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

2005 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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

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

Roster

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	Head coach Ron Zook Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster