1998 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1998 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1998 record	3–8 (2–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ron Turner (2nd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 70,904)
Seasons

1998 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#2/2 Ohio State ‡§		7	–	1					11	–	1
#6/5 Wisconsin †§		7	–	1					11	–	1
#12/12 Michigan §		7	–	1					10	–	3
#24/23 Purdue		6	–	2					9	–	4
#17/15 Penn State*		0	–	3*					0	–	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 champion ‡ – BCS at-large representative § – Conference co-champions *All wins for Penn State (9-3, 5-3) vacated due to scandal. Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' 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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
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		W 31–16	31,388
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