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American college football season
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.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 2:30 pm | vs.
Missouri* | |
ABC | L 20–33 | 61,876 |
September 7 | 11:00 am | at
Southern Miss* | |
ESPN2 | L 20–23 | 22,183 |
September 14 | 11:00 am |
Arkansas State* | |
ESPN+ | W 59–7 | 46,258 |
September 21 | 1:00 pm |
San Jose State* | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| | L 35–38 | 50,990 |
September 28 | 2:30 pm | No. 14
Michigan | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL (
rivalry)
| ABC | L 28–45 | 69,249 |
October 3 | 7:00 pm | at
Minnesota | | ESPN2 | L 10–31 | 32,663 |
October 12 | 12:00 pm |
Purdue | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| | W 38–31 OT | 55,590 |
October 26 | 1:00 pm |
Indiana | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| | W 45–14 | 50,295 |
November 2 | 2:30 pm | at No. 20
Penn State | |
ESPN | L 7–18 | 105,589 |
November 9 | 11:00 am | at
Wisconsin | | ESPN+ | W 37–20 | 78,709 |
November 16 | 2:30 pm | No. 2
Ohio State | - Memorial Stadium
- Champaign, IL
| ABC | L 16–23 OT | 58,810 |
November 23 | 11:00 am | at
Northwestern | | ESPN+ | W 31–24 | 25,134 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in
Central time
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Roster
2002 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
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Injured
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Redshirt
Roster
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Team players in the NFL
References
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Venues | |
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Bowls & rivalries | |
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Culture & lore | |
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People | |
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Seasons | |
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National championship seasons in bold |