2013 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

2013 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
	Leaders Division
2013 record	4–8 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tim Beckman (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Bill Cubit (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Tim Banks (2nd year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 60,670)

2013 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Legends Division
No. 3 Michigan State x$		8	–	0					13	–	1
Iowa		5	–	3					8	–	5
Nebraska		5	–	3					9	–	4
Minnesota		4	–	4					8	–	5
Michigan		3	–	5					7	–	6
Northwestern		1	–	7					5	–	7
Leaders Division
No. 12 Ohio State x%		8	–	0					12	–	2
No. 22 Wisconsin		6	–	2					9	–	4
Penn State*		4	–	4					7	–	5
Indiana		3	–	5					5	–	7
Illinois		1	–	7					4	–	8
Purdue		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Michigan State 34, Ohio State 24
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Penn State ineligible for conference championship game and post-season bowl games due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Tim Beckman, and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Leaders Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place in the Leaders Division.

Previous season

Illinois finished the 2012 season with 2–10, 0–8 in Big 10 Leaders play, where they placed last and failed to become bowl eligible for first time since 2009.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Illinois	Alma Mater
Tim Beckman	Head Coach	1	Findlay (1985)
Tim Banks	Defensive Coordinator/Secondary	1	Central Michigan (1995)
Bill Cubit	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	0	Delaware (1974)
Mike Bellamy	Wide Receivers	1	Illinois (1990)
A. J. Ricker	Offensive Line	0	Missouri (2004)
Tim Salem	Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs	1	Arizona State (1985)
Greg Colby	Defensive Line	0	Illinois (1974)
Alex Golesh	Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator	1	Ohio State (2006)
Al Seamonson	Outside Linebackers	0	Wisconsin (1982)
Mike Ward	Inside Linebackers	1	Georgetown College (1984)
Reference:[1]

