American college football season
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.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 11:00 am Rutgers * ESPN2 W 33–30 OT 50,112
September 10 1:00 pm San Jose State * Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL W 40–1949,276
September 17 4:00 pm at No. 15 California * L 20–3557,657
September 24 11:00 am No. 17 Michigan State Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL ESPN+ L 14–6151,469
October 1 11:00 am at Iowa ESPN+ L 7–3570,585
October 8 11:00 am at Indiana ESPN+ L 13–3635,829
October 22 6:00 pm No. 12 Penn State Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL ESPN2 L 10–6352,633
October 29 11:00 am No. 15 Wisconsin Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL ESPN L 24–4152,158
November 5 2:30 pm at No. 12 Ohio State ESPN L 2–40104,799
November 11 11:00 am at Purdue ESPN360 L 3–3757,611
November 18 11:00 am Northwestern ESPN+ L 21–3831,465
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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2005 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
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Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
^ "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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