1943 Illinois
3–7 (2–4 Western Conference), coached by Ray Eliot. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Wisconsin 25–7Oct 9
By 18 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | vsCamp Grant | L 0–23 | 88% |
| Sep 18 | vsIowa Pre-Flight | L 18–32 | 37% |
| Oct 2 | at Purdue | L 21–40 | 31% |
| Oct 9 | at Wisconsin | W 25–7 | 25% |
| Oct 16 | vs Pittsburgh | W 33–25 | 54% |
| Oct 23 | at 1Notre Dame | L 0–47 | 13% |
| Oct 30 | vs 7Michigan | L 6–42 | 30% |
| Nov 6 | at Iowa | W 19–10 | 40% |
| Nov 13 | at Ohio State | L 26–29 | 30% |
| Nov 20 | at 9Northwestern | L 6–53 | 25% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Northwestern 53–6; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 106th-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 1943.
- Record
- 3–7
- Conference
- 2–4 6th in Western Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 154–308
- Coach
- Ray Eliot
- Elo
- 1420 −60 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 3.0 No. 32 of 76 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Most valuable player
- Eddie Bray
All-Big Ten
1 second teamSecond team
Eddie BrayRBUP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1943 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1943 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue | 6–0 | 9–0 | 5 |
| Michigan | 6–0 | 8–1 | 3 |
| Northwestern | 5–1 | 6–2 | 9 |
 Indiana | 2–3–1 | 4–4–2 | |
 Minnesota | 2–3 | 5–4 | |
| Illinois | 2–4 | 3–7 | |
| Ohio State | 1–4 | 3–6 | |
| Wisconsin | 1–6 | 1–9 | |
| Iowa | 0–4–1 | 1–6–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.