2002 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

The 2002 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2002 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 Turner, who was in his sixth season with the Illini. Illinois had a record of 5–7 and failed to make a bowl game.

2002 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–7 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRon Turner (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorMike Cassity (2nd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 69,249)
2002 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Ohio State $#+  8 0   14 0  
No. 8 Iowa %+  8 0   11 2  
No. 9 Michigan  6 2   10 3  
No. 16 Penn State  5 3   9 4  
Purdue  4 4   7 6  
Illinois  4 4   5 7  
Minnesota  3 5   8 5  
Wisconsin  2 6   8 6  
Michigan State  2 6   4 8  
Northwestern  1 7   3 9  
Indiana  1 7   3 9  
  • # BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 312:30 pmvs. Missouri*ABCL 20–3361,876
September 711:00 amat Southern Miss*ESPN2L 20–2322,183
September 1411:00 amArkansas State*ESPN+W 59–746,258
September 211:00 pmSan Jose State*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
L 35–3850,990
September 282:30 pmNo. 14 Michigan
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
ABCL 28–4569,249
October 37:00 pmat MinnesotaESPN2L 10–3132,663
October 1212:00 pmPurdue
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 38–31 OT55,590
October 261:00 pmIndianadagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 45–1450,295
November 22:30 pmat No. 20 Penn StateESPNL 7–18105,589
November 911:00 amat WisconsinESPN+W 37–2078,709
November 162:30 pmNo. 2 Ohio State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
ABCL 16–23 OT58,810
November 2311:00 amat NorthwesternESPN+W 31–2425,134
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[2]

Roster

2002 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 16 Jon Beutjer So
FB 24 Carey Davis Jr
G 64 David Diehl Sr
WR 17 Greg Lewis Sr
WR 6 Brandon Lloyd Sr
WR 86 Aaron Moorehead Sr
C 75 Duke Preston So
QB/RB 18 Walter Young Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 44 Matt Sinclair So
DB 28 Eugene Wilson Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 37 Steve Weatherford Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Team players in the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Eugene WilsonCornerback236New England Patriots
Brandon LloydWide Receiver4124San Francisco 49ers
David DiehlGuard5160New York Giants
Tony PashosTackle5173Baltimore Ravens
Walter YoungWide Receiver7226Carolina Panthers

References

  1. "2002 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Jan. 5)". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  2. "2002 Season". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on June 25, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2012.


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