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1946 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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Ranking
APNo. 5
1946 Big Nine Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Illinois $ 6 1 0 8 2 0
No. 6 Michigan 5 1 1 6 2 1
No. 20 Indiana 4 2 0 6 3 0
Iowa 3 3 0 5 4 0
Minnesota 3 4 0 5 4 0
Ohio State 2 3 1 4 3 2
Northwestern 2 3 1 4 4 1
Wisconsin 2 5 0 4 5 0
Purdue 0 5 1 2 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 1946 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Ray Eliot and playing their home games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois, 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. The team's captain was center Mac Wenskunas. Guard Alex Agase was voted the team's Most Valuable Player and received the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Big Ten's MVP.

Roster

Player Position
Perry Moss Quarterback
Ruck Steger
Les Bingaman Guard, Tackle
Sam Zatkoff End
Joe Buscemi
Bob Cunz Tackle
Don Maechtle Placekicker
Don Pittman
Chuck Gottfried
Al Martignago
Lyle Button Tackle
Lou Levanti Center
Bob Prymuski Guard
Tom Gallagher
Al Mastrangeli Center
Merle Schlosser End
Bernie Krueger Quarterback
Dike Eddleman Punter
Bill Franks
Chick Maggioli Defensive back, Halfback
Paul Patterson Quarterback
Ike Owens End, Defensive end
Art Dufelmeier (Captain) Halfback
Tom Stewart
Bob Hinkle
Lou Agase Tight end, Tackle
Jim Valck
Jack Pierce
Burt Schmidt
Denny Bassett
Walt Kersulis End
John Wrenn Guard
Herb Siegert Guard, Linebacker

Schedule

September 21, 1946at Pittsburgh*

W 33–7 35,000 September 28, 1946Notre Dame*

L 26–6 75,119 October 5, 1946Purdue

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

W 43–7 38,512 October 12, 1946at IndianaNo. 12

L 14–7 27,000 October 19, 1946No. 20 Wisconsin

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

W 27–21 62,597 October 26, 1946at No. 8 Michigan

W 13–9 86,938 November 2, 1946at IowaNo. 11

W 7–0 52,000 November 16, 1946No. 13 Ohio StateNo. 9

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

W 16–7 61,519 November 23, 1946at NorthwesternNo. 5

W 20–0 47,000 January 1, 1947vs. No. 4 UCLA*No. 5

W 45–14 93,083

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