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Illinois Fighting Illini

The Illinois Fighting Illini were 2-8-1 in 1979.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Sat
11/17
@
NW NW
W
29-13
Sat
11/10
vs
IND IND
L
14-45
Sat
11/3
vs
OSU OSU
L
7-44
Sat
10/27
@
MINN MINN
T
17-17
Sat
10/20
vs
MICH MICH
L
7-27

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

1,254

McCullough

McCullough

RUSH YDS

792

Holmes

Holmes

REC YDS

296

Lopez

Lopez

1979 Big 10 Standings

TEAM CONF OVERALL
Michigan State Michigan State
3-5
5-6
Minnesota Minnesota
3-5-1
4-6-1
Wisconsin Wisconsin
3-5
4-7
Illinois Illinois
1-6-1
2-8-1
Northwestern Northwestern
0-9
1-10

1979 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
11
156
3,159
744
4.2
1,591
450
3.5
1,568
294
5.3
Team Rank
111th
102nd
103rd
96th
104th
117th
89th
51st
28th
122nd
Opponent
11
266
3,801
4.8
2,251
545
4.1
1,550
240
6.5
Opponent Rank
110th
91st
90th
93rd
82nd
100th
78th
79th
72nd
Net
-110
-642
+744
-0.6
-660
-95
-0.6
+18
+54
-1.1
Net Rank
118th
111th
103rd
108th
105th
109th
101st
58th
29th
105th

Related Searches

CFB 2024 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,779

McCord

Kyle McCord

4,313

Ward

Cam Ward

4,266

Dart

Jaxson Dart
Rush Yards Leaders

2,601

Jeanty

Ashton Jeanty

1,711

Skattebo

Cam Skattebo

1,660

Hampton

Omarion Hampton
Rec Yards Leaders

1,554

Fannin

Harold Fannin Jr.

1,382

Nash

Nick Nash

1,319

McMillan

Tetairoa McMillan
Pass TD Leaders

39

Ward

Cam Ward

37

Sanders

Shedeur Sanders

36

Klubnik

Cade Klubnik
Rush TD Leaders

32

Daily

Bryson Daily

29

Jeanty

Ashton Jeanty

25

Stewart

Tre Stewart
Rec TD Leaders

16

Nash

Nick Nash

15

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

15

Hunter

Travis Hunter
QB Rating Leaders

180.6

Dart

Jaxson Dart

176.0

Rourke

Kurtis Rourke

175.3

Howard

Will Howard
Sack Leaders

17.0

Green

Mike Green

16.0

Powell-Ryland

Antwaun Powell-Ryland

15.5

Ezeiruaku

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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