The 2024 season's largest margin: Illinois 45, Eastern Illinois 0. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2024 — The Ten-Win Year
Illinois's 2024 season (10-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Luke AltmyerQB2,717 passing yards
- Joshua McCrayRB609 rushing yards
- Aidan LaugheryRB589 rushing yards
- Kaden FeaginRB306 rushing yards
- Patrick BryantWR978 receiving yards
- Zakhari FranklinWR658 receiving yards
- Hank BeattyWR294 receiving yards
- Matthew BaileyDB94 tackles
- Gabe JacasLB71 tackles
- Dylan RosiekLB61 tackles
- Dennis Briggs Jr.DL3.5 sacks
- Seth ColemanLB2.5 sacks
- Te-Rah EdwardsDL2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2024.
The season's deepest loss: Illinois 9, Oregon 38. A 29-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Illinois beat South Carolina 21-17 in the postseason.
"I-L-L"
2024 is a middle chapter for Illinois — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.