This group was slightly better than the previous as they bounced back from the first losing season of Jones' career and finished third in the Big Ten.

His football team won 76 games and lost six in his ten years.

[1] The record the Illini had at the conclusion of the 1919–20 season was nine wins and four losses overall with an eight-win, four-loss conference mark.

B. Felmley, Julian Mee and P. C. Taylor rotating at the forward positions, All-American Chuck Carney at center, and Charles Vail, Burt Ingwersen, and Laurie Walquist as guards.

Chuck Carney was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004.