1951 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1951 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Big Ten champion
Rose Bowl, W 40–7 vs. Stanford
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP #4
1951 record 9–0–1 (5–0–1 Big Ten)
Head coach Ray Eliot (10th year)
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
1951 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Illinois $ 5 0 1     9 0 1
Purdue 4 1 0     5 4 0
#8 Wisconsin 5 1 1     7 1 1
Michigan 4 2 0     4 5 0
Ohio State 2 2 2     4 3 2
Northwestern 2 4 0     5 4 0
Minnesota 1 4 1     2 6 1
Indiana 1 5 0     2 7 0
Iowa 0 5 1     2 5 2
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1951 college football season. In their 10th year under head coach Ray Eliot, the Illini compiled a 9–0–1 record, finished in first place in the Big Ten Conference, was ranked #4 in the final AP Poll, and defeated Stanford in the 1952 Rose Bowl. The lone setback was a scoreless tie with Ohio State.[1]

Halfback Johnny Karras was a consensus first-team pick on the 1951 College Football All-America Team.[2]

Players

References

  1. "1951 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  2. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 6. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
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