Quick Links to Eras:
Scott Williams (1890)	Edgar G. Holt (1901-02)	Robert C. Zuppke (1913-41)	Mike White (1980-87)
Robert Lackey (1891)	George Woodruff (1903)	Ray Eliot (1942-59)	John Mackovic (1988-91)
E.K. Hall (1892-3)	Alumni (1904)	Pete Elliott (1960-66)	Lou Tepper (1991-96)
Louis D. Vail (1894)	Fred Lowenthal (1905)	Jim Valek (1967-70)	Ron Turner (1997-2004)
George Huff (1895-99)	Justa Lindgren (1906)	Bob Blackman (1971-76)	Ron Zook (2005- )
Fred L. Smith (1900)	Arthur R. Hall (1907-12)	Gary Moeller (1977-79)

All-Time Scores

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National Championships: 1914 (tied with Army), 1919 (tied with Harvard and Notre Dame), 1923, 1927. Authority, Parke H. Davis in Spalding's Guides.
Rose Bowl Appearances: 1947, 1952, 1964, 1984, 2008

All home games at Champaign unless noted
(Illinois scores first)

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Coach Scott Williams
(1 year, 1-2-0)
Scott Williams was the man credited with introducing the game of football to the University of Illinois campus. Even though the first college football game was played in 1869, no one seemed to have heard of the sport when Williams, who played at the high school level in Normal, just 50 miles from Champaign-Urbana, managed to gather and teach enough players to play three games in the inaugural season of 1890. Williams coached, captained and quarterbacked that '90 team, and, by the time he left Illinois in 1893, had played every position on the team with the exception of guard and center.

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1890
Captain: Scott Williams

	O	2	0	@Illlinois Wesleyan	16	L
	N	22	0	@Purdue	62	L
	N	27	12	Illinois Wesleyan	6	W
			23	(1-2-0)	84

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Coach Robert Lackey
(1 year, 6-0-0)
Like Scott Williams, Robert Lackey coached the Fighting Illini for just one season. Lackey had been the captain of the 1890 Purdue team, which had humiliated Illinois, 62-0. In addition to his coaching duties, he played halfback part of the time on the '91 team, which played in a league for the first time, and won the championship cup.

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1891
Captain: Robert W. Hart

	O	1	0	*Lake Forest	8	L
	O	17	26	Bloomington Swifts	0	W
	N	7	40	Eureka College	0	W
	N	13	44	Illinois Wesleyan	4	W
	N	21	12	Knox College	0	W
	N	26	20	@Bloomington	12	W
			142	(6-0-0)	24

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

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Coach E.K. Hall
(2 years, 12-5-5)
E.K. Hall, according to Scott Williams, developed a class of football at Illinois "second to none in the west" in the seasons of 1892 and 1893, the same two years in which the Fighting Illini wore green uniforms. One of the most noteworthy happenings during Hall's tenure was an "ironman trip," during which the 18-man Illinois team played six games in eight days. A former Dartmouth athlete, Hall was called "Boss Hall" by his players.

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1892
Captain: Robert W. Hart

	O	8	6	Purdue	12	L
	O	12	16	Northwestern	16	T
	O	21	22	@Washington University (St. Louis)	0	W
	O	22	20	@Doane (Omaha)	0	W
	O	24	0	@Nebraska	6	L
	O	26	26	@Baker	10	W
	O	27	4	@Kansas	26	L
	O	29	42	@Kansas City Athletic Club	0	W
	N	1		Wisconsin (Forfeited)		W
	N	5	38	Englewood High School (Chicago)	0	W
	N	16	4	@Chicago	4	T
	N	17		@Beloit (Forfeited)		W
	N	18	34	DePauw	0	W
	N	24	28	Chicago	12	W
			240	(9-3-2)		86

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1893
Captain: George H. Atherton

	S	30	60	Wabash	6	W
	O	7	14	@DePauw	4	W
	O	21	0	@Northwestern	0	T
	O	28	4	Chicago Ath. Assn.	10	L
	N	6	24	Oberlin	34	L
	N	11	18	*Pastime Ath. Club	16	W
	N	25	26	@Purdue	26	T
	N	30	10	Lake Forest	10	T
			156	(3-2-3)	106

* at St. Louis, Mo.

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Coach Louis D. Vail
(1 year, 5-3-0)
Louis D. Vail became Illinois' fourth football coach in 1894. Not much is known about Vail, except that his season was full of controversy. A dispute arose over his participation in the Chicago game, and many questionable referees' calls were the focus of attention in the game with Indianapolis Light Artillery.

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1894
Captain: John E. Pfeffer

	O	6	36	@Wabash	6	W
	O	13	0	@Chicago Ath. Club	14	L
	O	20	54	Lake Forest	6	W
	N	3	66	Northwestern	0	W
	N	17	2	Purdue	22	L
	N	21		@Chicago (Forfeit)		W
	N	24	14	Indianapolis Artillery	18	L
	N	29	10	*Pastime Ath. Club	0	W
			182	(5-3-0)		66

* at St. Louis, Mo.

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Coach George A. Huff
(5 years, 21-16-3)
George Huff, born on a Champaign, Ill., farm in 1872, first attended the University of Illinois at age 15. He not only played and coached football at the UI, but coached baseball (for 24 years) and was the athletic director and director of the School of Physical Education. He was also, for a brief time, the manager of the Boston American League baseball team, and later was a talent scout for many summers. Huff had the title of head football coach from 1895-99, but performed most of the duties for just the first two of those five years. In 1897, the year the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives (the Big Ten Conference) was formed, Fred Smith, formerly of Princeton, actually took over the coaching reins and remained for two seasons. In 1899, Neilson Poe, another former Princeton player, coached the Fighting Illini. Huff broke tradition in 1913 when he brought in a high school football coach to head up the Illinois football program. That coach was the immortal Bob Zuppke.

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1895
Captain: Robert J. Hotchkiss

	O	5	48	Wabash	0	W
	O	12	0	@Chicago Ath. Club	8	L
	O	19	79	Illinois College	0	W
	O	26	10	@Wisconsin	10	T
	N	2	38	Rush-Lake Forest	0	W
	N	23	38	Northwestern	4	W
	N	28	2	@Purdue	6	L
			215	(4-2-1)	28

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1896
Captain: Charles D. Beebe

	O	3	38	Lake Forest	0	W
	O	10	70	Knox	4	W
	O	17	10	*Missouri	0	W
	O	21	22	Oberlin	6	W
	O	31	0	+@Chicago	12	L
	N	7	4	Northwestern	10	L
	N	26	4	@Purdue	4	T
			148	(4-2-1)	36
			Big Ten: (0-2-1) T-6th

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

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1897
Captain: Don Sweney

	O	2	26	Eureka	0	W
	O	9	6	Physicians-Surgeons	0	W
	O	16	36	Lake Forest	0	W
	O	23	34	& Purdue	4	W
	O	30	12	Chicago	18	L
	N	12	64	Knox	0	W
	N	20	6	* Carlisle Indians	23	L
	N	25	6	+ Eureka	0	W
			190	(6-2-0)	45
			Big Ten: (1-1-0) 4th

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

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1898
Captain: Arthur R. Johnston

	S	28	18	Illinois Wesleyan	0	W
	O	1	6	Physicians-Surgeons	11	L
	O	8	0	Notre Dame	5	L
	O	15	16	DePauw	0	W
	O	22	10	Alumni	6	W
	N	4	17	Alumni	23	L
	N	12	5	+ @Michigan	12	L
	N	19	0	& Carlisle Indians	11	L
	N	24	11	Minnesota	10	W
			83	(4-5-0)	78
			Big Ten: (1-1-0) 4th

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

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1899
Captain: E. C. McLane

	S	30	6	Illinois Wesleyan	0	W
	O	7	5	@Knox	0	W
	O	14	0	Indiana	5	L
	O	28	0	Michigan	5	L
	N	6	0	Alumni	0	T
	N	11	0	+ @Wisconsin	23	L
	N	22	0	@Purdue	5	L
	N	25	29	@St. Louis U.	0	W
	N	30	0	& Iowa	58	L
			40	(3-5-1)	96
			Big Ten: (0-3-0) T-6th

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

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Coach Fred L. Smith
(1 year, 7-3-2)
Fred L. Smith, who performed most of the head football coaching duties under George Huff in 1897-98, was finally given the title in 1900. He only served the one year, turning over the coaching duties to his assistant Edgar Holt prior to the 1901 season.

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1900
Captain: Arthur R. Hall

	S	29	26	Rose Poly	0	W
	O	3	63	DePauw	0	W
	O	6	21	Illinois Wesleyan	0	W
	O	10	6	Physicians-Surgeons	0	W
	O	13	16	Knox	0	W
	O	16	35	Lombard	0	W
	O	20	0	@Northwestern	0	T
	O	27	0	& Michigan	12	L
	N	3	17	Purdue	5	W
	N	10	0	@Minnesota	23	L
	N	17	0	+ Indiana	0	T
	N	24	0	@Wisconsin	27	L
			184	(7-3-2)	67
			Big Ten: (1-3-2) 8th

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

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Coach Edgar G. Holt
(2 years, 18-4-1)
Edgar G. Holt posted the best winning percentage (.804) of any Fighting Illini coach who served for more than one year. His teams, however, finished only fourth and fifth in the league in his two seasons despite their impressive records. His 1902 team recorded eight shutouts. Holt coached two players of note, guard/running back Jake Stahl, a bruising runner, who later went on to manage professional baseball's Boston Red Sox, and tackle Justa Lindgren, who became Illinois' football coach in 1906.

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1901
Captain: Justa M. Lindgren

	S	28	39	Englewood HS	0	W
	O	5	52	Marion Sims	0	W
	O	11	23	Physicians-Surgeons	0	W
	O	12	21	Wash. (St. Louis)	0	W
	O	19	24	@Chicago	0	W
	O	26	11	Northwestern	17	L
	N	2	18	+Indiana	0	W
	N	9	27	@Iowa	0	W
	N	16	28	@Purdue	6	W
	N	28	0	Minnesota	16	L
			243	(8-2-0)	39
			Big Ten: (4-2-0) 4th

+ at Indianapolis, Ind.

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1902
Captain: Garland Stahl

	S	20	34	North Div.	6	W
	S	27	45	Englewood HS	0	W
	O	1	22	Osteopaths	0	W
	O	4	33	Monmouth	0	W
	O	8	24	Haskell	10	W
	O	11	44	Wash. (St. Louis)	0	W
	O	18	29	Purdue	5	W
	O	25	0	@Chicago	6	L
	N	1	47	Indiana	0	W
	N	8	5	@Minnesota	17	L
	N	15	0	@Ohio State	0	T
	N	22	17	@Northwestern	0	W
	N	27	80	Iowa	0	W
			380	(10-2-1)	44
			Big Ten: (4-2-0) 4th

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Coach George Woodruff
(1 year, 8-6-0)
George Woodruff coached Illinois during the 1903 season. The former University of Pennsylvania coach, who coached the legendary John Heisman, picked up eight victories to open the campaign (mostly over weaker competition), but proceeded to drop the final six games, including the last four as shutouts. Woodruff returned to the East directly after the season.

