1991 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1991 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1991 Illinois Fighting Illini football
1991 Illinois Fighting Illini football
John Hancock Bowl, L 3–6 vs. UCLA
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1991 record	6–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Mackovic (Regular Season) (4th season); Lou Tepper (Bowl Game);
Offensive coordinator	Gene Dahlquist (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Lou Tepper (4th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 70,053)
	Seasons ← 1990 1992 →

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.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	3:00 pm	East Carolina*		Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ESPN	W 38–31	46,313
September 14	1:00 pm	at Missouri*		Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		L 19–23	49,586
September 21	2:30 pm	No. 21 Houston*		Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ABC	W 51–10	60,182
October 5	11:30 am	Minnesota		Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ESPN	W 24–3	57,981
October 12	2:30 pm	No. 11 Ohio State	No. 20	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ABC	W 10–7	70,125
October 19	2:30 pm	at No. 13 Iowa	No. 15	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	ABC	L 21–24	70,220
October 26	1:00 pm	at Northwestern	No. 17	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois		L 11–17	26,543
November 2	1:00 pm	Wisconsin		Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois		W 22–6	61,493
November 9	12:00 pm	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana		W 41–14	33,152
November 16	2:30 pm	No. 4 Michigan	No. 25	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ABC	L 0–20	66,757
November 23	12:05 pm	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan		L 24–27	61,721
December 31	1:30 pm	vs. UCLA*		Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas (John Hancock Bowl)	CBS	L 3–6	42,281
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

1991 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
T	`79`	Brad Hopkins	Jr
C	`69`	Tim Simpson	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

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v t Illinois Fighting Illini football
Venues	Illinois Field (1890–1922) Memorial Stadium (1923–present) Soldier Field (1994-present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Michigan 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 1960s slush fund scandal 2021 Penn State game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

1991 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Michigan $	8	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 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