1957 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1957 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1957 record 4–5 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach Ray Eliot (16th season)
MVP Rod Hansen
Captain Dale Smith
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
1957 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Ohio State $ 7 –0 –0  9 –1 –0
No. 3 Michigan State 5 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
No. 6 Iowa 4 –1 –1  7 –1 –1
No. 19 Wisconsin 4 –3 –0  6 –3 –0
Purdue 4 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Michigan 3 –3 –1  5 –3 –1
Illinois 3 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Minnesota 3 –5 –0  4 –5 –0
Indiana 0 –6 –0  1 –8 –0
Northwestern 0 –7 –0  0 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1957 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 16th year under head coach Ray Eliot, the Illini compiled a 4–5 record and finished in seventh place in the Big Ten Conference.[1] End Ron Hanson was selected as the team's most valuable player.[2]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 27 at UCLA* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 6–16    
October 5 Colgate* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 40–0    
October 12 at Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) L 7–21    
October 19 No. 4 Minnesota Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 34–13    
October 26 at No. 8 Michigan State No. 16 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI L 14–19    
November 2 Purdue Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon) L 6–21    
November 9 No. 11 Michigan Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 20–19    
November 16 at Wisconsin No. 15 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI L 13–24    
November 23 Northwestern Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) W 27–0    
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.


References

  1. ↑ "1957 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.
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