1994 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1994 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 30–0 vs. East Carolina
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1994 record	7–5 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Tepper (3rd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 70,904)
Seasons

1994 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2/2 Penn State †	8	–	0	–	0			12	–	0	–	0
#14/9 Ohio State	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	4	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
#12/12 Michigan	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Indiana	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Iowa	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Purdue	3	–	3	–	2			5	–	4	–	2
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, 4 conference wins Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 1994 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:30 PM	Washington State*	No. 22	Soldier Field Chicago		L 9–10	39,472
September 10	1:00 PM	Missouri*		Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois (Rivalry)		W 42–0	64,305
September 17	1:00 PM	Northern Illinois*		Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois		W 34–10	55,327
October 1	1:00 PM	Purdue	No. 25	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois (Purdue Cannon)		L 16–22	58,338
October 8	2:30 PM	at No. 17 Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio (Illibuck)	ABC	W 24–10	93,351
October 15	1:00 PM	Iowa		Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois		W 47–7	59,573
October 22	2:30 PM	No. 11 Michigan		Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ABC	L 14–19	72,677
October 29	1:00 PM	at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois		W 28–7	40,365
November 5	1:30 PM	at Minnesota		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis		W 21–17	35,069
November 12	2:30 PM	No. 2 Penn State		Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ABC	L 31–35	72,364
November 19	2:30 PM	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin	ABC	L 13–19	77,745
December 31	12:00 PM	vs. East Carolina*		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee (Liberty Bowl)	ESPN	W 30–0	33,280
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

1994 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class T 73 Blackman, KenKen Blackman 5.0 !Jr TE 86 Cushing, MattMatt Cushing 1.0 !Fr TE 87 Dilger, KenKen Dilger 5.0 !Jr QB 13 Johnson, JohnnyJohnny Johnson 5.0 !Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 51 Hardy, KevinKevin Hardy 5.0 !Jr LB 52 Holecek, JohnJohn Holecek 7.0 !Sr DE 97 Rice, SimeonSimeon Rice 5.0 !Jr CB 29 Turner, ScottScott Turner 7.0 !Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Lou Tepper Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Team players in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Ken Dilger	Tight end	2	48	Indianapolis Colts