The 1907 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the

1907 college football season The 1907 college football season saw the increased use of the forward pass, which had been legalized the year before. Football remained a dangerous game, despite the "debrutalization" reforms, and an unprecedented eleven players were killed (9 hi ...

. In their second non-consecutive season under head coach

Arthur R. Hall Arthur Raymond Hall (June 4, 1869 – December 4, 1955) was an American football player and coach. He served as head football coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1904—along with Justa Lindgren, Fred Lowenthal, and Cl ...

, the Illini compiled a 3–2 record and finished in third place in the Western Conference. Halfback Lion Gardiner was the team captain.

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