1959</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Dick Butkus</a> – 1963, 1964</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Grabowski" title="Jim Grabowski">Jim Grabowski</a> – 1965</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Williams_(wide_receiver)" title="David Williams (wide receiver)">David Williams</a> – 1984, 1985</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moe_Gardner" title="Moe Gardner">Moe Gardner</a> – 1989, 1990</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dana_Howard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dana Howard (American football)">Dana Howard</a> – 1994</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Hardy_(linebacker)" title="Kevin Hardy (linebacker)">Kevin Hardy</a> – 1995</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J_Leman" class="mw-redirect" title="J Leman">J Leman</a> – 2007</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitney_Mercilus" title="Whitney Mercilus">Whitney Mercilus</a> – 2011</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devon_Witherspoon" title="Devon Witherspoon">Devon Witherspoon</a> – 2022</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Newton" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnny Newton">Johnny Newton</a> — 2023</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Official_National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association_football_guide._The_official_rules_book_and_record_book_of_college_football_(University_of_Illinois_football-1907)_(14591443659).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/The_Official_National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association_football_guide._The_official_rules_book_and_record_book_of_college_football_%28University_of_Illinois_football-1907%29_%2814591443659%29.jpg/200px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/The_Official_National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association_football_guide._The_official_rules_book_and_record_book_of_college_football_%28University_of_Illinois_football-1907%29_%2814591443659%29.jpg/300px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/The_Official_National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association_football_guide._The_official_rules_book_and_record_book_of_college_football_%28University_of_Illinois_football-1907%29_%2814591443659%29.jpg/400px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2784" data-file-height="1700" /></a><figcaption>1904 NCAA football guide featuring Illini Football. The guide was the official rules book and record book of college football.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hall_of_Fame_inductees">Hall of Fame inductees</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Hall of Fame inductees">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College_Football_Hall_of_Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: College Football Hall of Fame">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a></div> The following 17 Illinois players and coaches have been inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame. <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dickbutkus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Dickbutkus.jpg/170px-Dickbutkus.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Dickbutkus.jpg/255px-Dickbutkus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Dickbutkus.jpg/340px-Dickbutkus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="806" data-file-height="1172" /></a><figcaption>LB <a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Dick Butkus</a> (1962–1964) </figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nitschke_packers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Nitschke_packers.jpg/170px-Nitschke_packers.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Nitschke_packers.jpg/255px-Nitschke_packers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Nitschke_packers.jpg/340px-Nitschke_packers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1263" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>LB <a href="/wiki/Ray_Nitschke" title="Ray Nitschke">Ray Nitschke</a> (1956–1957)</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Name </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Years </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Position </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Induction </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Grange" title="Red Grange">Red Grange</a> </td> <td>1923–1925 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1410">1951</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_K._Hall" title="Edward K. Hall">Edward K. Hall</a> </td> <td>1892–1893 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coach_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coach (American football)">Head coach</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2100">1951</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Zuppke" title="Robert Zuppke">Robert Zuppke</a> </td> <td>1913–1941 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coach_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coach (American football)">Head coach</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1412">1951</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_Agase" title="Alex Agase">Alex Agase</a> </td> <td>1941–1942; 1946 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_and_Canadian_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American and Canadian football)">G</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1654">1963</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Woodruff" title="George Washington Woodruff">George Woodruff</a> </td> <td>1903 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coach_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coach (American football)">Head coach</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2104">1963</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Carney" title="Chuck Carney">Chuck Carney</a> </td> <td>1918–1921 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/End_(gridiron_football)" title="End (gridiron football)">End</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1409">1966</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Young" title="Buddy Young">Claude "Buddy" Young</a> </td> <td>1944, 1946 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1676">1968</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bart_Macomber" title="Bart Macomber">Bart Macomber</a> </td> <td>1914–1916 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1314">1972</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/J._C._Caroline" title="J. C. Caroline">J.C. Caroline</a> </td> <td>1953–1954 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1779">1980</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Shively" title="Bernie Shively">Bernie Shively</a> </td> <td>1924–1926 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_and_Canadian_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American and Canadian football)">G</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1411">1982</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Dick Butkus</a> </td> <td>1962–1964 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1886">1983</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Blackman_(American_football)" title="Bob Blackman (American football)">Bob Blackman</a> </td> <td>1971–1976 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coach_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coach (American football)">Head