1954 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

The 1954 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1954 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 13th year under head coach Ray Eliot, the Illini compiled a 1–8 record and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference.[1] Center Jack Chamblin was selected as the team's most valuable player.[2]

1954 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record1–8 (0–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPJack Chamblin
CaptainJan Smid
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1954 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Ohio State $ 7 0 010 0 0
No. 9 Wisconsin 5 2 07 2 0
No. 15 Michigan 5 2 06 3 0
Minnesota 4 2 07 2 0
Iowa 4 3 05 4 0
Purdue 3 3 05 3 1
Indiana 2 4 03 6 0
Michigan State 1 5 03 6 0
Northwestern 1 5 02 7 0
Illinois 0 6 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 25Penn State*No. 6L 12–1454,094
October 2at Stanford*L 2–1230,000
October 9No. 10 Ohio State
L 7–4069,567
October 16at No. 11 MinnesotaL 6–1963,339
October 23Syracuse*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 34–641,820
October 30at No. 9 PurdueL 14–2847,000
November 6at MichiganL 7–1458,777
November 13No. 14 Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
L 14–2771,119
November 20Northwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
L 7–2039,186
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1954 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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