1998 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season

1998 Illinois Fighting Illini football

Conference| Big Ten Conference
Record| 3-8 (2-5 Big Ten)
Head coach|

* Ron Turner (2nd season)

Offensive coordinator| Buddy Teevens (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator| Tim Kish (2nd season)
Home stadium| Memorial Stadium

Seasons

<- 1997

1999 ->

1998 Big Ten Conference football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
No. 2 Ohio State %+  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 1  |
No. 6 Wisconsin $+  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 1  |
No. 12 Michigan \+  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 3  |
No. 24 Purdue |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 4  |
No. 17 Penn State |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  |
Michigan State |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 6  |
Minnesota |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  |
Indiana |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 7  |
Illinois |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 8  |
Iowa |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 8  |
Northwestern |  | 0  | - | 8  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 9  |

* $ - BCS representative as conference champion
* % - BCS at-large representative
* \+ - Conference co-champions

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A 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 second season with the Illini. Illinois had a record of 3–8 and failed to make a bowl game.

## Schedule

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September 5| 5:30 pm| at Washington State*|

* Martin Stadium
* Pullman, WA

| FSN| L 13–20| 31,568|
September 12| 6:00 pm| Middle Tennessee*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| | W 48–20| 35,475|
September 19| 11:00 am| Louisville*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| ESPN2| L 9–35| 39,475|
September 26| 11:00 am| Iowa|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| ESPN+| L 14–37| 44,245|
October 3| 11:00 am| at Northwestern|

* Ryan Field
* Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)

| ESPN+| W 13–10| 41,232|
October 10| 11:00 am| No. 1 Ohio State|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy)

| ESPN+| L 0–41| 46,390|
October 17| 11:00 am| No. 9 Wisconsin|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| ESPN2| L 3–37| 40,627|
October 24| 1:00 pm| at Purdue|

* Ross–Ade Stadium
* West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)

| | L 9–42| 60,163|
October 31| 11:00 am| at No. 10 Penn State|

* Beaver Stadium
* University Park, PA

| ESPN+| L 0–27| 96,508|
November 7| 1:00 pm| Indiana|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL (rivalry)

| | W 31–16| 31,388| [1]
November 21| 12:00 pm| at Michigan State|

* Spartan Stadium
* East Lansing, MI

| | L 9–31| 67,285|

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

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## Roster

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1998 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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RB | `34` | Jameel Cook | Sr
WR | `6` | George McDonald-Ashford |  Sr
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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Head coach

* Ron Turner

Coordinators/assistant coaches

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Redshirt

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Roster

## References

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1. ^ Tupper, Mark (November 8, 1998). "Illini runs over Indiana". Herald and Review. p. C1. Retrieved October 8, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "fightingillini.com". Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2012.

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Illinois Fighting Illini football

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* Illinois Field (1890–1922)
* Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
* Soldier Field (1994–present)

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* Bowl games
* Indiana
* Michigan
* Missouri
* Northwestern
* Ohio State: Illibuck Trophy
* Purdue

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* Illinois Loyalty
* "Oskee Wow-Wow"
* Marching Illini
* Gene Honda
* Fighting Illini Sports Network
* Chief Illiniwek
* 1960s slush fund scandal
* 2021 Penn State game

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