coach</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1847">1987</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Grabowski" title="Jim Grabowski">Jim Grabowski</a> </td> <td>1963–1965 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fullback_(gridiron_football)" title="Fullback (gridiron football)">FB</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1910">1995</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Al_Brosky" title="Al Brosky">Al Brosky</a> </td> <td>1950–1952 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Safety_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Safety (gridiron football position)">S</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1829">1998</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Williams_(wide_receiver)" title="David Williams (wide receiver)">David Williams</a> </td> <td>1983–1985 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=WR_(American_and_Canadian_football)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WR (American and Canadian football) (page does not exist)">G</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2166">2005</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dana_Howard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dana Howard (American football)">Dana Howard</a> </td> <td>1991-1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2423">2018</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Moe_Gardner" title="Moe Gardner">Moe Gardner</a> </td> <td>1987-1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Defensive_tackle" title="Defensive tackle">DT</a> </td> <td>2022 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Pro Football Hall of Fame">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a></div> Illinois has six inductees.<a href="#cite_note-176">[176]</a> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Name </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Position </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Induction </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#13294B;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;">Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Grange" title="Red Grange">Red Grange</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a> </td> <td>1963 </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-177">[177]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">George Halas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/End_(gridiron_football)" title="End (gridiron football)">End</a> </td> <td>1963 </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-178">[178]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_%22Shorty%22_Ray" class="mw-redirect" title="Hugh "Shorty" Ray">Hugh "Shorty" Ray</a> </td> <td>NFL rules </td> <td>1966 </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-179">[179]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ray_Nitschke" title="Ray Nitschke">Ray Nitschke</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a> </td> <td>1978 </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-180">[180]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Dick Butkus</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a> </td> <td>1979 </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-181">[181]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Mitchell" title="Bobby Mitchell">Bobby Mitchell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a> </td> <td>1983 </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-182">[182]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="All-century_team">All-century team</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: All-century team">edit</a>]</div> November 2, 1990 - The University of Illinois announced its 25-man All-Century Football Team as voted on by fans. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Agase" title="Alex Agase">Alex Agase</a>, G</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Bass_(kicker)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mike Bass (kicker) (page does not exist)">Mike Bass</a>, K</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dan_Beaver&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dan Beaver (page does not exist)">Dan Beaver</a>, K</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chuck_Bennis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chuck Bennis (page does not exist)">Chuck Bennis</a>, G</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Brosky" title="Al Brosky">Al Brosky</a>, S</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Dick Butkus</a>, LB/C</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J.C._Caroline" class="mw-redirect" title="J.C. Caroline">J.C. Caroline</a>, HB</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Dieken" title="Doug Dieken">Doug Dieken</a>, TE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Eason" title="Tony Eason">Tony Eason</a>, QB</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dike_Eddleman" class="mw-redirect" title="Dike Eddleman">Dike Eddleman</a>, P</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moe_Gardner" title="Moe Gardner">Moe Gardner</a>, NT</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_George" title="Jeff George">Jeff George</a>, QB</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Grabowski" title="Jim Grabowski">Jim Grabowski</a>, FB</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Grange" title="Red Grange">Red Grange</a>, HB</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">George Halas</a>, E</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burt_Ingwersen" title="Burt Ingwersen">Burt Ingwersen</a>, T</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Juriga" title="Jim Juriga">Jim Juriga</a>, G</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Karras" title="Johnny Karras">John Karras</a>, HB</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Nitschke" title="Ray Nitschke">Ray Nitschke</a>, FB/LB</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_O%27Bradovich" title="Ed O'Bradovich">Ed O'Bradovich</a>, E/P</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Studwell" title="Scott Studwell">Scott Studwell</a>, LB</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Thorp" title="Don Thorp">Don Thorp</a>, DT</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Williams_(wide_receiver)" title="David Williams (wide receiver)">David Williams</a>, WR</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Wilson_(American_football)" title="Dave Wilson (American football)">Dave Wilson</a>, QB</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Young" title="Buddy Young">Buddy Young</a>, RB</li></ul> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"> <caption>Fighting Illini in the NFL/AFL </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#FF5F05;color:#13294B;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #13294B, inset -2px -2px 0 #13294B;; text-align:center;">NFL Draft selections </th></tr> <tr> <th>Top 5 Draft Picks </th> <td align="center">8 </td></tr> <tr> <th>1st round: </th> <td align="center">23 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total Playing: </th> <td align="center">26 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total NFL Players: </th> <td align="center">301 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#FF5F05;color:#13294B;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #13294B, inset -2px -2px 0 #13294B;; text-align:center;">Notable achievements </th></tr> <tr> <th>Illini in the Super Bowl: </th> <td align="center">39 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Pro Football Hall of