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1903
Captain: Claude J. Rothgeb

	S	19	45	Englewood HS	5	W
	S	26	43	Lombard	0	W
	S	30	36	Osteopaths	0	W
	O	3	29	Knox	5	W
	O	7	40	Physicians-Surgeons	0	W
	O	10	64	Rush	0	W
	O	14	54	Chicago Dentistry	0	W
	O	17	24	@Purdue	0	W
	O	24	6	@Chicago	18	L
	O	31	11	Northwestern	12	L
	N	6	0	@Indiana	17	L
	N	14	0	Minnesota	32	L
	N	21	0	@Iowa	12	L
	N	26	0	@Nebraska	16	L
			352	(8-6-0)	117
			Big Ten: (1-5-0) 7th

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GRADUATE COACHES
(1 year, 9-2-1)
This was a case of coaching by committee. Four men, Justa Lindgren, Arthur Hall, Fred Lowenthal and Clyde Mathews, were in charge of the 1904 Illinois football team. Each of the former three had his own stint as head coach between 1905 and 1912.

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1904
Captain: Charles A. Fairweather

	S	24	10	Northwestern College	0	W
	S	28	23	Wabash	2	W
	O	1	11	Knox	0	W
	O	5	26	Physicians-Surgeons	0	W
	O	8	31	@Wash. (St. Louis)	0	W
	O	15	10	Indiana	0	W
	O	22	24	@Purdue	6	W
	O	29	6	@Chicago	6	T
	N	5	46	@Ohio State	0	W
	N	12	6	@Northwestern	12	L
	N	19	29	Iowa	0	W
	N	24	10	@Nebraska	16	L
			232	(9-2-1)	42
			Big Ten: (3-1-1) 4th

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Coach Fred Lowenthal
(1 year, 5-4-0)
Fred Lowenthal, after serving on the "Committee of Coaches" in 1904, took his turn as head coach in 1905. Lowenthal, who played center, left guard and left tackle for Illinois from 1898-1901, had moderate success overall, he produced a winning record, but failed to win a conference game. As a player, he was selected by the Chicago Post to its All-Western team.

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1905
Captain: Charles J. Moynihan

	S	30	6	Knox	0	W
	O	4	6	Wabash	0	W
	O	7	24	Northwestern College	0	W
	O	14	12	St. Louis	6	W
	O	21	0	Purdue	29	L
	O	28	30	Physicians-Surgeons	0	W
	N	4	0	Michigan	33	L
	N	18	0	@Chicago	44	L
	N	30	6	@Nebraska	24	L
			84	(5-4-0)	136
			Big Ten: (0-3-0) T-6th

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Coach Justa Lindgren
(1 year, 1-3-1)
Justa Lindgren, another of the 1904 coaching committee members, took the reigns of the 1906 Illinois football team. Like his predecessor, Fred Lowenthal, Lindgren played (center and right tackle) for the Fighting Illini from 1898-1901. He was captain of the 1901 UI team.

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1906
Captain: Ina T. Carrithers

	O	13	0	Wabash	0	T
	O	27	9	@Michigan	28	L
	N	10	6	Wisconsin	16	L
	N	17	0	@Chicago	63	L
	N	24	5	@Purdue	0	W
			20	(1-3-1)	107
			Big Ten: (1-3-0) 5th

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Coach Arthur R. Hall
(6 years, 27-10-3)
Arthur R. Hall was the first man to coach Illinois football for a period of six years or more. The forward pass came into being during this period and Hall installed it into his offense, with quarterback "Pom" Sinnock, the first notable passer for the Fighting Illini. Hall's 1910 team was Illinois' first Big Ten (then Big Eight) football champion. The team outscored its seven opponents, 89-0, with three of the victories coming, 3-0, on the strength of dropkick field goals by Otto Seiler. Hall played for the Fighting Illini at halfback and left end from 1898-1900.

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1907
Captain: Lion Gardiner

	O	19	6	Chicago	42	L
	O	26	15	@Wisconsin	4	W
	N	2	21	Purdue	4	W
	N	9	12	@Iowa	25	L
	N	22	10	@Indiana	6	W
			64	(3-2-0)	81
			Big Ten: (3-2-0) 3rd

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1908
Captain: Forest C. Van Hook

	O	3	17	Monmouth	6	W
	O	10	6	Marquette	6	T
	O	17	6	@Chicago	11	L
	O	31	10	Indiana	0	W
	N	7	22	Iowa	0	W
	N	14	15	@Purdue	6	W
	N	21	64	Northwestern	8	W
			140	(5-1-1)	37
			Big Ten: (4-1-0) 2nd

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1909
Captain: Benjamin F. Baum

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

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1910
Captain: Glenn D. Butzer

	O	1	13	Millikin	0	W
	O	8	29	Drake	0	W
	O	15	3	*Chicago	0	W
	O	29	11	@Purdue	0	W
	N	5	3	@Indiana	0	W
	N	12	27	@Northwestern	0	W
	N	19	3	Syracuse	0	W
			89	(7-0-0)	0
			Big Ten: (4-0-0) T-1st

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

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1911
Captain: Chester C. Roberts

	O	7	33	Millikin	0	W
	O	14	9	St. Louis	0	W
	O	21	0	@Chicago	24	L
	N	4	12	Purdue	3	W
	N	11	0	@Indiana	0	T
	N	18	27	Northwestern	13	W
	N	25	0	Minnesota	11	L
			81	(4-2-1)	51
			Big Ten: (2-2-1) T-4th

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1912
Captain: William H. Woolston

	O	5	87	Ill. Wesleyan	3	W
	O	12	13	Wash. (St. Louis)	0	W
	O	19	13	Indiana	7	W
	N	2	0	@Minnesota	13	L
	N	9	9	@Purdue	9	T
	N	16	0	Chicago	10	L
	N	23	0	@Northwestern	6	L
			122	(3-3-1)	48
			Big Ten: (1-3-1) T-6th

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Coach Robert C. Zuppke
(29 years, 131-81-13)
Robert C. Zuppke coached the University of Illinois football team in 225 games over a span of 29 years, the longest term of any Fighting Illini football coach. Zuppke, who was born in Germany and raised in Wisconsin, coached Oak Park (Ill.) High School to national championships in 1911 and 1912 before coming to Champaign-Urbana in time for the 1913 season. Zuppke was an innovator as a coach, he is credited with originating such contributions as the "flea-flicker" play, the screen pass, the spiral snap from center, spring practice and the huddle. He led Illinois to all four of its national championships - in 1914, 1919, 1923 and 1927. In addition, Zuppke's teams won seven Big Ten championships.

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1913
Captain: Enos M. Rowe

	O	4	21	Kentucky	0	W
	O	11	24	Missouri	7	W
	O	18	37	Northwestern	0	W
	O	25	10	@Indiana Ath. Club	0	W
	N	1	7	@Chicago	28	L
	N	15	0	Purdue	0	T
	N	22	9	Minnesota	19	L
			108	(4-2-1)	54
			Big Ten: (2-2-1) 5th

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1914
Captain: Ralph D. Chapman

	O	3	37	Christian Bros.	0	W
	O	10	51	Indiana	0	W
	O	17	37	Ohio State	0	W
	O	24	33	@Northwestern	0	W
	O	31	21	@Minnesota	6	W
	N	14	21	Chicago	7	W
	N	21	24	@Wisconsin	9	W
			224	(7-0-0)	22
			Big Ten: (6-0-0) 1st

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1915
Captain: John W. Watson

	O	2	36	Haskell Indians	0	W	3,193
	O	9	75	Rolla Mines	7	W	2,969
	O	16	3	@Ohio State	3	T	6,634
	O	23	36	Northwestern	6	W	4,424
	O	30	6	Minnesota	6	T	11,593
	N	13	17	Wisconsin	3	W	3,788
	N	20	10	@Chicago	0	W	24,078
			183	(5-0-2)	25
			Big Ten: (3-0-2) T-1st

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1916
Captain: F. Bart Macomber

	O	7	30	Kansas	0	W	3,788
	O	14	3	Colgate	15	L	5,263
	O	21	6	Ohio State	7	L	4,388
	O	28	14	@Purdue	7	W	NA
	N	4	14	@Minnesota	9	W	11,368
	N	18	7	Chicago	20	L	831
	N	25	0	@Wisconsin	0	T	NA
			74	(3-3-1)	58
			Big Ten: (2-2-1) T-4th

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1917
Captain: Reynold R. Kraft

	O	6	22	Kansas	0	W	NA
	O	13	44	Oklahoma	0	W	NA
	O	20	7	Wisconsin	0	W	NA
	O	27	27	Purdue	0	W	NA
	N	3	0	@Chicago	0	T	NA
	N	17	0	@Ohio State	13	L	NA
	N	24	6	Minnesota	27	L	NA
	N	29	28	@Camp Funston	0	W	NA
			134	(5-2-1)	40
			Big Ten: (2-2-1) T-5th

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1918
Captain: Edward C. Sternaman, B.A. Ingwersen

	O	4	3	@Chanute Field	0	W	NA
	O	12	0	Great Lakes	7	L	2,535
	O	26	0	Municipal Pier	7	L	0
	N	2	19	@Iowa	0	W	NA
	N	9	22	@Wisconsin	0	W	NA
	N	16	13	Ohio State	0	W	2,786
	N	23	29	@Chicago	0	W	NA
			86	(5-2-0)	14
			Big Ten: (4-0-0) 1st

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1919
Captain: William K. Kopp

	O	11	14	@Purdue	7	W	NA
	O	18	9	Iowa	7	W	6,470
	O	25	10	Wisconsin	14	L	7,260
	N	1	10	Chicago	0	W	16,000
	N	8	10	@Minnesota	6	W	NA
	N	15	29	Michigan	7	W	9,622
	N	22	9	@Ohio State	7	W	14,925
			91	(6-1-0)	48
			Big Ten: (6-1-0) 1st

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1920
Captain: John C. Depler

	O	9	41	Drake	0	W	4,435
	O	16	20	Iowa	3	W	10,480
	O	23	7	@Michigan	6	W	27,655
	O	30	17	Minnesota	7	W	15,265
	N	6	3	@Chicago	0	W	27,545
	N	13	9	@Wisconsin	14	L	20,257
	N	20	0	* Ohio State	7	L	19,921
			97	(5-2-0)	37
			Big Ten: (4-2-0) 4th

* First college Dad's Day

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1921
Captain: Lawrence W. Walquist

