1997 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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1997
Memorial Stadium
Seasons
1997 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Michigan $   8 – 0     12 – 0  
No. 12 Ohio State   6 – 2     10 – 3  
No. 16 Penn State   6 – 2     9 – 3  
No. 15 Purdue   6 – 2     9 – 3  
Wisconsin   5 – 3     8 – 5  
Iowa   4 – 4     7 – 5  
Michigan State   4 – 4     7 – 5  
Northwestern   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Minnesota   1 – 7     3 – 9  
Indiana   1 – 7     2 – 9  
Illinois   0 – 8     0 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1997 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the

Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The team's head coach was Ron Turner
, who was in his first season with the Illini. Illinois had a winless record of 0–11 and failed to make a bowl game. As of the 2022-2023 season, this is the last time a Big Ten football team failed to register a single win.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 66:00 pm
Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
    		• ESPN2L 7–2444,519
    September 132:30 pmat Louisville*
    		CBSL 13–2636,824
    September 2011:30 amNo. 19 Washington State*
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    		ESPN2L 22–3547,131
    September 2711:30 amat No. 11 Iowa
    		ESPN2L 10–3870,397
    October 411:30 amNo. 2 Penn State
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    		ESPN2L 6–4151,523
    October 1111:00 amat Wisconsin
    		ESPN+L 7–3179,327
    October 251:00 pmNo. 22 Purdue
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    		L 3–4845,122
    November 11:00 pmat
    Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
    		• L 6–2332,705
    November 811:00 amNorthwestern
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    		ESPN+L 21–3441,195
    November 1511:00 amat No. 4 Ohio State
    		ESPN+L 6–4192,008
    November 221:00 pmMichigan State
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    		L 17–2730,087
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Central time

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    References

    1. ^ "fightingillini.com". Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
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