1994 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1994 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Liberty Bowl champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record7–5 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGreg Landry (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorDenny Marcin (3rd season)
MVPDana Howard
CaptainPete Gabrione, John Holecek, Dana Howard, Jon Kerr
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1993
1995 →
1994 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Penn State $ 8 – 0 – 0 12 – 0 – 0
No. 14 Ohio State 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin 5 – 2 – 1 8 – 3 – 1
No. 12 Michigan 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Illinois 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Purdue 3 – 3 – 2 5 – 4 – 2
Iowa 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Indiana 3 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Northwestern 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
Minnesota 1 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Michigan State † 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † Michigan State forfeited 5 wins including 4 conference victories, over Wisconsin, Indiana, Northwestern, and Purdue.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Lou Tepper, the Fighting Illini compiled an overall record of 7–5 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing fifth in the Big Ten. Illinois was invited to the Liberty Bowl, where the Illini defeated East Carolina. The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 17:30 pmvs. Washington State*No. 22
L 9–1039,472
September 101:00 pmMissouri*
W 42–064,305
September 171:00 pmNorthern Illinois*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 34–1055,327
October 11:00 pmPurduedaggerNo. 25
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
L 16–2258,338
October 82:30 pmat No. 17 Ohio State
ABCW 24–1093,351
October 151:00 pmIowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 47–759,573
October 222:30 pmNo. 11 Michigan
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
ABCL 14–1972,677
October 291:00 pmat Northwestern
W 28–740,365
November 51:30 pmat Minnesota
W 21–1735,069
November 122:30 pmNo. 2 Penn State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
ABCL 31–3572,364
November 192:30 pmat Wisconsin
ABCL 13–1977,745
December 3112:00 pmvs. East Carolina*
ESPNW 30–033,280[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

1994 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OT 73 Ken Blackman Jr
TE 86 Matt Cushing Fr
TE 87 Ken Dilger Sr
QB 13 Johnny Johnson Jr
RB 38 George McDonald Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 51 Kevin Hardy Jr
LB 52 John Holecek Sr
DE 97 Simeon Rice Jr
CB 29 Scott Turner Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
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
Ken Dilger Tight end 2 48 Indianapolis Colts

References

  1. ^ "Illini leave East Carolina in a daze". The News and Observer. January 1, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "1994 Illinois Football Schedule". College Football Reference. Retrieved January 6, 2014.


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