	O	8	52	South Dakota	0	W	7,404
	O	15	2	@Iowa	14	L	13,516
	O	22	0	Wisconsin	20	L	13,063
	O	29	0	Michigan	3	L	13,171
	N	5	21	DePauw	0	W	5,814
	N	12	6	Chicago	14	L	18,872
	N	19	7	@Ohio State	0	W	18,118
			88	(3-4-0)	51
			Big Ten: (1-4-0) 8th

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1922
Captain: David D. Wilson

	O	14	7	Butler	10	L	5,350
	O	21	7	Iowa	8	L	18,784
	O	28	0	@Michigan	24	L	41,560
	N	4	6	Northwestern	3	W	14,775
	N	11	3	@Wisconsin	0	W	28,745
	N	18	0	@Chicago	9	L	32,115
	N	25	3	Ohio State	6	L	32,115
			26	(2-5-0)	60
			Big Ten: (2-4-0) 6th

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1923
Captain: James W. McMillen

	O	6	24	Nebraska	7	W	10,117
	O	13	21	Butler	7	W	8,564
	O	20	9	@Iowa	6	W	19,011
	O	27	29	& Northwestern	0	W	25,774
	N	3	7	+Chicago	0	W	60,632
	N	10	10	Wisconsin	0	W	21,579
	N	17	27	Miss. A & M	0	W	17,078
	N	24	9	@Ohio State	0	W	39,355
			136	(8-0-0)	20
			Big Ten: (5-0-0) 1st

& at Chicago
+ First game played at Memorial Stadium

---

1924
Captain: Frank E. Rokusek

	O	4	9	@Nebraska	6	W	22,355
	O	11	40	Butler	10	W	12,599
	O	18	39	* Michigan	14	W	67,886
	O	25	45	DePauw	0	W	12,196
	N	1	36	Iowa	0	W	31,330
	N	8	21	@Chicago	21	T	32,543
	N	15	7	@Minnesota	20	L	35,341
	N	22	7	Ohio State	0	W	27,378
			204	(6-1-1)	71
			Big Ten: (3-1-1) T-2nd

* Memorial Stadium dedicated

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1925
Captain: Harold E. "Red" Grange

	O	3	0	Nebraska	14	L	22,335
	O	10	16	Butler	13	W	12,599
	O	17	10	@Iowa	12	L	24,738
	O	24	0	Michigan	3	L	66,609
	O	31	24	@Pennsylvania	2	W	67,877
	N	7	13	Chicago	6	W	68,864
	N	14	21	Wabash	0	W	20,466
	N	21	14	@Ohio State	9	W	72,657
			98	(5-3-0)	59
			Big Ten: (2-2-0) T-4th

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1926
Captain: Charles E. Kassel

	O	2	27	Coe	0	W	19,144
	O	9	38	Butler	7	W	8,101
	O	16	13	Iowa	6	W	42,555
	O	23	0	@Michigan	13	L	46,688
	O	30	3	Pennsylvania	0	W	58,661
	N	6	7	@Chicago	0	W	47,274
	N	13	27	Wabash	13	W	5,762
	N	20	6	Ohio State	7	L	28,755
			121	(6-2-0)	46
			Big Ten: (2-2-0) T-6th

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1927
Captain: Robert Reitsch

	O	1	19	Bradley	0	W	16,987
	O	8	58	Butler	0	W	10,742
	O	15	12	Iowa State	12	T	11,211
	O	22	7	@Northwestern	6	W	46,580
	O	29	14	Michigan	0	W	63,101
	N	5	14	@Iowa	0	W	22,000
	N	12	15	Chicago	6	W	48,012
	N	19	13	@Ohio State	0	W	70,034
			152	(7-0-1)	24
			Big Ten: (5-0-0) T-1st

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1928

Captain: Albert J. Nowack

	O	6	33	Bradley	6	W	21,477
	O	13	31	Coe	0	W	8,562
	O	20	13	Indiana	7	W	26,683
	O	27	6	Northwestern	0	W	59,871
	N	3	0	@Michigan	3	L	78,229
	N	10	14	@Butler	0	W	9,448
	N	17	40	@Chicago	0	W	48,714
	N	24	8	Ohio State	0	W	35,712
			145	(7-1-0)	16
			Big Ten: (4-1-0) 1st

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1929
Captain: Russell J. Crane

	O	5	25	Kansas	0	W	20,636
	O	12	45	Bradley	0	W	9,217
	O	19	7	@Iowa	7	T	32,001
	O	26	14	Michigan	0	W	54,333
	N	2	0	@Northwestern	7	L	50,000
	N	9	17	Army	7	W	69,509
	N	16	20	Chicago	6	W	22,792
	N	23	27	@Ohio State	0	W	64,869
			155	(6-1-1)	27
			Big Ten: (3-1-1) 2nd

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1930
Captain: Olaf E. Robinson

	O	4	7	Iowa State	0	W	32,718
	O	11	27	Butler	0	W	8,371
	O	18	0	Northwestern	32	L	52,687
	O	25	7	@Michigan	15	L	63,176
	N	1	0	Purdue	25	L	26,549
	N	8	0	* Army	13	L	68,186
	N	15	28	@Chicago	0	W	18,500
	N	22	9	Ohio State	12	L	16,881
			78	(3-5-0)	97
			Big Ten: (1-4-0) 8th

* at New York, N.Y.

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1931
Captain: Gil Berry

	O	3	20	St.Louis	6	W	13,535
	O	10	0	@Purdue	7	L	15,825
	O	17	20	Bradley	0	W	31,505
	O	24	0	Michigan	35	L	33,496
	O	31	6	@Northwestern	32	L	35,783
	N	7	6	Wisconsin	7	L	15,313
	N	14	6	Chicago	13	L	10,721
	N	21	0	@Ohio State	40	L	20,642
	N	26	0	+ & Indiana	0	T	15,825
			58	(2-6-1)	140
			Big Ten: (0-6-1) T-9th

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

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1932
Captain: Gil Berry

	O	1	20	# Miami of Ohio	7	W	4,568
	O	1	13	# Coe	0	W	4,568
	O	8	20	Bradley	0	W	41,256
	O	15	0	Northwestern	26	L	25,369
	O	22	0	@Michigan	32	L	19,513
	O	29	13	@Chicago	7	W	16,139
	N	5	12	@Wisconsin	20	L	18,961
	N	12	18	Indiana	6	W	8,400
	N	19	0	Ohio State	3	L	6,718
			96	(5-4-0)	101
			Big Ten: (2-4-0) 7th

# Doubleheader

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1933
Captain: Herman Walser

	S	30	13	Drake	6	W	25,788
	O	7	21	@Wash. (St. Louis)	6	W	8,776
	O	14	21	Wisconsin	0	W	19,810
	O	21	0	* Army	6	L	28,495
	N	4	6	Michigan	7	L	20,405
	N	11	3	@Northwestern	0	W	27,269
	N	18	7	Chicago	0	W	8,135
	N	25	6	@Ohio State	7	L
			77	(5-3-0)	32
			Big Ten: (3-2-0) 5th

* at Cleveland, Ohio

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1934
Captains: Chuck Bennis, Jack Beynon

	S	29	40	Bradley	7	W	26,027
	O	6	12	@Wash. (St. Louis)	7	W	7,229
	O	13	14	Ohio State	13	W	24,831
	O	27	7	@Michigan	6	W	34,822
	N	3	7	Army	0	W	42,000
	N	10	14	@Northwestern	3	W	36,000
	N	17	3	@Wisconsin	7	L	23,817
	N	24	6	@Chicago	0	W	29,828
			103	(7-1-0)	43
			Big Ten: (4-1-0) 3rd

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1935
Captain: Charles S. Galbreath, Jr.

	S	28	0	Ohio	6	L	19,404
	O	5	28	Wash. (St. Louis)	6	W	18,886
	O	12	19	@USC	0	W	50,000
	O	26	0	Iowa	19	L	26,647
	N	2	3	@Northwestern	10	L	36,000
	N	9	3	Michigan	0	W	28,136
	N	16	0	@Ohio State	6	L	43,000
	N	23	6	Chicago	7	L	12,536
			59	(3-5-0)	54
			Big Ten: (1-4-0) T-9th

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1936
Captain: Elvin C. Sayre

	S	26	9	DePaul	6	W	16,589
	O	3	13	Wash. (St. Louis)	7	W	20,568
	O	10	6	USC	24	L	33,325
	O	17	0	@Iowa	0	T	39,000
	O	24	2	Northwestern	13	L	30,579
	O	31	9	@Michigan	6	W	35,000
	N	14	0	Ohio State	13	L	19,465
	N	21	18	@Chicago	7	W	15,000
			57	(4-3-1)	76
			Big Ten: (2-2-1) 6th

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1937
Captain: Lowell Spurgeon

	S	25	20	Ohio	6	W	20,059
	O	2	0	DePaul	0	T	25,000
	O	9	0	Notre Dame	0	T	45,000
	O	16	6	@Indiana	13	L	17,000
	O	30	6	Michigan	7	L	32,506
	N	6	6	@Northwestern	0	W	42,000
	N	13	0	@Ohio State	19	L	41,921
	N	20	21	@Chicago	0	W	13,627
			59	(3-3-2)	45
			Big Ten: (2-3-0) 8th

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1938
Captain: James W. McDonald

	S	24	0	Ohio	6	L	31,378
	O	1	44	DePaul	7	W	11,414
	O	8	12	Indiana	2	W	15,571
	O	15	6	@Notre Dame	14	L	45,000
	O	22	0	Northwestern	13	L	37,000
	O	29	0	@Michigan	14	L	30,000
	N	12	14	Ohio State	32	L	18,000
	N	19	34	@Chicago	0	W	6,000
			110	(3-5-0)	88
			Big Ten: (2-3-0) 7th

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1939
Captain: Melvin C. Brewer

	S	30	0	Bradley	0	T	31,000
	O	14	0	@USC	26	L	60,000
	O	21	6	Indiana	7	L	21,912
	O	28	0	@Northwestern	13	L	35,000
	N	4	16	Michigan	7	W	30,654
	N	11	7	Wisconsin	0	W	17,665
	N	18	0	@Ohio State	21	L	46,643
	N	25	46	@Chicago	0	W	4,500
			75	(3-4-1)	74
			Big Ten: (3-3-0) 6th

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1940
Captain: Thomas J. Riggs

	O	5	31	Bradley	0	W	31,000
	O	12	7	USC	13	L	30,125
	O	19	0	@Michigan	28	L	39,000
	O	26	0	Notre Dame	26	L	63,186
	N	2	6	@Wisconsin	13	L	35,000
	N	9	14	@Northwestern	32	L	35,000
	N	16	6	Ohio State	14	L	15,571
	N	25	7	@Iowa	18	L	19,759
			71	(1-7-0)	144
			Big Ten: (0-5-0) 9th

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1941
Captain: Selected each game

	O	4	45	Miami (Ohio)	0	W	21,500
	O	11	6	@Minnesota	34	L	50,345
	O	18	40	Drake	0	W	12,193
	O	25	14	@Notre Dame	49	L	48,000
	N	1	0	Michigan	20	L	30,010
	N	8	0	Iowa	21	L	14,339
	N	15	7	@Ohio State	12	L	38,000
	N	22	0	@Northwestern	27	L	26,000
			112	(2-6-0)	163
			Big Ten: (0-5-0) 9th

---

Coach Ray Eliot
(18 years, 83-73-11)
Ray Eliot, known to Illinois football fans as "Mr. Illini," held the position of head football coach at Illinois for more years than anyone else except Bob Zuppke. Eliot was born Raymond Nusspickel at Brighton, Mass., in 1905, and graduated from the University of Illinois in 1932 after lettering in baseball and three times in football as a tackle. After entering the coaching profession at Illinois College in Jacksonville, he returned to the U of I in 1937 as line coach under Zuppke before replacing him in 1942. At Illinois, Eliot produced Big Ten championships in 1946, 1951 and 1953. His teams claimed Rose Bowl victories, 45-14, over UCLA in 1947, and, 40-7, over Stanford in 1952. Eliot, who for years was in demand as a lecturer at football clinics around the nation, was renowned as a motivator. A nine-word motto he uttered, typified his Fighting Illini spirit: "Anything you think you can do, you can do."

