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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  <-- 1956 <- 1957 -> 1958 --> 2024
1957 Season Highlights
 Ray Eliot enters his 16th season as Head Coach at Illinois.
 
1957 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Sep. 27  @ UCLA  6   16   L       
 Sat., Oct. 5  vs. Colgate  40   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 12  @ Ohio State  7   21   L       
 Sat., Oct. 19  vs. Minnesota  34   13   W       
 Sat., Oct. 26  @ Michigan State  14   19   L       
 Sat., Nov. 2  vs. Purdue  6   21   L       
 Sat., Nov. 9  vs. Michigan  20   19   W       
 Sat., Nov. 16  @ Wisconsin  13   24   L       
 Sat., Nov. 23  vs. Northwestern  27   0   W       
 
1957 Season Totals
  Record4-5
  Points Scored167
  Scoring Average18.6
  Points Allowed133
  Defense Average14.8
  Opponents Record45-28
  Conference Record3-4
  Home Record4-1
  Away Record0-4
1957 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1957 Big 10- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Illinois 4-5167133 3-4121117  Ray Eliot
Minnesota 4-5201188 3-5155181  Murray Warmath
Indiana 1-847307 0-633253  Bob Hicks
Ohio State 9-126792Won  10-77-020860  Wayne Woody Hayes
Michigan State 8-126475 5-118460  Hugh Duffy Daugherty
Iowa 7-1-1263112 4-1-115272  Forest Evashevski
Wisconsin 6-3234122 4-3129103  Milton Milt Bruhn
Purdue 5-4178114 4-314196  Kenneth Jack Mollenkopf
Michigan 5-3-1187147 3-3-1145141  Bennie G. Oosterbaan
Northwestern 0-957271 0-738223  Ara R. Parseghian

1957 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1957 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.