1997 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1997 Illinois Fighting Illini football

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1997 record	0–11 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ron Turner
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 70,904)

1997 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#1 Michigan $		8	–	0		12	–	0
#12 Ohio State		6	–	2		10	–	3
#16 Penn State		6	–	2		9	–	3
#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 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 first season with the Illini. Illinois had a record of 0–11 and failed to make a bowl game.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
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		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 15–41	92,008
November 22	1:00 PM	Michigan State	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL		L 17–27	30,087
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Illinois Fighting Illini football

Venues	Illinois Field (1890–1922) Memorial Stadium (1923–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Missouri Northwestern: (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk, 1945–2008; Land of Lincoln Trophy, 2009–present) Ohio State (Illibuck) Purdue (Purdue Cannon) Michigan

Culture & lore	Illinois Loyalty "Oskee Wow-Wow" Marching Illini Gene Honda Fighting Illini Sports Network Chief Illiniwek

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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