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 Bret Bielema Head Coach First Year: 2021 |
School: Illinois Nickname: Fighting Illini Current Conference: Big Ten Former Conference(s): Illinois Intercollegiate Football League Location: Urbana –Champaign, Illinois First year of football: 1890 |
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Name: Memorial Year built: 1923 Capacity: 60,670 Playing Surface: FieldTurf |
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ILLINOIS CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
| YEAR | CHAMPION(S) | CONFERENCE |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Illinois | Big Ten |
| 1990 | Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State | Big Ten |
| 1983 | Illinois | Big Ten |
| 1963 | Illinois | Big Ten |
| 1953 | Illinois, Michigan State | Big Ten |
| 1951 | Illinois | Big Ten |
| 1946 | Illinois | Big Ten |
| 1928 | Illinois | Big Ten |
| 1927 | Illinois, Minnesota | Big Ten |
| 1923 | Illinois, Michigan | Big Ten |
| 1919 | Illinois | Big Ten |
| 1918 | Illinois, Michigan, Purdue | Big Ten |
| 1915 | Illinois | Big Ten |
| 1914 | Illinois | Big Ten |
| 1910 | Illinois | Big Ten |
ILLINOIS YEAR BY YEAR SCHEDULES AND SCORES
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| 1890s | 1900s | 1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s |
| 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
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ILLINOIS BOWL RECORD
| SCHOOL | WINS | LOSSES | TIES | TOTAL | WIN% |
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| Illinois | 8 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 0.421 |
ILLINOIS BOWL HISTORY
| BOWL | DATE | WINNER | POINTS | LOSER | POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ReliaQuest | 2-Jan-2023 | Mississippi State | 19 | Illinois | 10 |
| Redbox | 30-Dec-2019 | California | 35 | Illinois | 20 |
| Heart of Dallas | 26-Dec-2014 | Louisiana Tech | 35 | Illinois | 18 |
| Fight Hunger | 31-Dec-2011 | Illinois | 20 | UCLA | 14 |
| Texas | 29-Dec-2010 | Illinois | 38 | Baylor | 14 |
| Sugar | 01-Jan-2002 | LSU | 47 | Illinois | 34 |
| Russell Athletic | 30-Dec-1999 | Illinois | 63 | Virginia | 21 |
| Liberty | 31-Dec-1994 | Illinois | 30 | East Carolina | 0 |
| Holiday | 30-Dec-1992 | Hawaii | 27 | Illinois | 17 |
| Sun Bowl | 31-Dec-1991 | UCLA | 6 | Illinois | 3 |
| Outback | 01-Jan-1991 | Clemson | 30 | Illinois | 0 |
| Citrus | 01-Jan-1990 | Illinois | 31 | Virginia | 21 |
| All-American | 29-Dec-1988 | Florida | 14 | Illinois | 10 |
| Chick-Fil-A-Bowl | 31-Dec-1985 | Army | 31 | Illinois | 29 |
| Liberty | 29-Dec-1982 | Alabama | 21 | Illinois | 15 |
ILLINOIS AP FINISHES
Sorted by Year, Rank and Team
| 1944 | 15 | Illinois |
| 1946 | 5 | Illinois |
| 1950 | 13 | Illinois |
| 1951 | 4 | Illinois |
| 1953 | 7 | Illinois |
| 1959 | 13 | Illinois |
| 1963 | 3 | Illinois |
| 1983 | 10 | Illinois |
| 1989 | 10 | Illinois |
| 1990 | 25 | Illinois |
| 1999 | 24 | Illinois |
| 2001 | 12 | Illinois |
| 2007 | 20 | Illinois |
ILLINOIS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
| Year | CHAMPIONS |
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| 1951 | Georgia Tech: Berryman, Boand* Illinois: Boand* Maryland: DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, National Championship Foundation, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess) Michigan State: Billingsley, Helms, Poling Tennessee: AP, Litkenhous, UPI, Williamson |
| 1927 | Georgia: Berryman, Boand, Poling National Poll Rankings Illinois: Billingsley, Dickinson, Helms, National Championship Foundation, Parke Davis Notre Dame: Houlgate Texas A&M: Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess) Yale: Football Research |
| 1923 | California: Houlgate Cornell: Sagarin* Illinois: Berryman*, Boand, Football Research, Helms, National Championship Foundation*, Parke Davis, Sagarin (ELO-Chess)* Michigan: Billingsley, National Championship Foundation* Yale: Berryman* |
| 1919 | Harvard: Football Research*, Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation*, Parke Davis* Illinois: Billingsley, Boand, Football Research*, Parke Davis*, Sagarin (ELO-Chess)* Notre Dame: National Championship Foundation*, Parke Davis* Texas A&M: Billingsley MOV, National Championship Foundation* Centre: Sagarin* |
| 1914 | Army West Point: Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation, Parke Davis* Illinois: Billingsley, Parke Davis* Texas: Billingsley MOV |
ILLINOIS HEAD COACHES
| Year(s) | Coach | Years | Games | Win | Loss | Tie | Win % | School |
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| 1892-1893 | E.K. Hall | 2 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0.659 | Illinois |
| 1894-1894 | Louis Vail | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.625 | Illinois |
| 1895-1899 | George Huff | 5 | 40 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 0.563 | Illinois |
| 1900-1900 | Fred Smith | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0.667 | Illinois |
| 1901-1902 | Edgar Holt | 2 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0.804 | Illinois |
| 1903-1903 | George Woodruff | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0.571 | Illinois |
| 1905-1905 | Fred Lowenthal | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.556 | Illinois |
| 1906-1906 | Justa Lindgren | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.300 | Illinois |
| 1907-1912 | Arthur Hall | 6 | 40 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 0.713 | Illinois |
| 1913-1941 | Robert Zuppke | 29 | 224 | 131 | 81 | 12 | 0.612 | Illinois |
| 1942-1959 | Ray Eliot | 18 | 167 | 83 | 73 | 11 | 0.53 | Illinois |
| 1960-1966 | Pete Elliott | 7 | 66 | 31 | 34 | 1 | 0.477 | Illinois |
| 1967-1970 | James Valek | 4 | 40 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 0.200 | Illinois |
| 1971-1976 | Bob Blackman | 6 | 66 | 29 | 36 | 1 | 0.447 | Illinois |
| 1977-1979 | Gary Moeller | 3 | 33 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 0.227 | Illinois |
| 1980-1987 | Mike White | 8 | 91 | 47 | 41 | 3 | 0.533 | Illinois |
| 1988-1991 | John Mackovic | 4 | 47 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 0.649 | Illinois |
| 1991-1996 | Lou Tepper | 6 | 58 | 25 | 31 | 2 | 0.448 | Illinois |
| 1997-2004 | Ron Turner | 8 | 92 | 35 | 57 | 0 | 0.380 | Illinois |
| 2005-2011 | Ron Zook | 7 | 85 | 34 | 51 | 0 | 0.400 | Illinois |
| 2011-2011 | Vic Koenning | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.100 | Illinois |
| 2012-2014 | Tim Beckman | 3 | 37 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 0.324 | Illinois |
| 2015-2015 | Bill Cubit | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0.417 | Illinois |
| 2016-2020 | Lovie Smith | 5 | 56 | 17 | 39 | 0 | 0.304 | Illinois |
| 2021-PRES | Brett Bielema | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0.417 | Illinois |
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