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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-

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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
Record	4-5
Points Scored	144
Scoring Average	16.0
Points Allowed	150
Defense Average	16.7
Opponents Record	38-37
Conference Record	4-3
Home Record	2-3
Away Record	2-2

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	4-5	144	150		4-3	117	117	Ray Eliot
Indiana	5-3-1	81	141		3-2-1	56	104	Phil Dickens
Minnesota	1-8	115	157		1-6	87	120	Murray Warmath
Iowa	8-1-1	272	146	Won 38-12	5-1	173	100	Forest Evashevski
Wisconsin	7-1-1	201	77		5-1-1	131	77	Milton Milt Bruhn
Ohio State	6-1-2	182	132		4-1-2	147	105	Wayne Woody Hayes
Purdue	6-1-2	184	102		3-1-2	103	80	Kenneth Jack Mollenkopf
Northwestern	5-4	199	148		3-4	142	120	Ara R. Parseghian
Michigan	2-6-1	132	211		1-5-1	98	172	Bennie G. Oosterbaan
Michigan State	3-5-1	117	123		0-5-1	37	96	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.

Great Moments in College Football History

The first college football National Champion was Princeton. They received the honor in 1869 and only played two games.