1958_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team

1958 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1958 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season

The 1958 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1958 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 17th year under head coach Ray Eliot, the Illini compiled a 4–5 record and finished in sixth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1] Center Gene Cherney was selected as the team's most valuable player.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    "1958 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Illinois rally fails; Duke wins, 15 to 13". Chicago Tribune. October 5, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. [4]
    Tommy Devine (November 9, 1958). "How The Mighty Have Fallen! U-M, Spartans Beaten Again; Illini Bomb Wolverines Out, 21-8". Detroit Free Press. p. 1E – via Newspapers.com.


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