2005 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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2005 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
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
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
2005 Big Ten Conference football standings
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

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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 IowaESPN+L 7–3570,585
October 811:00 amat IndianaESPN+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 StateESPNL 2–40104,799
November 1111:00 amat PurdueESPN360L 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

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Roster

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2005 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense } } }
Pos. # Name Class
OT 59 Kam Buckner  So
FB 34 Jason Davis Sr
WR 21 Kyle Hudson Fr
WR 84 Kendrick Jones Sr
RB 23 Marcus Mason Jr
OC 60 Ryan McDonald  Fr
RB 5 Rashard Mendenhall Fr
QB 16 Chris Pazan Jr
RB 30 Pierre Thomas Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 18 Alan Ball Jr
DL 98 Xavier Fulton So
LB 47 Jeremy Leman So
LB 3 Walter Mendenhall  Fr
LB 44 Brit Miller Fr
S 42 Kevin Mitchell  So
DE 91 Derek Walker  Fr
LB 48 Remond Willis  Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 13 Jason Reda So
P 37 Steve Weatherford Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References

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



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