2006 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

The 2006 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Ron Zook, who was in his second season with the Illini. Illinois had a record of 2–10, their second consecutive season with only two wins. However, unlike the previous year, they suffered few blowout losses and played competitively with the Big Ten powerhouses, including eventual conference champion Ohio State to whom Illinois lost 17–10 on November 4.

2006 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record2–10 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Locksley (2nd season)
Offensive schemeSpread option
Defensive coordinatorVince Okruch (1st season)
Captain
5
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 69,249)
2006 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Ohio State $  8 –0   12 –1  
No. 8 Michigan %  7 –1   11 –2  
No. 7 Wisconsin  7 –1   12 –1  
No. 24 Penn State  5 –3   9 –4  
Purdue  5 –3   8 –6  
Minnesota  3 –5   6 –7  
Indiana  3 –5   5 –7  
Northwestern  2 –6   4 –8  
Iowa  2 –6   6 –7  
Illinois  1 –7   2 –10  
Michigan State  1 –7   4 –8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 pmEastern Illinois*
ESPN+W 42–1745,444[1]
September 911:00 amat Rutgers*
ESPN2L 0–3341,036[1]
September 1611:00 amSyracuse*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ESPN+L 21–3140,657[1]
September 2311:00 amNo. 14 Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ESPN+L 7–2443,066[1]
September 3011:00 amat Michigan State
ESPN+W 23–2071,268[1]
October 711:00 amIndiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ESPN+L 32–3443,006[1]
October 146:00 pmOhio*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ESPN+L 17–2034,328[1]
October 216:00 pmat Penn State
ESPN2L 12–26108,112[1]
October 2811:00 amat No. 17 Wisconsin
ESPN2L 24–3081,300[1]
November 42:30 pmNo. 1 Ohio State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ESPN2L 10–1753,351[1]
November 1111:00 amPurdue
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ESPN+L 31–4244,266[1]
November 1811:00 amat Northwestern
ESPN+L 16–2722,242[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster
2006 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense } } } }
Pos.#NameClass
TE 17 Jeff Cumberland Fr
TE 16 Michael Hoomanawanui Fr
WR 21 Kyle Hudson So
OC 60 Ryan McDonald  So
RB 5 Rashard Mendenhall So
FB 34 Walter Mendenhall  So
WR 11 Joe Morgan Fr
RB 30 Pierre Thomas Sr
QB 7 Juice Williams Fr
 Defense }
Pos.#NameClass
CB 18 Alan Ball Sr
CB 31 Travon Bellamy Fr
DL 59 Kam Buckner  Jr
CB 1 Vontae Davis Fr
DE 81 Will Davis So
CB 15 Chris Duvalt Fr
DL 98 Xavier Fulton Jr
LB 47 Jeremy Leman Jr
LB 44 Brit Miller So
S 42 Kevin Mitchell  Jr
DE 91 Derek Walker  So
LB 48 Remond Willis  So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 13 Jason Reda Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References
  1. "Standings/Schedules". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on December 23, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  2. "ncaafootball.com". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2019.


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