1997 Illinois Fighting Illini football team information
American college football season
1997Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference
Big Ten Conference
Record
0–11 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach
Ron Turner (1st season)
Offensive coordinator
Buddy Teevens (1st season)
Defensive coordinator
Tim Kish (1st season)
Home stadium
Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1996
1998 →
1997 Big Ten Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 1 Michigan $
8
–
0
12
–
0
No. 12 Ohio State
6
–
2
10
–
3
No. 16 Penn State
6
–
2
9
–
3
No. 15 Purdue
6
–
2
9
–
3
Wisconsin
5
–
3
8
–
5
Iowa
4
–
4
7
–
5
Michigan State
4
–
4
7
–
5
Northwestern
3
–
5
5
–
7
Minnesota
1
–
7
3
–
9
Indiana
1
–
7
2
–
9
Illinois
0
–
8
0
–
11
$ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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 winless record of 0–11 and failed to make a bowl game. As of the 2022-2023 season, this is the last time a Big Ten football team failed to register a single win.
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