2006 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

The 2006 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Ron Zook, who was in his second season with the Illini. Illinois had a record of 2–10, as they did the year before. However, unlike 2005, they suffered few blowout losses, and played competitively with the Big Ten powerhouses, including #1 ranked Ohio State to whom Illinois lost 17–10 on November 4.

2006 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2006 record2–10 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Locksley (2nd season)
Offensive schemeSpread option
Defensive coordinatorVince Okruch (1st season)
Captain
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 69,249)
2006 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 Ohio State $  8 –0     12 –1  
No. 7 Wisconsin  7 –1     12 –1  
No. 8 Michigan %  7 –1     11 –2  
No. 24 Penn State  5 –3     9 –4  
Purdue  5 –3     8 –6  
Minnesota  3 –5     6 –7  
Indiana  3 –5     5 –7  
Iowa  2 –6     6 –7  
Northwestern  2 –6     4 –8  
Michigan State  1 –7     4 –8  
Illinois  1 –7     2 –10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 pmEastern Illinois*
ESPN+W 42–1745,444[1]
September 911:00 amat Rutgers*
ESPN2L 0–3341,036[1]
September 1611:00 amSyracuse*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ESPN+L 21–3140,657[1]
September 2311:00 amNo. 14 Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ESPN+L 7–2443,066[1]
September 3011:00 amat Michigan State
ESPN+W 23–2071,268[1]
October 711:00 amIndiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ESPN+L 32–3443,006[1]
October 1411:00 amOhio*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ESPN+L 17–2034,328[1]
October 216:00 pmat Penn State
ESPN2L 12–26108,112[1]
October 2811:00 amat No. 17 Wisconsin
ESPN2L 24–3081,300[1]
November 42:30 pmNo. 1 Ohio State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ESPN2L 10–1753,351[1]
November 1111:00 amPurdue
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ESPN+L 31–4244,266[1]
November 1811:00 amat Northwestern
ESPN+L 16–2722,242[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References
  1. "Standings/Schedules". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on December 23, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  2. "ncaafootball.com". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2019-04-07.


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