Illinois Fighting Illini football
Bowl games
Illinois has participated in 18 bowl games, with the Fighting Illini having a record of 8–10. † Interim

Illinois Fighting Illini football

Section Title: Bowl games
Table Section Text: Illinois has participated in 18 bowl games, with the Fighting Illini having a record of 8–10. † Interim

Season	Coach	Bowl	Opponent	Result

1946	Ray Eliot	Rose Bowl	UCLA	W 45–14

1951	Ray Eliot	Rose Bowl	Stanford	W 40–7

1963	Pete Elliott	Rose Bowl	Washington	W 17–7

1982	Mike White	Liberty Bowl	Alabama	L 15–21

1983	Mike White	Rose Bowl	UCLA	L 9–45

1985	Mike White	Peach Bowl	Army	L 29–31

1988	John Mackovic	All-American Bowl	Florida	L 10–14

1989	John Mackovic	Florida Citrus Bowl	Virginia	W 31–21

1990	John Mackovic	Hall of Fame Bowl	Clemson	L 0–30

1991	Lou Tepper	John Hancock Bowl	UCLA	L 3–6

1992	Lou Tepper	Holiday Bowl	Hawai'i	L 17–27

1994	Lou Tepper	Liberty Bowl	East Carolina	W 30–0

1999	Ron Turner	MicronPC.com Bowl	Virginia	W 63–21

2001	Ron Turner	Sugar Bowl	LSU	L 34–47

2007	Ron Zook	Rose Bowl	USC	L 17–49

2010	Ron Zook	Texas Bowl	Baylor	W 38–14

2011	Vic Koenning †	Fight Hunger Bowl	UCLA	W 20–14

2014	Tim Beckman	Heart of Dallas Bowl	Louisiana Tech	L 18–35

Sentence(s)

The 1983 season ended with a loss to UCLA in the Rose Bowl.

final_sentence: The 1983 season ended with a loss to UCLA in the Rose Bowl.