The 2017 season's largest margin: Illinois 20, Western Kentucky 7. A 13-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Correction
2017 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
- Jeff George Jr.QB1,273 passing yards
- Chayce CrouchQB443 passing yards
- Mike EpsteinRB346 rushing yards
- Kendrick FosterRB266 rushing yards
- Cam ThomasQB233 rushing yards
- Ricky SmallingWR510 receiving yards
- Lou DorseyTE395 receiving yards
- Malik TurnerWR326 receiving yards
- Del'Shawn PhillipsLB85 tackles
- Stanley GreenDB70 tackles
- Tre WatsonLB65 tackles
- James CrawfordDL4 sacks
- Bobby RoundtreeDL4 sacks
- Tymir OliverDL3 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Illinois 14, Ohio State 52. A 38-point margin the season is remembered by.
"I-L-L"
2017 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.