The 2019 season's largest margin: Illinois 42, Akron 3. A 39-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2019 — The Correction
2019 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
- Brandon PetersQB1,884 passing yards
- Matt RobinsonQB475 passing yards
- Reggie CorbinRB675 rushing yards
- Dre BrownRB584 rushing yards
- Ra'Von BonnerRB225 rushing yards
- Josh ImatorbhebheWR634 receiving yards
- Donny NavarroWR333 receiving yards
- Daniel BarkerTE273 receiving yards
- Dele HardingLB153 tackles
- Sydney BrownDB88 tackles
- Jake HansenLB72 tackles
- Oluwole Betiku Jr.OLB9 sacks
- Ayo ShogbonyoDL2.5 sacks
- Owen Carney Jr.LB2 sacks
Season leaders, 2019.
The season's deepest loss: Illinois 17, Minnesota 40. A 23-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Illinois fell to California 20-35 in the postseason.
"I-L-L"
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.