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1942
Captain: James Smith

	S	26	46	South Dakota	0	W	7,500
	O	3	67	Butler	0	W	10,000
	O	10	20	Minnesota	13	W	24,276
	O	17	12	@Iowa	7	W	25,600
	O	24	14	Notre Dame	21	L	43,476
	O	31	14	@Michigan	28	L	33,000
	N	7	14	@Northwestern	7	W	35,300
	N	14	20	& Ohio State	44	L	68,586
	N	21	0	Great Lakes	6	L	10,850
	N	28	20	+ Camp Grant	0	W	5,000
			227	(6-4-0)	126
			Big Ten: (3-2-0) T-3rd

& at Cleveland, Ohio
+ at Rockford, Ill.

---

1943
Captain: Selected each game

	S	11	0	Camp Grant	23	L	3,500
	S	18	18	Iowa Seahawks	32	L	8,500
	O	2	21	@Purdue	40	L	15,000
	O	9	25	@Wisconsin	7	W	17,000
	O	16	33	Pittsburgh	25	W	7,144
	O	23	0	@Notre Dame	47	L	24,438
	O	30	6	Michigan	42	L	13,500
	N	6	19	@Iowa	10	W	11,000
	N	13	26	@Ohio State	29	L	36,331
	N	20	6	@Northwestern	53	L	25,000
			154	(3-7-0)	308
			Big Ten: (2-4-0) 6th

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1944
Captain: Selected each game

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

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

---

1945
Captain: Ralph Serpico

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

---

1946
Captain: Mac Wenskunas

	S	21	33	@Pittsburgh	7	W	35,000
	S	28	6	Notre Dame	26	L	75,119
	O	5	43	Purdue	7	W	38,512
	O	12	7	@Indiana	14	L	27,000
	O	19	27	Wisconsin	21	W	62,597
	O	26	13	@Michigan	9	W	86,938
	N	2	7	@Iowa	0	W	52,000
	N	16	16	Ohio State	7	W	61,519
	N	23	20	@Northwestern	0	W	47,000
	J	1	45	* UCLA	14	W	93,083
			217	(8-2-0)	105
			Big Ten: (6-1-0) 1st

AP Final National Ranking: 5th
* 1947 Rose Bowl

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1947
Captain: Art Dufelmeier

	S	27	14	Pittsburgh	0	W	22,079
	O	4	35	@Iowa	12	W	52,000
	O	11	0	* Army	0	T	65,000
	O	18	40	Minnesota	13	W	56,048
	O	25	7	@Purdue	14	L	42,000
	N	1	7	Michigan	14	L	71,119
	N	8	60	W. Michigan	14	W	24,012
	N	15	28	@Ohio State	7	W	70,036
	N	22	13	Northwestern	28	L	52,158
			204	(5-3-1)	102
			Big Ten: (3-3-0) T-3rd

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

---

1948
Captain: Herbert Siegert

	S	25	40	Kansas State	0	W	29,593
	O	2	16	@Wisconsin	20	L	45,000
	O	9	21	Army	26	L	71,119
	O	16	0	@Minnesota	6	L	62,066
	O	23	10	Purdue	6	W	56,451
	O	30	20	@Michigan	28	L	85,938
	N	6	14	Iowa	0	W	41,502
	N	13	7	Ohio State	34	L	65,732
	N	20	7	@Northwestern	20	L	47,000
			135	(3-6-0)	140
			Big Ten: (2-5-0) 8th

---

1949
Captain: Lyle Button

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

---

1950
Captain: William Vohaska

	S	30	28	Ohio Univ.	2	W	NA
	O	7	6	Wisconsin	7	L	54,230
	O	13	14	@UCLA	6	W	45,619
	O	21	20	Washington	13	W	35,930
	O	28	20	Indiana	0	W	65,021
	N	4	7	@Michigan	0	W	96,577
	N	11	21	@Iowa	7	W	45,104
	N	18	14	Ohio State	7	W	71,119
	N	25	7	@Northwestern	14	L	NA
			137	(7-2-0)	56
			Big Ten: (4-2-0) 4th

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

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1951
Captain: Charles Studley

	S	29	27	UCLA	13	W	53,265
	O	6	14	Wisconsin	10	W	56,207
	O	13	41	Syracuse	20	W	30,000
	O	20	27	@Washington	20	W	54,000
	O	27	21	@Indiana	0	W	33,000
	N	3	7	Michigan	0	W	71,119
	N	10	40	Iowa	13	W	56,444
	N	17	0	@Ohio State	0	T	79,457
	N	24	3	@Northwestern	0	W	52,000
	J	1	40	* Stanford	7	W	96,825
			220	(9-0-1)	83
			Big Ten: (5-0-1) 1st

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

---

1952
Captain: Alfred Brosky

	S	27	33	Iowa State	7	W	47,338
	O	4	6	@Wisconsin	20	L	52,071
	O	11	48	Washington	14	W	48,248
	O	18	7	@Minnesota	13	L	55,267
	O	25	12	Purdue	40	L	71,119
	N	1	22	@Michigan	13	W	64,752
	N	8	33	@Iowa	13	W	44,855
	N	15	7	Ohio State	27	L	60,077
	N	22	26	Northwestern	28	L	41,214
			194	(4-5-0)	175
			Big Ten: (2-5-0) T-6th

---

1953
Captain: Robert Lenzini

	S	26	21	Nebraska	21	T	40,011
	O	3	33	Stanford	21	W	32,737
	O	10	41	@Ohio State	20	W	81,745
	O	17	27	Minnesota	7	W	55,641
	O	24	20	Syracuse	13	W	30,076
	O	31	21	Purdue	0	W	57,210
	N	7	19	Michigan	3	W	71,119
	N	14	7	@Wisconsin	34	L	52,887
	N	21	39	@Northwestern	14	W	51,039
			228	(7-1-1)	133
			Big Ten: (5-1-0) T-1st

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

---

1954
Captain: Jan Smid

	S	25	12	Penn State	14	L	54,094
	O	2	2	@Stanford	12	L	30,000
	O	9	7	Ohio State	40	L	69,567
	O	16	6	@Minnesota	19	L	63,810
	O	23	34	Syracuse	6	W	41,820
	O	30	14	@Purdue	28	L	47,000
	N	6	7	@Michigan	14	L	58,812
	N	13	14	Wisconsin	27	L	71,169
	N	20	7	Northwestern	20	L	39,186
			103	(1-8-0)	180
			Big Ten: (0-6-0) 10th

---

1955
Captain: J. C. Caroline

	S	24	20	@California	13	W	32,000
	O	1	40	Iowa State	0	W	43,457
	O	8	12	@Ohio State	27	L	82,407
	O	15	21	Minnesota	13	W	45,995
	O	22	7	@Michigan St.	21	L	51,851
	O	29	0	Purdue	13	L	61,262
	N	5	25	Michigan	6	W	58,968
	N	12	17	@Wisconsin	14	W	53,529
	N	19	7	@Northwestern	7	T	35,000
			149	(5-3-1)	114
			Big Ten: (3-3-1) 5th

---

1956
Captain: James Minor

	S	29	32	California	20	W	54,833
	O	6	13	@Washington	28	L	36,000
	O	13	6	Ohio State	26	L	58,247
	O	20	13	@Minnesota	16	L	63,037
	O	27	20	Michigan State	13	W	71,119
	N	3	7	@Purdue	7	T	46,166
	N	10	7	@Michigan	17	L	75,470
	N	17	13	Wisconsin	13	T	52,858
	N	24	13	@Northwestern	14	L	40,000
			124	(2-5-2)	154
			Big Ten: (1-4-2) T-7th

---

1957
Captain: Dale Smith

	S	27	6	@UCLA	16	L	48,714
	O	5	40	Colgate	0	W	41,594
	O	12	7	@Ohio State	21	L	82,239
	O	19	34	Minnesota	13	W	69,619
	O	26	14	@Michigan St.	19	L	64,353
	N	2	6	Purdue	21	L	47,690
	N	9	20	Michigan	19	W	46,007
	N	16	13	@Wisconsin	24	L	52,384
	N	23	27	Northwestern	0	W	27,017
			167	(4-5-0)	133
			Big Ten: (3-4-0) 7th

---

1958
Captain: Jack Delveaux

	S	27	14	UCLA	18	L	46,577
	O	4	13	@Duke	15	L	25,000
	O	11	13	Ohio State	19	L	50,416
	O	18	20	@Minnesota	8	W	58,174
	O	25	16	Michigan State	0	W	68,811
	N	1	8	@Purdue	31	L	46,357
	N	8	21	@Michigan	8	W	58,778
	N	15	12	Wisconsin	31	L	45,937
	N	23	27	Northwestern	20	W	32,390
			144	(4-5-0)	150
			Big Ten: (4-3-0) 6th

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1959
Captain: William Burrell

	S	26	0	@Indiana	20	L	20,000
	O	3	20	Army	14	W	64,891
	O	10	9	@Ohio State	0	W	82,980
	O	17	14	Minnesota	6	W	57,485
	O	24	9	* Penn State	20	L	15,045
	O	31	7	Purdue	7	T	42,553
	N	7	15	Michigan	20	L	45,573
	N	14	9	@Wisconsin	6	W	56,028
	N	21	28	Northwestern	0	W	65,697
			111	(5-3-1)	93
			Big Ten: (4-2-1) T-3rd

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

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Coach Pete Elliott
(7 years, 31-34-1)
Pete Elliott, a native of Bloomington, Ill., became only the third football coach at Illinois in 47 years in 1960. When he was hired, he was the Big Ten's youngest head football coach at age 33. He had already coached for 10 years - as an assistant at Oregon State and Oklahoma, and as head coach at Nebraska and California. A quarterback on Michigan's 1948 national championship team, Elliott eventually represented three different schools in the Rose Bowl: Michigan (quarterbacking the Wolverines to a 49-0 win over Southern Cal in 1948), California (coaching the Bears in their 1959 38-12 loss to Iowa) and Illinois (coaching the Fighting Illini to a 17-7 triumph over Washington in 1964). His 1963 team, with Dick Butkus and Jim Grabowski, produced Illinois' only Big Ten championship during his tenure.

