2005 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season

2005 Illinois Fighting Illini football

Conference| Big Ten Conference
Record| 2–9 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach|

* Ron Zook (1st season)

Offensive coordinator| Mike Locksley (1st season)
Offensive scheme| Spread option
Defensive coordinator| Mike Mallory (2nd season)
Captains|

* James Cooper
* E.B. Halsey
* Ryan Matha
* Pierre Thomas

Home stadium| Memorial Stadium

Seasons

← 2004

2006 →

2005 Big Ten Conference football standings

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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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September 3| 11:00 am| Rutgers*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| ESPN2| W 33–30 OT| 50,112
September 10| 1:00 pm| San Jose State*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| | W 40–19| 49,276
September 17| 4:00 pm| at No. 15 California*|

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA

| | L 20–35| 57,657
September 24| 11:00 am| No. 17 Michigan State|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| ESPN+| L 14–61| 51,469
October 1| 11:00 am| at Iowa|

* Kinnick Stadium
* Iowa City, IA

| ESPN+| L 7–35| 70,585
October 8| 11:00 am| at Indiana|

* Memorial Stadium
* Bloomington, IN (rivalry)

| ESPN+| L 13–36| 35,829
October 22| 6:00 pm| No. 12 Penn State|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| ESPN2| L 10–63| 52,633
October 29| 11:00 am| No. 15 Wisconsin|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| ESPN| L 24–41| 52,158
November 5| 2:30 pm| at No. 12 Ohio State|

* Ohio Stadium
* Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)

| ESPN| L 2–40| 104,799
November 11| 11:00 am| at Purdue|

* Ross–Ade Stadium
* West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)

| ESPN360| L 3–37| 57,611
November 18| 11:00 am| Northwestern|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)

| ESPN+| L 21–38| 31,465

* *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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2005 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster

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

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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

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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

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K | `13` | Jason Reda | So
P | `37` | Steve Weatherford | Sr

Head coach

* Ron Zook

Coordinators/assistant coaches

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Legend

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

* Injured
* Redshirt

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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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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

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* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
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