Roster

2013 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 2 Scheelhaase, NathanNathan Scheelhaase  Sr TE 3 Davis, JonJon Davis Jr QB 4 O'Toole, ReillyReilly O'Toole Jr RB 5 Young, DonovonnDonovonn Young Jr RB 6 Ferguson, JoshJosh Ferguson  So WR 7 Barr, MartizeMartize Barr  Jr WR 8 Osei, MilesMiles Osei Sr DB 9 Hull, SteveSteve Hull  Sr QB 10 Haslett, ChaseChase Haslett  So TE 11 LaCosse, MattMatt LaCosse Jr WR 12 Langford, RyanRyan Langford Sr QB 12 Lunt, WesWes Lunt So WR 13 Taylor, DionteDionte Taylor Fr QB 15 Bailey, AaronAaron Bailey Fr WR 16 Murdock, MarchieMarchie Murdock Fr QB 16 Berg, ManMan Berg Fr RB 18 Whitlow, JeremeyJeremey Whitlow  So WR 19 Hardee, JustinJustin Hardee So QB 19 Hussey, SeanSean Hussey Fr RB 23 Tucker, CameronCameron Tucker  So RB 25 Foster, Foster Fr WR 26 Doxy, CedricCedric Doxy  Fr WR 29 Bonahoom, PeterPeter Bonahoom  So QB 30 Nudera, JamesJames Nudera  So WR 31 Poole, LeslieLeslie Poole  So RB 32 Church, DevinDevin Church  Fr TE 47 Clary, TimTim Clary  So OL 52 Hill, AlexAlex Hill  Jr OL 55 Boles, ChrisChris Boles  So OL 57 Schmidt, AustinAustin Schmidt Fr OL 60 Durkin, TonyTony Durkin  So OL 66 McDowell, ScottScott McDowell  So OL 67 Feldmeyer, JakeJake Feldmeyer  Sr OL 68 Cvijanovic, SimonSimon Cvijanovic  Jr OL 69 Karras, TedTed Karras  So OL 70 Lewis, CoreyCorey Lewis  Sr OL 71 Spencer, JoeJoe Spencer  Fr OL 72 Hinkhouse, DallasDallas Hinkhouse Jr OL 73 O'Connor, ChrisChris O'Connor  So OL 74 Heitz, MichaelMichael Heitz  Jr OL 75 Flavin, PatPat Flavin  So OL 76 Chadwell, JesseJesse Chadwell Fr OL 78 Black, HarryHarry Black Fr WR 80 Harris, SpencerSpencer Harris Sr WR 81 Carroll, KevinKevin Carroll Fr WR 82 Fry, KameronKameron Fry  So TE 83 Kanteman, TrevorTrevor Kanteman Fr TE 84 Knight, KennyKenny Knight  So WR 85 Butler, EliasElias Butler Fr TE 86 Russell, TimTim Russell  Sr TE 87 White, TylerTyler White Fr WR 88 Grant, ZachZach Grant So TE 89 Wilson, EvanEvan Wilson Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 2 Bentley, V'AngeloV'Angelo Bentley So DB 3 Barton, TaylorTaylor Barton  Fr DB 4 Kelly, DarwynDarwyn Kelly Fr STAR 5 Crawford, JamesJames Crawford Fr DB 9 Thomas III, EarnestEarnest Thomas III  Jr STAR 10 Bello, B. J.B. J. Bello  Fr STAR 14 Finney, EricEric Finney  So DB 15 Little, JevarisJevaris Little  Fr DB 16 Day, CalebCaleb Day Fr DB 20 Cazley, DillanDillan Cazley Fr STAR 20 Fejedelem, ClaytonClayton Fejedelem Jr DB 21 Petty, ZaneZane Petty  Jr DB 22 Forzley, NickNick Forzley Sr DB 22 Walls, LaKeithLaKeith Walls  Fr DB 23 Mathis, BenBen Mathis  Sr DB 24 Mosely, DariusDarius Mosely Fr DB 25 Arowolaju, SeanSean Arowolaju  Fr DB 27 Spencer, EatonEaton Spencer  So DB 28 Dunlap, JaylenJaylen Dunlap Fr DB 29 Lugo, NelsonNelson Lugo  Fr DB 30 Thurow, DennisDennis Thurow Fr DB 31 North, NickNick North  So STAR 32 Quintana, DanielDaniel Quintana Sr LB 33 Grimes, ZepheniahZepheniah Grimes  So STAR 34 Svetina, MikeMike Svetina So LB 35 White, TaylorTaylor White  Fr DB 36 Harlib, SamuelSamuel Harlib Fr DB 37 Kwaaning, DavontayDavontay Kwaaning  So LB 38 Rushing, GrantGrant Rushing Fr LB 39 Echard, NathanNathan Echard Fr LB 40 Thompson, MikielMikiel Thompson So DL 41 Roberts, BrandonBrandon Roberts Fr LB 42 Cooper, RalphRalph Cooper Jr LB 43 Monheim, MasonMason Monheim So DL 44 Teitsma, AustinAustin Teitsma  Jr LB 45 Brown, JonathanJonathan Brown Sr LB 48 Dickinson, HenryHenry Dickinson  So LB 52 Neal, T. J.T. J. Neal  Fr LEO 55 Bates, HoustonHouston Bates  Jr DL 58 Nelson, KennyKenny Nelson  So DL 59 Kynard, TimTim Kynard  Sr DL 65 DiLauro, ChristianChristian DiLauro Fr LEO 90 Woods, DeJazzDeJazz Woods  Jr LEO 91 Smoot, DawuaneDawuane Smoot Fr DL 92 Cajuste, AbeAbe Cajuste  Jr DL 93 Powell, TekoTeko Powell So DL 94 Douglas, BryceBryce Douglas Fr DL 95 Howe, JakeJake Howe  Jr DL 96 Bain, RobbieRobbie Bain  Fr DL 97 Williams, VontrellVontrell Williams  Fr DL 99 Clements, JarrodJarrod Clements Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK/P 13 Frain, RyanRyan Frain  Fr PK 17 Zalewski, TaylorTaylor Zalewski  So P 18 DuBernois, JustinJustin DuBernois Jr P 36 Janitz, BradBrad Janitz Sr PK 38 Reisner, DavidDavid Reisner  Fr LS 54 Hirth, ZachZach Hirth  Fr LS 56 Martin, MichaelMichael Martin  Fr PK 83 VanMieghem, BrennenBrennen VanMieghem  So	Head coach Tim Beckman Coordinators/assistant coaches Tim Banks (Defensive Coordinator / Secondary) Bill Cubit (Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks) Mike Bellamy (Wide Receivers) Greg Colby (Defensive Line) Alex Golesh (Tight Ends / Specialist / Recruiting Coordinator) A. J. Ricker (Offensive Line) Tim Salem (Running Backs / Special Teams Coordinator) Al Seamonson (Outside Linebackers) Mike Ward (Inside Linebackers) Anthony Antonacci (Graduate Assistant - Defense) Justin Hood (Graduate Assistant - Defense) Kolby Jackson (Graduate Assistant - Special Teams) Tim Knox (Director of Football Operations) Drew Nystrom (Graduate Assistant - Offense) George Anasis (Director of Football Game Analysis) Nina Baloun (Assistant Recruiting Coordinator) Marcus Berry (Director of Player Personnel) Trent Chesnut (Head Football Equipment Manager) Corey Harbor (Academic Counselor) Aaron Hillmann (Head Football Strength & Conditioning Coach) Matt Sinclair (Assistant Director of Player Personnel and Relations) Carla Suber (Learning Specialist) Annie White (Academic Counselor) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: December 3, 2014

