Illinois Fighting Illini football
Current season
First season	1890
Athletic director	Ron Guenther
Head coach	Ron Zook
	5th year, 18–30
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Champaign)
Stadium capacity	62,872
Stadium surface	FieldTurf
Location	Champaign, Illinois
Conference	Big Ten
All-time record	563–513–51 (.522)
Postseason bowl record	6–9
Claimed national titles	5
Conference titles	15
Consensus All-Americans	24
Current uniform
Colors	Orange and Blue
Fight song	Illinois Loyalty and Oskee Wow Wow
Marching band	Marching Illini
Major Rivals	Indiana Hoosiers Northwestern Wildcats Ohio State Buckeyes Purdue Boilermakers
Website	CoachRonZook.com

The Illinois Fighting Illini are a major college football program. They compete in NCAA Division I-A and the Big Ten Conference.

Contents 1 Stadium 2 Logos and uniforms 3 All-Time Win/Loss/Tie Record 4 National Championships 5 Big Ten Championships 6 Bowl games 7 Trophy games 8 Individual award winners 9 College Football Hall of Famers 10 Pro Football Hall of Famers 11 Current NFL Players 12 Other Famous Players 13 External links 14 References

[edit] Stadium

• Memorial Stadium

[edit] Logos and uniforms

[edit] All-Time Win/Loss/Tie Record

• 563-513-51^[1]

• See: Illinois Fighting Illini football year-by-year record

[edit] National Championships

The University of Illinois claims five national championships in football: 1914, 1919, 1923, 1927, and 1951. The Fighting Illini now officially recognize the 1951 National Championship by the Boand selecting body,^[2] but as recently as 2006 this was not mentioned officially by the school.^[3]

Year	Coach	Selector	Record	Bowl Game
1914	Bob Zuppke	Parke H. Davis	7-0-0
1919	Bob Zuppke	Billingsley, Boand, Football Research, Parke H. Davis	6-1-0
1923	Bob Zuppke	Boand, Football Research, Helms, National Championship Foundation, Parke H. Davis	8-0-0
1927	Bob Zuppke	Billingsley, Dickinson, Helms, National Championship Foundation, Parke H. Davis	7-0-1
1951	Ray Eliot	Boand	9-0-1	Won Rose Bowl
5-time National Champions

[edit] Big Ten Championships

Year	Coach	Big Ten Record	Overall Record	Bowl Game
1910	Arthur Hall	4-0-0	7-0-0
1914	Bob Zuppke	6-0-0	7-0-0
1915	Bob Zuppke	3-0-2	5-0-2
1918	Bob Zuppke	4-0-0	5-2-0
1919	Bob Zuppke	6-1-0	6-1-0
1923	Bob Zuppke	5-0-0	8-0-0
1927	Bob Zuppke	5-0-0	7-0-1
1928	Bob Zuppke	4-1-0	7-1-0
1946	Ray Eliot	6-1-0	8-2-0	Won Rose Bowl
1951	Ray Eliot	5-0-1	9-0-1	Won Rose Bowl
1953	Ray Eliot	5-1-0	7-1-1
1963	Pete Elliot	5-1-1	8-1-1	Won Rose Bowl
1983	Mike White	9-0-0	10-2-0	Lost Rose Bowl
1990	John Mackovic	6-2-0	8-4-0	Lost Hall of Fame Bowl
2001	Ron Turner	7-1	10-2	Lost Sugar Bowl
15-time Big Ten Champions

[edit] Bowl games

Date	Bowl	W/L	Opponent	PF	PA
January 1, 1947	Rose Bowl	W	UCLA	45	14
January 1, 1952	Rose Bowl	W	Stanford	40	7
January 1, 1964	Rose Bowl	W	Washington	17	7
December 29, 1982	Liberty Bowl	L	Alabama	15	21
January 2, 1984	Rose Bowl	L	UCLA	9	45
December 31, 1985	Peach Bowl	L	Army	29	31
December 29, 1988	All-American Bowl	L	Florida	10	14
January 1, 1990	Florida Citrus Bowl	W	Virginia	31	21
January 1, 1991	Hall of Fame Bowl	L	Clemson	0	30
December 31, 1991	Sun Bowl	L	UCLA	3	6
December 30, 1992	Holiday Bowl	L	Hawai'i	17	27
December 31, 1994	Liberty Bowl	W	East Carolina	30	0
December 30, 1999	MicronPC.com Bowl	W	Virginia	63	21
January 1, 2002	Sugar Bowl	L	LSU	34	47
January 1, 2008	Rose Bowl	L	USC	17	49
Total	15 Bowl Games	6-9		360	340

[edit] Trophy games

• Illibuck - Ohio State Buckeyes
• Purdue Cannon - Purdue Boilermakers
• Land of Lincoln Trophy - Northwestern Wildcats (formerly the Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)

