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2013 ILLINOIS FOOTBALL

oR oPEnERS

The Fighting Illini (2-0) look to continue their hot start

on Saturday when they head to the Windy City to host No.

19/23 Washington at Soldier Field for Chicago Homecoming

(5 p.m. CT, BTN). A win would make Illinois 3-0 for only the

second time in the last 12 seasons. The other was in 2011,

when the Illini started the season 6-0.

Saturdays game against Washington will be Illinois first in the city of Chicago since the 48-27 victory overNorthwestern at Wrigley Field on Nov. 20, 2010. It also will mark the Illinis second-ever game at Soldier Field.The first was against Washington State on Sept. 1, 1994, a 10-9 victory for the Cougars.

Following Saturdays shellacking of Cincinnati, the Illini are receiving votes in both polls for the first time since

Oct. 24, 2011. Illinois sits 34th in the AP poll (nine votes) and 39th in the coaches poll (three votes).

The revamped Illinois offense, directed by new offensive coordinator b cu, has jumped at least 85 spots in

the national rankings from last year to this year in passing offense, passing efficiency, scoring offense and total

offense. The results so far have been astounding:

illinoiS oEnSiVE imPRoVEmEnt in 2013cery 2012 ( n Rk) 2013 (curre n Rk) Deree

Passing Offense (ypg) 138.83 (107) 363.50 (10) +97Scoring Offense (ppg) 16.67 (119) 43.50 (27) +92Passing Efficiency 113.42 (102) 180.90 (14) +88

Total Offense (ypg) 296.67 (119) 493.00 (34) +85

Illinois tallied nine plays of 20-plus yards against Cincinnati and has 17 plays of 20-plus yards on the seasonfifth-most in the nation. The Illini had 34 plays of 20-plus yards in the entire 2012 season, ranking 122ndnationally (out of 124). The Orange and Blues 13 passing plays of 20-plus yards is second-most nationallybehind only Baylor.

Senior QB n Seese looks to be saving his best season for last. A four-year starter, Scheelhaase has

thrived in Cubits system, leading the Big Ten and ranking in the top 10 in the nation in both total offense (362.5

ypg) and passing yards per game (364.0) through week two.

Scheelhaase has more passing touchdowns (six) in two games than 102 of the 123 FBS teams. He also hasthrown for 728 yards, more than 116 of 123 FBS teams through week 2.

Scheelhaases 728 yards are the most in Illinois first two games of a season since Jason Verduzco passed for

783 yards in the first two games of 1991. Scheelhaase also has sixpassing touchdowns, equaling the school record for most TD passes inthe first two games of a season shared by Juice Williams (2008) andKurt Kittner (2000).

Senior LB and Butkus Award candiate J brw leads the BigTen and ranks 14th nationally in tackles (11.5 tpg). Brown had 14 stopsagainst Cincinnati, a B1G single-game high this season.

The Illinois return game has improved in a big way. After ranking 107thnationally in kick returns (18.83 ypr) and 118th in punt returns (1.56 ypr)in 2012, the Illini already have a 100-yard kickoff return TD from sopho-more DB Vae beey vs. SIU, the first UI kick return TD since 2008,and a 38-yard punt return from mes ose vs. Cincinnati, the longestby an Illini since 2004. Illinois currently ranks 17th nationally in kickoffreturns (29.00 ypg) and 34th in punt returns (10.63 ypg).

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#19/23 WaShington (1-0) vs. illinoiS (2-0)

Sept. 14, 2013 // 5:01 p.m. CDT // BTNChicago, Ill. // Soldier Field (61,500)

tElEViSion bRoaDcaSt

The Illinois/Washington game will be televised on the BigTen Network with an air time of 5 p.m. CT. Er cs(play-by-play), J le (analyst) and Ev zerd(reporter) will call the action with Jim Ressler producingand Andrew Greathouse directing.

BTN will televise multiple games at 5 p.m. CT on Sept. 14.Get local channel info at p://.y/btngeder. Thegame also will be streamed live at btn2g..

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The 44-station i Rd newrk will carrythe radio broadcast with the pregame show beginning at4:30 p.m. CDT. Calling the action will be br brr(play-by-play), Kur Ker (analysis) and Seve Key(pregame, halftime and postgame). The broadcast alsocan be heard on SiRiUS (139) and Xm (198) satellite radio.

gamEDaY linKS

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ticKEt inoRmation

Tickets are available for Saturdays game againstWashington for as low $30 at the Illinois Ticket Office atState Farm Center, by calling 1-866-ILLINI-1 or online atfightingillini.com (http://bit.ly/ChiHCTix).

