2015 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

2015 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference Big Ten Conference
West Division
2015 record 0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach Tim Beckman (4th year)
Offensive coordinator Bill Cubit (3rd year)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Tim Banks (4th year)
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 60,670)
2015 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Eastern Division
Indiana   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Maryland   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Michigan   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Michigan State   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Ohio State   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Penn State   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Rutgers   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Western Division
Illinois   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Iowa   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Minnesota   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Nebraska   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Northwestern   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Purdue   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Wisconsin   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Championship: December 5, 2015
† – Conference champion
x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Illinois Fighting Illini football team will represent the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They will led by fourth-year head coach Tim Beckman, and play their home games at Memorial Stadium. They are members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

The 2014 Illinois Fighting Illini football team finished the regular season 6-6, with a highlight win against Northwestern which brought the team bowl eligible and was invited to play in the 2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs of the Conference USA. Louisiana Tech defeated the Illini in Dallas, Texas 35–15 finishing their 2014 Season at 6-7.

Schedule

Illinois announced their 2015 football schedule on June 3, 2013. The 2015 schedule consist of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Fighting Illini will host Big Ten foes Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, and Wisconsin and will travel to Iowa, Minnesota, Penn State, and Purdue.[1]

The Fighting Illini will host three of their four non conference games against Kent State, Middle Tennessee and Western Illinois. Illinois will travel to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to face North Carolina of the Atlantic Coast Conference on September 19.

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 Kent State* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL      
September 12 Western Illinois* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL      
September 19 at North Carolina* Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC      
September 26 Middle Tennessee* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL      
October 3 Nebraska Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL      
October 10 at Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA      
October 24 Wisconsindagger Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL      
October 31 at Penn State Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA      
November 7 at Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Battle for the Purdue Cannon)      
November 14 Ohio State Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Battle for the Illibuck)      
November 21 at Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN      
November 28 Northwestern Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Battle for the Land of Lincoln Trophy)      
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time Zone.
Schedule Source:[2]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP  
Coaches'  
CFP Not released Not released

References

  1. ↑ "2015 Big Ten Football Schedule Announced" (Press release). Illinois Athletics. June 3, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2015 Illinois Fighting Illini Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 20, 2015.