2014 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

2014 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Heart of Dallas Bowl vs. Louisiana Tech, L 18–35
Conference	Big Ten Conference West Division
2014 record	6–7 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tim Beckman (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator	Bill Cubit (2nd year)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Tim Banks (3rd year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 60,670)

2014 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
#1 Ohio State x$#^		8	–	0					14	–	1
#5T Michigan State		7	–	1					11	–	2
Maryland		4	–	4					7	–	6
Rutgers		3	–	5					8	–	5
Michigan		3	–	5					5	–	7
Penn State		2	–	6					7	–	6
Indiana		1	–	7					4	–	8
West Division
#13 Wisconsin x		7	–	1					11	–	3
Minnesota		5	–	3					8	–	5
Nebraska		5	–	3					9	–	4
Iowa		4	–	4					7	–	6
Illinois		3	–	5					6	–	7
Northwestern		3	–	5					5	–	7
Purdue		1	–	7					3	–	9
Championship: Ohio State 59, Wisconsin 0
# – College Football Playoff champion ^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions As of January 13, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Tim Beckman, and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were members of the new West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 6–7, 3–5 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division. They were invited to the Heart of Dallas Bowl where they lost to Louisiana Tech.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Consecutive season at Illinois	Alma Mater
Tim Beckman	Head Coach	2	Findlay (1988)
Bill Cubit	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	1	Delaware (1974)
Mike Bellamy	Wide Receivers	2	Illinois (1990)
Tom Brattan	Offensive Line	0	Delaware (1972)
Alex Golesh	Tight ends/Running backs/Recruiting Coordinator	2	Ohio State (2006)
Tim Banks	Defensive Coordinator/Secondary	2	Central Michigan (1995)
Greg Colby	Defensive Line	1	Illinois (1974)
Al Seamonson	Outside Linebackers	1	Wisconsin (1982)
Mike Ward	Inside Linebackers	2	Georgetown College (1984)
Tim Salem	Special Teams Coordinator	2	Arizona State (1985)
Reference:[1]

