1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season.
Regular season
Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 2 |
2:30 PM |
No. 13 Michigan |
No. 25 |
Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL |
ABC |
L 14–38 |
70,193 |
September 9 |
9:00 PM |
at No. 24 Oregon* |
|
Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR |
SCC |
L 31–34 |
44,201 |
September 16 |
11:30 AM |
No. 17 Arizona* |
|
Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL |
ESPN |
W 9–7 |
57,134 |
September 23 |
1:00 PM |
East Carolina* |
|
Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL |
|
W 7–0 |
60,545 |
October 7 |
12:00 PM |
at Indiana |
|
Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IL |
ESPN2 |
W 17–10 |
38,098 |
October 14 |
11:00 AM |
Michigan State |
|
Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL |
Creative |
L 21–27 |
65,653 |
October 28 |
11:00 AM |
No. 8 Northwestern |
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Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) |
Creative |
L 14–17 |
65,425 |
November 4 |
11:30 AM |
at Iowa |
|
Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA |
ESPN |
W 26–7 |
70,397 |
November 11 |
2:30 PM |
at No. 2 Ohio State |
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Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck) |
ABC |
L 3–41 |
92,639 |
November 18 |
1:00 PM |
Minnesota |
|
Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL |
|
W 48–14 |
45,521 |
November 25 |
2:30 PM |
at Wisconsin |
|
Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI |
Creative |
T 3–3 |
76,750 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. |
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Team players in the NFL
Two of the top three overall picks in the 1996 NFL Draft were from Illinois.
[2]
Awards and honors
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National championship seasons in bold |