1949 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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1949 Big Nine Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Ohio State + 4 1 1 7 1 2
No. 7 Michigan + 4 1 1 6 2 1
No. 8 Minnesota 4 2 0 7 2 0
Wisconsin 3 2 1 5 3 1
Illinois 3 3 1 3 4 2
Iowa 3 3 0 4 5 0
Northwestern 3 4 0 4 5 0
Purdue 2 4 0 4 5 0
Indiana 0 6 0 1 8 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1949 Big Nine Conference football season. In their eighth year under head coach Ray Eliot, the Illini compiled a 3–4–2 record and finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1] Halfback Johnny Karras was selected as the team's most valuable player.[2]

Schedule

September 24Iowa State*

T 20–20   October 1Wisconsin

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

T 13–13   October 8at Iowa

W 20–14   October 15Missouri*

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (Rivalry)

L 20–27   October 22at Purdue

W 19–0   October 29No. 6 Michigan

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

L 0–13   November 5Indiana

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

W 33–14   November 12at No. 11 Ohio State

L 17–30   November 19Northwestern

L 7–9  

Template:CFB Schedule End


References

  1. ^ "1949 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.