Famers: </th> <td align="center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th>College Football Hall of Famers: </th> <td align="center">15 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_notable_players">Other notable players</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Other notable players">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_players" title="Category:Illinois Fighting Illini football players">Category:Illinois Fighting Illini football players</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Acks" title="Ron Acks">Ron Acks</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Agee" title="Mel Agee">Mel Agee</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Defensive_tackle" title="Defensive tackle">DT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">DE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Appelgran" class="mw-redirect" title="Clarence Appelgran">Clarence Appelgran</a> – former <a href="/wiki/American_Professional_Football_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="American Professional Football Association">APFA</a> <a href="/wiki/Guard_(gridiron_football)" title="Guard (gridiron football)">G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Brewster" title="Tim Brewster">Tim Brewster</a> – former <a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">head coach</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">University of Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Brown_(American_football)" title="Bill Brown (American football)">Bill Brown</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">HB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Burdick" title="Lloyd Burdick">Shorty Burdick</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Tackle_(American_football_position)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tackle (American football position)">T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Burrell" title="Bill Burrell">Bill Burrell</a> – former <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">CFL</a> <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guard_(gridiron_football)" title="Guard (gridiron football)">G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darryl_Byrd" title="Darryl Byrd">Darryl Byrd</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Corbin" title="Reggie Corbin">Reggie Corbin</a> - <a href="/wiki/USFL_(2022)" class="mw-redirect" title="USFL (2022)">USFL</a> <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Panthers_(2022)" title="Michigan Panthers (2022)">Michigan Panthers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Cushing" title="Matt Cushing">Matt Cushing</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Tight_end" title="Tight end">TE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vontae_Davis" title="Vontae Davis">Vontae Davis</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">CB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Dawson_(Canadian_football)" title="Bobby Dawson (Canadian football)">Bobby Dawson</a> – former <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">CFL</a> <a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">DB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_DeVito_(American_football)" title="Tommy DeVito (American football)">Tommy DeVito</a> – NFL <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a> for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Dilger" title="Ken Dilger">Ken Dilger</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Tight_end" title="Tight end">TE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Engel" title="Greg Engel">Greg Engel</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Center_(gridiron_football)" title="Center (gridiron football)">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Hardy_(linebacker)" title="Kevin Hardy (linebacker)">Kevin Hardy</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Griffith" title="Howard Griffith">Howard Griffith</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Fullback_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fullback (American football)">FB</a>; football analyst</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Holecek" title="John Holecek">John Holecek</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a>; <a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">head coach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Loyola_Academy" title="Loyola Academy">Loyola Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Hopkins" title="Brad Hopkins">Brad Hopkins</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Offensive_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive tackle">OT</a>; football analyst</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Kittner" title="Kurt Kittner">Kurt Kittner</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a>; football analyst</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Knox" title="Sam Knox">Sam Knox</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Leman" title="Jeremy Leman">J Leman</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a>; football analyst</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikel_Leshoure" title="Mikel Leshoure">Mikel Leshoure</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Lloyd" title="Brandon Lloyd">Brandon Lloyd</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_McMillan" title="Ernie McMillan">Ernie McMillan</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Offensive_tackle" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive tackle">OT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_Pearson" title="Preston Pearson">Preston Pearson</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">RB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">WR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kick_returner" class="mw-redirect" title="Kick returner">KR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frosty_Peters" title="Frosty Peters">Frosty Peters</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Back_(American_football)" title="Back (American football)">Back</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_Rice" title="Simeon Rice">Simeon Rice</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">DE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Trudeau" title="Jack Trudeau">Jack Trudeau</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Simpson_(American_football)" title="Tim Simpson (American football)">Tim Simpson</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Offensive_guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive guard">OG</a>, <a href="/wiki/Center_(gridiron_football)" title="Center (gridiron football)">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Squirek" title="Jack Squirek">Jack Squirek</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">LB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Verduzco" title="Jason Verduzco">Jason Verduzco</a> – former <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">CFL</a> <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a>; former college and NFL assistant coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Weatherford" title="Steve Weatherford">Steve Weatherford</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Punter_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punter (football)">P</a>; sports broadcaster</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Whitman" title="Josh Whitman">Josh Whitman</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Tight_end" title="Tight end">TE</a>; <a href="/wiki/Athletic_director" title="Athletic director">athletic