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This is a list of seasons completed by the Illinois Fighting Illini football program since the team's conception in 1890. The list documents season-by-season records, and conference records from 1890 to the present. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Fighting Illini compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 27 head coaches, and two interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1890 season. Since December 2020, Bret Bielema has served as head coach at Illinois. [1]
Bret Arnold Bielema (/ ˈ b iː l ə m ɑː /; born January 13, 1970) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a position he has held since the 2021 season. Bielema served as the head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 2006 to 2012, achieving a 68–24 ...
Illinois promoted assistant coach Ray Eliot to the position of head coach after Zuppke's retirement. [31] Eliot would lead the Illini football program for 18 seasons, compiling an 83–73–11 record. [32] In 1946, the Illini won the Big Ten Conference title and completed an 8–2 season with a 45–14 win over UCLA in the Rose Bowl.
They were led by first-year head coach Bret Bielema. The Illini finished the season 5–7, 4–5 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place in the West division. [2] The team's 20–18 victory over No. 7-ranked Penn State set an NCAA record for the most overtime periods in one game, with nine. [3]
Illinois rankings update. The Illinois football team ranked No. 21 in the latest US LBM Coaches Poll on Sunday after a 21-7 win over Michigan, remaining in the same spot as last week.. The Illini ...
The Fighting Illini were led by fourth-year head coach John Mackovic during the regular season before he resigned and was replaced by Lou Tepper as interim head coach for the team's bowl game. Illinois compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing fifth in the Big Ten. The Fighting Illini were invited to ...
Jul. 23—The News-Gazette sports staff rates how the 19 athletic programs at the University of Illinois fared during the 2022-23 school year: Men's golf: A Why an A: Did the season end with a ...