1959 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 12 |
AP | No. 13 |
1959 record | 5–3–1 (4–2–1 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Ray Eliot (18th season) |
MVP | Bill Burrell |
Captain | Bill Burrell |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Wisconsin $ | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Illinois | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1959 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1959 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 18th year under head coach Ray Eliot, the Illini compiled a 5–3–1 record and finished in a tie for third place in the Big Ten Conference.[1] After the season, guard Bill Burrell was selected as the team's most valuable player and also received the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the Big Ten's most valuable player.[2]
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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September 26 | at Indiana | Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN | L 0–20 | ||||||
October 3 | No. 4 Army* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 20–14 | ||||||
October 10 | at Ohio State | No. 20 | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) | W 9–0 | |||||
October 17 | Minnesota | No. 13 | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 14–6 | |||||
October 24 | vs. No. 8 Penn State* | No. 13 | Cleveland Stadium • Cleveland, OH | L 9–20 | |||||
October 31 | No. 11 Purdue | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon) | T 7–7 | ||||||
November 7 | Michigan | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | L 15–20 | ||||||
November 14 | at No. 7 Wisconsin | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | W 9–6 | ||||||
November 21 | No. 8 Northwestern | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) | W 28–0 | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. |
Awards and honors
References
- ↑ "1959 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
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