director</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois">University of Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Wilson_(American_football)" title="Eugene Wilson (American football)">Eugene Wilson</a> – former NFL <a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">DB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Safety_(gridiron_football_position)" title="Safety (gridiron football position)">S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirby_Wilson" title="Kirby Wilson">Kirby Wilson</a> – former <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">CFL</a> <a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">DB</a>; <a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">head coach</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Football_League_(2022)" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Football League (2022)">USFL</a> <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Maulers_(2022)" title="Pittsburgh Maulers (2022)">Pittsburgh Maulers</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Media">edit</a>]</div> Illini football games are shown via the Illini Sports Network, which brings the Illini to stations across Illinois. Locally, the team's games are shown on <a href="/wiki/WDWS" title="WDWS">WDWS</a>-AM 1400 and <a href="/wiki/WHMS" class="mw-redirect" title="WHMS">WHMS</a>-FM 97.5. WDWS has been the Illini's exclusive radio station in Champaign since 1935. WHMS has aired Illini games since the 1950s. The team's student newspaper is the <a href="/wiki/Daily_Illini" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily Illini">Daily Illini</a>, while outside coverage is handled by <a href="/wiki/The_News-Gazette_(Champaign-Urbana)" class="mw-redirect" title="The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana)">The News-Gazette</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future_opponents">Future opponents</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Future opponents">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#13294B; color:#FFFFFF;">Year </th> <th style="background:#13294B; color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3">Non-conference opponents </th> <th style="background:#13294B; color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="5">Big Ten home games </th> <th style="background:#13294B; color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="5">Big Ten away games </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FF5F05; color:#13294B;">2024 </th> <td>Eastern Illinois (8/29) </td> <td>Kansas (9/7) </td> <td>Central Michigan (9/14) </td> <td>Michigan </td> <td>Michigan State </td> <td>Minnesota </td> <td>Purdue </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Nebraska </td> <td>Northwestern </td> <td>Oregon </td> <td>Penn State </td> <td>Rutgers </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FF5F05; color:#13294B;">2025 </th> <td>Western Illinois (8/30) </td> <td>at Duke (9/6) </td> <td>Western Michigan (9/20) </td> <td>Maryland </td> <td>Northwestern </td> <td>Ohio State </td> <td>Rutgers </td> <td>USC </td> <td>Indiana </td> <td>Purdue </td> <td>Washington </td> <td>Wisconsin </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FF5F05; color:#13294B;">2026 </th> <td>Duke (9/12) </td> <td>Southern Illinois (9/19) </td> <td>Missouri (9/26) </td> <td>Iowa </td> <td>Nebraska </td> <td>Oregon </td> <td>Purdue </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Maryland </td> <td>Michigan State </td> <td>Northwestern </td> <td>Ohio State </td> <td>UCLA </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FF5F05; color:#13294B;">2027 </th> <td>Eastern Illinois (8/28) </td> <td>at Missouri (9/18) </td> <td>TBD </td> <td>Indiana </td> <td>Northwestern </td> <td>Penn State </td> <td>UCLA </td> <td>Wisconsin </td> <td>Michigan </td> <td>Minnesota </td> <td>Purdue </td> <td>USC </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FF5F05; color:#13294B;">2028 </th> <td>Illinois State (9/2) </td> <td>Missouri (9/16) </td> <td>Ohio (TBD) </td> <td>Michigan State </td> <td>Ohio State </td> <td>Purdue </td> <td>Washington </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>Indiana </td> <td>Iowa </td> <td>Northwestern </td> <td>Oregon </td> <td>Rutgers </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FF5F05; color:#13294B;">2029 </th> <td>Missouri (9/15) </td> <td>TBD </td> <td>TBD </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FF5F05; color:#13294B;">2030 </th> <td>TBD </td> <td>TBD </td> <td>TBD </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FF5F05; color:#13294B;">2031 </th> <td>TBD </td> <td>TBD </td> <td>TBD </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FF5F05; color:#13294B;">2032 </th> <td>Missouri (9/18) </td> <td>TBD </td> <td>TBD </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FF5F05; color:#13294B;">2033 </th> <td>at Missouri (9/17) </td> <td>TBD </td> <td>TBD </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FF5F05; color:#13294B;">2034 </th> <td>Missouri (9/16) </td> <td>TBD </td> <td>TBD </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#FF5F05; color:#13294B;">2035 </th> <td>at Missouri (9/15) </td> <td>TBD </td> <td>TBD </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <a href="#cite_note-183">[183]</a> <a href="#cite_note-184">[184]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://marketing.illinois.edu/visual-identity/color">"University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Visual Identity: Color"</a>. 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(University of Illinois)">Memorial Stadium</a> (1923–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a> (1994–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;;width:1%">Bowls & rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_bowl_games" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Illinois Fighting Illini bowl games">Bowl games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Indiana_rivalry#Football" title="Illinois–Indiana rivalry">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Michigan_football_rivalry" title="Illinois–Michigan football rivalry">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Missouri_football_rivalry" title="Illinois–Missouri football 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Honda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fighting_Illini_Sports_Network" title="Fighting Illini Sports Network">Fighting Illini Sports Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Illiniwek" title="Chief Illiniwek">Chief Illiniwek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_slush_fund_scandal" title="University of Illinois slush fund scandal">1960s slush fund scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Illinois_vs._Penn_State_football_game" title="2021 Illinois vs. Penn State football game">2021 Penn State game</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;;width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_head_football_coaches" title="List of Illinois Fighting Illini head football coaches">Head coaches</a></li> <li><a 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team">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1892 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1893 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1894 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1895 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1896 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1897 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1898 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1899 