1949 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1949 Illinois Fighting Illini football 1949 Illinois Fighting Illini football team.jpg 285 Big Nine Conference Big Nine 3–4–2 3–3–1 Ray Eliot 8th Johnny Karras Lyle Button Memorial Stadium 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 140.1949 Illinois Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football December 16, 2015 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/illinois/1949-schedule.html Halfback Johnny Karras was selected as the team's most valuable player.Fighting Illini Football Record Book University of Illinois 2015 December 28, 2016 155 http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/fightingillini.com/documents/2015/8/3/3_History_7_30.pdf November 29, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201129040612/http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/fightingillini.com/documents/2015/8/3/3_History_7_30.pdf dead Karras and guard Charles Gottfried received first-team honors on the 1949 All-Big Nine Conference football team.Karras Makes All Big 9 Grid Team Daily Illini November 23, 1949 http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=DIL19491123.2.60#Coaches Snub OSU Stars In Picking All-Big 10 Team The Pittsburgh Press (AP story) November 30, 1949 40 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19491129&id=ingbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Xk0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4456,5510322 The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. Schedule AP September 24 t y Iowa State Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL 20–20 31,106–31,883 October 1 t Wisconsin Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL 13–13 38,332 October 8 w y Iowa Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA 20–14 45,066 October 15 l y Missouri Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL rivalry 20–27 42,184 October 22 w y Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN rivalry 19–0 48,000 October 29 l Michigan 6 Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL rivalry 0–13 71,119 No Upset; UM 13, Illini 0 Detroit Free Press Lyall Smith October 30, 1949 1C, 5C https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14064330/no_upset_um_13_illini_0/ Newspapers.com'M' Throttles Illini Bid, 13-0 The Michigan Daily Merle Levin October 30, 1949 1, 7 https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071756279/239 Bentley Historical Library November 5 w Indiana Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL rivalry 33–14 40,457 November 12 l y Ohio State 11 Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH Illibuck 17–30 81,805 November 19 l Northwestern Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL rivalry 7–9 67,872 References Illinois Category:Illinois Fighting Illini football seasons Illinois Fighting Illini football