1991 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1991 Illinois Fighting Illini football

John Hancock Bowl, L 6–3 vs. UCLA
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1991 record	6–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Mackovic and Lou Tepper
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 70,053)

	Conf					Overall
1991 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#6 Michigan †	8	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#10 Iowa	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	1
Ohio State	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Indiana	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Michigan State	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	6	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Minnesota	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Illinois offense scored 264 points while the defense allowed 188 points. At season’s end, the club competed in the John Hancock Bowl.

Regular season

The non conference games for the Fighting Illini were against East Carolina, Missouri and Houston.

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	3:00 PM	East Carolina*		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	ESPN	W 38–31	46,313
September 14	1:00 PM	at Missouri*		Faurot Field • Columbia, MO		L 19–23	49,586
September 21	2:30 PM	Houston*		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL		W 51–10	60,182
October 5	11:30 AM	Minnesota		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	ESPN	W 24–3	57,981
October 12	2:30 PM	#11 Ohio State	#20	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	ABC	W 10–7	70,125
October 19	2:30 PM	at #13 Iowa	#15	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	ABC	L 24–21	70,220
October 26	1:00 PM	at Northwestern	#17	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		L 17–11	26,543
November 2	1:00 PM	Wisconsin		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL		W 22–6	61,493
November 9	12:00 PM	at Purdue		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN		W 41–14	33,152
November 16	2:30 PM	#4 Michigan	#25	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	ABC	L 20–0	66,757
November 23	12:05 PM	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI		L 27–24	61,721
December 31	1:30 PM	vs. UCLA*		Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX (John Hancock Bowl)	CBS	L 6–3	42,281
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Illinois Fighting Illini football

Venues	Illinois Field (1890–1922) Memorial Stadium (1923–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Missouri Northwestern: (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk, 1945–2008; Land of Lincoln Trophy, 2009–present) Ohio State (Illibuck) Purdue (Purdue Cannon)

Culture & lore	Illinois Loyalty "Oskee Wow-Wow" Marching Illini Gene Honda Fighting Illini Sports Network Chief Illiniwek

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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