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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  <-- 1958 <- 1959 -> 1960 --> 2024
1959 Season Highlights
 Ray Eliot enters his 18th season as Head Coach at Illinois.
 
1959 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 26  @ Indiana  0   20   L       
 Sat., Oct. 3  vs. Army  20   14   W       
 Sat., Oct. 10  @ Ohio State  9   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 17  vs. Minnesota  14   6   W       
 Sat., Oct. 24  @ Penn State  9   20   L    @ Cleveland, OH   
 Sat., Oct. 31  vs. Purdue  7   7   T       
 Sat., Nov. 7  vs. Michigan  15   20   L       
 Sat., Nov. 14  @ Wisconsin  9   6   W       
 Sat., Nov. 21  vs. Northwestern  28   0   W       
 
1959 Season Totals
  Record5-3 -1
  Points Scored111
  Scoring Average12.3
  Points Allowed93
  Defense Average10.3
  Opponents Record44-35
  Conference Record4-2
  Home Record3-1 -1
  Away Record2-2
1959 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
13 5-3-1 AP
12 5-3-1 Coaches
12 5-3-1 UPI
  
1959 Big 10- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Illinois 5-3-111193 4-2-18259  Ray Eliot
Indiana 4-4-1142105 2-4-18685  Phil Dickens
Minnesota 2-798159 1-666121  Murray Warmath
Wisconsin 7-3165149Lost  8-445-29785  Milton Milt Bruhn
Northwestern 6-3174134 4-39997  Ara R. Parseghian
Michigan State 5-4149118 4-211091  Hugh Duffy Daugherty
Purdue 5-2-210981 4-2-18174  Kenneth Jack Mollenkopf
Iowa 5-4233100 3-311968  Forest Evashevski
Michigan 4-5122161 3-489134  Chalmers Bump Elliott
Ohio State 3-5-183114 2-4-16984  Wayne Woody Hayes

1959 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1959 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 biggest crowd for a college football game was 114,000 for the 1926 Army-Navy Game. The game ended in a tie when it became too dark to play.