illinoiS ScoREboaRDAug. 31. . .Southern Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . W. . . . . . . . . . .42-34Sept. 7 . . .RV/RV Cincinnati .. . . . . . . . . . W. . . . . . . . . . .45-17Sept. 14 . . vs. #19/23 Washington (Soldier Field) . . . 5 pm (BTN)Sept. 28 . . Miami (OH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBAOct. 5 . . . . @ Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 am (TV TBA)Oct. 19 . . . Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 pm (BTN)Oct. 26 . . . Michigan State (Homecoming). . . . .2:30 pm (TV TBA)Nov. 2 . . . . @ Penn State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBANov. 9 . . . . @ Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBANov. 16 . . . Ohio State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBANov. 23 . . . @ Purdue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBANov. 30 . . . Northwestern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA

* all times Central rankings are AP/Coaches Poll

WaShington ScoREboaRDAug. 31 . . . . . Boise State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . 38-6Sept. 14 . . . . vs. Illinois (Soldier Field) . . . . . . . . . . . 5 pm (BTN)Sept. 21 . . . . Idaho State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBASept. 28 . . . . Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBAOct. 5 . . . . . . @ Stanford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBAOct. 12 . . . . . Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBAOct. 19 . . . . . @ Arizona State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBAOct. 26 . . . . . California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBANov. 9 . . . . . . Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBANov. 15 . . . . . @ UCLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 pm (ESPN2)Nov. 23 . . . . . @ Oregon State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBANov. 29 . . . . . Washington State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30 PM (Fox)

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Game Notes & Stats 1-11

SID Contact Info 2Weekly Media Information 2Records to Watch 12

Depth Chart 13Pronunciations 13

Starter Quick Facts 14Updated Rosters 15-16The Last Time 17

2013 Game Summaries 18Coach Tim Beckman 19-20Updated Player Bios 21-34

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2013 ILLINOIS FOOTBALL // GAME NOTES


illini-bEaRS connEctionS

The University of Illinois and Chicago Bears have a long-standing tradition dating back to the original Decatu

Staleys, who were founded by University of Illinois alums George Halas and Dutch Sternaman. Some of the highlights

are below:

Orange & Blue: The Chicago Bears team colors have always been orange and blue, after those of the University of

Illinois, the alma mater of founder George Papa Bear Halas.

Dk bukus: The greatest linebacker in the history of the game. Butkus joined the Bears as a first-round draft

pick in 1965 after an All-American career at Illinois. Butkus went on to earn All-Pro honors seven times and is a

member of the Pro and College Football Halls of Fame. Jersey number 50 retired at Illinois, 51 retired by the Bears

Bears Hall of Fame member.

Red gre: Illinois All-American was first major signing by Halas and the fledgling National Football League

Halas took Grange and the Bears on a coast-to-coast barnstorming tour in which the club played 16 games in

nine weeks. The tour is generally credited with saving the professional game and putting the NFL on the nationasports map. Grange is a charter member of the Pro and College Football Halls of Fame. Jersey number 77 retired at

Illinois and by the Bears. Also coached for the Bears for eight seasons from 1933-40. Bears Hall of Fame member

gere hs: Chicago Bears founder, player and long-time coach, earned a B.S. degree at Illinois in 1918 while

lettering in football, basketball and baseball. A charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Bears Hal

of Fame member, Halas selected orange and blue as the teams colors as a nod to his alma mater. Halas passed

away in Oct. 1983, and starting in 1984 the Bears added the initials GSH to the left sleeve of their jerseys in hono

of the late Papa Bear. The Bears uniforms still don the initials to this day.

1985: The Chicago Bears spent a week in Champaign-Urbana practicing for Super Bowl XX. The Bears used the

Memorial Stadium Bubble to prepare for the New England Patriots, whom the Bears defeated 46-10 in New Orleans

1994: Illinois opened the 1994 season at Soldier Field with a 10-9 loss to Washington State on Sept. 1. Simeon Rice

set an Illini single-game record with five quarterback sacks.

2002: The Chicago Bears played all of their home games (eight regular season and two exhibition games) at

Memorial Stadium on the University Illinois campus during the 2002 season while Soldier Field was being renovat-

ed. The Bears also played their two 2003 home preseason games at Memorial Stadium while the finishing toucheswere put on the Soldier Field renovation.

mer Sdu: The Chicago architecture firm of Holabird & Roche built Memorial Stadium, as well as Soldie

Field, also named in honor of those killed in World War I.

WaShington SERiES notES

Washington leads the all-time series with the Illini by a 5-4 margin, but the teams havent met since 1972. Thetwo programs are 2-2 in games played in Champaign, while Washington holds a 3-1 margin in Seattle. The Illinnotched a 17-7 win in the 1964 Rose Bowl. Illinois will travel to Seattle in the third week of 2014 for a Sept. 13tilt at Husky Stadium.

