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New Illini coach Bielema says he doesn't want to wait to win | |
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) It's going on 40 days since Bret Bielema was announced as Illinois' football coach, and since then he has assembled a staff, met returning players, recruited new ones, persuaded a top player to pull his name out of the transfer portal and made the rounds getting to know administrators and alumni. Bielema has no plans to slow down. The team started winter conditioning this week, and he still has to finalize a spring roster after he adds a couple more players to the 2021 recruiting class. "I'm trying to get the best players so we can have the best team we possibly can this year," Bielema said Wednesday. "I'm not going to skip a step to get to where we want to be, but I'm trying to be good now. I don't want to wait three years from now. The way the rules are now, you can try to do that." MORE | |
Fighting Illini Headlines
- New Illini coach Bielema says he doesn't want to wait to win
- Quarterback Peters to return for 3rd season at Illinois
- New Illinois coach to make homegrown talent a priority
- Dotson paces Penn State in win over Illinois
- Illinois hires Bielema as coach to lift struggling program
| Leaders | |||||
| Passing Yards: | B. Peters | 429 | |||
| Passing TDs: | I. Williams | 4 | |||
| Rushing Yards: | C. Brown | 540 | |||
| Rushing TDs: | M. Epstein | 4 | |||
| Receiving Yards: | J. Imatorbhebhe | 297 | |||
| Receiving TDs: | B. Hightower | 3 | |||
| Interceptions: | J. Hansen | 2 | |||
| Schedule 2020 | ||||
| Date | Opponent | Result / Time | ||
| 9/19 | at Indiana | Cancelled | ||
| 10/23 | at 14 Wisconsin | L 7 - 45 | ||
| 10/31 | vs. Purdue | L 24 - 31 | ||
| 11/7 | vs. Minnesota | L 14 - 41 | ||
| 11/14 | at Rutgers | W 23 - 20 | ||
| 11/21 | at Nebraska | W 41 - 23 | ||
| 11/28 | vs. 4 Ohio State | Cancelled | ||
| 12/5 | vs. 19 Iowa | L 21 - 35 | ||
| 12/12 | at 14 Northwestern | L 10 - 28 | ||
| 12/19 | at Penn State | L 21 - 56 | ||
| Big Ten | ||||||||||||
| East | ||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||
| 3 Ohio State | 5-0 | 7-1 | ||||||||||
| 11 Indiana | 6-1 | 6-2 | ||||||||||
| Penn State | 4-5 | 4-5 | ||||||||||
| Maryland | 2-3 | 2-3 | ||||||||||
| Rutgers | 3-6 | 3-6 | ||||||||||
| Michigan | 2-4 | 2-4 | ||||||||||
| Michigan State | 2-5 | 2-5 | ||||||||||
| West | ||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||
| 14 Northwestern | 6-1 | 7-2 | ||||||||||
| 15 Iowa | 6-2 | 6-2 | ||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 3-3 | 4-3 | ||||||||||
| Minnesota | 3-4 | 3-4 | ||||||||||
| Nebraska | 3-5 | 3-5 | ||||||||||
| Purdue | 2-4 | 2-4 | ||||||||||
| Illinois | 2-6 | 2-6 | ||||||||||
| Offense (FBS Rank) | |||||
| Yards: | 2792 (88) | ||||
| Passing Yards: | 1223 (104) | ||||
| Rushing Yards: | 1569 (52) | ||||
| Points per game: | 20.1 (112) | ||||
| Yards per game: | 349.0 (100) | ||||
| Touchdowns: | 19 (103) | ||||
| Field Goals: | 7 (81) | ||||
| Defense (FBS Rank) | |||||
| Yards: | 3738 (70) | ||||
| Passing Yards: | 1897 (58) | ||||
| Rushing Yards: | 1841 (100) | ||||
| Points per game: | 34.9 (97) | ||||
| Yards per game: | 467.3 (114) | ||||
| Touchdowns: | 35 (89) | ||||
| Field Goals: | 7 (30) | ||||
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