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Illinois Football Team History


Illinois Fighting Illini
University of Illinois
 Champaign, IL
Founded: 1867
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Capacity: 70,904
Colors: Orange & Blue
Coach: Ray Eliot
Conference: Big 10-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1890  <-- 1957 <- 1958 -> 1959 --> 2024
1958 Season Highlights
 Ray Eliot enters his 17th season as Head Coach at Illinois.
 
1958 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 27  vs. UCLA  14   18   L       
 Sat., Oct. 4  @ Duke  13   15   L       
 Sat., Oct. 11  vs. Ohio State  13   19   L       
 Sat., Oct. 18  @ Minnesota  20   8   W       
 Sat., Oct. 25  vs. Michigan State  16   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 1  @ Purdue  8   31   L       
 Sat., Nov. 8  @ Michigan  21   8   W       
 Sat., Nov. 15  vs. Wisconsin  12   31   L       
 Sat., Nov. 22  vs. Northwestern  27   20   W       
 
1958 Season Totals
  Record4-5
  Points Scored144
  Scoring Average16.0
  Points Allowed150
  Defense Average16.7
  Opponents Record38-37
  Conference Record4-3
  Home Record2-3
  Away Record2-2
1958 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1958 Big 10- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Illinois 4-5144150 4-3117117  Ray Eliot
Indiana 5-3-181141 3-2-156104  Phil Dickens
Minnesota 1-8115157 1-687120  Murray Warmath
Iowa 8-1-1272146Won  38-125-1173100  Forest Evashevski
Wisconsin 7-1-120177 5-1-113177  Milton Milt Bruhn
Ohio State 6-1-2182132 4-1-2147105  Wayne Woody Hayes
Purdue 6-1-2184102 3-1-210380  Kenneth Jack Mollenkopf
Northwestern 5-4199148 3-4142120  Ara R. Parseghian
Michigan 2-6-1132211 1-5-198172  Bennie G. Oosterbaan
Michigan State 3-5-1117123 0-5-13796  Hugh Duffy Daugherty

1958 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1958 All Big 10 Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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