2002 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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2002
Memorial Stadium
Seasons
2002 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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]

The 2002 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the

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.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 312:30 pmvs.
St. Louis, MO
ABCL 20–3361,876
September 711:00 amat Southern Miss*
ESPN2L 20–2322,183
September 1411:00 am
Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
    		• 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 (rivalry)
    		ABCL 28–4569,249
    October 37:00 pmat Minnesota
    		ESPN2L 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
    University Park, PA
    		ESPNL 7–18105,589
    November 911:00 amat Wisconsin
    		ESPN+W 37–2078,709
    November 162:30 pmNo. 2 Ohio State
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    		ABCL 16–23 OT58,810
    November 2311:00 amat
    Sweet Sioux Tomahawk
    )    		ESPN+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. # Name Class
    WR 4 Ade Adeyemo So
    QB 16 Jon Beutjer So
    TE 89 Kenny Boyle Jr
    TE 87 Brett Boyter Jr
    QB 10 Tim Brasic Fr
    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. # Name Class
    CB 14 Nana Agyeman Jr
    S 22 Brian Brosnan Fr
    LB 44 Matt Sinclair So
    DB 28 Eugene Wilson Sr
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    PK 97 Kyle Adams Fr
    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

    Player Position Round Pick NFL club
    Eugene Wilson Cornerback 2 36 New England Patriots
    Brandon Lloyd Wide Receiver 4 124 San Francisco 49ers
    David Diehl Guard 5 160 New York Giants
    Tony Pashos Tackle 5 173 Baltimore Ravens
    Walter Young Wide Receiver 7 226 Carolina 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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