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 record of 0–11 and failed to make a bowl game.
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 6 | 6:00 PM | Southern Miss* | | ESPN2 | L 7–24 | 44,519 |
September 13 | 2:30 PM | at Louisville* | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | | 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 | | 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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