1948 Illinois
3–6 (2–5 Western Conference), coached by Ray Eliot. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Kansas State 40–0Sep 25
By 40 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | vs Kansas State | W 40–0 | 86% |
| Oct 2 | at Wisconsin | L 16–20 | 54% |
| Oct 9 | vs 5Army | L 21–26 | 40% |
| Oct 16 | at 11Minnesota | L 0–6 | 37% |
| Oct 23 | vs Purdue | W 10–6 | 61% |
| Oct 30 | at 1Michigan | L 20–28 | 16% |
| Nov 6 | vs Iowa | W 14–0 | 65% |
| Nov 13 | vs Ohio State | L 7–34 | 57% |
| Nov 20 | at 7Northwestern | L 7–20 | 30% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Northwestern 20–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 77th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
- Record
- 3–6
- Conference
- 2–5 8th in Western Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 135–140
- Coach
- Ray Eliot
- Elo
- 1490 −65 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 7.9 No. 40 of 117 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Herb Siegert
- Most valuable player
- Jim Valek
All-Big Nine
4 second teamSecond team
Walt KersulisEAP-2; UP-2- Tony KlimekEINS-2
- Herb SiegertOGAP-2; INS-2; UP-2
- Dwight EddlemanRBINS-2
From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1948 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 6–0 | 9–0 | 1 |
| Northwestern | 5–1 | 8–2 | 7 |
| Minnesota | 5–2 | 7–2 | 16 |
| Ohio State | 3–3 | 6–3 | |
| Iowa | 2–4 | 4–5 | |
| Purdue | 2–4 | 3–6 | |
 Indiana | 2–4 | 2–7 | |
| Illinois | 2–5 | 3–6 | |
| Wisconsin | 1–5 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.