Illinois·Big Ten

2019 — The Correction

2019 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 Redbox Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -0.8 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Akron 42-3 W @ UConn 31-23 L vs East Mic 31-34 L vs Nebraska 38-42 L @ Minnes 17-40 L vs Michigan 25-42 W vs Wiscon 24-23 W @ Purdue 24-6 W vs Rutgers 38-10 W @ Mich St 37-34 L @ Iowa 10-19 L vs Northw 10-29 L vs Califo 20-35 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2019.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2019 season's largest margin: Illinois 42, Akron 3. A 39-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Illinois 17, Minnesota 40. A 23-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Illinois fell to California 20-35 in the postseason.

"I-L-L"
— Illinois fanbase voice · 2019· synthesized
What it meant

2019 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.