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	11:00 AM	Southern Illinois*	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	BTN	W 42–34	42,175
September 7	11:00 AM	Cincinnati*	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	ESPN2	W 45–17	43,031
September 14	5:00 PM	vs. No. 19 Washington*	Soldier Field • Chicago, IL	BTN	L 24–34	47,312
September 28	11:00 AM	Miami (OH)*	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	BTN	W 50–14	46,890
October 5	11:00 AM	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	ESPNU	L 19–39	90,458
October 19	7:00 PM	No. 25 Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	BTN	L 32–56	47,362
October 26	2:30 PM	Michigan State	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	ABC/ESPN2	L 3–42	45,895
November 2	11:00 AM	at Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	ESPN	L 17–24 ^OT	95,131
November 9	2:30 PM	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	BTN	L 35–52	44,882
November 16	11:00 AM	No. 3 Ohio State	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Battle for the Illibuck)	ESPN	L 35–60	44,095
November 23	11:00 AM	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Battle for the Purdue Cannon)	BTN	W 20–16	37,459
November 30	2:30 PM	Northwestern	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Battle for the Land of Lincoln Trophy)	BTN	L 34–37	37,058
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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Chicago homecoming

Chicago homecoming logo

For only the second time in Soldier Field's 89 year history, the stadium hosted the Illinois Fighting Illini football team.^[3] The Fighting Illini's last appearance at Soldier Field was during the 1994 season in which the team lost 10–9 to #22 ranked Washington State Cougars.^[4] Additionally, the University of Illinois Alumni Association, Illinois Foundation, and Division and Intercollegiate Athletics are hosting an "Illini Fest" family tailgate prior the start of the football game. The event is modeled after Chicago Street Festivals that are popular throughout Neighborhoods in Chicago.^[5]

Game notes

Southern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	7	0	17	10	34
Fighting Illini	3	22	14	3	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2010	W 35–3

Cincinnati

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bearcats	0	7	10	0	17
Fighting Illini	7	14	7	17	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2009	L 36–49

Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Huskies	0	10	21	3	34
Fighting Illini	0	3	14	7	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–5	1972	L 11–31

Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	0	0	7	7	14
Fighting Illini	7	29	7	7	50

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	1941	W 45–0

Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Illini	0	5	7	7	19
Cornhuskers	14	9	13	3	39

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–7–1	1986	L 14–59

Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Badgers	21	7	14	14	56
Fighting Illini	0	17	0	15	32

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
37–36–7	2012	L 14–31

Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	14	14	14	42
Fighting Illini	3	0	0	0	3

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–25–2	2010	L 6–26

Penn State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Fighting Illini	0	3	7	7	0	17
Nittany Lions	7	7	0	3	7	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–16	2012	L 7–35

Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Illini	14	0	14	7	35
Hoosiers	14	7	14	17	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
45–22–3	2012	L 17–31

Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Buckeyes	21	14	9	16	60
Fighting Illini	0	14	7	14	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–65–4	2012	L 22–52

Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Illini	7	7	0	6	20
Boilermakers	14	0	0	2	16

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
42–40–6	2012	L 17–20

Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	10	10	3	14	37
Fighting Illini	0	17	10	7	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
54–47–5	2012	L 14–50

References

1. "Coaches". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
2. "Illinois Football Schedules". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
3. "University of Illinois vs. University of Washington". Chicago Park District. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
4. "1994–1995 Season Stats" (PDF). University of Illinois Department of Athletics. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
5. "Illini Host 'Chicago Homecoming' at Soldier Field". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. March 13, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2013.