1949 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1949 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Nine Conference
Record3–4–2 (3–3–1 Big Nine)
Head coach
MVPJohnny Karras
CaptainLyle Button
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1949 Big Nine Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Ohio State + 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 2
No. 7 Michigan + 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
No. 8 Minnesota 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
3 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 2
Iowa 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Northwestern 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Purdue 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Indiana 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois as a member of the Big Nine Conference during the 1949 Big Nine season. In their eighth year under head coach Ray Eliot, the Fighting Illini compiled a 3–4–2 record (3–3–1 in conference games), finished in fifth place in the Big Nine, and outscored opponents by a total of 149 to 140.[1]

Halfback Johnny Karras was selected as the team's most valuable player.[2] Karras and guard Charles Gottfried received first-team honors on the 1949 All-Big Nine Conference football team.[3][4]

The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Iowa State*
T 20–2031,106–31,883
October 1Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
T 13–1338,332
October 8at Iowa
W 20–1445,066
October 15Missouri*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
L 20–2742,184
October 22at Purdue
W 19–048,000
October 29No. 6 Michigan
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
L 0–1371,119[5][6]
November 5Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
W 33–1440,457
November 12at No. 11 Ohio State
L 17–3081,805
November 19Northwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
L 7–967,872
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1949 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.
  3. ^ "Karras Makes All Big 9 Grid Team". Daily Illini. November 23, 1949.
  4. ^ "Coaches Snub OSU Stars In Picking All-Big 10 Team". The Pittsburgh Press (AP story). November 30, 1949. p. 40.
  5. ^ Lyall Smith (October 30, 1949). "No Upset; UM 13, Illini 0". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1C, 5C – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Merle Levin (October 30, 1949). "'M' Throttles Illini Bid, 13-0". The Michigan Daily. pp. 1, 7 – via Bentley Historical Library.
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