1942 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1942 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1942 record 6–4 (3–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Ray Eliot (1st season)
MVP Elmer Engel
Captain Jimmy Smith
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
1942 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Ohio State $ 5 –1 –0  9 –1 –0
No. 3 Wisconsin 4 –1 –0  8 –1 –1
No. 9 Michigan 3 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Illinois 3 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Iowa 3 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
No. 19 Minnesota 3 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Indiana 2 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Purdue 1 –4 –0  1 –8 –0
Northwestern 0 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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.[1] End Elmer Engel was selected as the team's most valuable player.[2]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 26 South Dakota* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 46–0    
October 3 Butler* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 67–0    
October 10 Minnesota Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 20–13    
October 17 at No. 19 Iowa No. 5 Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA W 12–7    
October 24 No. 8 Notre Dame* No. 5 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL L 14–21    
October 31 at No. 13 Michigan No. 12 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI L 14–28    
November 7 at Northwestern No. 20 Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Rivalry) W 14–7    
November 14 at No. 10 Ohio State No. 13 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) L 20–44    
November 21 Great Lakes Navy* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL L 0–6    
November 28 at Camp Grant* Camp Grant • Rockford, IL W 20–0   5,000[3]
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

  1. ↑ "1942 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. ↑ Vaughan, Irving (November 29, 1942). "Illinois Beats Camp Grant by 20 to 0 Margin". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. B2.
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