Roster

2014 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 2 Stone-Davis, TyrinTyrin Stone-Davis  So TE 3 Davis, JonJon Davis Sr QB 4 O'Toole, ReillyReilly O'Toole Sr RB 5 Young, DonovonnDonovonn Young Jr RB 6 Ferguson, JoshJosh Ferguson  So QB 7 Crouch, ChayceChayce Crouch Fr WR 8 Allison, GeronimoGeronimo Allison Jr WR 9 Barr, MartizeMartize Barr  Sr TE 11 LaCosse, MattMatt LaCosse Sr QB 12 Lunt, WesWes Lunt  So WR 13 Taylor, DionteDionte Taylor So QB 15 Bailey, AaronAaron Bailey So WR 16 Murdock, MarchieMarchie Murdock  Fr QB 16 Berg, ManMan Berg  Fr WR 18 Dudek, MikeMike Dudek Fr WR 19 Hardee, JustinJustin Hardee Jr RB 23 Church, DevinDevin Church  So RB 25 Foster, KendrickKendrick Foster  Fr RB 26 Tucker, CameronCameron Tucker  Jr RB 29 Moss, T. J.T. J. Moss Fr TE 30 Nudera, JimJim Nudera  Jr WR 31 Poole, LeslieLeslie Poole  Jr TE 47 Clary, TimTim Clary  Jr OL 52 Hill, AlexAlex Hill  Sr OL 53 Allegretti, NickNick Allegretti Fr OL 55 Boles, ChrisChris Boles  Jr OL 57 Schmidt, AustinAustin Schmidt So OL 60 Durkin, TonyTony Durkin  Jr OL 64 Dumezich, SteveSteve Dumezich Fr OL 66 McDowell, ScottScott McDowell  Jr OL 67 DiLauro, ChristianChristian DiLauro  Fr OL 68 Cvijanovic, SimonSimon Cvijanovic  Sr OL 69 Karras, TedTed Karras  Jr OL 70 Cvijanovic, PeterPeter Cvijanovic Fr OL 71 Spencer, JoeJoe Spencer  So OL 73 O'Connor, ChrisChris O'Connor  Jr OL 74 Heitz, MichaelMichael Heitz  Sr OL 75 Flavin, PatPat Flavin  Jr OL 76 Chadwell, JesseJesse Chadwell  Fr OL 78 Black, HarryHarry Black  Fr WR 80 Whitlow, JeremeyJeremey Whitlow  Jr WR 81 Barr, RaphaelRaphael Barr So WR 82 Fry, KameronKameron Fry  So TE 83 Kanteman, TrevorTrevor Kanteman  Fr WR 84 Knight, KennyKenny Knight  Jr WR 86 Turner, MalikMalik Turner Fr TE 87 White, TylerTyler White So WR 88 Grant, ZachZach Grant Jr TE 89 Hinkhouse, DallasDallas Hinkhouse  Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 2 Bentley, V'AngeloV'Angelo Bentley Jr DB 3 Barton, TaylorTaylor Barton  So DB 4 Kelly, DarwynDarwyn Kelly  Fr STAR 5 Crawford, JamesJames Crawford  Fr LB 6 Phillips, CarrollCarroll Phillips  So DB 7 Day, CalebCaleb Day So DB 8 Cazley, DillanDillan Cazley So STAR 9 Thomas III, EarnestEarnest Thomas III  Sr LB 10 Bello, B. J.B. J. Bello  So STAR 14 Finney, EricEric Finney  Jr DB 15 Little, JevarisJevaris Little  So DL 17 Ward, JihadJihad Ward Jr DB 20 Fejedelem, ClaytonClayton Fejedelem  Jr DB 21 Petty, ZaneZane Petty  Sr LB 22 Walls, LaKeithLaKeith Walls  So DB 23 Thurow, DennisDennis Thurow  Fr DB 24 Mosely, DariusDarius Mosely So DB 25 Arowolaju, SeanSean Arowolaju  So DB 26 Doxy, CedricCedric Doxy  So DB 27 Spencer, EatonEaton Spencer  Jr DB 28 Dunlap, JaylenJaylen Dunlap So STAR 29 Lugo, NelsonNelson Lugo  So DB 30 Hylton, JulianJulian Hylton Fr DB 31 North, NickNick North  Jr DB 32 James, ChrisChris James Fr STAR 33 Grimes, ZepheniahZepheniah Grimes  Jr LB 34 Svetina, MikeMike Svetina Jr LB 35 White, SeanSean White  So LB 36 Roberts, AustinAustin Roberts Fr DB 37 Kwaaning, DavontayDavontay Kwaaning  Jr DB 38 Harlib, SamuelSamuel Harlib  Fr LB 39 Echard, NathanNathan Echard  Fr LB 42 Cooper, RalphRalph Cooper Sr LB 43 Monheim, MasonMason Monheim Jr DL 44 Teitsma, AustinAustin Teitsma  Sr LB 45 McGrew, HenryHenry McGrew Fr STAR 46 Goldsmith, JasonJason Goldsmith Fr LEO 48 Gordon, TateTate Gordon Fr STAR 49 Schmidt, ConnerConner Schmidt  Fr LB 52 Neal, T. J.T. J. Neal  So LB 55 Watson, TreTre Watson Fr DL 58 Nelson, KennyKenny Nelson  Jr DL 85 Roberts, BrandonBrandon