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2020 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRod Smith (3rd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 60,670)
Uniform
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
No. 2 Ohio State xy$^   5 – 0     7 – 1  
No. 12 Indiana   6 – 1     6 – 2  
Penn State   4 – 5     4 – 5  
Maryland   2 – 3     2 – 3  
Rutgers   3 – 6     3 – 6  
Michigan   2 – 4     2 – 4  
Michigan State   2 – 5     2 – 5  
West Division
No. 10 Northwestern xy   6 – 1     7 – 2  
No. 16 Iowa   6 – 2     6 – 2  
Wisconsin   3 – 3     4 – 3  
Minnesota   3 – 4     3 – 4  
Nebraska   3 – 5     3 – 5  
Purdue   2 – 4     2 – 4  
Illinois   2 – 6     2 – 6  
Championship: Ohio State 22, Northwestern 10
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Big Ten suspended the season on August 11, but later decided to begin play on October 24. In addition to the title game that was played on December 19, the conference seeded all remaining teams for "championship week" games.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2020 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was to represent the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Fighting Illini were to play their home games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois, and compete in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They were to be led by fifth-year head coach Lovie Smith.

On July 9, 2020, the Big Ten announced that member teams will only play conference games in effort to reduce issues related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

On August 11, 2020, the Big Ten canceled the college football season for the fall of 2020 due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The conference expressed hope that a season could be played in the spring of 2021.[4][5]

Schedule

Illinois had games scheduled against Illinois State, UConn, and Bowling Green, but cancelled these games on July 9 due to the Big Ten Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

The season was canceled on August 11, 2020.[5]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 3 Ohio State
September 12 at Nebraska
September 19 at Indiana
September 26 Purdue
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
October 10 Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
October 17 at Northwestern
October 24 at Wisconsin
October 31 Minnesota
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
November 7 at Rutgers
November 21 Penn State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

[7]

References

  1. ^ Stevens, Matthew. "Big Ten To Play A "Championship Weekend" 9th Game Of 2020 Season". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Big Ten to play conference-only football schedule for 2020 season amid COVID-19 pandemic". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  3. ^ "Big Ten cancels college football season for fall 2020, hopes to play in spring 2021". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  4. ^ West, Jenna. "Big Ten Postpones Fall Sports, Including Football". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  5. ^ a b "Big Ten nixes fall football season, eyes spring". ESPN.com. 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  6. ^ Myerberg, Paul. "Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow". USA TODAY. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  7. ^ "2020 Illinois Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
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