1953 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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1953 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Big Ten co-champion
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP #7
1953 record 7–1–1 (5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach Ray Eliot (12th year)
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
« 1952 1954 »
1953 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 Michigan State + 5 – 1 – 0     9 – 1 – 0
#7 Illinois + 5 – 1 – 0     7 – 1 – 1
#15 Wisconsin 4 – 1 – 1     6 – 2 – 1
Ohio State 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Minnesota 3 – 3 – 1     4 – 4 – 1
#20 Michigan 3 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
#9 Iowa 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 3 – 1
Purdue 2 – 4 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
Indiana 1 – 5 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
Northwestern 0 – 6 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1953 college football season. In their 12th year under head coach Ray Eliot, the Illini compiled a 7–1–1 record, finished in a tie for first place in the Big Ten Conference, and were ranked #7 in the final AP Poll. The sole defeat was a 34–7 loss to Wisconsin.[1]

Sophomore halfback J. C. Caroline led the team with 1,256 rushing yards on 194 attempts (6.5 yards per carry) and was selected as a consensus first-team player on the 1953 College Football All-America Team.[2] Guard John Bauer was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a third-team All-American.[3]

Players

References

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