2005 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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.

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Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
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	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

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

^ "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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