[edit] Individual award winners

• Dick Butkus Award

Dana Howard - 1994

Kevin Hardy - 1995

• Chicago Tribune Silver Football

Red Grange - 1924

Alex Agase - 1946

Bill Burrell - 1959

Dick Butkus - 1963

Jim Grabowski - 1965

Don Thorp - 1983

Rashard Mendenhall - 2007

• Dave McClain Coach of the Year

Mike White - 1983

John Mackovic - 1988

John Mackovic - 1989

Ron Turner - 2001

Ron Zook - 2007

[edit] College Football Hall of Famers

Retired football jerseys
Number	Player
50	Dick Butkus
77	Red Grange

• Alex Agase (Guard, 1941-1942; 1946)
• Bob Blackman (Head Coach, 1971-1976)
• Al Brosky (Safety, 1950-1952)
• Dick Butkus (Center/Linebacker, 1962-1964)
• Chuck Carney (End, 1918-1921)
• J.C. Caroline (Halfback, 1953-1954)
• Jim Grabowski (Fullback, 1963-1965)
• Red Grange (Halfback, 1923-1925)
• Ed Hall (Head Coach, 1892-1893)
• Bart Macomber (Halfback, 1914-1916)
• Bernie Shively (Guard, 1924-1926)
• David Williams (Wide Receiver, 1983-1985)
• George Woodruff (Head Coach, 1903)
• Claude "Buddy" Young (Halfback, 1944, 1946)
• Bob Zuppke (Head Coach, 1913-1941) ^[4]

[edit] Pro Football Hall of Famers

• Dick Butkus
• Red Grange
• George Halas
• Bobby Mitchell
• Ray Nitschke
• Hugh "Shorty" Ray^[5]

[edit] Current NFL Players

• Alan Ball
• Danny Clark
• Jameel Cook
• Carey Davis
• Jason Davis
• Vontae Davis
• David Diehl
• Kelvin Hayden
• Nathan Hodel
• J Leman
• Greg Lewis
• Brandon Lloyd
• Rashard Mendenhall
• Brandon Moore
• Christian Morton
• Tony Pashos
• Duke Preston
• Neil Rackers
• Matt Sinclair
• Pierre Thomas
• Fred Wakefield
• Steve Weatherford
• Eugene Wilson^[6]

[edit] Other Famous Players

• Tim Brewster - Head Coach, Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
• Bill Brown - Former NFL Running Back
• Bill Burrell - Former NFL player
• Ken Dilger - Former NFL Tight End
• Tony Eason - Former NFL Quarterback
• Dwight Eddleman - Former Olympian and NBA player
• Kevin Hardy - Former NFL Linebacker
• Jeff George - Former NFL Quarterback
• Howard Griffith - Former NFL Fullback
• John Holecek - Former NFL Linebacker
• Brad Hopkins - Former NFL Offensive Tackle
• Marques Sullivan - Former NFL Offensive Tackle
• Kurt Kittner - Former NFL Quarterback
• Ryan McPartlin - Actor
• Ed O'Bradovich - Former NFL Defensive End
• Jack Trudeau - Former NFL Quarterback
• Scott Turner - Former NFL Cornerback

[edit] External links

• Official Site

[edit] References

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v • d • e Football teams of the Big Ten Conference Illinois Fighting Illini • Indiana Hoosiers • Iowa Hawkeyes • Michigan Wolverines • Michigan State Spartans • Minnesota Golden Gophers • Northwestern Wildcats • Ohio State Buckeyes • Penn State Nittany Lions • Purdue Boilermakers • Wisconsin Badgers

v • d • e Current Big Ten Conference head football coaches Ron Zook (Illinois Fighting Illini) • Bill Lynch (Indiana Hoosiers) • Kirk Ferentz (Iowa Hawkeyes) • Rich Rodriguez (Michigan Wolverines) • Mark Dantonio (Michigan State Spartans) • Tim Brewster (Minnesota Golden Gophers) • Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern Wildcats) • Jim Tressel (Ohio State Buckeyes) • Joe Paterno (Penn State Nittany Lions) • Danny Hope (Purdue Boilermakers) • Bret Bielema (Wisconsin Badgers)

v • d • e Football stadiums of the Big Ten Conference Beaver Stadium (Penn State) • Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin) • Kinnick Stadium (Iowa) • Memorial Stadium (Illinois) • Memorial Stadium (Indiana)  • Michigan Stadium (Michigan) • Ohio Stadium (Ohio State) • Ross-Ade Stadium (Purdue) • Ryan Field (Northwestern) • Spartan Stadium (Michigan State)  • TCF Bank Stadium (Minnesota)

v • d • e Marching bands of the Big Ten Conference Marching Illini (Illinois) • Indiana University Marching Hundred (Indiana) • Hawkeye Marching Band (Iowa) • Michigan Marching Band (Michigan) • Spartan Marching Band (Michigan State) • University of Minnesota Marching Band (Minnesota) • The Ohio State University Marching Band (Ohio State) • Penn State Blue Band (Penn State) • Purdue All-American Marching Band (Purdue) • Wildcat Marching Band (Northwestern) • University of Wisconsin Marching Band (Wisconsin)