1942 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1942 Illinois Fighting Illini football 1942 Illinois Fighting Illini football team.jpg 285 Big Ten Conference Big Ten 6–4 3–2 Ray Eliot 1st Elmer Engel Jimmy Smith Memorial Stadium The 1942 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1942 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first season under head coach Ray Eliot, the Illini compiled a 6–4 record and finished in a tie for third place in the Big Ten Conference.1942 Illinois Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football December 16, 2015 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/illinois/1942-schedule.html Illinois was ranked at No. 11 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2 Twin City Sentinel Dr. E. E. Litkenhous December 16, 1942 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123106326/litkenhous-rates-georgia-no-1-ohio/ Newspapers.com End Elmer Engel 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 Guard Alex Agase received second-team honorshonors from the United Press on the 1942 All-Big Ten Conference football team.Wisconsin End Top Gridder On All Big Ten Eleven Tommy Devine Reading Eagle (UP story) December 1, 1942 15 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19421201&id=Zr8hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7JwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2875,540714 The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. Schedule 1942 AP September 26 w y South Dakota Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL 46–0 7,500 October 3 w y 1942 Butler Bulldogs Butler Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL 67–0 10,000 October 10 w Minnesota Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL 20–13 24,276 October 17 w y 5 Iowa 19 Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA 12–7 25,600 October 24 l y 5 Notre Dame 8 Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL 14–21 43,476 October 31 l y 12 Michigan 13 Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI rivalry 14–28 33,826 November 7 w y 20 Northwestern Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL rivalry 14–7 35,300 November 14 l y 13 Ohio State 10 Cleveland Stadium Cleveland, OH Illibuck 20–44 68,586 November 21 l y Great Lakes Navy Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL 0–6 10,856 Sweiger Score Tips Illini, 6-0 Minneapolis Sunday Tribune and Star Journal November 22, 1942 29 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17890343/sweiger_score_tips_illini_60/ Newspapers.com November 28 w y y Camp Grant Camp Grant Rockford, IL 20–0 5,000 Illinois Beats Camp Grant by 20 to 0 Margin Vaughan Irving Chicago Daily Tribune November 29, 1942 B2 Rankings 1942 college football rankings AP 1 8 5 (18) 5 (1) 12 20 13 NR NR NR References Illinois Category:Illinois Fighting Illini football seasons Illinois Fighting Illini football