2010 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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The 2010 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Fighting Illini, led by sixth-year head coach Ron Zook, are members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in Big Ten play and were invited to the Texas Bowl where they defeated Baylor 38–14.

Schedule[edit]

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 4 11:30 am vs. Missouri* FSN L 13–23 58,060[4]
September 11 6:30 pm Southern Illinois* BTN W 35–3 52,217[5]
September 18 11:00 am Northern Illinois*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
 BTN W 28–22 50,569[6]
October 2 11:00 am No. 2 Ohio State BTN L 13–24 62,870[7]
October 9 11:00 am at Penn State ESPN2 W 33–13 107,638[8]
October 16 11:00 am at No. 13 Michigan State BTN L 6–26 74,441[9]
October 23 11:00 am Indianadagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
 BTN W 43–13 53,550[10]
October 30 11:00 am Purdue ESPN2 W 44–10 50,371[11]
November 6 11:00 am at Michigan ESPN L 65–67 3OT 111,441[12]
November 13 11:00 am Minnesota
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
 BTN L 34–38 55,549[13]
November 20 2:30 pm vs. No. 25 Northwestern ESPNU W 48–27 41,058[14]
December 3 9:15 pm at Fresno State* ESPN2 L 23–25 30,625[15]
December 29 5:00 pm vs. Baylor* ESPN W 38–14 68,211[16]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Buckeyes vacate wins from last football season”. ESPN.com. July 8, 2011. The measures taken by the school included vacating all the Buckeyes’ wins from last season, a year in which Ohio State captured a record-tying sixth straight Big Ten title and won an unprecedented seventh straight game over Michigan.
  2. ^ “Big Ten Conference Standings – 2010”. ESPN. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
  3. ^ “2014 NCAA Football Rankings – Week 16”. ESPN. December 7, 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
  4. ^ “Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Missouri Tigers Box Score”. ESPN. September 4, 2010. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  5. ^ “Southern Illinois Salukis vs. Illinois Fighting Illini Box Score”. ESPN. September 11, 2010. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  6. ^ “Northern Illinois Huskies vs. Illinois Fighting Illini Box Score”. ESPN. September 18, 2010. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  7. ^ “Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Illinois Fighting Illini Box Score”. ESPN. October 2, 2010. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  8. ^ “Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Penn State Nittany Lions Box Score”. ESPN. October 9, 2010. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  9. ^ “Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Michigan State Spartans Box Score”. ESPN. October 16, 2010. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  10. ^ “Indiana Hoosiers vs. Illinois Fighting Illini Box Score”. ESPN. October 23, 2010. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  11. ^ “Purdue Boilermakers vs. Illinois Fighting Illini Box Score”. ESPN. October 30, 2010. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  12. ^ “Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Michigan Wolverines Box Score”. ESPN. November 6, 2010. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  13. ^ “Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Illinois Fighting Illini Box Score”. ESPN. November 13, 2010. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  14. ^ “Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Northwestern Wildcats Box Score”. ESPN. November 20, 2010. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  15. ^ “Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Fresno State Bulldogs Box Score”. ESPN. December 3, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  16. ^ “Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Baylor Bears Box Score”. ESPN. December 29, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.