1948 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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1948 Big Nine Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Michigan $ 6 0 0 9 0 0
No. 7 Northwestern 5 1 0 8 2 0
No. 16 Minnesota 5 2 0 7 2 0
Ohio State 3 3 0 6 3 0
Iowa 2 4 0 4 5 0
Purdue 2 4 0 3 6 0
Indiana 2 4 0 2 7 0
Illinois 2 5 0 3 6 0
Wisconsin 1 5 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1948 Big Nine Conference football season. In their seventh year under head coach Ray Eliot, the Illini compiled a 3–6 record and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1] End James Valek was selected as the team's most valuable player.[2]

Schedule

September 25Kansas State*

W 40–0   October 2at Wisconsin

L 16–20   October 9No. 5 Army*

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

L 21–26   October 16at No. 11 Minnesota

L 0–6   October 23Purdue

W 10–6   October 30at No. 1 Michigan

L 20–28   November 6Iowa

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

W 14–0   November 13Ohio State

L 7–34   November 20at No. 7 Northwestern

L 7–20  

Template:CFB Schedule End


References

  1. ^ "1948 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 28, 2016.