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1960
Captain: William Brown

	S	24	17	+ Indiana	6	W	38,444
	O	1	33	West Virginia	0	W	43,612
	O	8	7	Ohio State	34	L	71,119
	O	15	10	@Minnesota	21	L	63,641
	O	22	10	Penn State	8	W	51,459
	O	29	14	@Purdue	12	W	48,625
	N	5	7	@Michigan	8	L	62,297
	N	12	35	Wisconsin	14	W	43,165
	N	19	7	@Northwestern	14	L	51,782
			140	(5-4-0)	117
			Big Ten: (2-4-0) T-5th

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

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1961
Captain: Gary Brown

	S	30	7	Washington	20	L	41,319
	O	7	7	Northwestern	28	L	40,138
	O	14	0	@Ohio State	44	L	82,974
	O	21	0	Minnesota	33	L	52,247
	O	28	10	@USC	14	L	28,694
	N	4	9	Purdue	23	L	35,077
	N	11	6	Michigan	38	L	40,179
	N	18	7	@Wisconsin	55	L	45,122
	N	25	7	@Michigan St.	34	L	38,344
			53	(0-9-0)	289
			Big Ten: (0-7-0) T-9th

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1962
Captain: Bob Scharbert, Ken Zimmerman

	S	29	7	@Washington	28	L	56,000
	O	6	0	@Northwestern	45	L	41,854
	O	13	15	Ohio State	51	L	56,017
	O	20	0	@Minnesota	17	L	59,247
	O	27	16	USC	28	L	31,375
	N	3	14	@Purdue	10	W	45,496
	N	10	10	@Michigan	14	L	49,756
	N	17	6	Wisconsin	35	L	36,762
	N	24	7	Michigan State	6	W	19,547
			75	(2-7-0)	234
			Big Ten: (2-5-0) 8th

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1963
Captains: Mike Taliaferro, Dick Deller

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

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

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1964
Captains: Dick Butkus, George Donnelly

	S	26	20	@California	14	W	44,704
	O	3	17	@Northwestern	6	W	52,062
	O	10	0	Ohio State	26	L	71,227
	O	17	14	@Minnesota	0	W	60,475
	O	24	26	UCLA	7	W	68,727
	O	31	14	@Purdue	26	L	59,425
	N	7	6	@Michigan	21	L	62,415
	N	14	29	Wisconsin	0	W	55,077
	N	21	16	Michigan State	0	W	32,000
			142	(6-3-0)	100
			Big Ten: (4-3-0) T-4th

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1965
Captains: Jim Grabowski, Don Hansen

	S	18	10	Oregon State	12	L	34,000
	S	25	42	SMU	0	W	45,175
	O	2	12	@Michigan St.	22	L	71,237
	O	9	14	@Ohio State	28	L	83,712
	O	16	34	Indiana	13	W	61,257
	O	23	28	Duke	14	W	47,077
	O	30	21	Purdue	0	W	59,507
	N	6	3	Michigan	23	L	50,136
	N	13	51	@Wisconsin	0	W	55,192
	N	20	20	@Northwestern	6	W	41,348
			235	(6-4-0)	118
			Big Ten: (4-3-0) 5th

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1966
Captains: Kai Anderson, Bo Batchelder

	S	17	7	@SMU	26	L	28,000
	S	24	14	Missouri	21	L	55,378
	O	1	10	Michigan State	26	L	57,747
	O	8	10	Ohio State	9	W	51,069
	O	15	24	@Indiana	10	W	39,399
	O	22	3	Stanford	6	L	56,561
	O	29	21	@Purdue	25	L	61,648
	N	5	28	@Michigan	21	W	59,332
	N	12	49	Wisconsin	14	W	53,645
	N	19	7	@Northwestern	35	L	37,625
			173	(4-6-0)	193
			Big Ten: (4-3-0) T-3rd

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Coach Jim Valek
(4 years, 8-32-0)
Jim Valek, a native of Joliet, played end on Ray Eliot's football teams at Illinois from 1945-48, earning the team's MVP award his senior year. After coaching stops at the high school level, and as an assistant at Illinois, Army, and South Carolina, Valek took over Fighting Illini fortunes upon Elliott's departure in 1967.

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1967
Captains: Ken Kmiec, Ron Bess

	S	23	0	@Florida	14	L	57,391
	S	30	34	Pittsburgh	6	W	51,251
	O	7	7	Indiana	20	L	53,550
	O	14	7	Minnesota	10	L	56,103
	O	21	7	Notre Dame	47	L	71,227
	O	28	17	@Ohio State	13	W	83,298
	N	4	9	Purdue	42	L	61,262
	N	11	14	Michigan	21	L	44,236
	N	18	27	@Northwestern	21	W	36,679
	N	25	21	@Iowa	19	W	35,714
			143	(4-6-0)	213
			Big Ten: (3-4-0) T-5th

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1968
Captains: Carson Brooks, Tony Pleviak

	S	21	7	Kansas	47	L	46,359
	S	28	0	Missouri	44	L	48,127
	O	5	14	@Indiana	28	L	50,241
	O	12	10	@Minnesota	17	L	49,864
	O	19	8	@Notre Dame	58	L	59,075
	O	26	24	Ohio State	31	L	56,174
	N	2	17	@Purdue	35	L	62,321
	N	9	0	@Michigan	36	L	56,776
	N	16	14	Northwestern	0	W	42,099
	N	23	13	Iowa	37	L	35,055
			107	(1-9-0)	333
			Big Ten: (1-6-0) T-8th

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1969
Captains: Bruce Erb, Doug Redmann

	S	20	18	Washington St.	19	L	40,345
	S	27	6	# Missouri	37	L	48,740
	O	4	20	@Iowa State	48	L	37,663
	O	11	6	Northwestern	10	L	43,928
	O	18	20	@Indiana	41	L	51,812
	O	25	0	@Ohio State	41	L	86,576
	N	1	22	Purdue	49	L	51,299
	N	8	0	Michigan	57	L	35,270
	N	15	14	@Wisconsin	55	L	42,624
	N	22	0	Iowa	40	L	30,257
			106	(0-10-0)	397
			Big Ten: (0-7-0) 10th

# at Busch Stadium, St. Louis

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1970
Captains: Doug Dieken, Kirk McMillin

	S	19	20	Oregon	16	W	33,246
	S	26	9	Tulane	23	L	27,864
	O	3	27	Syracuse	0	W	39,357
	O	10	0	@Northwestern	48	L	33,316
	O	17	24	Indiana	30	L	42,079
	O	24	29	Ohio State	48	L	46,208
	O	31	23	@Purdue	21	W	67,747
	N	7	0	@Michigan	42	L	70,781
	N	14	17	Wisconsin	29	L	36,569
	N	21	16	@Iowa	22	L	38,700
			165	(3-7-0)	279
			Big Ten: (1-6-0) T-9th

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Coach Bob Blackman
(6 years, 29-36-1)
Bob Blackman was a native of Big Ten country - from DeSoto, Iowa, originally, and later from Chicago. His move in 1971 from Dartmouth to Illinois was a move home, of sorts. He had won 104 games in 16 years at the Ivy League school, producing three undefeated seasons for the Big Green. Blackman was the fifth winningest active collegiate coach (with 150 victories) when he arrived on the UI campus as the school's third coach in a decade. It was his job to raise Illinois football fortunes from the lows of the late 1960s. Blackman accomplished that, however, the only winning team he produced was the 1974 squad, which went 6-4-1.

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1971
Captains: Glenn Collier, Larry McCarren

	S	11	0	@Michigan St.	10	L	42,083
	S	18	0	North Carolina	27	L	49,391
	S	25	0	@USC	28	L	49,390
	O	2	14	Washington	52	L	48,127
	O	9	10	Ohio State	24	L	53,555
	O	16	6	@Michigan	35	L	73,406
	O	23	21	Purdue	7	W	52,344
	O	30	24	Northwestern	7	W	40,144
	N	6	22	@Indiana	21	W	23,018
	N	13	35	@Wisconsin	27	W	65,459
	N	20	31	Iowa	0	W	40,703
			163	(5-6-0)	238
			Big Ten: (5-3-0) T-3rd

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1972
Captains: Larry McCarren, John Wiza

	S	16	0	Michigan State	24	L	55,493
	S	23	20	USC	55	L	61,225
	S	30	11	@Washington	31	L	61,200
	O	7	17	Penn State	35	L	60,394
	O	14	7	@Ohio State	26	L	86,298
	O	21	7	Michigan	31	L	64,290
	O	28	14	@Purdue	20	L	61,784
	N	4	43	Northwestern	13	W	35,235
	N	11	37	Indiana	20	W	55,077
	N	18	27	Wisconsin	7	W	45,703
	N	25	14	@Iowa	15	L	25,000
			197	(3-8-0)	277
			Big Ten: (3-5-0) T-6th

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1973
Captains: Ken Braid, John Gann

	S	15	28	@Indiana	14	W	50,433
	S	22	27	@California	7	W	22,000
	S	29	10	W. Virginia	17	L	48,107
	O	6	0	Stanford	24	L	45,383
	O	13	15	Purdue	13	W	54,252
	O	20	6	@Michigan St.	3	W	63,303
	O	27	50	Iowa	0	W	48,864
	N	3	0	Ohio State	30	L	60,707
	N	10	6	@Michigan	21	L	76,461
	N	17	16	Minnesota	19	L	34,438
	N	24	6	@Northwestern	9	L	26,117
			164	(5-6-0)	157
			Big Ten: (4-4-0) T-4th

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1974
Captains: Ty McMillin, Revie Sorey

	S	14	16	Indiana	0	W	40,911
	S	21	41	@Stanford	7	W	47,500
	S	28	21	Washington St.	19	W	40,594
	O	5	14	California	31	L	54,378
	O	12	27	@Purdue	23	W	63,174
	O	19	21	* Michigan State	21	T	55,677
	O	26	12	@Iowa	14	L	49,400
	N	2	7	@Ohio State	49	L	87,813
	N	9	6	Michigan	14	L	60,670
	N	16	17	@Minnesota	14	W	46,162
	N	23	28	@Northwestern	14	W	33,753
			210	(6-4-1)	206
			Big Ten: (4-3-1) 5th

