With three Big Ten championships to his credit, few coaches can match his familiarity with, and success within, the Big Ten Conference," said Whitman. Go Illini!"Ī native of Prophetstown, Illinois, Bielema (pronounced BEEL-ma) has 24 years of collegiate coaching experience and compiled a 12-year record of 97-58 (.626) as head coach at Wisconsin and Arkansas. Jen and I, along with our girls, are excited to get to Champaign-Urbana and get started on the journey. We will hold the young men on our team responsible both on and off the field while coaching them to be champions in life. The University of Illinois has incredible facilities and is known as one of the world's outstanding academic institutions.
"We will build an outstanding staff for both player development and recruiting. I look forward to re-connecting with the high school coaches around the state making it clear we intend to keep our players home. We want the young men playing football in the state of Illinois from Freeport to Cairo and from Quincy to Danville dreaming of wearing the Orange and Blue and playing at Memorial Stadium. "We want to build a program that makes Illini Nation proud and regain the passion that I've seen when Illinois wins. "Illinois and the Big Ten is home for me, and I can't be any more excited about the opportunity in front of me with the Fighting Illini," Bielema said. Also, the legendary broadcast team of John Ward and Bill Anderson made their debut.2021 Football Season Ticket Interest FormĬHAMPAIGN, IL – The University of Illinois and UI Director of Athletics Josh Whitman reached out to a native son today when naming Bret Bielema as the 26th Fighting Illini Head Football Coach in the 132-year history of the program. 14, Neyland Stadium hosted the first college football game on artificial turf in the South. But it’s significant for a list of historical bullet points. The Vols scored a TD and two-point conversion after time expired to clinch the stalemate. UT’s 17-17 tie with Georgia to open the 1968 season was a great game. 1960s: Vols take the turf with John Ward on the call Notably, the Vols won 7-0 over Bear Bryant’s No. That's when UT claimed one national title and had a case for another. Honorable mention: Any of the 14 straight home wins in the 19 seasons would quality. LSU scored a late TD, but Cannon was tackled just shy of the goal line on the two-point conversion try in what’s dubbed “The Stop” in UT lore. The Vols were ahead 14-7 thanks to Jim Cartwright’s pick-6 and Neyle Solle’s 14-yard run. 1 LSU, the defending national champion led by Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon. After being promoted to brigadier general in World War II, Neyland returned to the sideline and quickly earned the first signature win of this third act.ġ950s: ‘The Stop’ beats Billy Cannon, LSU
1940s: Neyland picks up where he left off Red Harp’s game-winning 70-yard punt return for a TD put the Vols ahead 15-13. 2 Duke, the Southern Conference champion.
That 1939 team was the last in NCAA history to be unscored upon in the regular season, and this game was its peak performance. But UT’s defense was the difference, recording its ninth of 15 consecutive shutouts in a two-year period en route to an SEC title. Johnny Butler’s 56-yard TD run was the highlight. The “Third Saturday in October” game in 1939 drew a national radio audience and a four-page spread in Life magazine. 1930s: All eyes on Third Saturday in October
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