2002 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season

2002 Illinois Fighting Illini football

Conference| Big Ten Conference
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

Seasons

← 2001

2003 →

2002 Big Ten Conference football standings

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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]

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

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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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 (rivalry)

| 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 (rivalry)

| | 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

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2002 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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WR | `4` | Ade Adeyemo | So
QB | `16` | Jon Beutjer | So
TE | `89` | Kenny Boyle | Jr
TE | `87` | Brett Boyter | Jr
QB | `10` | Tim Brasic | Fr
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

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CB | `14` | Nana Agyeman | Jr
S | `22` | Brian Brosnan | Fr
LB | `44` | Matt Sinclair | So
DB | `28` | Eugene Wilson | Sr
Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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PK | `97` | Kyle Adams | Fr
P | `37` | Steve Weatherford | Fr

Head coach

* Ron Turner

Coordinators/assistant coaches

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Legend

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

* Injured
* Redshirt

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Roster

## Team players in the NFL

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Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club

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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

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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 June 25, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2012.

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Illinois Fighting Illini football

Venues|

* Illinois Field (1890–1922)
* Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
* Soldier Field (1994–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Indiana
* Michigan
* Missouri
* Northwestern
* Ohio State: Illibuck
* Purdue

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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