List of Illinois Fighting Illini football seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Illinois Fighting Illini football program since the team's conception in 1890. The list documents season-by-season records, and conference records from 1896 to the present.

Seasons

Year	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP°
Scott Williams (Independent) (1890–1890)
1890	Williams	1–2
Robert Lackey (Independent) (1891–1891)
1891	Lackey	5–1
E.K. Hall (Independent) (1892–1893)
1892	Hall	7–4–1
1893	Hall	3–2–3
Louis Vail (Independent) (1894–1894)
1894	Vail	4–3
George Huff (Independent) (1895–1895)
1895	Huff	4–2–1
George A. Huff (Western) (1896–1899)
1896	Huff	4–2–1	0–2–1	T-6th
1897	Huff	6–2	1–1	4th
1898	Huff	4–5	1–1	4th
1899	Huff	3–5–1	0–3	T-6th
Fred L. Smith (Western) (1900–1900)
1900	Smith	7–3–2	1–3–2	8th
Edgar Holt (Western) (1901–1902)
1901	Holt	8–2	4–2	4th
1902	Holt	10–2–1	4–2	4th
George Woodruff (Western) (1903–1903)
1903	Woodruff	8–6	1–5	7th
Arthur R. Hall/Justa Lindgren/Fred Lowenthal/Clyde Matthews (Western) (1904–1904)
1904	Hall/Lindgren/Lowenthal/Matthews	9–2–1	3–1–1	4th
Fred Lowenthal (Western) (1905–1905)
1905	Lowenthal	5–4	0–3	T-6th
Justa Lindgren (Western) (1906–1906)
1906	Lindgren	1–3–1	1–3	5th
Arthur R. Hall (Western) (1907–1912)
1907	Hall	3–2	3–2	3rd
1908	Hall	5–1–1	4–1	2nd
1909	Hall	5–2	3–1	3rd
1910	Hall	7–0	4–0	1st
1911	Hall	4–2–1	2–2–1	T-4th
1912	Hall	3–3–1	1–3–1	T-6th
Robert Zuppke (Western) (1913–1941)
1913	Zuppke	4–2–1	2–2–1	5th
19141	Zuppke	7–0	6–0	1st
1915	Zuppke	5–0–2	3–0–2	5th
1916	Zuppke	3–3–1	2–2–1	T-4th
1917	Zuppke	5–2–1	2–2–1	T-5th
1918	Zuppke	5–2	4–0	1st
19192	Zuppke	6–1	6–1	1st
1920	Zuppke	5–2	4–2	4th
1921	Zuppke	3–4	1–4	8th
1922	Zuppke	2–5	2–4	6th
19233	Zuppke	8–0	5–0	1st
1924	Zuppke	6–1–1	3–1–1	T-2nd
1925	Zuppke	5–3	2–2	T-4th
1926	Zuppke	6–2	2–2	T-6th
19274	Zuppke	7–0–1	5–0	T-1st
1928	Zuppke	7–1	4–1	1st
1929	Zuppke	6–1–1	3–1–1	2nd
1930	Zuppke	3–5	1–4	8th
1931	Zuppke	2–6	0–6	T-9th
1932	Zuppke	5–4	2–4	7th
1933	Zuppke	5–3	3–2	5th
1934	Zuppke	7–1	4–1	3rd			4
1935	Zuppke	3–5	1–4	T-9th
1936	Zuppke	4–3–1	2–2–1	6th
1937	Zuppke	3–3–2	2–3	8th
1938	Zuppke	3–5	2–3	7th
1939	Zuppke	3–4–1	3–3	6th
1940	Zuppke	1–7	0–5	9th
1941	Zuppke	2–6	0–5	9th
Ray Eliot (Western) (1942–1952)
1942	Eliot	6–4	3–2	T-3rd
1943	Eliot	3–7	2–4	6th
1944	Eliot	5–4–1	3–3	6th			15
1945	Eliot	2–6–1	1–4–1	7th
1946	Eliot	8–2	6–1	1st	W Rose		5
1947	Eliot	5–3–1	3–3	T-3rd
1948	Eliot	3–6	2–5	8th
1949	Eliot	3–4–2	3–3–1	T-5th
1950	Eliot	7–2	4–2	4th		11	13
19515	Eliot	9–0–1	5–0–1	1st	W Rose	3	4
1952	Eliot	4–5	2–5	T-6th
Ray Eliot (Big Ten) (1953–1959)
1953	Eliot	7–1–1	5–1	T-1st		7	7
1954	Eliot	1–8	0–6	10th
1955	Eliot	5–3–1	3–3–1	5th
1956	Eliot	2–5–2	1–4–2	T-7th
1957	Eliot	4–5	3–4	7th
1958	Eliot	4–5	4–3	6th
1959	Eliot	5–3–1	4–2–1	T-3rd		12	13
Pete Elliott (Big Ten) (1960–1966)
1960	Elliott	5–4	3–4	T-5th
1961	Elliott	0–9	0–7	T-9th
