1994 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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1994 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 30–0 vs. East Carolina
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record7–5 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Greg Landry (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Denny Marcin (3rd season)
MVP Dana Howard
Captains
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1993
1995  →
1994 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Penn State $ 8 –0 –012 –0 –0
No. 14 Ohio State 6 –2 –09 –4 –0
Wisconsin 5 –2 –18 –3 –1
No. 12 Michigan 5 –3 –08 –4 –0
Illinois 4 –4 –07 –5 –0
Purdue 3 –3 –25 –4 –2
Iowa 3 –4 –15 –5 –1
Indiana 3 –5 –06 –5 –0
Northwestern 3 –5 –04 –6 –1
Minnesota 1 –7 –03 –8 –0
Michigan State † 0 –8 –00 –11 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † Michigan State forfeited 5 wins including 4 conference victories, over Wisconsin, Indiana, Northwestern, and Purdue.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third year under head coach Lou Tepper, the Fighting Illini compiled a 7–5 record (4–4 in conference games), finished in fifth place in the Big Ten, and outscored opponents by a total of 279 to 156. They concluded the season in the 1994 Liberty Bowl, defeating East Carolina by a 30–0 score. [1]

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The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Johnny Johnson (2,245 passing yards), running back Ty Douthard (713 rushing yards), wide receiver Jason Dulick (679 receiving yards), and kicker Chris Richardson (73 points scored, 31 of 32 extra points, 12 of 16 field goals). [2]

The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 17:30 pmvs. Washington State *No. 22
L 9–1039,472
September 101:00 pm Missouri *
W 42–064,305
September 171:00 pm Northern Illinois *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 34–1055,327
October 11:00 pm Purdue Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 25
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
L 16–2258,338
October 82:30 pmat No. 17 Ohio State
ABC W 24–1093,351
October 151:00 pm Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 47–759,573
October 222:30 pmNo. 11 Michigan
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
ABCL 14–1972,677
October 291:00 pmat Northwestern
W 28–740,365
November 51:30 pmat Minnesota
W 21–1735,069
November 122:30 pmNo. 2 Penn State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
ABCL 31–3572,364
November 192:30 pmat Wisconsin
ABCL 13–1977,745
December 3112:00 pmvs. East Carolina *
 ESPN W 30–033,280 [3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[4]

Roster

1994 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT 73Ken BlackmanJr
TE 86 Matt Cushing Fr
TE 87 Ken Dilger Sr
QB 13Johnny JohnsonJr
RB 38 George McDonald Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 51 Kevin Hardy Jr
LB 52 John Holecek Sr
DE 97 Simeon Rice Jr
CB 29 Scott Turner Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

1995 NFL draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Ken Dilger Tight end248 Indianapolis Colts

References

  1. ↑ "1994 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  2. ↑ "1994 Illinois Fighting Illini Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Illini leave East Carolina in a daze". The News and Observer. January 1, 1995. Retrieved March 7, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "1994 Illinois Football Schedule". College Football Reference. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
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