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The 2018 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the
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Offseason
Recruiting
Position key
Recruits
The Fighting Illini signed a total of 17 recruits on Early National Signing Day on December 20, 2017.
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released
Schedule
The 2018 schedule consisted of seven home and five away games in the regular season. The Fighting Illini hosted Big Ten foes Penn State, Purdue, Minnesota, Iowa, and traveled to Rutgers, Wisconsin, Maryland, Nebraska and Northwestern.[3]
The Fighting Illini hosted all three non-conference opponents, Kent State from the Mid-American Conference, Western Illinois from Missouri Valley Football Conference, and South Florida from the American Athletic Conference. The South Florida game was played at Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 11:00 a.m. | | BTN | W 31–24 | 31,898 |
September 8 | 6:30 p.m. | Western Illinois* | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| BTN | W 34–14 | 39,252 |
September 15 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. South Florida* | | BTN | L 19–25 | 21,725 |
| 8:00 p.m. | No. 10 Penn State | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| FS1 | L 24–63 | 34,704 |
October 6 | 11:00 a.m. | at Rutgers | | BTN | W 38–17 | 36,702 |
October 13 | 2:30 p.m. | Purdue | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL (rivalry)
| FS1 | L 7–46 | 41,966 |
October 20 | 11:00 a.m. | at No. 23 Wisconsin | | FS1 | L 20–49 | 79,736 |
October 27 | 2:30 p.m. | at | BTN | L 33–63 | 30,387 |
November 3 | 2:30 p.m. | Minnesota | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| BTN | W 55–31 | 35,774 |
November 10 | 11:00 a.m. | at Nebraska | | BTN | L 35–54 | 88,316 |
November 17 | 2:30 p.m. | Iowa | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| BTN | L 0–63 | 33,313 |
November 24 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 20 Northwestern | | BTN | L 16–24 | 37,124 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Game summaries
Kent State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Flashes
|
7
|
10
|
7
|
0 |
24 |
Fighting Illini
|
3
|
0
|
21
|
7 |
31 |
Western Illinois
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Leathernecks
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
14 |
Fighting Illini
|
0
|
14
|
10
|
10 |
34 |
South Florida
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bulls
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
18 |
25 |
Fighting Illini
|
10
|
6
|
3
|
0 |
19 |
Penn State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 10 Nittany Lions
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
35 |
63 |
Fighting Illini
|
7
|
10
|
7
|
0 |
24 |
At Rutgers
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Fighting Illini
|
10
|
14
|
0
|
14 |
38 |
Scarlet Knights
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
3 |
17 |
Purdue
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Boilermakers
|
14
|
15
|
7
|
10 |
46 |
Fighting Illini
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
At Wisconsin
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Fighting Illini
|
0
|
10
|
7
|
3 |
20 |
No. 23 Badgers
|
14
|
14
|
14
|
7 |
49 |
At Maryland
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Fighting Illini
|
3
|
6
|
10
|
14 |
33 |
Terrapins
|
14
|
14
|
21
|
14 |
63 |
Minnesota
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Gophers
|
7
|
10
|
0
|
14 |
31 |
Fighting Illini
|
14
|
10
|
21
|
10 |
55 |
At Nebraska
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Fighting Illini
|
14
|
7
|
0
|
14 |
35 |
Cornhuskers
|
21
|
17
|
7
|
9 |
54 |
Iowa
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Hawkeyes
|
7
|
28
|
14
|
14 |
63 |
Fighting Illini
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
At Northwestern
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Fighting Illini
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
10 |
16 |
No. 20 Wildcats
|
7
|
14
|
3
|
0 |
24 |
Roster
Awards and honors
Players drafted into the NFL
References