Illinois·Big Ten

2014 — The Correction

2014 is a losing-side chapter for Illinois. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.

Record 6-7
Final result Losing season Lost the Heart of Dallas Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -2.9 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Youn Sta 28-17 W vs West Ken 42-34 L @ Washin 19-44 W vs Texa Sta 42-35 L @ Nebraska 14-45 L vs Purdue 27-38 L @ Wiscon 28-38 W vs Minnes 28-24 L @ Ohio St 14-55 L vs Iowa 14-30 W vs Penn St 16-14 W @ Northw 47-33 L @ Loui Tec 18-35 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Illinois 47, Northwestern 33. A 14-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Illinois 14, Ohio State 55. A 41-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Illinois fell to Louisiana Tech 18-35 in the postseason.

"I-L-L"
— Illinois fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 sits in Illinois's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.