Roberts  Fr LEO 90 Woods, DeJazzDeJazz Woods  Sr LEO 91 Smoot, DawuaneDawuane Smoot So DL 92 Cajuste, AbeAbe Cajuste  Sr DL 93 Powell, TekoTeko Powell Jr DL 94 Odenigbo, TitoTito Odenigbo Fr DL/FB 95 Howe, JakeJake Howe  Sr DL 96 Bain, RobRob Bain  So DL 97 James III, PaulPaul James III Fr DL 98 Fotu, JoeJoe Fotu Jr DL 99 Clements, JarrodJarrod Clements So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK/P 13 Frain, RyanRyan Frain  So PK 17 Zalewski, TaylorTaylor Zalewski  Jr P 18 DuBernois, JustinJustin DuBernois Sr PK 38 Reisner, DavidDavid Reisner  So P 40 Tucker, RyanRyan Tucker Fr P 41 Kybruz, NickNick Kybruz Fr LS 54 Hirth, ZachZach Hirth  So LS 56 Martin, MichaelMichael Martin  So PK 83 VanMieghem, BrennenBrennen VanMieghem Sr	Head coach Tim Beckman Coordinators/assistant coaches Tim Banks (Defensive Coordinator / Secondary) Bill Cubit (Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks) Mike Bellamy (Wide Receivers) Tom Brattan (Offensive Line) Greg Colby (Defensive Line) Alex Golesh (Tight Ends / Specialist / Recruiting Coordinator) Tim Salem (Running Backs / Special Teams Coordinator) Al Seamonson (Outside Linebackers) Mike Ward (Inside Linebackers) Robert Arnheim (Graduate Assistant - Offense) Kolby Jackson (Graduate Assistant - Defense) Tyler Johns (Graduate Assistant - Offense) LeDominique Williams (Graduate Assistant - Defense) Nina Baloun (Assistant Recruiting Coordinator) Trent Chesnut (Head Football Equipment Manager) Dane Chester (Director of Football Game Analysis) Ryan Cubit (Director of Football Student-Athlete Development) Aaron Hillmann (Head Football Strength & Conditioning Coach) Tim Knox (Director of Football Operations) Jake Naas (Head Football Athletic Trainer) Eric Streeter (Assistant Athletic Trainer) Juice Williams (Director of Alumni and Former Player Relations) Scott Yielding (Director of Player Personnel) 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 30	11:00 AM	#24 (FCS) Youngstown State*	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	BTN	W 28–17	36,234
September 6	11:00 AM	Western Kentucky*	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	BTN	W 42–34	38,561
September 13	3:00 PM	at Washington*	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	FOX	L 19–44	62,325
September 20	3:00 PM	Texas State*	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	ESPNews	W 42–35	41,019
September 27	8:00 PM	at #21 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	BTN	L 14–45	91,255
October 4	11:00 AM	Purdue	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Battle for the Purdue Cannon)	ESPN2	L 27–38	45,046
October 11	11:00 AM	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	ESPN2	L 28–38	80,341
October 25	11:00 AM	Minnesota	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	ESPNU	W 28–24	44,437
November 1	7:00 PM	at #13 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Battle for the Illibuck)	ABC	L 14–55	106,961
November 15	11:00 AM	Iowa	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	BTN	L 14–30	50,373
November 22	11:00 AM	Penn State	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	ESPN2	W 16–14	35,172
November 29	11:00 AM	at Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL (Battle for the Land of Lincoln Trophy)	ESPNU	W 47–33	31,137
December 26	12:00 PM	vs. Louisiana Tech*	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Heart of Dallas Bowl)	ESPN	L 18–35	31,297
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Schedule Source: ^[2]

