ILLINOIS FOOTBALL HISTORY DATABASE
 
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (4)
All Time Football Record: 572-529-50 (.519)
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (15)
1910 Big Ten Conference Co-Champions
1914 Big Ten Conference Champions
1915 Big Ten Conference Co-Champions
1918 Big Ten Conference Co-Champions
1919 Big Ten Conference Champions
1923 Big Ten Conference Co-Champions
1927 Big Ten Conference Champions
1928 Big Ten Conference Champions
1946 Big Ten Conference Champions
1951 Big Ten Conference Champions
1953 Big Ten Conference Co-Champions
1963 Big Ten Conference Champions
1983 Big Ten Conference Champions
1990 Big Ten Conference Co-Champions
2001 Big Ten Conference Champions

CONFERENCE AFFILIATIONS
1890-1890: Independent
1891-1895: Illinois Intercollegiate League
1896-Current: Big Ten Conference

 

OTHER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTIONS


1951 - Record: 9-0-1
Boand System

BOWL GAMES (7-9)
SEASON BOWL OPPONENT RESULT SCORE
2010 Texas Baylor W 38-14
2007 Rose Southern California L 17-49
2001 Sugar Louisiana State L 34-47
1999 Micron PC Virginia W 63-21
1994 Liberty East Carolina W 30-0
1992 Holiday Hawaii L 17-27
1991 Sun UCLA L 3-6
1990 Hall Of Fame Clemson L 0-30
1989 Citrus Virginia W 31-21
1988 All-American Florida L 10-14
1985 Peach Army L 29-31
1983 Rose UCLA L 9-45
1982 Liberty Alabama L 15-21
1963 Rose Washington W 17-7
1951 Rose Stanford W 40-7
1946 Rose UCLA W 45-14
COACHES
COACH
YEARS
#YEARS
GAMES
WON
LOST
TIED
PCT.
Scott Williams
1890
1
3
1
2
0
.333
Robert Lackey
1891
1
6
6
0
0
1.000
E.K. Hall
1892-1893
2
22
12
5
5
.659
Louis D. Vail
1894
1
8
5
3
0
.625
George A. Huff
1895-1899
5
40
21
16
3
.563
Fred L. Smith
1900
1
12
7
3
2
.667
Edgar G. Holt
1901-1902
2
23
18
4
1
.804
George Woodruff
1903
1
14
8
6
0
.571
(4) Hall, Lindgren, Lowenthal, Matthews
1904
1
12
9
2
1
.792
Fred Lowenthal
1905
1
9
5
4
0
.556
Justa Lindgren
1906
1
5
1
3
1
.300
Arthur R. Hall
1907-1912
6
40
27
10
3
.713
Robert C. Zuppke
1913-1941
29
224
131
81
12
.612
Ray Eliot
1942-1959
18
167
83
73
11
.530
Pete Elliot
1960-1966
7
66
31
34
1
.477
Jim Valek
1967-1970
4
40
8
32
0
.200
Bob Blackman
1971-1976
6
66
29
36
1
.447
Gary Moeller
1977-1979
3
33
6
24
3
.227
Mike White
1980-1987
8
91
47
41
3
.533
John Mackovic
1988-1991
3.9
47
30
16
1
.649
Lou Tepper
1991-1996
5.1
58
25
31
2
.448
Ron Turner
1997-2004
8
92
35
57
0
.380
Ron Zook
2005-Current
6
73
28
45
0
.384
Totals
121
1151
572
529
50
.519
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (through 2009 season)
STATISTIC CAREER SEASON GAME
PASSING Jack Trudeau
8,725 (1981-85)
Tony Eason
3,671 (1982)
Dave Wilson
621 (Ohio State 1980)
RUSHING Robert Holcombe
4,105 (1994-97)
Rashard Mendenhall
1,681 (2007)
Robert Holcombe
315 (Minnesota 1996)
RECEIVING YARDS David Williams
3,392 (1983-85)
David Williams
1,278 (1984)
David Williams
208 (Northwestern 1984)
RECEPTIONS David Williams
262 (1983-85)
David Williams
101 (1984)
David Williams
16 (Purdue 1985)
SCORING Jason Reda
267 (2004-07)
Rashard Mendenhall
114 (2007)
Howard Griffith
48 (Southern Illinois 1990)
INTERCEPTIONS Al Brosky
30 (1950-52)
Al Brosky
11 (1950 & 1951)
 
TACKLES Dana Howard
595 (1991-94)
John Sullivan
202 (1977)
 
SACKS Simeon Rice
44.5 (1992-95)
Simeon Rice
16 (1994)