1936 Illinois
4–3–1 (2–2–1 Western Conference), coached by Robert Zuppke. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Chicago 18–7Nov 21
By 11 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | vsDePaul | W 9–6 | 89% |
| Oct 3 | vsWashington St. Louis | W 13–7 | 57% |
| Oct 10 | vs USC | L 6–24 | 54% |
| Oct 17 | at Iowa | T 0–0 | 41% |
| Oct 24 | vs 4Northwestern | L 2–13 | 51% |
| Oct 31 | at Michigan | W 9–6 | 43% |
| Nov 14 | vs Ohio State | L 0–13 | 37% |
| Nov 21 | atChicago | W 18–7 | 55% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Chicago 18–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 79th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1936.
- Record
- 4–3–1
- Conference
- 2–2–1 6th in Western Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 57–76
- Coach
- Robert Zuppke
- Elo
- 1487 −17 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 0.7 No. 70 of 131 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Elvin Sayre
- Most valuable player
- Cliff Kuhn
All-Big Ten
1 first teamFirst team
Ed SayreCAP-1; UP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1936 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1936 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern | 6–0 | 7–1 | 7 |
 Minnesota | 4–1 | 7–1 | 1 |
| Ohio State | 4–1 | 5–3 | |
 Purdue | 3–1–1 | 5–2–1 | |
 Indiana | 3–1–1 | 5–2–1 | |
| Illinois | 2–2–1 | 4–3–1 | |
| Chicago | 1–4 | 2–5–1 | |
| Iowa | 0–4–1 | 3–4–1 | |
 Wisconsin | 0–4 | 2–6 | |
| Michigan | 0–5 | 1–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.