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
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 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 as a member of the Big Nine Conference during the 1950 Big Nine season. In their ninth year under head coach Ray Eliot, the Fighting Illini compiled a 7–2 record (7–2 in conference games), finished in fourth place in the Big Nine, and outscored opponents by a total of 137 to 56. They were ranked No. 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] Seven Illinois players received honors on the 1950 All-Big Ten Conference football team: halfback Dick Raklovits (AP-1, UP-1); end Tony Klimek (AP-1, UP-1); guard Chuck Brown (AP-1, UP-1); center Bill Vohaska (AP-1, UP-1); halfback Johnny Karras (AP-2, UP-2); tackle Al Tate (AP-2, UP-2); and guard Lynn Lynch (AP-2, UP-2).[3][4]

The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois.

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
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (Illibuck)
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.
  3. ^ "Illini Dominate All-Big Ten Squad". Toledo Blade (AP story). November 27, 1950. p. 23.
  4. ^ "United Press Big Ten Team". The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois. November 30, 1950. p. 13.
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