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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: Peter R. Elliot
Conference: Big 10-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1890  <-- 1960 <- 1961 -> 1962 --> 2024
1961 Season Highlights
 Peter R. Elliot enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Illinois.
 
1961 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 30  vs. Washington  7   20   L       
 Sat., Oct. 7  vs. Northwestern  7   28   L       
 Sat., Oct. 14  @ Ohio State  0   44   L       
 Sat., Oct. 21  vs. Minnesota  0   33   L       
 Sat., Oct. 28  @ Southern California  10   14   L       
 Sat., Nov. 4  vs. Purdue  9   23   L       
 Sat., Nov. 11  vs. Michigan  6   38   L       
 Sat., Nov. 18  @ Wisconsin  7   55   L       
 Sat., Nov. 25  @ Michigan State  7   34   L       
 
1961 Season Totals
  Record0-9
  Points Scored53
  Scoring Average5.9
  Points Allowed289
  Defense Average32.1
  Opponents Record54-27
  Conference Record0-7
  Home Record0-5
  Away Record0-4
1961 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1961 Big 10- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Minnesota 8-216178Won  21-36-112662  Murray Warmath
Indiana 2-796162 0-638132  Phil Dickens
Illinois 0-953289 0-736255  Peter R. Elliot
Ohio State 8-0-122183 6-017961  Wayne Woody Hayes
Michigan State 7-219250 5-214440  Hugh Duffy Daugherty
Purdue 6-314687 4-29453  Kenneth Jack Mollenkopf
Wisconsin 6-3179158 4-3149138  Milton Milt Bruhn
Michigan 6-3212163 3-3117135  Chalmers Bump Elliott
Iowa 5-4215162 2-4110100  Jerry Burns
Northwestern 4-5131105 2-46885  Ara R. Parseghian

1961 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1961 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.