1951 Illinois Fighting Illini football team information
American college football season
1951Illinois Fighting Illini football
Co-national champion (Boand) Big Ten champion Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 40–7 vs. Stanford
Conference
Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches
No. 3
AP
No. 4
Record
9–0–1 (5–0–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Ray Eliot (10th season)
MVP
Chuck Boerio
Captain
Chuck Studley
Home stadium
Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Big Ten Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 4 Illinois $
5
–
0
–
1
9
–
0
–
1
Purdue
4
–
1
–
0
5
–
4
–
0
No. 8 Wisconsin
5
–
1
–
1
7
–
1
–
1
Michigan
4
–
2
–
0
4
–
5
–
0
Ohio State
2
–
2
–
2
4
–
3
–
2
Northwestern
2
–
4
–
0
5
–
4
–
0
Minnesota
1
–
4
–
1
2
–
6
–
1
Indiana
1
–
5
–
0
2
–
7
–
0
Iowa
0
–
5
–
1
2
–
5
–
2
$ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1951 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1951 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 10th year under head coach Ray Eliot, the Illini compiled a 9–0–1 record, finished in first place in the Big Ten Conference, was ranked #4 in the final AP Poll, and defeated Stanford 40–7 in the 1952 Rose Bowl. The lone setback was a scoreless tie with Ohio State.[1] Illinois defeated Stanford 40 to 7 in the 1952 Rose Bowl, the first nationally televised college football game.[citation needed] The team was named co-national champion by Boand, which split its selection with Georgia Tech.[2]
Al Brosky had an NCAA career record 29 interceptions, including an NCAA record 15-game streak covering the entire 1951 season.[3] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1998.
Halfback Johnny Karras was a consensus first-team pick on the 1951 College Football All-America Team.[4] Linebacker Chuck Boerio was selected as the team's most valuable player.[5]
^"1951 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
^2017 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records(PDF). Indianapolis: National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2017. p. 113. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
^"2018 FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION RECORDS" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. p. 17.
^"2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
^"Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
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