2003 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

2003 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2003 record	1–11 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ron Turner (7th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 69,249)
Seasons

2003 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#6/7 Michigan †		7	–	1					10	–	3
#4/4 Ohio State ‡		6	–	2					11	–	2
#18/19 Purdue		6	–	2					9	–	4
#8/8 Iowa		5	–	3					10	–	3
#20/17 Minnesota		5	–	3					10	–	3
Michigan State		5	–	3					8	–	5
Wisconsin		4	–	4					7	–	6
Northwestern		4	–	4					6	–	7
Penn State		0*	–	7					0*	–	9
Indiana		1	–	7					2	–	10
Illinois		0	–	8					1	–	11
† – BCS representative as champion ‡ – BCS at-large representative *All wins for Penn State (3-9, 1-7) vacated due to scandal. Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 2003 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2003 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 seventh season with the Illini. Illinois had a record of 1–11.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	11:00 AM	vs. Missouri*	Edward Jones Dome St. Louis, MO	ABC	L 15–22	63,576
September 6	11:00 AM	Illinois State*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN+	W 49–22	56,304
September 13	7:00 PM	at UCLA*	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	L 3–6	51,118
September 20	11:00 AM	California*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN+	L 24–31	58,363
September 27	5:00 PM	Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN2	L 20–38	58,495
October 4	11:00 AM	at No. 23 Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)	ESPN	L 10–43	63,139
October 11	11:00 AM	No. 21 Michigan State	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN	L 14–61	47,509
October 18	11:00 AM	at No. 17 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN+	L 14–56	110,231
October 25	11:00 AM	No. 24 Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN+	L 10–36	46,407
November 1	11:00 AM	at No. 13 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN+	L 10–41	70,397
November 8	11:00 AM	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ESPN+	L 14–17	24,102
November 18	11:00 AM	Northwestern	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	ESPN+	L 21–38	38,688
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time