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1900 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1901 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1902 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1903 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1904 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1905 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1906 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1906</a></li> <li><a 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Illini football team">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1915 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1916 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1917 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1918 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1920 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1921 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1921</a></li> <li><a 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Illini football team">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1930 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1931 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1932 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1933 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1934 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1935 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1936 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1936</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/1952_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1952 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1953 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1954 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1955 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1956 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1957 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1958 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1959 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1960 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1961 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1962 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1963 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1964 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1965 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1966 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1967 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1968 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1969 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1970 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1971 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1972 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1973 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1974 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1975 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1976 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1977 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1978 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1979 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1980 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1981 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1982 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1983 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1984 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1985 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1986 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1987 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1988 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1989 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1990 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1991 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1992 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1993 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1994 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1996 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1997 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1998 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2000 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2002 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2003 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2004 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2005 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2006 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2007 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2008 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2009 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2010 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2011 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2012 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2013 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2014 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2015 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2016 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2017 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2018 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2019 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2020 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2021 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2022 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2023 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2024 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team" title="2025 Illinois Fighting Illini football team">2025</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 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style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;"><div>Located in: <a href="/wiki/Urbana,_Illinois" title="Urbana, Illinois">Urbana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Champaign,_Illinois" title="Champaign, Illinois">Champaign, Illinois</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;;width:1%">Academics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;;width:8em">Schools and colleges</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Gies_College_of_Business" title="Gies College of Business">Gies (Business)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grainger_College_of_Engineering" title="Grainger College of Engineering">Grainger (Engineering)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_School_of_Labor_and_Employment_Relations" title="University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations">Labor and Employment Relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_College_of_Law" title="University of Illinois College of Law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_College_of_Liberal_Arts_and_Sciences" title="University of Illinois College of Liberal Arts and Sciences">Liberal Arts and Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_School_of_Information_Sciences" title="University of Illinois School of Information Sciences">Information Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_College_of_Media" title="University of Illinois College of Media">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_School_of_Social_Work" title="University of Illinois School of Social Work">Social Work</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_College_of_Veterinary_Medicine" title="University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine">Veterinary Medicine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;;width:8em">Centers and