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1950 Illinois

7–⁠2 (4–⁠2 Western Conference), coached by Ray Eliot, finished No. 13 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Illinois in 1950, game by game: won vs. Ohio 28–2; lost vs. Wisconsin 6–7; won at UCLA 14–6; won vs. No. 10 Washington 20–13; won vs. No. 19 Indiana 20–0; won at Michigan 7–0; won at Iowa 21–7; won vs. No. 1 Ohio State 14–7; lost at Northwestern 7–14+26−7Won 28–2 vs. Ohio+26OhioLost 6–7 vs. Wisconsin-1WisconsinWon 14–6 at UCLA+8UCLAWon 20–13 vs. No. 10 Washington+7No. 10 WashingtonWon 20–0 vs. No. 19 Indiana+20No. 19 IndianaWon 7–0 at Michigan+7MichiganWon 21–7 at Iowa+14IowaWon 14–7 vs. No. 1 Ohio State+7No. 1 Ohio StateLost 7–14 at Northwestern-7Northwestern
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsOhioW 28–⁠268%
Oct 7vsWisconsinL 6–⁠755%
Oct 13atUCLAW 14–⁠636%
Oct 21vs10WashingtonW 20–⁠1358%
Oct 28vs19IndianaW 20–⁠069%
Nov 4atMichiganW 7–⁠034%
Nov 11atIowaW 21–⁠757%
Nov 18vs1Ohio StateW 14–⁠746%
Nov 25atNorthwesternL 7–⁠1457%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Northwestern 14–⁠7; No. 13 in the final AP poll; 4th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 17th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 8
  2. Wk 2: 15
  3. Wk 5: 12
  4. Wk 6: 10
  5. Wk 7: 10
  6. Wk 8: 8
  7. Wk 9: 6
  8. Final: 13

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 1950.

Record
7–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠2 4th in Western Conference
AP final
No. 13 peak No. 6
Points
137–⁠56
Coach
Ray Eliot
Elo
1625 +128 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
18.2 No. 7 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bill Vohaska
Most valuable player
Tony Klimek

Drafted in 1951

The 1951 draft
Rd 5Lynn Lynch OGChicago Cardinals

All-Big Ten

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Dick RaklovitsRBAP-1; UP-1
  • Tony KlimekEAP-1; UP-1
  • Charles E. “Chuck” BrownOGAP-1; UP-1
  • Bill VohaskaCAP-1; UP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan4–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠19
Wisconsin5–⁠26–⁠3
Ohio State5–⁠26–⁠314
Illinois4–⁠27–⁠213
Northwestern3–⁠36–⁠3
Iowa2–⁠43–⁠5–⁠1
Minnesota1–⁠4–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Indiana1–⁠43–⁠5–⁠1
Purdue1–⁠42–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.