2003 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

The 2003 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The team's head coach was Ron Turner, who was in his seventh season with the Illini. Illinois had a record of 1–11.

2003 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2003 record1–11 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRon Turner (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorMike Cassity (3rd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 69,249)
2003 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 6 Michigan $  7 –1     10 –3  
No. 4 Ohio State %  6 –2     11 –2  
No. 18 Purdue  6 –2     9 –4  
No. 8 Iowa  5 –3     10 –3  
No. 20 Minnesota  5 –3     10 –3  
Michigan State  5 –3     8 –5  
Wisconsin  4 –4     7 –6  
Northwestern  4 –4     6 –7  
Penn State  1 –7     3 –9  
Indiana  1 –7     2 –10  
Illinois  0 –8     1 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3011:00 amvs. Missouri*
ABCL 15–2263,576
September 611:00 amIllinois State*
ESPN+W 49–2256,304
September 137:00 pmat UCLA*
ABCL 3–651,118
September 2011:00 amCalifornia*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
ESPN+L 24–3158,363
September 275:00 pmWisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
ESPN2L 20–3858,495
October 411:00 amat No. 23 Purdue
ESPNL 10–4363,139
October 1111:00 amNo. 21 Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
ESPNL 14–6147,509
October 1811:00 amat No. 17 Michigan
ESPN+L 14–56110,231
October 2511:00 amNo. 24 Minnesota
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
ESPN+L 10–3646,407
November 111:00 amat No. 13 Iowa
ESPN+L 10–4170,397
November 811:00 amat Indiana
ESPN+L 14–1724,102
November 2211:00 amNorthwestern
ESPN+L 21–3838,688
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References
  1. "2003 Archive". University of Illinois at Champaign–Urbana Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on 2014-02-10. Retrieved September 15, 2012.


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