National Championships
The University of Illinois has five national championships in football: 1914, 1919, 1923, 1927, and 1951. The Fighting Illini now officially recognize the 1951 National Championship by the Boand selecting body, but as recently as 2006 this was not mentioned officially by the school.
| Year | Coach | Selector | Record | Bowl Game |
| 1914 | Bob Zuppke | Parke H. Davis | 7-0-0 | |
| 1919 | Bob Zuppke | Billingsley, Boand, Football Research, Parke H. Davis | 6-1-0 | |
| 1923 | Bob Zuppke | Boand, Football Research, Helms, National Championship Foundation, Parke H. Davis | 8-0-0 | |
| 1927 | Bob Zuppke | Billingsley, Dickinson, Helms, National Championship Foundation, Parke H. Davis | 7-0-1 | |
| 1951 | Ray Eliot | Boand | 9-0-1 | Won Rose Bowl |
| National Championships | 5 | |||
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