1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

The 1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. Illinois finished the season 5–5–1 (3–4–1 in Big Ten play) in Lou Tepper's fourth season as head coach.

1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1995 record5–5–1 (3–4–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPaul Schudel (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorDenny Marcin (4th as DC, 8th overall season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium (Capacity: 70,904)
1995 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Northwestern $ 8 0 0  10 2 0
No. 6 Ohio State 7 1 0  11 2 0
No. 13 Penn State 5 3 0  9 3 0
No. 17 Michigan 5 3 0  9 4 0
Michigan State 4 3 1  6 5 1
No. 25 Iowa 4 4 0  8 4 0
Illinois 3 4 1  5 5 1
Wisconsin 3 4 1  4 5 2
Purdue 2 5 1  4 6 1
Minnesota 1 7 0  3 8 0
Indiana 0 8 0  2 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Notably, the Illini's 3-3 game with Wisconsin on November 25, 1995, is the last tied game in NCAA Division I-A (now FBS) history.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 22:30 pmNo. 13 MichiganNo. 25ABCL 14–3870,193
September 99:00 pmat No. 24 Oregon*SCCL 31–3444,201
September 1611:30 amNo. 17 Arizona*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ESPNW 9–757,134
September 231:00 pmEast Carolina*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
W 7–060,545
October 712:00 pmat IndianaESPN2W 17–1038,098
October 1411:00 amMichigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
CreativeL 21–2765,653
October 2811:00 amNo. 8 Northwestern
CreativeL 14–1765,425
November 411:30 amat IowaESPNW 26–770,397
November 112:30 pmat No. 2 Ohio StateABCL 3–4192,639
November 181:00 pmMinnesota
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
W 48–1445,521
November 252:30 pmat WisconsinCreativeT 3–376,750

Personnel

1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 86 Matt Cushing So
RB 7 Ty Douthard Jr
WR 83 Jason Dulick Jr
WR Steve Harvard
RB 35 Robert Holcombe So
QB Johnny Johnson
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 51 Kevin Hardy Sr
DE 97 Simeon Rice Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Bret Scheuplein
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Season summary

at Ohio State

Illinois Fighting Illini at Ohio State Buckeyes
1 2 34Total
Illinois 0 0 303
Ohio St 14 3 21341

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: November 11
  • Game time: 3:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Overcast, 37 °F (3 °C)
  • Game attendance: 92,639
  • Referee: Steve Pamon
  • Box Score

1996 NFL Draft

Two of the top three overall picks in the 1996 NFL Draft were from Illinois.

PlayerRoundPickPositionClub
Kevin Hardy12LinebackerJacksonville Jaguars
Simeon Rice13Defensive endArizona Cardinals
Ken Blackman369GuardCincinnati Bengals

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Awards and honors

References


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