* Memorial Stadium's Golden Anniversary Game

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1975
Captains: Dean March, Stu Levenick

	S	13	27	@Iowa	12	W	57,200
	S	20	20	Missouri	30	L	57,059
	S	27	13	@Texas A & M	43	L	45,524
	O	4	27	Washington St.	21	W	51,060
	O	11	42	Minnesota	23	W	46,162
	O	18	24	Purdue	26	L	61,204
	O	25	21	@Michigan St.	19	W	66,223
	N	1	9	@Wisconsin	18	L	76,868
	N	8	3	Ohio State	40	L	67,571
	N	15	15	Michigan	21	L	45,077
	N	22	28	@Northwestern	7	W	19,800
			229	(5-6-0)	260
			Big Ten: (4-4-0) T-3rd

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1976
Captains: Marty Friel, Dean March, Scott Studwell

	S	11	24	Iowa	6	W	49,515
	S	18	31	@Missouri	6	W	63,486
	S	25	19	Baylor	34	L	44,481
	O	2	7	Texas A & M	14	L	67,543
	O	9	14	@Minnesota	29	L	52,606
	O	16	21	@Purdue	17	W	66,716
	O	23	23	Michigan State	31	L	52,860
	O	30	31	Wisconsin	25	W	54,121
	N	6	10	@Ohio State	42	L	87,654
	N	13	7	@Michigan	38	L	104,107
	N	20	48	Northwestern	6	W	34,500
			235	(5-6-0)	248
			Big Ten: (4-4-0) T-3rd

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Coach Gary Moeller
(3 years, 6-24-3)
Gary Moeller was hired by athletic director Cecil Coleman to bring the Illinois football program back into Big Ten title contention. Moeller knew what it was like to be a Big Ten contender, coaching with Bo Schembechler for two years at Miami of Ohio, and for 10 more at Michigan. His reputation as an outstanding recruiter was in for a test at Illinois. Like Jim Valek, he picked up half of his wins at UI his first season. Unfortunately, they amounted to only three of his total of six in three seasons.

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1977
Captains: Rickie Mitchem, Kurt Steger

	S	10	9	Michigan	37	L	60,477
	S	17	11	Missouri	7	W	52,771
	S	24	24	@Stanford	37	L	50,500
	O	1	20	Syracuse	30	L	52,015
	O	8	0	@Wisconsin	26	L	78,661
	O	15	29	@Purdue	22	W	60,242
	O	22	21	Indiana	7	W	50,298
	O	29	20	@Michigan St.	49	L	70,589
	N	5	0	Ohio State	35	L	66,973
	N	12	0	Minnesota	21	L	37,697
	N	19	7	@Northwestern	21	L	17,255
			141	(3-8-0)	292
			Big Ten: (2-6-0) T-8th

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1978
Captains: John Sullivan, Randy Taylor

	S	9	0	Northwestern	0	T	40,091
	S	16	0	@Michigan	31	L	104,102
	S	23	10	Stanford	35	L	43,143
	S	30	28	@Syracuse	14	W	20,101
	O	7	3	@Missouri	45	L	62,062
	O	14	20	Wisconsin	20	T	51,160
	O	21	0	Purdue	13	L	50,918
	O	28	10	@Indiana	31	L	37,355
	N	4	19	Michigan State	59	L	48,077
	N	11	7	@Ohio State	45	L	87,719
	N	18	6	@Minnesota	24	L	25,388
			103	(1-8-2)	317
			Big Ten: (0-6-2) 9th

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1979
Captains: Lawrence McCullough, Stanley Ralph

	S	8	16	@Michigan St.	33	L	46,377
	S	15	6	Missouri	14	L	66,306
	S	22	27	@Air Force	19	W	18,178
	S	29	12	Navy	13	L	53,825
	O	6	7	Iowa	13	L	51,044
	O	13	14	@Purdue	28	L	69,413
	O	20	7	Michigan	27	L	43,370
	O	27	17	@Minnesota	17	T	47,406
	N	3	7	Ohio State	44	L	41,870
	N	10	14	Indiana	45	L	30,874
	N	17	29	@Northwestern	13	W	19,217
			156	(2-8-1)	266
			Big Ten: (1-6-1) 9th

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Coach Mike White
(8 years, 47-41-3)
Mike White was new athletic director Neale Stoner's choice to run the UI football program starting in 1980. He had declined Pete Elliott's overtures to join him at Illinois in 1960, but picked up some impressive coaching credentials after learning from some of the game's heavyweights - Bill Walsh, Dick Vermeil, Marv Levy and John Ralston. White coached California to a Pac-8 championship with a nation-leading offense (459 yards per game) in 1975. Along the way, he had helped to develop such passers as Joe Roth, Jim Plunkett, Steve Bartkowski and Craig Morton, and would add to his list at Illinois with the likes of Dave Wilson, Tony Eason and Jack Trudeau. White's wide-open passing philosophy seemed to be just what the Fighting Illini needed at the time. His teams virtually rewrote the UI record books in the passing department and brought Illinois back to Big Ten contender status. Five of White's eight Illinois teams posted winning records. The 1982 squad (7-5-0) played in the Liberty Bowl against Alabama in the legendary Bear Bryant's final game as Crimson Tide head coach. The Liberty Bowl was Illinois' first bowl appearance since the 1964 Rose Bowl. The 1983 Big Ten championship team (10-2), which played in the 1984 Rose Bowl, is the only team in Big Ten history to have defeated all nine conference opponents in the same season.

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1980
Captains: Dave Dwyer, Ron Ferrari, Dave Wilson

	S	6	35	Northwestern	9	W	44,222
	S	13	20	Michigan State	17	W	46,377
	S	20	7	@Missouri (15)	52	L	66,306
	S	27	20	Air Force	20	T	45,638
	O	4	21	Mississippi St.	28	L	60,889
	O	11	20	@Iowa	14	W	59,780
	O	18	20	Purdue	45	L	62,121
	O	25	14	@Michigan	45	L	105,109
	N	1	18	Minnesota	21	L	51,502
	N	8	42	@Ohio State (7)	49	L	87,952
	N	15	24	@Indiana	26	L	38,128
			241	(3-7-1)	326
			Big Ten: (3-5-0) T-6th

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1981
Captains: Greg Boeke, Ron Ferrari, Jack Squirek

	S	5	6	@Piitsburgh (8)	L	46,022
	S	12	27	@Michigan State	17	W	54,945
	S	19	17	Syracuse	14	W	57,579
	O	3	38	Minnesota	29	W	63,814
	O	10	20	@Purdue	44	L	69,846
	O	17	27	@Ohio St.	34	L	87,158
	O	24	23	Wisconsin	21	W	67,413
	O	31	24	Iowa (16)	7	W	66,877
	N	7	21	@Michigan (15)	70	L	105,570
	N	14	35	Indiana	14	W	56,143
	N	21	49	@Northwestern	12	W	23,116
			287	(7-4)	288
			Big Ten: (6-3) T-3rd

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1982
Captains: Mike Bass, Dan Gregus, Mike Martin

	S	4	49	* Northwestern	13	W	67,036
	S	11	23	Michigan State	16	W	66,152
	S	18	47	@Syracuse	10	W	30,128
	S	25	3	(19) Pittsburgh (3)	20	L	71,547
	O	2	42	@Minnesota (19)	24	W	63,684
	O	9	38	(20) Purdue	34	W	71,232
	O	16	21	(15) Ohio St.	26	L	73,488
	O	23	29	@Wisconsin	28	W	78,406
	O	30	13	@Iowa	14	L	59,922
	N	6	10	Michigan (15)	16	L	75,256
	N	13	48	@Indiana	7	W	38,471
	D	29	15	# Alabama	21	L	54,123
			338	(7-5-0)	229
			Big Ten: (6-3) 4th

* First Night Game in Memorial Stadium
# Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tenn.

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1983
Captains: Tim Brewster, Joe Miles, Don Thorp

	S	10	18	@Missouri	28	L	53,744
	S	17	17	Stanford	7	W	72,852
	S	24	20	@Michigan St.	10	W	75,867
	O	1	33	Iowa (4)	0	W	73,351
	O	8	27	(19) @Wisconsin	15	W	78,307
	O	15	17	(19) Ohio St. (6)	13	W	73,414
	O	22	35	(11) @Purdue	21	W	69,328
	O	29	16	(9) Michigan (8)	6	W	76,127
	N	5	50	(6) @Minnesota	23	W	35,514
	N	12	49	(5) Indiana	21	W	73,612
	N	19	56	(4) @Northwestern	24	W	52,333
	J	2	9	(4) * UCLA	45	L	103,217
			347	(10-2)	213
			Big Ten: (9-0) 1st

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

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1984
Captains: Rick Schulte, David Edwards

	S	1	24	Northwestern	16	W	75,753
	S	8	30	Missouri	24	W	78,297
	S	15	19	@Stanford	34	L	43,795
	S	22	40	@Michigan St.	7	W	75,762
	S	29	16	@Iowa (4)	21	L	66,322
	O	6	22	Wisconsin	6	W	78,307
	O	13	38	@Ohio St. (8)	45	L	89,937
	O	20	34	Purdue	20	W	76,101
	O	27	18	@Michigan	26	L	104,916
	N	3	48	Minnesota	3	W	76,056
	N	10	34	# Indiana	7	W	49,264
			323	(7-4)	209
			Big Ten: (6-3) T-2nd

# at Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis

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1985
Captains: Jack Trudeau, Craig Swoope, Chris White

	S	7	10	(11) USC (6)	20	L	76,369
	S	14	28	(19) So. Illinois	25	W	76,330
	S	21	25	(20) @Nebraska(17)	52	L	76,149
	O	5	31	Ohio St. (5)	28	W	76,343
	O	12	24	@Purdue	30	L	68,837
	O	19	30	@Michigan St.	17	W	76,438
	O	26	38	Wisconsin	25	W	76,395
	N	2	3	Michigan (4)	3	T	76,397
	N	9	0	@Iowa (6)	59	L	66,120
	N	16	41	Indiana	24	W	78,805
	D	31	29	* Army	31	L	29,857
			304	(6-5-1)	334
			Big Ten: (5-2-1) 3rd

* Peach Bowl, Atlanta, Ga.