This year is the 50th anniversary of Illinois 1964 Rose Bowl victory over the Huskies, an Illini squad that wasled by Chicago-born Illini legends Dk bukus and J grwsk. Washington took a 7-0 lead in the secondquarter, but Illinois defense took over and the Illini managed touchdowns in the third and fourth quarters for the17-7 final score. Grabowski earned MVP honors, finishing with 125 yards and a touchdown.

illinoiS againSt thE Pac-12

Illinois has won two of its last three meetings against Pac-12 teams: a 17-14 win over Arizona State on Sept.17, 2011, and a 20-14 win over UCLA in the 2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, prior to a 45-14 loss to ASU in Tempein 2012. The 2011 victory over the Sun Devils was the Orange and Blues first win over a current Pac-12 teamsince Sept. 1, 2001, when they won at California, 44-17. Illinois is 4-6 in its last 10 meetings with Pac-12 foes

The Illini are 29-46 all-time against current Pac-12 teams and 15-23 in games against Pac-12 opponents inthe state of Illinois. The Orange and Blue have faced nine Pac-12 teams in the last 13 years, dating back to2000. Thats the most of any other conference, narrowly surpassing Illinois eight meetings with Mid-AmericanConference foes over that span.

Illinois head coach Tim Beckman is 1-2 against Pac-12 teams, beating Colorado in 2009 (when they were in theBig 12), losing to Arizona in 2010 and Arizona State in 2012.

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monDaYS SElEctED PlaYERS

Illini coordinators and players will be available on Mondayat about 1:30 pm following Beckmans press conference onthe 8th oor of the Memorial Stadium Press Box. The play-ers joining offensive coordinator b cu and defensivecoordinator t bks this week are lEo hus bes, lbJ brw, tE m lcsse, WR mes ose d Qb

n Seese.

PoSt-PRacticE intERViEWS

The first 30 minutes of practice are open to the media on

each Tuesday and Wednesday of game weeks (usually 3:15-3:45 p.m.). Interviews will take place after practice andpost-practice meetings at about 5:45 p.m. Media are askedto wait in the recruiting area on the north end of the stadiumuntil practice is over (enter through the alley between ARCand Memorial Stadium).

PhonE intERViEWS

The best time for phone interviews is on Monday between 1:30and 2 p.m. after Beckmans press conference, or on Tuesdayand Wednesday after practice (approx. 5:45 p.m.) if time al-lows. Other arrangements can be made with advance notice.Requess r pe ervews us e de es 24

urs dve Derek ne ([email protected]).

SatEllitE EED

Illinois offers a weekly football satellite feed, with commentsfrom Coach Tim Beckman from 3:15-3:30 p.m. CT on eachMonday during the season. Contact the sports informationoffice (217-333-1391) or Derek Neal ([email protected]) toobtain feed coordinates.

tElEconEREncE accESS

Contact the UI Sports Information Office (217-333-1391) forIllinois teleconference access Information.

Contact Scott Chipman ([email protected]) at the BigTen Conference Office for Big Ten Coaches Teleconferenceinformation.

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tEam Stat comPaRiSon

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Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 . . . . . . . . 1-0Conf. Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 . . . . . . . . 0-0Total Offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493.0 . . . . . . .592.0Points Scored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.5 . . . . . . . .38.0First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.0 . . . . . . . .33.0Rushing Yds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.5 . . . . . . .268.0Passing Yds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363.5 . . . . . . .324.0

Time of Possession. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32:50 . . . . . . .29:093rd Down Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . .52.0 . . . . . . . .73.0Points Allowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.5 . . . . . . . . .6.0Yards Allowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.5 . . . . . . .346.0Rushing Yds. Al lowed . . . . . . . . . . .107.0 . . . . . . .171.0Passing Yds. Al lowed . . . . . . . . . . .324.5 . . . . . . .175.0

StatiStical lEaDERS

RUShing lEaDERS (YPg)

Ferguson . . . . . . . .48.0 Sankey. . . . . . . . . 161.0Young . . . . . . . . . .35.0 Washington . . . . . . 52.0

PaSSing lEaDERS (YPg)

Scheelhaase . . . .364.0 Price . . . . . . . . . . 324.0

REcEiVing lEaDERS (YPg)

Ferguson . . . . . . . .79.0 Mickens. . . . . . . . 109.0Lankford . . . . . . . .62.5 Smith. . . . . . . . . . . 69.0

intERcEPtion lEaDERS (total)

Barton . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

ScoRing lEaDERS (PPg)

Zalewski . . . . . . . . .9.5 Sankey. . . . . . . . . . 12.0Ferguson/Young . . . 6.0 Coons . . . . . . . . . . . 8.07 players. . . . . . . . .3.0 Perkins/Washington 6.0

Wi l l iams . . . . . . . . .6 .0

all-PURPoSE YaRDS (YPg)

Ferguson . . . . . . .127.0 Sankey. . . . . . . . . 173.0Lankford . . . . . . . .85.5 Mickens. . . . . . . . 117.0

tacKlES (tPg)