institutes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beckman_Institute_for_Advanced_Science_and_Technology" title="Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology">Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_R._Woese_Institute_for_Genomic_Biology" title="Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology">Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Center_for_International_Business_Education_and_Research" title="Center for International Business Education and Research">Center for International Business Education and Research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Center_for_the_Simulation_of_Advanced_Rockets" title="Center for the Simulation of Advanced Rockets">Center for the Simulation of Advanced Rockets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Science_Laboratory" title="Coordinated Science Laboratory">Coordinated Science Laboratory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Newspaper_Project" title="Illinois Newspaper Project">Illinois Newspaper Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Information_Trust_Institute" title="Information Trust Institute">Information Trust Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institute_for_Computing_in_the_Humanities,_Arts,_and_Social_Science" title="Institute for Computing in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Science">Institute for Computing in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institute_for_Condensed_Matter_Theory" title="Institute for Condensed Matter Theory">Institute for Condensed Matter Theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mortenson_Center_for_International_Library_Programs" title="Mortenson Center for International Library Programs">Mortenson Center for International Library Programs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Center_for_Supercomputing_Applications" title="National Center for Supercomputing Applications">National Center for Supercomputing Applications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prairie_Research_Institute" title="Prairie Research Institute">Prairie Research Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rare_Book_and_Manuscript_Library_(University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign)" title="Rare Book and Manuscript Library (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)">Rare Book and Manuscript Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Economics_Applications_Laboratory" title="Regional Economics Applications Laboratory">Regional Economics Applications Laboratory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sousa_Archives_and_Center_for_American_Music" title="Sousa Archives and Center for American Music">Sousa Archives and Center for American Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Farm_Research_and_Development_Center" title="State Farm Research and Development Center">State Farm Research and Development Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign_University_Library" title="University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University Library">University Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UPCRC_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="UPCRC Illinois">Universal Parallel Computing Research Center - Illinois</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Fighting_Illini" title="Illinois Fighting Illini">Athletics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;;width:8em">NCAA sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Fighting_Illini" title="Illinois Fighting Illini">Illinois Fighting Illini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_baseball" title="Illinois Fighting Illini baseball">Baseball</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men%27s_basketball" title="Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball">Men's basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men%27s_golf" title="Illinois Fighting Illini men's golf">Men's golf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men%27s_gymnastics" title="Illinois Fighting Illini men's gymnastics">Men's gymnastics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men%27s_tennis" title="Illinois Fighting Illini men's tennis">Men's tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_softball" title="Illinois Fighting Illini softball">Softball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_women%27s_basketball" title="Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball">Women's basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_women%27s_volleyball" title="Illinois Fighting Illini women's volleyball">Women's volleyball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_track_and_field" title="Illinois Fighting Illini track and field">Track and field</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;;width:8em">Club sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey">Men's ice hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Men%27s_Volleyball_Club" title="Illinois Men's Volleyball Club">Men's volleyball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illini_Rowing" title="Illini Rowing">Rowing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Wheelchair_Basketball" title="University of Illinois Wheelchair Basketball">Wheelchair basketball</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;;width:8em">Facilities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Activities_and_Recreation_Center_(UIUC)" title="Activities and Recreation Center (UIUC)">Activities and Recreation Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atkins_Tennis_Center" title="Atkins Tennis Center">Atkins Tennis Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UIUC_Campus_Recreation_Center_%E2%80%93_East_(CRCE)" class="mw-redirect" title="UIUC Campus Recreation Center – East (CRCE)">Campus Recreation Center – East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Freer_Hall" title="Louise Freer Hall">Freer Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huff_Hall" title="Huff Hall">Huff Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Ice_Arena" title="University of Illinois Ice Arena">Ice Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Field" title="Illinois Field">Illinois Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenney_Gym_and_Kenney_Gym_Annex" title="Kenney Gym and Kenney Gym Annex">Kenney Gym and Kenney Gym Annex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Stadium_(University_of_Illinois)" title="Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois)">Memorial Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Farm_Center" title="State Farm Center">State Farm Center</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;;width:8em">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Braggin%27_Rights" title="Braggin' Rights">Braggin' Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Missouri_football_rivalry" title="Illinois–Missouri football rivalry">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Northwestern_football_rivalry" title="Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry">Northwestern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illibuck_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Illibuck Trophy">Ohio State football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois%E2%80%93Purdue_football_rivalry" title="Illinois–Purdue football rivalry">Purdue</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;;width:8em">Spirit</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Illiniwek" title="Chief Illiniwek">Chief Illiniwek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_University_of_Illinois_songs" title="List