2002 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

2002 Big Ten Conference football standings
	# – BCS National Champion; $ – BCS representative as conference champion; % – BCS at-large representative; + – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

2002 Illinois Fighting Illini football
2002 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2002 record	5–7 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ron Turner (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Ron Turner (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Cassity (2nd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium; (Capacity: 69,249)
	Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The team's head coach was Ron Turner, who was in his sixth season with the Illini. Illinois had a record of 5–7 and failed to make a bowl game.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	2:30 pm	vs. Missouri*	Edward Jones Dome St. Louis, MO	ABC	L 20–33	61,876
September 7	11:00 am	at Southern Miss*	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN2	L 20–23	22,183
September 14	11:00 am	Arkansas State*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN+	W 59–7	46,258
September 21	1:00 pm	San Jose State*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		L 35–38	50,990
September 28	2:30 pm	No. 14 Michigan	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ABC	L 28–45	69,249
October 3	7:00 pm	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	ESPN2	L 10–31	32,663
October 12	12:00 pm	Purdue	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		W 38–31 ^OT	55,590
October 26	1:00 pm	Indiana	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		W 45–14	50,295
November 2	2:30 pm	at No. 20 Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ESPN	L 7–18	105,589
November 9	11:00 am	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN+	W 37–20	78,709
November 16	2:30 pm	No. 2 Ohio State	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ABC	L 16–23 ^OT	58,810
November 23	11:00 am	at Northwestern	Ryan Field Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	ESPN+	W 31–24	25,134
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster[]

2002 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`16`	Jon Beutjer	So
FB	`24`	Carey Davis	Jr
G	`64`	David Diehl	Sr
WR	`17`	Greg Lewis	Sr
WR	`6`	Brandon Lloyd	Sr
WR	`86`	Aaron Moorehead	Sr
C	`75`	Duke Preston	So
QB/RB	`18`	Walter Young	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`44`	Matt Sinclair	So
DB	`28`	Eugene Wilson	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`37`	Steve Weatherford	Fr

Head coach

Ron Turner

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Team players in the NFL[]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Eugene Wilson	Cornerback	2	36	New England Patriots
Brandon Lloyd	Wide Receiver	4	124	San Francisco 49ers
David Diehl	Guard	5	160	New York Giants
Tony Pashos	Tackle	5	173	Baltimore Ravens
Walter Young	Wide Receiver	7	226	Carolina Panthers

References[]

^ "2002 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Jan. 5)". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
^ "2002 Season". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on 2013-06-25. Retrieved October 15, 2012.

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[1] "2002 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Jan. 5)". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2010.

[2] "2002 Season". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on 2013-06-25. Retrieved October 15, 2012.

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v t Illinois Fighting Illini football
Venues	Illinois Field (1890–1922) Memorial Stadium (1923–present) Soldier Field (1994-present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Michigan Missouri Northwestern (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk, 1945–2008; Land of Lincoln Trophy, 2009–present) Ohio State (Illibuck) Purdue (Purdue Cannon)
Culture & lore	Illinois Loyalty "Oskee Wow-Wow" Marching Illini Gene Honda Fighting Illini Sports Network Chief Illiniwek 1960s slush fund scandal 2021 Penn State game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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National championship seasons in bold

2002 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 1 Ohio State $#+		8	–	0		14	–	0
No. 8 Iowa %+		8	–	0		11	–	2
No. 9 Michigan		6	–	2		10	–	3
No. 16 Penn State		5	–	3		9	–	4
Purdue		4	–	4		7	–	6
Illinois		4	–	4		5	–	7
Minnesota		3	–	5		8	–	5
Wisconsin		2	–	6		8	–	6
Michigan State		2	–	6		4	–	8
Northwestern		1	–	7		3	–	9
Indiana		1	–	7		3	–	9

# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll^[1]