Brown . . . . . . . . . .11.5 Timu . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3.0Monheim. . . . . . . . .9.0 Thompson . . . . . . . . 9.0Thomas III . . . . . . . .8.0 3 players . . . . . . . . . 7.0

tacKlES oR loSS (total)

Monheim . . . . . . . . .2.5 4 players . . . . . . . . . 0 .55 players . . . . . . . . .1.0

illinoiS VS. RanKED oPPonEntS

Illinois faces its first top-25 opponent of the season on Saturday as Washington is ranked No. 19 in this weeksAssociated Press poll and No. 23 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

Four future opponents are ranked in this weeks poll No. 4 Ohio State, No. 17 Northwestern, No. 20 Wisconsinand No. 23 Nebraska.

The Illini have lost five straight and 14 of their last 15 against ranked foes since beating No. 1 Ohio State 28-21on Nov. 10, 2007. The lone win during that span came on Sept. 17, 2011, over No. 22/18 Arizona State, 17-14,at Memorial Stadium.

Last season, Illinois faced just two opponents ranked in the AP poll at the time of the game, falling to No. 25Michigan, 45-0, and No. 6 Ohio State, 52-22.

Illinois coach Tim Beckman is 0-6 against ranked opponents in his four-plus years as a head coach.

linEbacKER U, itS not WhERE YoU thinK it iS

Like many Illini teams over the years, the 2013 Illini defense is led by its linebacking corps. This year, senior

J brw, a 2012 Butkus Award semifinalist, and sophomore ms me, a 2012 Freshman All-

American key the attack. Brown has piled up 190 tackles, 30 TFLs and 9.0 sacks over the last two-plus seasons,

while Monheim became the first true-freshman ever to lead the Illini in tackles and led all Big Ten freshmen with

86 stops last season. Not surprisingly, the duo is leading the team in tackles so far this season as Brown has a

Big Ten-best 23 stops, while Monheim is second on the team and third in the Big Ten with 18.

Illinois history at the linebacker position is up there with any program in the nation. It begins with football legend

Ry nske, who donned the Orange and Blue from 1955-57, and the greatest linebacker in football history, Dk

bukus, who was a two-time All-American and led the Fighting Illini to a 1964 Rose Bowl win over Washington. The

Orange and Blue boast two Butkus Award winners, D hwrd in 1994 and Kev hrdy in 1995, and severa

first-team All-Americans like Drrk brww (1990), Se Re (1994 & 95) and J le (2007), in addi-

tion to Butkus, Howard and Hardy and recent NFL Draft picks like Dy crk, mrez Ws and ne bussey

WhoSE hoUSE? SchEEl-hoUSE

Senior quarterback n Seese threw for a career-high 416 yards in the season-opener, the 10th-bestsingle-game passing performance in school history the fifth-most ever by an Illinois quarterback at MemoriaStadium.

Scheelhaase followed that up with 312 yards and tied his career-high with four TD passes against Cincinnati,marking the first time he has passed for 300 yards in back-to-back games in his career. The last Illinois quar-terback to have consecutive 300-yard passing games was Juice Williams at Michigan (310, 10/4/2008) and vsMinnesota (462, 10/11/2008).

Scheelhaase already has surpassed his 2012 season totals for touchdown passes, 30-plus-yard pass plays and50+ pass plays. Take a look at his two-game 2013 numbers versus his 10-game 2012 numbers below:

SchEElhaaSE PaSSing 2012 vs. 2013Yer g cp. a. Yds. P. tD i. YPg 30+pys 50+pys Pss E.

2012 10 149 246 1361 60.6 4 8 136.1 4 1 105.90

2013 2 54 73 728 74.0 6 1 364.0 6 3 182.10

Scheelhaase jumped two spots into fifth place on the Illinois career list with 40 career touchdowns, passing TonyEason (38) and Jon Beutjer (39). He also holds the No. 4 spot in career total offense at Illinois with 7,816 yards, isfourth in career passing efficiency (129.3), sixth in passing yardage (6,024), sixth in completions (542), seventhin attempts (878) and 18th in rushing yardage (1,792) second among quarterbacks at Illinois.

Scheelhasse racked up 340 of his 416 passing yards in the first half against Southern Illinois, marking the mostever for an Illini in the first half and the most in any half since Juice Williams totaled 347 passing yards in thesecond half against Minnesota on Oct. 11, 2008. Scheelhaase earned week one Big Ten Player of the Week honorsafter his performance against the Salukis.

After starting the first two games this season, Scheelhaase now has 38 career starts under his belt, tied for the

third-most in the nation by a quarterback behind only Georgias Aaron Murray (43) and Nebraskas Taylor Martinez

(41).

