1997 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

The 1997 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 1997 Big Ten Conference football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The team's head coach was Ron Turner, who was in his first season with the Illini. Illinois had a winless record of 011 and failed to make a bowl game. As of the 2022-2023 season, this is the last time a Big Ten football team failed to register a single win.

1997 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record011 (08 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Ron Turner (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorBuddy Teevens (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorTim Kish (1st season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1997 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Michigan $  8 0   12 0  
No. 12 Ohio State  6 2   10 3  
No. 16 Penn State  6 2   9 3  
No. 15 Purdue  6 2   9 3  
Wisconsin  5 3   8 5  
Iowa  4 4   7 5  
Michigan State  4 4   7 5  
Northwestern  3 5   5 7  
Minnesota  1 7   3 9  
Indiana  1 7   2 9  
Illinois  0 8   0 11  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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