1997 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1997 Illinois 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

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	6:00 pm	Southern Miss*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN2	L 7–24	44,519
September 13	2:30 pm	at Louisville*	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	CBS	L 13–26	36,824
September 20	11:30 am	No. 19 Washington State*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN2	L 22–35	47,131
September 27	11:30 am	at No. 11 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN2	L 10–38	70,397
October 4	11:30 am	No. 2 Penn State	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN2	L 6–41	51,523
October 11	11:00 am	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN+	L 7–31	79,327
October 25	1:00 pm	No. 22 Purdue	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		L 3–48	45,122
November 1	1:00 pm	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)		L 6–23	32,705
November 8	11:00 am	Northwestern	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN+	L 21–34	41,195
November 15	11:00 am	at No. 4 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ESPN+	L 6–41	92,008
November 22	1:00 pm	Michigan State	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		L 17–27	30,087
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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References

1. "fightingillini.com". Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2012.