Scheelhaase has flashed the big-play ability in 2013 that Illini fans saw from him early in his career, posting13 plays of 20-plus yards in the first two games. Scheelhaase had only 18 such big plays in 2012, when hemissed two games and was limited in many others because of injuries, but he posted 29 big plays in 2011 and33 in 2010.

Scheelhaase is one of only seven active quarterbacks in the nation with three or more games where he posted atleast three passing touchdowns and one rushing touchdown. Clemsons Tahj Boyd leads the list with eight, TexasA&Ms Johnny Manziel has seven and Louisiana-Monroes Kolton Browning has four. Scheelhaase is tied for fourthon the list with Cody Fajardo (Nevada), Brett Smith (Wyoming) and Connor Shaw (South Carolina).

Scheelhaase started his fourth consecutive season-opener this season, making him one of only seven current

quarterbacks in the nation to start four straight openers. Scheelhaase joins Kolton Browning (Louisiana-Monroe)

Logan Kilgore (Middle Tennessee), Taylor Martinez (Nebraska), Taylor McHargue (Rice), Aaron Murray (Georgia) and

Corey Robinson (Troy) in the select club.

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Scheelhaase led Illinois to bowl victories in each his first two seasons (2010 Texas Bowl and 2011 Kraft Fight

Hunger Bowl), making him one of only two QBs in Big Ten history to start and lead their teams to bowl wins

during both his freshman and sophomore seasons (Brooks Bollinger, Wisconsin). After missing a bowl in 2012,

Scheelhaase is looking to end his UI career with a third bowl win, something no Illini QB has done previously.

coREY lEWiS: thE comEbacK KiD

Senior OT crey lews is one the feel-good stories in college football. After missing more than two-and-half years

(34 games) recovering from three ACL tears and five different knee surgeries, Lewis saw his first game action in

over 1,000 days at Ohio State on Nov. 3, 2012, and played in the seasons final four games. With a bachelors degree

in communication already in hand and a sixth year of NCAA eligibility granted, Lewis made his first career start in

the 2013 season-opener against Southern Illinois, more than five years after first setting foot on campus, and also

started against Cincinnati.

RESh acES taKE thE iElDIllinois has had 25 players make their Illini debuts this far in 2013: 10 true-freshmen ( ar bey, D czeyJrrd cees, ce Dy, Jye Dup, Drus msey, aus Sd, Dwue S, De tyr, tyeWe), 10 redshirt-freshmen (Re b, tyr br, b.J. be, Dev cur, cedr Dxy, Z hrJevrs le, t.J. ne, Je Speer, lKe Ws), one sophomore (t cry) and four transfers (mrze brrae cjuse, Er ey, Ze Pey).

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Illinois had 24 former players on 2013 NFL opening day rosters, plus one on a practice squad, the fifth-mostamoung Big Ten teams behind Ohio State (31), Iowa (26), Penn State (25) and Wisconsin (25) and ahead ofMichgan (23), Nebraska (23), Purdue (18), Michigan State (15), Northwestern (7), Indiana (5) and Minnesota (4).

Illinois led all Big Ten schools with four players selected in the 2013 NFL Draft: OL hu tr (third roundColts), DT akee Spee (fourth round, Buccaneers), CB terry hwre (fifth round, Steelers) and DE mebu (seventh round, Patriots).

Illinois has had four players chosen in each of the last four drafts (2010-2013).

At least three Illini have been drafted in each of the last five drafts (2009-2013).

Sixteen Illini have been drafted since 2010, including 10 in the first three rounds (most in the Big Ten).

Despite not having a first-rounder in 2013, Illinois has had five first-round draft picks since 2008, which is themost of any Big Ten team.

akee Spee was the eighth Illini in the last six years to enter the draft with eligibility remaining. All eightwere taken in the first four rounds, including four first-rounders.

Four Illini DL have been drafted in the last three years crey lue (first round, 2011), Wey merus (firstround, 2012), akee Spee (fourth round, 2013) and me bu (seventh round, 2013).

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lEaDERS DiViSion W l P. W l P. laSt WEEK thiS WEEK

RV/RV Illinois 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000 W, 45-17 vs. Cincinnati vs. #20/23 Washington

#4/3 Ohio State 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000 W, 42-7 vs. San Diego St. at CaliforniaRV/-- Penn State 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000 W, 45-7 vs. E. Michigan vs. UCF#20/18 Wisconsin 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000 W, 48-0 vs. Tenn. Tech at Arizona StateIndiana 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 L, 35-41 vs. Navy vs. Bowling Green

Purdue 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 W, 20-14 vs. Indiana St. OPEN

lEgEnDS DiViSion W l P. W l P. laSt WEEK thiS WEEK

#11/12 Michigan 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000 W, 41-30 vs. Notre Dame vs. Akron

