1950 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1950 Illinois Fighting Illini football 1950 Illinois Fighting Illini football team.jpg 285 Big Ten Conference Big Ten 11 13 7–2 4–2 Ray Eliot 9th Tony Klimek Bill Vohaska Memorial Stadium The 1950 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 1950 Big Nine season. In their ninth year under head coach Ray Eliot, the Fighting Illini compiled a 7–2 record (4–2 in conference games), finished in fourth place in the Big Nine, and outscored opponents by a total of 137 to 56. They were ranked No. 13 in the final AP poll. The lone setbacks were losses Wisconsin and Northwestern.1950 Illinois Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football December 16, 2015 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/illinois/1950-schedule.html End Tony Klimek 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 Seven Illinois players received honors on the 1950 All-Big Ten Conference football team: halfback Dick Raklovits (AP-1, UP-1); end Tony Klimek (AP-1, UP-1); guard Chuck Brown (AP-1, UP-1); center Bill Vohaska (AP-1, UP-1); halfback Johnny Karras (AP-2, UP-2); tackle Al Tate (AP-2, UP-2); and guard Lynn Lynch (AP-2, UP-2).Illini Dominate All-Big Ten Squad Toledo Blade (AP story) November 27, 1950 23 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19501127&id=zOROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NAAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4688,5573492United Press Big Ten Team The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois November 30, 1950 13 https://www.newspapers.com/image/70631032/?terms=curcillo%2Bdufek%2Bklimek%2Bunited The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. Schedule 1950 AP September 30 w y 8 Ohio Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL 28–2 October 7 l 15 Wisconsin Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL 6–7 54,230 October 13 Friday w y y UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA 14–6 45,619 October 21 w y Washington 10 Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL 20–13 35,930 October 28 w 12 Indiana 19 Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL rivalry 20–0 65,021 November 4 w y 10 Michigan Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI rivalry 7–0 96,517–96,577 November 11 w y 10 Iowa Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA 21–7 45,104 November 18 w 8 Ohio State 1 Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL Illibuck 14–7 71,119 November 25 l y 6 Northwestern Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL rivalry 7–14 50,000 Players Charles E. "Chuck" Brown - guard (1st-team All-Big Ten pick by AP and UP) Johnny Karras - halfback (2nd-team All-Big Ten pick by AP and UP) Tony Klimek - end (1st-team All-Big Ten pick by AP and UP) Lynn Lynch - guard (2nd-team All-Big Ten pick by AP and UP) Dick Raklovits - halfback (1st-team All-Big Ten pick by AP and UP) Al Tate - tackle (1st-team All-America pick by Football Writers; 2nd-team All-Big Ten pick by AP and UP) Bill Vohaska - center (1st-team All-America pick by AP; 1st-team All-Big Ten pick by AP and UP) References Illinois Category:Illinois Fighting Illini football seasons Illinois Fighting Illini football