1948 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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1948
Memorial Stadium
Seasons
1948 Big Nine Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Michigan $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
No. 7 Northwestern 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 16 Minnesota 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Ohio State 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Iowa 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Purdue 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Indiana 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Illinois 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Wisconsin 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1948 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an

University of Illinois during the 1948 Big Nine Conference football season. In their seventh year under head coach Ray Eliot, the Illini compiled a 3–6 record and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1] End James Valek was selected as the team's most valuable player.[2]

Illinois was ranked at No. 23 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25
Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
    		• W 40–029,593
    October 2at Wisconsin
    		L 16–2045,000[4]
    October 9No. 5 Army*
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    		L 21–2671,119
    October 16at No. 11 Minnesota
    		L 0–662,066
    October 23Purdue
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
    		W 10–656,451
    October 30at No. 1 Michigan
    		L 20–2885,872
    November 6Iowa
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    		W 14–041,502
    November 13Ohio State
    		L 7–3465,732[5]
    November 20at No. 7 Northwestern
    		L 7–2047,000
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from
      AP Poll
      released prior to the game

    References

    1. ^ "1948 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
    2. ^ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
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