RV/RV Michigan State 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000 W, 21-6 vs. USF vs. Youngstown StateMinnesota 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000 W, 44-21 at New Mexico St. vs. Western Illinois#23/15 Nebraska 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000 W, 56-13 vs. So. Miss vs. #18/18 UCLA#17/16 Northwestern 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000 W, 48-27 vs. Syracuse vs. Western MichiganIowa 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 W, 28-14 vs. Missouri St. at Iowa State

illinoiS non-conEREncE oPPonEntSconEREncE oVERall

tEam W l P. W l P. laSt WEEK thiS WEEK

Southern Illinois 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 L, 37-40 vs. E. Illinois (OT) vs. Charleston (WV)

Cincinnati 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 L, 17-45 at Illinois at Miami (OH)#19/23 Washington 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 OPEN vs. IllinoisMiami (Ohio) 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 L, 7-41 at Kentucky vs. Cincinnati

national RanKingS

aSSociatED PRESS (Week 3 - Sept. 8)Rk te Rerd Ps

1 Alabama (57) 1-0 14942 Oregon (1) 2-0 13853 Clemson (1) 2-0 13324 o Se (1) 2-0 1327

5 Stanford 1-0 12716 Texas A&M 2-0 11337 Louisville 2-0 1105

8 LSU 2-0 10759 Georgia 1-1 103610 Florida State 1-0 101111 Michigan 2-0 87212 Oklahoma State 2-0 83413 South Carolina 1-1 82914 Oklahoma 2-0 67515 Miami (FL) 2-0 61516 UCLA 1-0 48817 nrweser 2-0 452

18 Florida 1-1 40519 Ws 1-0 392

20 Wss 2-0 378

21 Notre Dame 1-1 33322 Baylor 2-0 29523 nersk 2-0 277

24 TCU 1-1 17025 Ole Miss 2-0 78OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Arizona State 64, m Se26, Fresno State 26, Texas 26, Northern Illinois 21, VirginiaTech 15, Brigham Young 14, Georgia Tech 10, is 9,Arizona 9, Bowling Green 7, Pe Se 7, Boise State 3,Tennessee 1

USa toDaY/coachES (Week 3 - Sept. 8)Rk te Rerd Pvs

1 Alabama (58) 1-0 15452 Oregon (1) 2-0 14473 o Se (2) 2-0 1429

4 Stanford 1-0 13275 Clemson 2-0 13076 Texas A&M (1) 2-0 12427 Louisville 2-0 11218 LSU 2-0 10679 Florida State 1-0 104010 Georgia 1-1 102111 Oklahoma State 2-0 86612 Michigan 2-0 86013 Oklahoma 2-0 80014 South Carolina 1-1 78815 nersk 2-0 478

16 nrweser 2-0 473

17 UCLA 1-0 47118 Wss 2-0 455

18 Miami (FL) 2-0 45520 Florida 1-1 41021 Notre Dame 1-1 34822 Baylor 2-0 297

23 Ws 1-0 25324 TCU 1-1 19525 Ole Miss 2-0 91OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: m Se 74, Fresno State59, Arizona State 48, Texas 38, Northern Illinois 27, Arizona21, Brigham Young 18, Arkansas 16, Georgia Tech 12, VirginiaTech 8, Texas Tech 7, UCF 6, East Carolina 6, USC 5, is 3,Kansas State 3, Bowling Green 3, Boise State 2, Utah 2, UtahState 2, Tennessee 2, Rutgers 1, Boston College 1

* Illinois 2013 opponents in bold.


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offEnSiVE notES

In the third quarter against Cincinnati, Illinois matched its longest drive in school history, covering 99 yards on12 plays over 5:07. It marked the fifth time since 1971 the Illini have recorded a 99-yard drive, and the first sinceOct. 21, 2009, against Michigan. The Illini also had a 94-yard TD drive (seven plays in 1:15) and an 88-yard TDdrive (7 plays in 3:16) in the season opener against SIU.

The Illini scored 17 points in the fourth quarter to seal the win over Cincinnati on Sept. 7, the highest-scoringfourth quarter of the Tim Beckman era. It also marked Illinois highest-scoring final period since the Orange andBlue posted 21 points to grab a 38-35 win over Northwestern on Oct. 1, 2011.

Illinois has shown a great ability to sustain drives early in the season. Through two games, the Illini have fourdrives of 10-plus plays, all of which ended with scores and resulted in a total of 20 points. Last year, Illinois

managed only 11 scoring drives of 10 or more plays. The Illini racked up 522 yards of total offense against the Bearcats, marking the first time they surpassed 500

yards in a game since Oct. 8, 2011, at Indiana. They notched 210 yards on the ground, marking their first timeover 200 rushing yards since Sept. 8, 2012, at Arizona State.

With 42 points against SIU and 45 against Cincinnati to open the season, Illinois registered 40-plus points inback-to-back games for the first time since 2010 when they topped Purdue 44-10 on Oct. 30 and fell to Michigan67-65 on Nov. 6.

