The 2023 season's largest margin: Illinois 23, Florida Atlantic 17. A 6-point win — the year's high-water mark.
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2023 — The Correction
2023 is a losing-side chapter for Illinois. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Luke AltmyerQB1,883 passing yards
- John PaddockQB1,294 passing yards
- Reggie Love IIIRB567 rushing yards
- Kaden FeaginRB438 rushing yards
- Isaiah WilliamsWR1,055 receiving yards
- Casey WashingtonWR670 receiving yards
- Patrick BryantWR560 receiving yards
- Dylan RosiekLB82 tackles
- Miles ScottDB63 tackles
- Xavier ScottDB57 tackles
- Jer'Zhan NewtonDL7.5 sacks
- Seth ColemanLB6 sacks
- Gabe JacasLB3 sacks
Season leaders, 2023.
The season's deepest loss: Illinois 19, Purdue 44. A 25-point margin the season is remembered by.
"I-L-L"
2023 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.

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