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List of Illinois Fighting Illini bowl games; 0–9. 1947 Rose Bowl; 1952 Rose Bowl; 1964 Rose Bowl; 1982 Liberty Bowl; 1984 Rose Bowl; 1985 Peach Bowl; 1988 All ...
It was the first bowl game for the University of Illinois football team since 2014. [158] Smith started the season with a 2–5 record and was fired on December 13, 2020. He finished with an overall record of 17–39 in five seasons at Illinois, including a 10–33 record in Big Ten Conference play. [159]
The 1947 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game, the 33rd edition of the Rose Bowl Game.The Illinois Fighting Illini defeated the UCLA Bruins, 45–14.Illinois halfbacks Buddy Young and Jules Rykovich shared the Player of the Game award, named when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively.
The 1984 Rose Bowl game, played on Monday, January 2, was the 70th edition. The unranked UCLA Bruins upset the #4 Illinois Fighting Illini by a score of 45–9. Rick Neuheisel, UCLA quarterback, was named the Player of the Game. [2] He completed 22 of 32 passes for 298 yards and four touchdowns.
The 1964 Rose Bowl was the 50th Rose Bowl Game, played on January 1, 1964.It featured the Illinois Fighting Illini and the Washington Huskies. [3] [4]Illinois was led by co-captains Dick Butkus and George Donnelly, Jim Grabowski, Lynn Stewart, and Archie Sutton on their way to a 17–7 victory over the Huskies, led by Junior Coffey.
That's how many seasons Illinois bowl hopes went down to the final game, like it is this Saturday when Illinois (5-6, 3-5 Big Ten) hosts Northwestern (6-5, 4-4) at 2:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium.
This is a list of seasons completed by the Illinois Fighting Illini football program since the team's conception in 1890. The list documents season-by-season records, and conference records from 1890 to the present.
Illinois bowl game projections. Every expert has the Illini playing in the Citrus Bowl on New Year's Eve against a member of the SEC. Here is a full list of the experts choices: