1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1989 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1989 record 5–5–1 (3–4–1 Big Ten)
Head coach Lou Tepper
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
« 1988 1990 »
1995 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#8/7 Northwestern † 8 – 0 – 0     10 – 2 – 0
#6/8 Ohio State 7 – 1 – 0     11 – 2 – 0
#13/12 Penn State 5 – 3 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
#17/19 Michigan 5 – 3 – 0     9 – 4 – 0
Michigan State 4 – 3 – 1     6 – 5 – 1
#25/22 Iowa 4 – 4 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
Illinois 3 – 4 – 1     5 – 5 – 1
Wisconsin 3 – 4 – 1     4 – 5 – 2
Purdue 2 – 5 – 1     4 – 6 – 1
Minnesota 1 – 7 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
Indiana 0 – 8 – 0     2 – 9 – 0
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Contents

Regular season

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 2:30 PM #13 Michigan #25 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL ABC L 14-38   70,193
September 9 9:00 PM at #24 Oregon* Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR SportsChannel L 31-34   44,201
September 16 11:30 AM #17 Arizona* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL ESPN W 9-7   57,134
September 23 1:00 PM East Carolina* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 7-0   60,545
October 7 12:00 PM at Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IL ESPN2 W 17-10   38,098
October 14 11:00 AM Michigan State Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL ESPN+ L 21-27   65,653
October 28 11:00 AM #8 Northwestern Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) ESPN+ L 14-17   65,425
November 4 11:30 AM at Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA ESPN W 26-7   70,397
November 11 2:30 PM at #2 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck) ABC L 3-41   92,639
November 18 1:00 PM Minnesota Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 48-14   45,521
November 25 2:30 PM at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI ESPN+ T 3-3   76,750
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time Zone.

[1]

Team players in the NFL

Two of the top three overall picks in the 1996 NFL Draft were from Illinois.

Player Round Pick Position Club
Kevin Hardy 1 2 Linebacker Jacksonville Jaguars
Simeon Rice 1 3 Defensive End Arizona Cardinals
Ken Blackman 3 69 Guard Cincinnati Bengals

[2]

Awards and honors

  1. ^ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=98&season=1989
  2. ^ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1996.htm
  3. ^ http://www.thebutkusaward.com/watchlist/pastwinners.aspx

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