- Record
- 83-73-11
- Win percentage
- .530
- Games
- 167
- Seasons
- 181942–1959
Season history
Every season the coach has run a program.
| Season | Team | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 |  Illinois | 5-3-1 | AP preseason — | AP final #13 | SRS 11.4 | SP+ — | Offense — | Defense — |
| 1958 | Illinois | 4-5 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 11.1 | SP+ — | Offense — | Defense — |
| 1957 | Illinois | 4-5 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 13.4 | SP+ — | Offense — | Defense — |
| 1956 | Illinois | 2-5-2 | AP preseason #20 | AP final — | SRS 10.8 | SP+ — | Offense — | Defense — |
| 1955 | Illinois | 5-3-1 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 8.1 | SP+ — | Offense — | Defense — |
| 1954 | Illinois | 1-8 | AP preseason #5 | AP final — | SRS 3.3 | SP+ — | Offense — | Defense — |
| 1953 | Illinois | 7-1-1 | AP preseason — | AP final #7 | SRS 19.1 | SP+ — | Offense — | Defense — |
| 1952 | Illinois | 4-5 | AP preseason #5 | AP final — | SRS 10.5 | SP+ — | Offense — | Defense — |
| 1951 | Illinois | 9-0-1 | AP preseason #10 | AP final #4 | SRS 21.8 | SP+ — | Offense — | Defense — |
| 1950 | Illinois | 7-2 | AP preseason #8 | AP final #13 | SRS 18.2 | SP+ — | Offense — | Defense — |
| 1949 | Illinois | 3-4-2 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 12.9 | SP+ — | Offense — | Defense — |
| 1948 | Illinois | 3-6 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 7.9 | SP+ — | Offense — | Defense — |
| 1947 | Illinois | 5-3-1 | AP preseason #6 | AP final — | SRS 17.5 | SP+ — | Offense — | Defense — |
| 1946 | Illinois | 8-2 | AP preseason #12 | AP final #5 | SRS 29.3 | SP+ — | Offense — | Defense — |
| 1945 | Illinois | 2-6-1 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 12.9 | SP+ — | Offense — | Defense — |
| 1944 | Illinois | 5-4-1 | AP preseason #14 | AP final #15 | SRS 19.1 | SP+ — | Offense — | Defense — |
| 1943 | Illinois | 3-7 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 3.0 | SP+ — | Offense — | Defense — |
| 1942 | Illinois | 6-4 | AP preseason #5 | AP final — | SRS 10.0 | SP+ — | Offense — | Defense — |