2015 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 football 2015 Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois Fighting Illini logo.svg 150px Big Ten Conference West Division Big Ten 5–7 2–6 Bill Cubit interim; 1st Spread Tim Banks 4th Mike Phair 1st 4–3 Memorial Stadium The 2015 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by interim head coach Bill Cubit, and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 2–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division. On November 28, interim head coach Bill Cubit was signed to a two-year contract and named head coach. However, on March 5, Cubit was fired by new athletic director Josh Whitman. Head coach On August 28, 2015—one week before the start of the regular season—head coach Tim Beckman was fired after an internal investigation found that he had made efforts "to deter injury reporting and influence medical decisions that pressured players to avoid or postpone medical treatment and continue playing despite injuries." He was replaced by offensive coordinator Bill Cubit on an interim basis for the season.Illinois Fires Football Coach Tim Beckman over Mishandling of Injuries Shannon Ryan Jodi S. Cohen http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-tim-beckman-fired-illinois-football-20150828-story.html Chicago Tribune August 28, 2015 August 30, 2015 A few hours before the final game of the season, Cubit had the "Interim" removed from his title and was named permanent head coach. It was an appointment that would last only one game, as Cubit was removed during the following off-season by new Illinois Athletic Director Josh Whitman, on the day Whitman officially assumed the role, in favor of former Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Lovie Smith. Schedule Illinois announced their 2015 football schedule on June 3, 2013. The 2015 schedule consist of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Fighting Illini will host Big Ten foes Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, and Wisconsin and will travel to Iowa, Minnesota, Penn State, and Purdue.http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/060313aab.html 2015 Big Ten Football Schedule Announced Illinois Athletics June 3, 2013 January 20, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20130625082152/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/060313aab.html 2013-06-25 dead The Fighting Illini hosted three of their four non conference games against Kent State, Middle Tennessee and Western Illinois. Illinois traveled to Chapel Hill, North Carolina and faced the North Carolina of the Atlantic Coast Conference on September 19. 2015 AP Poll released prior to game Central September 5 2:00 pm w y Kent State Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL BTN 52–3 36,693 September 12 11:00 am w y Western Illinois Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL BTN 44–0 37,733 September 19 11:00 am l y y North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC ESPN2 14–48 41,000 September 26 3:00 pm w y Middle Tennessee Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL ESPNews 27–25 44,366 October 3 3:00 pm w Nebraska Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL BTN 14–13 40,138 October 10 11:00 am l y Iowa 22 Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA ESPN2 20–29 66,693 October 24 2:30 pm l y Wisconsin Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL BTN 13–24 45,438 October 31 11:00 am l y Penn State Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ESPN2 0–39 94,417 November 7 11:00 am w y Purdue Battle for the Purdue Cannon Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN BTN 48–14 40,197 November 14 11:00 am l Ohio State 3 Battle for the Illibuck Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL ABC 3–28 51,515 November 21 11:00 am l y Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN ESPNews 23–32 47,976 November 28 2:30 pm l Northwestern 17 Battle for the Land of Lincoln Trophy Soldier Field Chicago, IL ESPNU 14–24 33,514 Schedule source:2015 Illinois Fighting Illini Football Schedule