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1986
Captains: Scott Davis, Sam Ellsworth, Mark Dennis, Shane Lamb

	S	6	23	Louisville	0	W	72,822
	S	13	16	@USC	31	L	51,496
	S	20	14	Nebraska (6)	59	L	75,869
	O	4	0	@Ohio St. (5)	14	L	90,030
	O	11	34	Purdue	27	W	73,720
	O	18	21	Michigan St.	29	L	75,083
	O	25	9	@Wisconsin	15	L	76,983
	N	1	13	@Michigan (3)	69	L	104,122
	N	8	20	Iowa (16)	16	W	75,190
	N	15	21	@Indiana	16	W	34,572
	N	22	18	Northwestern	23	L	70,568
			189	(4-7-0)	299
			Big Ten: (3-5) T-6th

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1987
Captains: Mike Scully, Mike Piel, Darrick Brownlow

	S	5	14	@No. Carolina	34	L	40,000
	S	12	7	Arizona State * (15)	21	L	70,060
	S	19	20	East Carolina	10	W	62,045
	O	3	6	Ohio St. (9)	10	L	73,045
	O	10	3	@Purdue	9	L	59,483
	O	17	16	Wisconsin	14	W	57,040
	O	24	14	@Michigan St. (14)	14	T	76,513
	O	31	27	Minnesota	17	W	60,143
	N	7	22	@Indiana (18)	34	L	50,026
	N	14	14	Michigan	17	L	64,496
	N	21	10	@Northwestern	28	L	27,104
			153	(3-7-1)	208
			Big Ten: (2-5-1) 8th

* 28th consecutive home sellout game

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Coach John Mackovic
(4 years, 30-16-1)
John Mackovic became Illinois' 19th head football coach February 3, 1988. Mackovic came to Champaign with a variety of collegiate and professional coaching experiences and built the Fighting Illini into not only a Big Ten contender, but also a force to be reckoned with nationally. All four of his UI teams played in bowl games (1988 All American Bowl, 1990 Florida Citrus Bowl, 1991 Hall of Fame Bowl, and 1991 John Hancock Bowl). Mackovic was the first to have earned Dave McClain Big Ten Coach of the Year award in each of his first two seasons in the league. His 1989 team tied the school record (set in 1983) for victories with ten and his 1990 team tied for the Big Ten Championship. Mackovic was named athletic director at Illinois December 23, 1988. He retained both the position of athletic director and head football coach until resigning just before the 1991 John Hancock Bowl to become head coach at Texas.

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1988
Captains: Glenn Cobb, Mark McGowan

	S	3	7	Washington St.	44	L	54,458
	S	10	16	@Arizona State	21	L	70,091
	S	17	35	Utah	24	W	54,002
	O	1	31	@Ohio State	12	W	90,274
	O	8	20	Purdue	0	W	63,473
	O	15	34	@Wisconsin	6	W	57,886
	O	22	21	Michigan St.	28	L	65,771
	O	29	27	@Minnesota	27	T	40,554
	N	5	21	Indiana (20)	20	W	66,201
	N	12	9	@Michigan (13)	38	L	105,000
	N	19	14	Northwestern	9	W	43,329
	D	29	10	# Florida	14	L	42,890
			245	(6-5-1)	243
			Big Ten: (5-2-1) T-3rd

# All American Bowl, Birmingham, Ala.

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1989
Captains: Craig Schneider, Steve Glasson, Mike Bellamy, Moe Gardner

	S	4	14	(22) @USC (5)	13	W	54,622
	S	16	7	(10) @Colorado (8)	38	L	46,747
	S	23	41	(20) Utah State	2	W	61,553
	O	7	34	(18) Ohio State	14	W	69,088
	O	14	14	(16) @Purdue	2	W	41,101
	O	21	14	(13) @Michigan State	10	W	76,216
	O	28	32	(8) Wisconsin	9	W	64,856
	N	4	31	(8) @Iowa	7	W	67,700
	N	11	10	(8) Michigan (3)	24	L	73,069
	N	18	41	(12) Indiana	28	W	53,368
	N	25	63	(11) @Northwestern	14	W	31,017
	J	1	31	(11) # Virginia (16)	21	W	60,016
			332	(10-2)	182
			Big Ten: (7-1) 2nd

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

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1990
Captains: Curtis Lovelace, Howard Griffith, Moe Gardner, Darrick Brownlow

	S	8	16	(11) @Arizona	28	L	53,330
	S	15	23	(21) @Colorado (11)	22	W	64,351
	S	22	56	(15) Southern Illinois	21	W	64,469
	O	6	31	(13) @Ohio State (20)	20	W	89,404
	O	13	34	(11) Purdue	0	W	60,604
	O	20	15	(8) Michigan State (25)	13	W	70,398
	O	27	21	(5) @Wisconsin	3	W	67,746
	N	3	28	(5) Iowa (13)	54	L	72,714
	N	10	17	(17) @Michigan (19)	22	L	105,343
	N	17	24	(22) @Indiana	10	W	44,639
	N	24	28	(22) Northwestern	23	W	32,383
	J	1	0	(16) # Clemson (14)	30	L	63,154
			293	(8-4)	246
			Big Ten: (6-2) T-1st

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

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1991
Captains: Mike Hopkins, Marlon Primous, Tim Simpson

	A	31	38	East Carolina	31	W	46,313
	S	14	19	@Missouri	23	L	49,586
	S	21	51	Houston (21)	10	W	60,182
	O	5	24	(22) Minnesota	3	W	57,981
	O	12	10	(20) Ohio State (11)	7	W	70,125
	O	19	21	(13) @Iowa (15)	24	L	70,220
	O	26	11	(17) @Northwestern	17	L	26,542
	N	2	22	Wisconsin	6	W	61,493
	N	9	41	@Purdue	14	W	34,582
	N	16	0	(25) Michigan (4)	20	L	66,757
	N	23	24	@Michigan State	27	L	61,721
	D	31	3	&# UCLA (22)	6	L	42,281
			264	(6-6)	188
			Big Ten: (4-4) 5th

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

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Coach Lou Tepper
(5+ years, 25-31-2)
Lou Tepper was hired as Illinois' 20th head football coach Dec. 13, 1991, just prior to the team's appearance in the John Hancock Bowl. He replaced John Mackovic, who resigned his head football coach and athletic director duties to become head coach at the University of Texas. Tepper had five successful seasons at Colorado prior to coming to Illinois. He spent his last two years with the Buffaloes as their assistant head coach. When Mackovic took over the program in 1988, he brought Tepper in as defensive coordinator and named him assistant head coach in 1990. Tepper led Illinois to the 1992 Holiday Bowl and a 30-0 victory in the 1994 Liberty Bowl. He also coached consecutive Butkus Award winners in Dana Howard (1994) and Kevin Hardy (1995).

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1992
Captains: Brad Hopkins, John Wright, Jr.

	S	5	30	Northern Illinois	14	W	50,015
	S	12	24	Missouri	14	W	53,568
	S	19	13	@Houston	31	L	25,931
	O	3	17	@Minnesota	18	L	32,112
	O	10	18	@Ohio State (21)	16	W	93,982
	O	17	14	Iowa	24	L	70,314
	O	24	26	Northwestern	27	L	52,332
	O	31	13	@Wisconsin	12	W	65,293
	N	7	20	Purdue	17	W	55,339
	N	14	22	@Michigan (3)	22	T	106,481
	N	21	14	Michigan State	10	W	40,552
	D	30	17	# Hawaii	27	L	44,457
			235	(6-5-1)	228
			Big Ten: (4-3-1) 4th

# Holiday Bowl, San Diego, Calif.

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1993
Captains: Greg Engel, Filmel Johnson, Gary Voelker

	S	11	3	@Missouri	31	L	48,427
	S	18	14	Arizona (15)	16	L	51,110
	S	25	7	Oregon	13	L	45,574
	O	2	28	@Purdue	10	W	37,621
	O	9	12	Ohio State (6)	20	L	61,209
	O	16	49	@Iowa	3	W	70,397
	O	23	24	@Michigam (13)	21	W	106,385
	O	30	20	Northwestern	13	W	49,940
	N	6	23	Minnesota	20	W	50,192
	N	13	14	@Penn State (16)	28	L	90,000
	N	20	10	Wisconsin (14)	35	L	48,083
			204	(5-6)	210
			Big Ten: (5-3) T-4th

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1994
Captains: Pete Gabrione, John Holecek, Dana Howard, Jon Kerr

	S	1	9	(21) # Washington State	10	L	39,472
	S	10	42	Missouri	0	W	64,305
	S	17	34	Northern Illinois	10	W	55,327
	O	1	16	Purdue	22	L	58,338
	O	8	24	@Ohio State (17)	10	W	93,351
	O	15	47	Iowa	7	W	59,573
	O	22	14	Michigan (11)	19	L	72,677
	O	29	28	@Northwestern	7	W	40,365
	N	5	21	@Minnesota	17	W	35,069
	N	12	31	Penn State (2)	35	L	72,364
	N	19	13	@Wisconsin	19	L	77,745
	D	31	30	& East Carolina	0	W	33,280
			309	(7-5)	210
			Big Ten: (4-4) T-5th

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

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1995
Captains: Jason Dulick, Kevin Hardy, Brett Larsen

	S	2	14	(25) Michigan (13)	38	L	70,193
	S	9	31	@Oregon (24)	34	L	44,201
	S	16	9	Arizona (17)	7	W	57,134
	S	23	7	East Carolina	0	W	60,545
	O	7	17	@Indiana	10	W	38,098
	O	14	21	Michigan State	27	L	65,653
	O	28	14	Northwestern (8)	17	L	65,425
	N	4	26	@Iowa	7	W	70,397
	N	11	3	@Ohio State (2)	41	L	92,639
	N	18	48	Minnesota	14	W	45,521
	N	25	3	@Wisconsin	3	T	76,750
			254	(5-5-1)	229
			Big Ten: (3-4-1) T-7th

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1996
Captains: Rodney Byrd, Ty Douthard, Paul Marshall, Dennis Stallings

	A	31	8	@Michigan (12)	20	L	105,992
	S	7	3	USC (19)	55	L	56,504
	S	14	0	@Arizona	41	L	43,012
	S	21	38	Akron	7	W	48,285
	O	5	46	Indiana	43	W	55,534
	O	12	14	@Michigan State	42	L	71,639
	O	26	24	@Northwestern (11)	27	L	48,187
	N	2	21	Iowa (25)	31	L	54,381
	N	9	0	Ohio State (2)	48	L	54,412
	N	16	21	@Minesota	23	L	34,321
	N	23	15	Wisconsin	35	L	37,814
			190	(2-9)	372
			Big Ten: (1-7) t-9th

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Coach Ron Turner
(7 years, 32-49)
Ron Turner was named the 21st head coach in Illinois history Dec. 2, 1996, coming to the Fighting Illini after four highly successful seasons as the offensive coordinator for the NFL's Chicago Bears. In 1999, Turner's Illini began their program turnaround with an 8-4 season, including a 63-21 Micronpc.com Bowl victory in the team's first postseason appearance since 1994. Turner then followed that season up with the 2001 Big Ten Championship season which saw the Illini earn a bid to the BCS and the Sugar Bowl. Illinois finished the season 10-2, the first 10-win season since 1989. Turner was unanimously named the Big Ten Coach of the Year.

