2006 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

2006 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference Big Ten Conference
2006 record 2–10 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach Ron Zook
Offensive scheme Spread option
Captain
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 69,249)
2006 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 Ohio State $  8 –0     12 –1  
No. 7 Wisconsin  7 –1     12 –1  
No. 8 Michigan %  7 –1     11 –2  
No. 24 Penn State  5 –3     9 –4  
Purdue  5 –3     8 –6  
Minnesota  3 –5     6 –7  
Indiana  3 –5     5 –7  
Iowa  2 –6     6 –7  
Northwestern  2 –6     4 –8  
Michigan State  1 –7     4 –8  
Illinois  1 –7     2 –10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

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, as they did the year before. However, unlike 2005, they suffered few blowout losses, and played competitively with the Big Ten powerhouses, including #1 ranked Ohio State to whom Illinois lost 17–10 on November 4.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 6:00 PM Eastern Illinois* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois ESPN+ W 42–17   45,444[1]
September 9 11:00 AM at Rutgers* Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, New Jersey ESPN2 L 0–33   41,036[1]
September 16 11:00 AM Syracuse* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois ESPN+ L 21–31   40,657[1]
September 23 11:00 AM No. 14 Iowa Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois ESPN+ L 7–24   43,066[1]
September 30 11:00 AM at Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan ESPN+ W 23–20   71,268[1]
October 7 11:00 AM Indiana Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois ESPN+ L 32–34   43,006[1]
October 14 11:00 AM Ohio* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois ESPN+ L 17–20   34,328[1]
October 21 6:00 PM at Penn State Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania ESPN2 L 12–26   108,112[1]
October 28 11:00 AM at No. 18 Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin ESPN2 L 24–30   81,300[1]
November 4 2:30 PM No. 1 Ohio State Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois ESPN2 L 10–17   53,351[1]
November 11 11:00 AM Purdue Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois ESPN+ L 31–42   44,266[1]
November 18 11:00 AM at Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, Illinois (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) ESPN+ L 16–27   22,242[1]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Standings/Schedules". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  2. ↑ ncaafootball.com


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