illini-football

University of Illinois' Fighting Illini Historical Football Scores

A collection of final scores of every known Fighting Illini football game since 1892 through the end of the 2023 season, with data on location, homecoming, and national bowl games.

Download the full dataset as a single CSV file

Data Format

The first row of the CSV file contains column headers. Every row after the first contains data. Selected sample rows:

Season	Date	Location	Opponent	Result	IlliniScore	OpponentScore	Note
2023	11/25/2023	vs.	Northwestern	L	43	45
...
2014	10/11/2014	@	Wisconsin	L	28	38
2014	10/25/2014	vs.	Minnesota	W	28	24	Homecoming
...
1963	01/01/1964	Pasadena, CA	Washington	W	17	7	Rose Bowl
...

Notes on Data

• Season refers to the football season. January bowl games occur in the next calendar year (but in the previous year's season).

• Location is one of the following:

  • vs., for Illini home games
  • @, for away games played at the opponent's home stadium
  • Town, State, for games played at another site (ex: Pasadena, CA)

• Note contains notes on homecoming games (value: Homecoming), bowl games, canceled games, and other notes.

Projects Using this Dataset

1. Illini Nation through 120+ Years of Illini Football,
2. 120 Years of Illini Football, By Coach

If you create a project with this dataset, I'd love to link it here! Send a PR with your project added to this list!

Data Source

Data in this dataset was compiled into CSV format from two sources:

• Wikipedia pages on Illini Football seasons (ex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team)
• fightingillini.com's "University of Illinois Homecoming", https://fightingillini.com/sports/2016/8/18/football-homecoming.aspx