The Illini had six scrimmage plays go for 30+ yards against the Salukis, equaling the teams total for the entire

2012 season in one game. Only Oregon (7) had more plays of 30+ yards in week one. The Illini added one more

30-plus play from scrimmage against Cincinnati and now rank 14th nationally with seven.

Illinois offense has been amazingly balanced, as 11 different players caught a pass, seven players recorded acarry and six players scored a touchdown against Cincinnati. The 11 players with at least one reception againstCincinnati equals the most since 11 players caught at least one pass against Purdue on Oct. 30, 2010. TheIllini are one of three teams in the nation to have four receivers with 100-plus yards on the season, along with

Louisville and California. Sophomore running back Js erus posted his first career 100-yard receiving game with 103 yards on four

catches against SIU, highlighted by a career-long 53-yard touchdown reception, the first TD catch of his career.He had three big plays against the Salukis with a 53-yard touchdown reception on a screen pass, a 26-yardreception and a 34-yard run. He followed that up with a 48-yard TD reception against Cincinnati in week two. In2012, Ferguson led all Big Ten freshmen in all-purpose yards per game (90.7).

Senior wide receiver Ry lkrd notched a career-high 115 receiving yards in the season opener, marking hissecond career 100-yard receiving game. Against Cincinnati, Lankford did his damage on the ground, rushing for46 yards on three carries, including a darting 29-yard TD run, the first of his career, on an end-around.

Freshman quarterback ar bey barreled into the end zone from two yards out in the third quarter againstSouthern Illinois for his first career touchdown. He also converted a first down with a four-yard carry on third-and-one on the final play of the first quarter, his first play as an Illini. Through two games, Bailey has five touchesthat have resulted in three first downs and one touchdown.

Senior Seve hu played wide receiver for the first time in his career in the season opener against SIU, haulingin two catches for 64 yards. He then had three catches for 53 yards, including a 22-yard TD reception, the firstof his career, against the Bearcats. Hull spent his redshirt season as a receiver before switching to safety priorto the 2010 season and making 15 starts there from 2010-2012.

The starters on the Illini offensive line are massive, as all five are listed at at least 300 pounds and have anaverage weight of 309 pounds (Cvijanovic - 310, Heitz - 305, Hill - 315, Karras - 300, Lewis - 315).

The line didnt allow a sack against Cincinnati, marking the first time in 13 games that an Illini opponent didntrecord one. The last time UI protected that well was against Western Michigan on Sept. 1, 2012.

Last years leading rusher Dv Yu struggled in the opener with just six yards on eight carries, butbounced back with a team-high 64 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries (4.6 ypc) against Cincinnati. In 2012Young led a balanced ground attack with 571 yards on 121 carries (4.4 ypc), including three touchdowns, and ledthe team with 38 receptions for 172 yards and another TD in 2012. The junior from Texas has 1,092 yards careerrushing yards.

Junior tight end J Dvs had an acrobatic 11-yard touchdown recpetion just before the half against SIU, finish-ing with a leap and reach for the plylon for the score, and also had a 15-yard rush in the second half. Davis wasMr. Versatility in 2012, lining up at tight end, receiver and running back throughout the season.

Senior tight end Ev Ws caught his sixth career touchdown on a 23-yard reception from Scheelhaase in theCincinnati game. It marked his first TD since Oct. 15, 2011, against Ohio State.

Junior wide receiver mrze brr earned his first career touchdown reception, a 26-yard over-the-shoulder grabin the the fourth quarter, and led the Illini in receiving with five catches for 72 yards against the Bearcats. Barralso added a 24-yard rush on an end-around against Cincinnati.

DEfEnSiVE notES

The Orange and Blue held the Cincinnati offense under 20 points for only the second time in the past 18 games,dating back to Nov. 26, 2011. The only other team to achieve the feat was Rutgers in a 10-3 Scarlet Knightvictory on Nov. 17, 2012.

illini RanKingS in ncaa anD big tEn

tEam RanKingS (120 es rked)catEgoRY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ncaa. . . . . . b te

Rushing Offense. . . . . . . . . .129.50 . . . . . . 87th. . . . . . . . .11th

Rushing Defense.. . . . . . . . .107.00 . . . . . . 31st. . . . . . . . . .6th

Passing Offense .. . . . . . . . .363.50 . . . . . . 10th. . . . . . . . . .1st

Passing Defense. . . . . . . . . .325.00 . . . . . 114th. . . . . . . . .11th

Passing Efficiency.. . . . . . . .180.90 . . . . . . 14th. . . . . . . . . 2nd

Pass Efficiency Defense . . . . .138.2 . . . . . . 83rd. . . . . . . . .12th

Total Offense. . . . . . . . . . . . .493.00 . . . . . . 34th. . . . . . . . . .5th

