2005 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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2005 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Fighting Illini logo.svg
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2005 record2–9 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Locksley (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread option
Defensive coordinatorMike Mallory (2nd season)
Captains
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 69,249)
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
2005 Big Ten Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Penn State $+   7 – 1     11 – 1  
No. 4 Ohio State %+   7 – 1     10 – 2  
No. 15 Wisconsin   5 – 3     10 – 3  
Michigan   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Northwestern   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Iowa   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Minnesota   4 – 4     7 – 5  
Purdue   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Michigan State   2 – 6     5 – 6  
Indiana   1 – 7     4 – 7  
Illinois   0 – 8     2 – 9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 2005 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 Zook, who was in his first season with the Illini. Illinois had a record of 2–9.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 311:00 amRutgers*
ESPN2W 33–30 OT50,112
September 101:00 pmSan Jose State*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 40–1949,276
September 174:00 pmat No. 15 California*
L 20–3557,657
September 2411:00 amNo. 17 Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
ESPN+L 14–6151,469
October 111:00 amat Iowa
ESPN+L 7–3570,585
October 811:00 amat Indiana
ESPN+L 13–3635,829
October 226:00 pmNo. 12 Penn Statedagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
ESPN2L 10–6352,633
October 2911:00 amNo. 15 Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
ESPNL 24–4152,158
November 52:30 pmat No. 12 Ohio State
ESPNL 2–40104,799
November 1111:00 amat Purdue
ESPN360L 3–3757,611
November 1811:00 amNorthwestern
ESPN+L 21–3831,465
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[1]

Roster[]

2005 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 15 Tim Brasic Jr
TE 88 Melvin Bryant Jr
OL 59 Kam Buckner So
OL 73 Andrew Burk Jr
WR 2 Bryant Creamer Redshirt.svg Fr
FB 34 Jason Davis Sr
WR 81 Will Davis Fr
WR 23 Jack Eastman Fr
FB 42 Justin Ijei So
WR 17 Spencer Jensen So
WR 84 Kendrick Jones Sr
WR 13 Will Judson So
RB 5 Rashard Mendenhall Fr
RB 30 Pierre Thomas Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 10 Kyle Kleckner Sr
LB 47 J Leman So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 37 Steve Weatherford Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References[]

  1. ^ "2005 Results". University of Illinois–Urbana/Champaign Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on 2013-06-25. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
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