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1997
Captains: Ivan Benson, Danny Clark, Robert Holcombe

	S	6	7	Southern Mississippi	24	L	44,519
	S	13	13	@Louisville	26	L	36,824
	S	20	22	Washington State (19)	35	L	47,131
	S	27	10	@Iowa (11)	38	L	70,397
	O	4	6	Penn State (2)	41	L	51,523
	O	11	7	@Wisconsin	31	L	79,327
	O	25	3	Purdue (22)	48	L	45,122
	N	1	6	@Indiana	23	L	32,705
	N	8	21	Northwestern	34	L	41,195
	N	15	15	@Ohio State (4)	41	L	92,008
	N	22	17	Michigan State	27	L	30,087
			119	(0-11)	368
			Big Ten: (0-8) 11th

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1998
Captains: Ivan Benson, Danny Clark, Ryan Schau

	S	5	13	@Washington State	20	L	31,568
	S	12	48	Middle Tennessee	20	W	35,475
	S	19	9	Louisville	35	L	39,475
	S	26	14	Iowa	37	L	44,245
	O	3	13	@Northwestern	10	W	41,232
	O	10	0	Ohio State(1)	41	L	46,390
	O	17	3	Wisconsin (9)	37	L	40,627
	O	24	9	@Purdue	42	L	60,163
	O	31	0	@Penn State (10)	27	L	96,508
	N	7	31	Indiana	16	W	31,388
	N	21	9	@Michigan State	31	L	67,285
			149	(3-8)	216
			Big Ten: (2-6) 7th

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1999
Captains: Ray Redziniak, Danny Clark, Neil Rackers, Steve Havard

	S	4	41	Arkansas State	3	W	34,227
	S	11	38	San Diego State	10	W	35,798
	S	18	41	@Louisville	36	W	40,332
	S	25	10	Michigan State (19)	27	L	52,417
	O	2	31	@Indiana (OT)	34	L	30,381
	O	16	7	Minnesota	37	L	49,152
	O	23	35	@Michigan (9)	29	W	110,188
	O	30	7	Penn State (2)	27	L	50,014
	N	6	40	@Iowa	24	W	61,350
	N	13	46	@Ohio State (25)	20	W	93,429
	N	20	29	Northwestern	7	W	50,137
	D	30	63	# Virginia	21	W	31,089
			388	(8-4)	275
			Big Ten: (4-4) T-6th

# Micronpc.com Bowl (Miami, Fla)
Final AP ranking-24th

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2000
Captains: Ray Redziniak, Muhammad Abdullah, Bobby Jackson, Fred Wakefield

	S	2	35	(21) Middle Tennessee	6	W	35,032
	S	9	49	(21) @San Diego State	13	W	26,779
	S	16	17	(19) California	15	W	50,181
	S	23	31	(19) Michigan (10)	35	L	72,524
	S	30	10	(24) @Minnesota	44	L	44,462
	O	14	31	Iowa	0	W	62,639
	O	21	25	@Penn State	39	L	96,475
	O	30	10	@Michigan State	14	L	73,826
	N	4	42	Indiana (OT)	35	W	54,283
	N	11	21	Ohio State (13)	24	L	61,207
	N	18	23	Northwestern (23)	61	L	40,658
			294	(5-6)	286
			Big Ten: (2-6) T-9th

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2001
Captains: Kurt Kittner, Luke Butkus, Brandon Moore, Bobby Jackson

	S	1	44	@California	17	W	38,160
	S	8	17	Northern Illinois	12	W	45,674
	S	22	34	Louisville (25)	10	W	40,332
	S	29	20	(22) @Michigan (17)	45	L	107,085
	O	6	25	Minnesota	14	W	53,225
	O	13	35	@Indiana	14	W	31,116
	O	20	42	Wisconsin	35	W	70,904
	N	3	38	(21) @Purdue (20)	13	W	61,568
	N	10	33	(15) Penn State	28	W	70,904
	N	17	34	(12) @Ohio State (25)	22	W	104,407
	N	22	34	(10) Northwestern	28	W	45,755
	J	1	34	(7) # Louisiana State (12)	47	L	77,688
			390	(10-2)	285
			Big Ten: (7-1) 1st

# 2002 Nokia Sugar Bowl; New Orleans, La.
Final AP ranking no. 12

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2002
Captains: Kurt Kittner, Luke Butkus, Brandon Moore, Bobby Jackson

	A	31	20	# Missouri	33	L	61,876
	S	7	20	@Southern Mississippi	33	L	22,183
	S	14	59	Arkansas State	7	W	46,258
	S	21	35	San Jose State	38	L	50,990
	S	28	28	Michigan (14)	45	L	69,249
	O	3	10	@Minnesota	31	L	32,663
	O	12	38	Purdue (OT)	31	W	55,590
	O	26	45	Indiana	14	W	50,295
	N	2	7	@Penn State	18	L	105,589
	N	9	37	@Wisconsin	20	W	78,709
	N	16	16	Ohio State (2) (OT)	23	L	58,810
	N	23	31	@Northwestern	24	W	38,688
			346	(5-7)	307
			Big Ten: (4-4) T-5th

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2003
Captains: Sean Bubin, Carey Davis, Derrick Strong

	A	30	15	# Missouri	22	L	63,576
	S	6	49	Illinois State	22	W	56,304
	S	13	3	@UCLA	6	L	51,118
	S	20	24	California	31	L	58,363
	S	27	20	Wisconsin	38	L	58,495
	O	4	10	@Purdue (22)	43	L	64,139
	O	11	14	Michigan State (21)	49	L	47,509
	O	18	14	@Michigan (17)	56	L	110,231
	O	25	10	Minnesota (24)	36	L	46,407
	N	1	10	@Iowa (13)	41	L	70,397
	N	8	14	@Indiana	17	L	24,102
	N	22	20	Northwestern	37	L	38,688
			203	(1-11)	398
			Big Ten: (0-8) 11th

# at St. Louis, Mo.

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2004
Captains: Kelvin Hayden, Duke Preston

	S	4	52	Florida A&M	13	W	46,106
	S	11	17	UCLA	35	L	47,457
	S	18	30	Western Michigan	27	W	51,452
	S	25	30	Purdue (15)	38	L	50,532
	O	2	7	@Wisconsin	24	L	82,306
	O	9	25	@Michigan State	38	L	72,441
	O	16	19	Michigan (13)	30	L	55,725
	O	23	0	@Minnesota	45	L	46,526
	O	30	13	Iowa (23)	23	L	47,651
	N	6	26	Indiana	22	W	41,458
	N	20	21	@Northwestern (OT)	28	L	38,688
			240	(3-8)	323
			Big Ten: (1-7) T-10th

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Coach Ron Zook
(2 years, 4-19)
Ron Zook was named the 22nd head coach in Illinois history Dec. 7, 2004, coming to the Fighting Illini after three highly successful seasons as the head coach at the University of Florida. Zook brought 27 years of experience coaching high school, college and NFL teams. He led the Gators to three bowl games in as many years and a share of the SEC-East title in 2003.

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2005
Captains: James Cooper, E.B. Halsey, Ryan Matha, Pierre Thomas

	S	3	33	Rutgers (OT)	30	W	50,112
	S	10	40	San Jose State	19	W	49,279
	S	17	20	@California (15)	35	L	57,657
	S	24	14	Michigan State (17)	61	L	51,469
	O	1	7	@Iowa	35	L	70,585
	O	8	13	@Indiana	36	L	35,829
	O	22	10	Penn State (12)	63	L	52,633
	O	29	24	Wisconsin (15)	41	L	52,158
	N	5	2	@Ohio State (12)	40	L	104,799
	N	12	3	@Purdue	37	L	57,611
	N	19	21	Northwestern	38	L	31,465
			187	(2-9)	435
			Big Ten: (0-8) 11th

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2006
Captains: Alan Ball, E.B. Halsey, J Leman, Josh Norris, Pierre Thomas

	S	2	42	Eastern Illinois	17	W	45,444
	S	9	0	@Rutgers	33	L	41,036
	S	16	21	Syracuse	31	L	40,657
	S	23	7	Iowa (14)	24	L	43,066
	S	30	23	@Michigan State	20	W	71,268
	O	7	32	Indiana	34	L	43,006
	O	14	17	Ohio	20	L	34,328
	O	28	24	@Wisconsin (17)	30	L	81,300
	N	4	10	Ohio State (1)	17	L	53,351
	N	11	31	Purdue	42	L	44,266
	N	18	16	@Northwestern	27	L	22,242
			235	(2-10)	321
			Big Ten: (1-7) T-10th

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2007
Captains: J Leman, Rashard Mendenhall, Kevin Mitchell, Martin O'Donnell

	S	1	34	* Missouri	40	L	62,352
	S	8	21	Western Illinois	0	W	48,301
	S	15	41	@Syracuse	20	W	34,188
	S	22	27	@Indiana	14	W	34,707
	S	29	27	Penn State (21)	20	W	57,078
	O	6	31	Wisconsin (5)	26	W	57,078
	O	13	6	(18) at Iowa	10	L	70,585
	O	20	17	Michigan (25)	27	L	57,078
	N	27	28	Ball State	17	W	55,578
	N	3	44	@Minnesota	17	W	46,604
	N	10	28	@Ohio State (1)	21	W	105,453
	N	17	41	(21) Northwestern	22	W	54,116
	J	1	17	^ (13) vs. Southern California (6)	49	L	93,923
			362	(9-4)	283
			Big Ten: (6-2) T-2nd

* in St. Louis, Mo., at Edward Jones Dome
Final AP ranking-20th
^ Rose Bowl

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2008
Captains: Arrelious Benn, David Lindquist, Brit Miller, Juice Williams

	A	30	42	(19) vs. Missouri	52	L	66,441
	S	6	47	(24) Eastern Illinois	21	W	60,131
	S	13	20	Louisiana-Lafayette	17	W	58,632
	S	27	24	(21) @Penn State (12)	38	L	109,626
	O	4	45	@Michigan	20	W	109,750
	O	11	20	Minnesota	27	L	62,870
	O	18	55	Indiana	13	W	62,870
	O	25	17	@Wisconsin	27	L	81,241
	N	1	27	Iowa	24	W	62,870
	N	8	17	@Western Michigan^	23	L	12,865
	N	15	20	Ohio State (10)	30	L	62,870
	N	22	10	Northwestern (24)	27	L	32,166
			344	(5-7)	319
			Big Ten: (3-5) T-6th

* in St. Louis, Mo., at Edward Jones Dome
^ Ford Field, Detroit, Mich.

(updated 5/09)