2005 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

2005 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2005 record	2–9 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ron Zook (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Locksley (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Defensive coordinator	Mike Mallory (2nd season)
Captain	James Cooper
Captain	E.B. Halsey
Captain	Ryan Matha
Captain	Pierre Thomas
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 69,249)
Seasons

2005 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#3/3 Penn State †§		0*	–	1					0*	–	1
#4/4 Ohio State ‡§		7	–	1					10	–	2
#15/15 Wisconsin		5	–	3					10	–	3
Michigan		5	–	3					7	–	5
Northwestern		5	–	3					7	–	5
Iowa		5	–	3					7	–	5
Minnesota		4	–	4					7	–	5
Purdue		3	–	5					5	–	6
Michigan State		2	–	6					5	–	6
Indiana		1	–	7					4	–	7
Illinois		0	–	8					2	–	9
† – BCS representative as champion ‡ – BCS at-large representative § – Conference co-champions *All wins for Penn State (11-1, 7-1) vacated due to scandal. Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 2005 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 2005 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 Zook, who was in his first season with the Illini. Illinois had a record of 2–9.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	11:00 AM	Rutgers*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN2	W 33–30 OT	50,112
September 10	1:00 PM	San Jose State*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		W 40–19	49,276
September 17	4:00 PM	at No. 15 California*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		L 20–35	57,657
September 24	11:00 AM	No. 17 Michigan State	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN+	L 14–61	51,469
October 1	11:00 AM	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN+	L 7–35	70,585
October 8	11:00 AM	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ESPN+	L 13–36	35,829
October 22	6:00 PM	No. 12 Penn State	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN2	L 10–63	52,633
October 29	11:00 AM	No. 15 Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN	L 24–41	52,158
November 5	2:30 PM	at No. 12 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)	ESPN	L 2–40	104,799
November 11	11:00 AM	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)	ESPN360	L 3–37	57,611
November 18	11:00 AM	Northwestern	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	ESPN+	L 21–38	31,465
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time