1997 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season

1997 Illinois Fighting Illini football

Conference| Big Ten Conference
Record| 0-11 (0-8 Big Ten)
Head coach|

* Ron Turner (1st season)

Offensive coordinator| Buddy Teevens (1st season)
Defensive coordinator| Tim Kish (1st season)
Home stadium| Memorial Stadium

Seasons

<- 1996

1998 ->

1997 Big Ten Conference football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
No. 1 Michigan $  |  | 8  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 12  | - | 0  |
No. 12 Ohio State |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 3  |
No. 16 Penn State |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  |
No. 15 Purdue |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  |
Wisconsin |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 5  |
Iowa |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
Michigan State |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
Northwestern |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |
Minnesota |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 9  |
Indiana |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 9  |
Illinois |  | 0  | - | 8  |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 11  |

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 1997 Big Ten Conference football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The team's head coach was Ron Turner, who was in his first season with the Illini. Illinois had a winless record of 0-11 and failed to make a bowl game. As of the 2022-2023 season, this is the last time a Big Ten football team failed to register a single win.

## Schedule

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September 6| 6:00 pm| Southern Miss*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| ESPN2| L 7–24| 44,519
September 13| 2:30 pm| at Louisville*|

* Cardinal Stadium
* Louisville, KY

| CBS| L 13–26| 36,824
September 20| 11:30 am| No. 19 Washington State*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| ESPN2| L 22–35| 47,131
September 27| 11:30 am| at No. 11 Iowa|

* Kinnick Stadium
* Iowa City, IA

| ESPN2| L 10–38| 70,397
October 4| 11:30 am| No. 2 Penn State|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| ESPN2| L 6–41| 51,523
October 11| 11:00 am| at Wisconsin|

* Camp Randall Stadium
* Madison, WI

| ESPN+| L 7–31| 79,327
October 25| 1:00 pm| No. 22 Purdue|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| | L 3–48| 45,122
November 1| 1:00 pm| at Indiana|

* Memorial Stadium
* Bloomington, IN (rivalry)

| | L 6–23| 32,705
November 8| 11:00 am| Northwestern|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| ESPN+| L 21–34| 41,195
November 15| 11:00 am| at No. 4 Ohio State|

* Ohio Stadium
* Columbus, OH

| ESPN+| L 6–41| 92,008
November 22| 1:00 pm| Michigan State|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| | L 17–27| 30,087

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Central time

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## References

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1. ^ "fightingillini.com". Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2012.

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