1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

The 1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois in the 1919 college football season. The Fighting Illini compiled a 6–1 record (6–1 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 91 to 48. The team was selected retroactively as the national champion by the Billingsley Report and Boand System, and as a co-national champion by the College Football Researchers Association, Parke H. Davis, and Jeff Sagarin (using his alternate ELO-Chess methodology). Fullback William Kopp was the team captain.

Roster

 * Head Coach: Robert Zuppke (7th year at Illinois)

Awards and honors

 * Dick Reichle, end
 * First-team selection of Reno Evening Gazette, selected by "W.P. Hahn, football expert of national note who is now located in Reno", for the 1919 College Football All-America Team


 * Burt Ingwersen, tackle
 * Second-team selection by Walter Camp for the 1919 All-America team


 * Jack Depler, guard
 * Second-team selection by Walter Camp for the 1919 All-America team