1949 Illinois
3–4–2 (3–3–1 Western Conference), coached by Ray Eliot. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Purdue 19–0Oct 22
By 19 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | vs Iowa State | T 20–20 | 67% |
| Oct 1 | vs Wisconsin | T 13–13 | 60% |
| Oct 8 | at Iowa | W 20–14 | 43% |
| Oct 15 | vs Missouri | L 20–27 | 46% |
| Oct 22 | at Purdue | W 19–0 | 47% |
| Oct 29 | vs 6Michigan | L 0–13 | 33% |
| Nov 5 | vs Indiana | W 33–14 | 70% |
| Nov 12 | at 11Ohio State | L 17–30 | 30% |
| Nov 19 | vs Northwestern | L 7–9 | 59% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Northwestern 9–7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 74th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
- Record
- 3–4–2
- Conference
- 3–3–1 tied for 5th in Western Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 149–140
- Coach
- Ray Eliot
- Elo
- 1496 +3 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 12.9 No. 25 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Lyle Button
- Most valuable player
- Johnny Karras
All-Big Nine
2 first teamFirst team
Charles GottfriedOGAP-2; UP-1
Johnny KarrasRBAP-1; UP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1949 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State | 4–1–1 | 7–1–2 | 6 |
| Michigan | 4–1–1 | 6–2–1 | 7 |
 Minnesota | 4–2 | 7–2 | 8 |
| Wisconsin | 3–2–1 | 5–3–1 | |
| Iowa | 3–3 | 4–5 | |
| Illinois | 3–3–1 | 3–4–2 | |
| Northwestern | 3–4 | 4–5 | |
| Purdue | 2–4 | 4–5 | |
| Indiana | 0–6 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.