1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1995 record	5–5–1 (3–4–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Tepper (4th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 70,904)
Seasons

1995 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#8/7 Northwestern †	8	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
#6/8 Ohio State	7	–	1	–	0			11	–	2	–	0
#13/12 Penn State	5	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
#17/19 Michigan	5	–	3	–	0			9	–	4	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	5	–	1
#25/22 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 / Coaches' Poll

The 1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	2:30 PM	No. 13 Michigan	No. 25	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ABC	L 14–38	70,193
September 9	9:00 PM	at No. 24 Oregon*		Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon	SCC	L 31–34	44,201
September 16	11:30 AM	No. 17 Arizona*		Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ESPN	W 9–7	57,134
September 23	1:00 PM	East Carolina*		Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois		W 7–0	60,545
October 7	12:00 PM	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	ESPN2	W 17–10	38,098
October 14	11:00 AM	Michigan State		Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	Creative	L 21–27	65,653
October 28	11:00 AM	No. 8 Northwestern		Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	Creative	L 14–17	65,425
November 4	11:30 AM	at Iowa		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa	ESPN	W 26–7	70,397
November 11	2:30 PM	at No. 2 Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio (Illibuck)	ABC	L 3–41	92,639
November 18	1:00 PM	Minnesota		Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois		W 48–14	45,521
November 25	2:30 PM	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin	Creative	T 3–3	76,750
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 86 Cushing, MattMatt Cushing 3.0 !So RB 7 Douthard, TyTy Douthard 5.0 !Jr WR 83 Dulick, JasonJason Dulick 5.0 !Jr RB 35 Holcombe, RobertRobert Holcombe 3.0 !So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 51 Hardy, KevinKevin Hardy 7.0 !Sr DE 97 Rice, SimeonSimeon Rice 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

1996 NFL Draft

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

Player	Round	Pick	Position	Club
Kevin Hardy	1	2	Linebacker	Jacksonville Jaguars
Simeon Rice	1	3	Defensive end	Arizona Cardinals
Ken Blackman	3	69	Guard	Cincinnati Bengals

Awards and honors

• Kevin Hardy, Butkus Award