http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-15/big-ten/2015-illinois-fighting-illini-football-schedule.php FB Schedules January 20, 2015 Roster 2015 Illinois Fighting Illini y 2 FR Reggie Corbin RB 3 FR Jeff George, Jr. QB 4 JR Dionte Taylor WR 5 FR Ke'Shawn Vaughn y RB 6 SR Josh Ferguson RB y y 7 FR Chayce Crouch QB y 8 SR Geronimo Allison WR y 9 FR Sam Mays WR 10 FR Jimmy Fitzgerald QB 11 SO Malik Turner WR y Malik Turner (American football) 12 JR Wes Lunt QB y y 13 FR Caleb Reams TE 14 FR Alex Mussat QB 15 JR Tyrin Stone-Davis WR y 16 SO Marchie Murdock WR y 18 SO Mike Dudek WR y 19 SR Justin Hardee WR 21 SO Man Berg WR y 23 SR Henry Enyenihi RB y 25 SO Kendrick Foster RB y 26 SR Cameron Tucker RB y 27 FR Dre Brown RB 30 SR Jim Nudera TE y 31 SR Leslie Poole WR y 39 SO Nathan Echard TE y 42 FR Chris Royer TE 47 SR Tim Clary TE y 52 FR Adam Solomon OL 53 FR Nick Allegretti OL y y 55 SR Chris Boles OL y 57 JR Austin Schmidt OL 63 FR Mike Parisi OL 64 FR Jack Broeker OL 66 SO Jordan Fagan OL 67 SO Christian DiLauro OL y y 68 FR Matt Long OL 69 SR Ted Karras OL y y Ted Karras (offensive lineman) 70 FR Max Marietti OL 71 JR Joe Spencer OL y 72 FR Gabe Megginson OL 73 SR Chris O'Connor OL y 74 JR Connor Brennan OL 75 SR Pat Flavin OL y 76 FR Zeke Martin OL 78 JR Harry Black OL 79 JR Zach Heath OL 80 JR Ainslie Johnson TE 81 SO Raphael Barr WR y 82 JR Kameron Fry WR y 83 FR Bobby Walker TE 84 SO Jordan Hahn WR y 86 FR Desmond Cain WR 87 JR Tyler White TE 88 JR Zach Grant WR y 89 JR Andrew Davis TE 2 SR V'Angelo Bentley DB 3 FR Taylor Barton DB 5 SO James Crawford STAR y y James Crawford (American football) 6 JR Carroll Phillips LEO y y 7 JR Caleb Day DB 8 JR Dillan Cazley DB 9 SR Kenny Nelson DL y 10 JR B. J. Bello LB y 11 JR Chunky Clements DL y 12 FR Chris James DB y 14 SR Eric Finney STAR y 15 JR Jevaris Little DB y 16 JR Rob Bain DL y 17 SR Jihad Ward DL y 19 FR Frank Sumpter DB 20 SR Clayton Fejedelem DB y y 21 SO Darwyn Kelly DB y 21 FR Patrick Nelson DB 22 JR LaKeith Walls LB y 23 SR Davontay Kwaaning DB y 24 JR Darius Mosely DB 26 JR Cedric Doxy STAR y 27 SR Eaton Spencer DB y 28 SO Jaylen Dunlap DB y 29 JR Nelson Lugo STAR y 29 FR T. J. Moss DB y 30 FR Julian Hylton DB y 31 FR Cameron Watkins DB 32 FR Justice Williams STAR 33 FR Tre Watson LB y 34 JR Mike Svetina LB y 35 JR Sean White LB y 36 FR Austin Roberts LB y 37 SO Dennis Thurow DB y 38 SO Samuel Harlib DB y 40 FR Jason Goldsmith LB y 41 FR Jimmy Marchese LB 42 SR Joe Fotu DL 43 SR Mason Monheim LB 44 FR Julian Jones LB 45 FR Henry McGrew LEO y 46 FR Ikjot Wahi DE 47 SO Sean Adesanya LEO 48 FR Jack Clark LB 49 SO Conner Schmidt STAR y 52 JR T. J. Neal LB y 55 FR Jamal Milan DL 65 SO Ryan Walton DL y 85 SO Brandon Roberts DL y 90 FR Altan Aldemir DL 91 JR Dawuane Smoot y LEO 93 JR Teko Powell DL y 94 FR Tito Odenigbo DL y 95 SO Max Loeb DL y 13 JR Ryan Frain K/P 17 SR Taylor Zalewski K 35 FR Jonathan Milazzo K 38 JR David Reisner K/P y 40 FR Ryan Tucker P y 46 JR Luke Nelson P 48 FR Chase McLaughlin K y y 54 JR Zach Hirth LS y 56 JR Michael Martin LS y http://www.fightingillini.com/roster.aspx?path=football December 1, 2015 Bill Cubit - Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator Tim Banks – Co-Defensive Coordinator and Secondary Mike Phair – Co-Defensive Coordinator and Defensive Line Mike Bellamy – Wide Receivers Tom Brattan – Offensive Line Ryan Cubit – Quarterback and Recruiting Coordinator Alex Golesh – Tight Ends and Special Teams Coordinator Nathan Scheelhaase – Running Backs Al Seamonson – Outside Linebackers Mike Ward – Inside Linebackers Tyler Johns - Graduate Assistant Reilly O'Toole - Graduate Assistant Kaeman Mitchell - Graduate Assistant LeDominique Williams - Graduate Assistant Scott Yelding - Director of Player Personnel Tim Knox - Director of Football Operations Patrick Embleton - Director of Football Student-Athlete Development Aaron Hillmann - Head Football Strength & Conditioning Coach Trent Chestnut - Head Football Equipment Manager Alex Benizzi - Director of Football Video References Illinois Category:Illinois Fighting Illini football seasons Illinois Fighting Illini football