The 2014 season's largest margin: Illinois 47, Northwestern 33. A 14-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2014 — The Correction
2014 is a losing-side chapter for Illinois. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Wes LuntQB1,763 passing yards
- Reilly O'TooleQB1,344 passing yards
- Josh FergusonRB735 rushing yards
- Donovonn YoungRB379 rushing yards
- Mike DudekWR1,038 receiving yards
- Geronimo AllisonWR598 receiving yards
- Malik TurnerWR256 receiving yards
Season leaders, 2014.
The season's deepest loss: Illinois 14, Ohio State 55. A 41-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Illinois fell to Louisiana Tech 18-35 in the postseason.
"I-L-L"
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.