1950 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1950 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	#13
1950 record	7–2 (4–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ray Eliot (9th year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1950 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#9 Michigan $	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
#14 Ohio State	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
#13 Illinois	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Iowa	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	4	–	1			1	–	7	–	1
Indiana	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Purdue	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1950 college football season. In their ninth year under head coach Ray Eliot, the Illini compiled a 7–2 record, finished in fourth place in the Big Ten Conference, and were ranked #13 in the final AP Poll. The lone setbacks were losses Wisconsin and Northwestern.^[1]

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

1. "1950 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.