1962	Elliott	2–7	2–5	8th		18
1963	Elliott	8–1–1	5–1–1	1st	W Rose	4	3
1964	Elliott	6–3	4–3	T-4th		16
1965	Elliott	6–4	4–3	5th
1966	Elliott	4–6	4–3	T-3rd
Jim Valek (Big Ten) (1967–1970)
1967	Valek	4–6	3–4	T-5th
1968	Valek	1–9	1–6	T-8th
1969	Valek	0–10	0–7	10th
1970	Valek	3–7	1–6	T-9th
Bob Blackman (Big Ten) (1971–1976)
1971	Blackman	5–6	5–3	T-3rd
1972	Blackman	3–8	3–5	T-6th
1973	Blackman	5–6	4–4	T-4th
1974	Blackman	6–4–1	4–3–1	5th
1975	Blackman	5–6	4–4	T-3rd
1976	Blackman	5–6	4–4	T-3rd
Gary Moeller (Big Ten) (1977–1979)
1977	Moeller	3–8	2–6	T-8th
1978	Moeller	1–8–2	0–6–2	9th
1979	Moeller	2–8–1	1–6–1	9th
Mike White (Big Ten) (1980–1987)
1980	White	3–7–1	3–5	T-6th
1981	White	7–4	6–3	T-3rd
1982	White	7–5	6–3	4th	L Liberty
1983	White	10–2	9–0	1st	L Rose	10	10
1984	White	7–4	6–3	T-2nd
1985	White	6–5–1	5–2–1	3rd	L Peach
1986	White	4–7	3–5	T-6th
1987	White	3–7–1	2–5–1	8th
John Mackovic (Big Ten) (1988–1991)
1988	Mackovic	6–5–1	5–2–1	T-3rd	L All-American
1989	Mackovic	10–2	7–1	2nd	W Citrus	10	10
1990	Mackovic	8–4	6–2	T-1st	L Hall of Fame	24	25
1991	Mackovic/Tepper	6–6	4–4	4th	L John Hancock
Lou Tepper (Big Ten) (1992–1996)
1992	Tepper	6–5–1	4–3–1	4th	L Holiday
1993	Tepper	5–6	5–3	T-4th
1994	Tepper	7–5	4–4	T-5th	W Liberty
1995	Tepper	5–5–1	3–4–1	T-7th
1996	Tepper	2–9	1–7	T-9th
Ron Turner (Big Ten) (1997–2004)
1997	Turner	0–11	0–8	11th
1998	Turner	3–8	2–6	7th
1999	Turner	8–4	4–4	T-6th	W MicronPC	25	24
2000	Turner	5–6	2–6	T-9th
2001	Turner	10–2	7–1	1st	L Sugar†	12	12
2002	Turner	5–7	4–4	T-5th
2003	Turner	1–11	0–8	11th
2004	Turner	3–8	1–7	11th
Ron Zook (Big Ten) (2005–2011)
2005	Zook	2–9	0–8	11th
2006	Zook	2–10	1–7	T-10th
2007	Zook	9–4	6–2	T-2nd	L Rose†	18	20
2008	Zook	5–7	3–5	T-8th
2009	Zook	3–9	2–6	9th
2010	Zook	7–6	4–4	T-4th	W Texas
2011	Zook	7–6	2–6	5th (Leaders)	W Kraft Fight Hunger
Tim Beckman (Big Ten) (2012–2014)
2012	Beckman	2–10	0–8	6th (Leaders)
2013	Beckman	4–8	1–7	5th (Leaders)
2014	Beckman	6–7	3–5	5th (West)	L Heart of Dallas
Bill Cubit (Big Ten) (2015–2015)
2015	Cubit	5–7	2–6	6th (West)
Lovie Smith (Big Ten) (2016–present)
2016	Smith	3–9	2–7	6th (West)
2017	Smith	2–10	0–9	7th (West)
2018	Smith	4–8	2–7	7th (West)
Total:		606–593–50
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
†Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game. #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.

¹Parke H. Davis awarded national championship to Illinois.

² Billingsley, Boand, Football Research, and Parke H. Davis awarded national championship to Illinois.

³ Boand, Football Research, Helms, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis awarded national championship to Illinois.

⁴ Billingsley, Dickinson, Helms, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis awarded national championship to Illinois.

⁵ Boand awarded national championship to Illinois.

References

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