of University of Illinois songs">Songs</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Hail_to_the_Orange" title="Hail to the Orange">Hail to the Orange</a>," "<a href="/wiki/Illinois_Loyalty" title="Illinois Loyalty">Illinois Loyalty</a>," "<a href="/wiki/Oskee_Wow-Wow" title="Oskee Wow-Wow">Oskee Wow-Wow</a>")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_Krush" title="Orange Krush">Orange Krush</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/Graduate_Employees%27_Organization" title="Graduate Employees' Organization">Graduate Employees' Organization</a></li> <li>Illinois Business Consulting</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Solar_Decathlon" title="Illinois Solar Decathlon">Illinois Solar Decathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marching_Illini" title="Marching Illini">Marching Illini</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;;width:8em">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fighting_Illini_Sports_Network" title="Fighting Illini Sports Network">Fighting Illini Sports Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illini_Media" title="Illini Media">Illini Media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Illini" title="The Daily Illini">The Daily Illini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPGU" title="WPGU">WPGU</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Public_Media" title="Illinois Public Media">Illinois Public Media</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;;width:8em">Journals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comparative_Labor_Law_and_Policy_Journal" title="Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal">Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Journal_of_Mathematics" title="Illinois Journal of Mathematics">Illinois Journal of Mathematics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Letter" title="Ninth Letter">Ninth Letter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Law_Review" title="University of Illinois Law Review">University of Illinois Law Review</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Campus_of_the_University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign" title="Campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign">Campus</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;;width:8em">Historic buildings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altgeld_Hall" title="Altgeld Hall">Altgeld Hall</a> (<a href="/wiki/Altgeld_Chimes" title="Altgeld Chimes">Altgeld Chimes</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Busey%E2%80%93Evans_Residence_Halls" title="Busey–Evans Residence Halls">Busey–Evans Residence Halls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Engineering_Hall,_University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign" title="Engineering Hall, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign">Engineering Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Building,_University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign" title="English Building, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign">English Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foellinger_Auditorium" title="Foellinger Auditorium">Foellinger Auditorium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harker_Hall" title="Harker Hall">Harker Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illini_Union" title="Illini Union">Illini Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Hall_(University_of_Illinois)" title="Lincoln Hall (University of Illinois)">Lincoln Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Main_Library_(University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign)" title="Main Library (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)">Main Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natural_History_Building" title="Natural History Building">Natural History Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noyes_Laboratory_of_Chemistry" title="Noyes Laboratory of Chemistry">Noyes Laboratory of Chemistry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astronomical_Observatory_(University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign)" title="Astronomical Observatory (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)">Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_round_barns" title="University of Illinois round barns">Round barns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Weedon_Smith_Memorial_Hall" title="Tina Weedon Smith Memorial Hall">Smith Memorial Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_Laboratory_High_School_(Urbana,_Illinois)" title="University Laboratory High School (Urbana, Illinois)">Uni High School</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;;width:8em">Other buildings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Business_Instructional_Facility" title="Business Instructional Facility">Business Instructional Facility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grainger_Engineering_Library" title="Grainger Engineering Library">Grainger Engineering Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_House" title="Japan House">Japan House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krannert_Art_Museum" title="Krannert Art Museum">Krannert Art Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krannert_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts" title="Krannert Center for the Performing Arts">Krannert Center for the Performing Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newmark_Civil_Engineering_Laboratory" title="Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory">Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_M._Siebel_Center_for_Computer_Science" title="Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science">Siebel Center for Computer Science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spurlock_Museum" title="Spurlock Museum">Spurlock Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;;width:8em">Around campus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign" title="History of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alma_Mater_(Illinois_sculpture)" title="Alma Mater (Illinois sculpture)">Alma Mater sculpture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Arboretum" title="University of Illinois Arboretum">Arboretum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boneyard_Creek" title="Boneyard Creek">Boneyard Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Conservatory_and_Plant_Collection" title="University of Illinois Conservatory and Plant Collection">Conservatory and Plant Collection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Engineering_Campus_(University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign)" title="Engineering Campus (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)">Engineering Campus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McFarland_Memorial_Bell_Tower" title="McFarland Memorial Bell Tower">McFarland Memorial Bell Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morrow_Plots" title="Morrow Plots">Morrow Plots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campus_of_the_University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign#Residence_halls" title="Campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign">Residence halls</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;;width:1%">Off campus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Allerton_Park" title="Robert Allerton Park">Allerton Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campustown_(Champaign,_Illinois)" title="Campustown (Champaign, Illinois)">Campustown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Laguna_Observatory" title="Mount Laguna Observatory">Mount Laguna Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Research_Park_at_the_University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign" title="Research Park at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign">Research Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Willard_Airport" title="University of Illinois Willard Airport">Willard Airport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;;width:1%">History and people</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_slush_fund_scandal" title="University of Illinois slush fund scandal">1960s slush fund scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_clout_scandal" title="University of Illinois clout scandal">2000s clout scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unofficial_Saint_Patrick%27s_Day" title="Unofficial Saint Patrick's Day">Unofficial Saint Patrick's Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_chancellors_of_the_University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign" title="List of chancellors of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign">Chancellors of UIUC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign response to the COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic response</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign_people" title="List of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign people">Notable people</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#13294B;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF5F05, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF5F05;;width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Waters" title="Blue Waters">Blue Waters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinto_Bean_(squirrel)" title="Pinto Bean (squirrel)">Pinto Bean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champaign%E2%80%93Urbana_Mass_Transit_District" title="Champaign–Urbana Mass Transit District">Public transit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_M._Stoesser_Lecturer_in_Chemistry" title="Sylvia M. Stoesser Lecturer in Chemistry">Stoesser Lecturer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_System" title="University of Illinois System">University of Illinois System</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Big_Ten_Conference_football125" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#0088CE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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style="background-color:#0088CE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Current teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Illinois Fighting Illini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Hoosiers_football" title="Indiana Hoosiers football">Indiana Hoosiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Hawkeyes_football" title="Iowa Hawkeyes football">Iowa Hawkeyes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Terrapins_football" title="Maryland Terrapins football">Maryland Terrapins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan Wolverines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_football" title="Michigan State Spartans football">Michigan State Spartans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers football">Minnesota Golden Gophers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football" title="Nebraska Cornhuskers football">Nebraska Cornhuskers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Wildcats_football" title="Northwestern Wildcats football">Northwestern Wildcats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State Buckeyes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Ducks_football" title="Oregon Ducks football">Oregon Ducks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football" title="Penn State Nittany Lions football">Penn State Nittany Lions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_football" title="Purdue Boilermakers football">Purdue Boilermakers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football" title="Rutgers Scarlet Knights football">Rutgers Scarlet Knights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_football" title="UCLA Bruins football">UCLA Bruins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USC_Trojans_football" title="USC Trojans 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1896_Western_Conference_football_season" title="1896 Western Conference football season">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_Western_Conference_football_season" title="1897 Western Conference football season">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Western_Conference_football_season" title="1898 Western Conference football season">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_Western_Conference_football_season" title="1899 Western Conference football season">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Western_Conference_football_season" title="1900 Western Conference football season">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_Western_Conference_football_season" title="1901 Western Conference football season">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Western_Conference_football_season" title="1902 Western Conference football season">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_Western_Conference_football_season" title="1903 Western Conference football season">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Western_Conference_football_season" title="1904 Western Conference football season">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Western_Conference_football_season" title="1905 Western Conference football season">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1906_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1906 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1907_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1907 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1908_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1908 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1909 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1910_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1910 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1911_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1911 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1912_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1912 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1913_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1913 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1914_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1914 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1915_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1915 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1916_Western_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1916 Western Conference football season (page does not exist)">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1917_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1917 Big Ten Conference football season (page does not exist)">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1918 Big Ten Conference football season">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1919 Big Ten Conference football season">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season" title="1920 Big Ten Conference football season">1920</a></li> <li><a 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