In their 16th season under head coach Robert Zuppke, the Illini compiled a 7–1 record and finished in first place in the Big Ten Conference.

[1] Tackle Albert J. Nowack was the team captain.

6 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1928.

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