1950 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1950 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 13
Record7–2 (7–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPTony Klimek
CaptainBill Vohaska
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Michigan $ 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
No. 14 Ohio State 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Wisconsin 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
No. 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 Big Nine Conference 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] End Tony Klimek was selected as the team's most valuable player.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 30Ohio*No. 8
W 28–2
October 7WisconsinNo. 15
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
L 6–754,230
October 13at UCLA*
W 14–645,619
October 21No. 10 Washington*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 20–1335,930
October 28No. 19 IndianaNo. 12
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
W 20–065,021
November 4at MichiganNo. 10
W 7–096,517–96,577
November 11at IowaNo. 10
W 21–745,104
November 18No. 1 Ohio StateNo. 8
W 14–771,119
November 25at NorthwesternNo. 6
L 7–1450,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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.
  2. ^ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 28, 2016.


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