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Illinois Fighting Illini

The Illinois Fighting Illini were 0-9 in 1961.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Sat
11/25
@
MSU MSU
L
7-34
Sat
11/18
@
WIS WIS
L
7-55
Sat
11/11
vs
MICH MICH
L
6-38
Sat
11/4
vs
PUR PUR
L
9-23
Sat
10/28
@
USC USC
L
10-14

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

269

McGann

McGann

RUSH YDS

230

Wheatland

Wheatland

REC YDS

184

Newell

Newell

1961 Big 10 Standings

TEAM CONF OVERALL
Wisconsin Wisconsin
4-3
6-3
Iowa Iowa
2-4
5-4
Northwestern Northwestern
2-4
4-5
Indiana Indiana
0-6
2-7
Illinois Illinois
0-7
0-9

1961 Stats

See stats
GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team
9
53
1,578
556
2.8
945
395
2.4
633
161
3.9
Team Rank
113th
109th
89th
110th
108th
92nd
109th
95th
46th
107th
Opponent
9
289
3,282
5.6
2,138
461
4.6
1,144
124
9.2
Opponent Rank
148th
105th
106th
97th
70th
102nd
96th
11th
109th
Net
-236
-1,704
+556
-2.8
-1,193
-66
-2.2
-511
+37
-5.3
Net Rank
149th
108th
89th
109th
105th
83rd
108th
105th
25th
111th

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Pass Yards Leaders

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McCord

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4,313

Ward

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Dart

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Rush Yards Leaders

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Jeanty

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1,711

Skattebo

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1,660

Hampton

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Rec Yards Leaders

1,554

Fannin

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1,382

Nash

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1,319

McMillan

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Pass TD Leaders

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Ward

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37

Sanders

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Rush TD Leaders

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Daily

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Jeanty

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Stewart

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Rec TD Leaders

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Nash

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Smith

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Rourke

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Howard

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Green

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CFB 2024 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Miami

43.9

Indiana

41.3

Ole Miss

38.6

Texas Tech

37.6

Boise State

37.3

Washington State

36.6
Opp PPG Rankings
Ohio State

12.9

Ole Miss

14.4

Texas

15.3

Army

15.5

Notre Dame

15.5

Indiana

15.6
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

537.2

Ole Miss

525.6

North Texas

488.8

New Mexico

484.3

Texas State

476.9

Utah State

467.7
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

300.5

New Mexico

253.6

Liberty

251.3

Jacksonville State

251.1

UCF

248.1

Navy

247.8
Pass Yards Rankings
Syracuse

370.0

Ole Miss

349.8

Miami

348.2

North Texas

328.2

San José State

321.8

Colorado

318.0
Sack Leaders
Boise State

56.0

Ohio State

53.0

Ole Miss

53.0

Texas

46.0

Penn State

44.0

Duke

44.0

CFB 2024 Division Standings

Big 12 W L PCT
1
Arizona State Arizona State
11
3
.786
2
BYU BYU
11
2
.846
Mountain West W L PCT
1
Boise State Boise State
12
2
.857
2
UNLV UNLV
11
3
.786
Sun Belt W L PCT
1
Marshall Marshall
10
3
.769
2
Louisiana Louisiana
10
4
.714
Independent W L PCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
14
1
.933
2
UConn UConn
9
4
.692
Mid-American W L PCT
1
Ohio Ohio
11
3
.786
2
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
9
5
.643
Big 10 W L PCT
1
Ohio State Ohio State
13
2
.867
2
Oregon Oregon
13
1
.929
Pac-12 W L PCT
1
Oregon State Oregon State
5
7
.417
2
Washington State Washington State
8
5
.615
Atlantic Coast W L PCT
1
SMU SMU
11
3
.786
2
Clemson Clemson
10
4
.714
Southeastern W L PCT
1
Texas Texas
13
3
.813
2
Georgia Georgia
11
3
.786
American Athletic W L PCT
1
Army Army
12
2
.857
2
Tulane Tulane
9
5
.643
Conference USA W L PCT
1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
9
5
.643
2
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
8
6
.571