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1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football
1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–5–1 (3–4–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Tepper (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Paul Schudel (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Denny Marcin (4th as DC, 8th overall season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1994 1996 →

1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season

The 1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. Illinois finished the season 5–5–1 (3–4–1 in Big Ten play) in Lou Tepper's fourth season as head coach.

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The Illini's 3–3 tie with Wisconsin on November 25 is the last tie in FBS history as the NCAA implanted an overtime system following the season that eliminated the possibility of a tie.^[1]

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	2:30 pm	No. 13 Michigan	No. 25	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois (rivalry)	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

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan	7	3	21	7	38
Illinois	0	0	0	14	14

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Illinois	7	12	12	0	31
Oregon	7	0	13	14	34

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Arizona	0	0	0	7	7
Illinois	0	0	0	9	9

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
East Carolina	0	0	0	0	0
Illinois	0	7	0	0	7

1995_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football_team

1995 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

Schedule

Personnel

Season summary

Michigan

At Oregon

Arizona

East Carolina

At Indiana

Michigan State

Northwestern

At Iowa

At Ohio State

Minnesota

At Wisconsin

1996 NFL Draft

Awards and honors

References

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v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Northwestern $	8	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Ohio State	7	–	1	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
No. 13 Penn State	5	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Michigan	5	–	3	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	3	–	1	6	–	5	–	1
No. 25 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

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