Game notes

Youngstown State

Youngstown State Penguins vs Illinois Fighting Illini – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Youngstown State	3	3	3	8	17
Illinois	0	7	0	21	28

at Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL

• Date: August 30, 2014
• Game time: 11:00 A.M. CDT
• Game weather: Temperature: • Wind: • Weather:
• Game attendance:  
• Referee: Referee: • Umpire: • Linesman: • Line judge: • Back judge: • Field judge: • Side judge:
• TV announcers (BTN): Chris Denari (Play-by-play) & Danan Hughes (Color)

Game information
First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Top Passers YSU – ILL – Top Rushers YSU – ILL – Top Receiving YSU – ILL – Top Tackler YSU – ILL –

Western Kentucky

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs Illinois Fighting Illini – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Western Kentucky	3	14	10	7	34
Illinois	7	7	7	21	42

at Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL

• Date: September 6, 2014
• Game time: 11:00 A.M. CDT
• Game weather: Temperature: • Wind: • Weather:
• Game attendance:  
• Referee: Referee: • Umpire: • Linesman: • Line judge: • Back judge: • Field judge: • Side judge:
• TV announcers (BTN): Chris Denari (Play-by-play), J Leman (Color) & Rebecca Haarlow (Sideline)

Game information
First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Top Passers WKU – ILL – Top Rushers WKU – ILL – Top Receiving WKU – ILL – Top Tackler WKU – ILL –

Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Illini	3	9	7	0	19
Huskies	21	17	0	6	44

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–6	2013	L 24–34

Texas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	14	7	7	7	35
Fighting Illini	6	7	12	17	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
	First Meeting

Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Illini	7	7	0	0	14
Cornhuskers	7	24	7	7	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–8–1	2013	L 19–39

Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Boilermakers	7	10	14	7	38
Fighting Illini	14	0	13	0	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
43–40–6	2013	W 20–16

Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Illini	14	0	0	14	28
Badgers	7	17	7	7	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
37–37–7	2013	L 32–56

Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Gophers	0	3	21	0	24
Fighting Illini	14	0	7	7	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–35–3	2012	L 3–17

Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Illini	0	0	7	7	14
Buckeyes	17	14	17	7	55

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–66–4	2013	L 35–60

Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawkeyes	2	7	7	14	30
Fighting Illini	7	0	0	7	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
38–29–2	2008	W 27–24

Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nittany Lions	7	0	0	7	14
Fighting Illini	0	7	3	6	16

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–17	2013	L 17–24

Northwestern

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
54–48–5	2013	L 34–27

1 2 3 4 Total • Illinois 13 13 7 14 47 Northwestern 0 7 10 16 33 Date: November 29 Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, IL Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST TV announcers (ESPNU): Mark Neely (Play-by-play) & Ray Bentley (Color)

Scoring summary Q1 1:41 ILL Turner 10 yard pass from O'Toole (Reisner kick) ILL 7–0 Q1 :56 ILL Ferguson 1 yard run (kick failed) ILL 13–0 Q2 12:26 ILL Reisner 33 yard field goal ILL 16–0 Q2 5:39 ILL Zalewski 33 yard field goal ILL 19–0 Q2 5:24 NW Vault 89 yard kickoff return (Mitchell kick) ILL 19–7 Q2 :47 ILL Dudek 14 yard pass from O'Toole (Zalewski kick) ILL 26–7 Q3 12:24 NW Mitchell 34 yard field goal ILL 26–10 Q3 7:24 ILL Barr 9 yard pass from O'Toole (Zalewski kick) ILL 33–10 Q3 3:56 NW Jackson 5 yard run (Mitchell kick) ILL 33–17 Q4 14:05 NW Jackson 35 yard pass from Oliver (Dickerson pass from Oliver) ILL 33–25 Q4 12:39 ILL Ferguson 46 yard run (Zalewski kick) ILL 40–25 Q4 4:58 ILL Monheim 49 yard interception return (Zalewski kick) ILL 47–25 Q4 1:28 NW Green 4 yard pass from Oliver (Jones pass from Oliver) ILL 47–33

Reilly O'Toole passed for 147 yards and three touchdowns while also rushing for 147 yards.^[3]

Louisiana Tech–Heart of Dallas Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Illini	3	6	6	3	18
Bulldogs	14	7	0	14	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2012	L 24–52

References

1. "Coaches". University of Illinois Department of Athletics. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
2. "2014 Illinois Fighting Illini Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
3. Jackson, John (November 29, 2014). "Illinois Bowl Eligible With 47-33 Win". ESPN. Associated Press. Retrieved November 30, 2014.