Total Defense .. . . . . . . . . . .431.50 . . . . . . 84th. . . . . . . . .10th

Scoring Offense. . . . . . . . . . . .43.50 . . . . . . 27th. . . . . . . . . .7th

Scoring Defense . . . . . . . . . . .25.50 . . . . . . 65th. . . . . . . . . .9th

Net Punting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 .56 . . . . . . 88th. . . . . . . . . .9th

Punt Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 .63 . . . . . . 36th. . . . . . . . . .6th

Kickoff Returns. . . . . . . . . . . .29.00 . . . . . . 17th. . . . . . . . . .3rd

Turnover Margin . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00 . . . . . . 58th. . . . . . . . . .7th

Sacks Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.0 . . . . . . 89th. . . . . . . . . .9th

Tackles For Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . .4.0 . . . . . . 99th. . . . . . . . .11th

Sacks Allowed Per Game. . . . . .2.50 . . . . . . 91st. . . . . . . . .10th

miScEllanEoUS RanKingScatEgoRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stat . . . . . .ncaa . . . . . . b te

First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 . . . . . . 33rd. . . . . . . . . . 6th

Opponent First Downs. . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . . . 74th. . . . . . . . . .8th

Third-Down Conversions. . . . . .51.7 . . . . . . 29th. . . . . . . . . .7th

Opponent 3rd-Down Conv. . . . .28.6 . . . . . . 30th. . . . . . . . . .7th

Fourth-Down Conversions. . . . . .--- . . . . . . . N/A. . . . . . . . . .N/A

Opponent 4th-Down Conv. . . . . .0.0 . . . . . .T-1st. . . . . . . . T-1st

Penalty Yards Per Game .. . . .47.00 . . . . . . 55th. . . . . . . . . .5th

Opponent Penalty Yds/Game. . .52.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th

Kickoff Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . .38.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9th

Time of Possession . . . . . . . . .32:50 . . . . . . 28th. . . . . . . . . .5th

Red Zone Offense .. . . . . . . . .87.50 . . . . . .52nd. . . . . . . . . .7th

Red Zone Defense. . . . . . . . . .80.00 . . . . . .42nd. . . . . . . . . .6th

ncaa inDiViDUal RanKingS (tp-25)catEgoRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P laYER . . . . . Stat . . . RanK

Total Offense. . . . . . . . . . . . . N. Scheelhaase. . . .362.5 . . . .10th

Passing Yards Per Game. . . . N. Scheelhaase. . . . 364.0 . . . . .6th

Passing Efficiency. . . . . . . . . N. Scheelhaase. . . . 182.1 . . . .14th

Points Responsible For . . . . . N. Scheelhaase. . . . . 36.0 . . . .10thCompletions Per Game . . . . . N. Scheelhaase. . . . . 27.0 . . . .10th

Punt Return Yards Per Game . . . . . . M. Osei. . . . . 13.8 . . . .17th

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V. Bentley. . . . . 11.3 . . . .23rd

Fumbles Recovered . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. Bates . . . . . .0 .5 . . . .23rd

Fumbles Forced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T. Kynard . . . . . .0 .5 . . . .24th

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E. Thomas III. . . . . . 0.5 . . . .24th

Tackles Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J . Brown.. . . .11.5 . . . .14th

big tEn inDiViDUal RanKingS (tp-10)catEgoRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P laYER . . . . . Stat . . . RanK

Total Offense. . . . . . . . . . . . . N. Scheelhaase. . . .362.5 . . . . .1st

Passing Avg. Per Game . . . . . N. Scheelhaase. . . . 364.0 . . . . .1st

Passing Efficiency.. . . . . . . . N. Scheelhaase. . . . 182.1 . . . . 2nd

Receiving Yards Per Game . . . . . J. Ferguson. . . . . 79.0 . . . . .6th

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R. Lankford. . . . . 62.5 . . . .10th

Scoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. Zalewski . . . . . . 9 .5 . . . . 10thPunt Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. Osei . . . . . 1 3.8 . . . . . 1 st

All-Purpose Yards Per Game. . . . J. Ferguson. . . . 127.0 . . . .10th

Punting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J . DuVernois . . . . . 4 0.3 . . . . . 8th

F ield Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. Za lewski . . . . . .1 .5 . . . T-4th

Tackles Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J . Brown. . . . .11.5 . . . . .1st

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. Monheim. . . . . . 9.0 . . . T-3rd

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E. Thomas III. . . . . . 8.0 . . . T-9th

Tackles For Loss Per Game . . . . M. Monheim. . . . . 1.25 . . . T-4th

Passes Defended Per Game . . .E. Thomas III. . . . . 1.50 . . . T-9th

Interceptions Per Game.. . . . . . . . .T. Barton. . . . . .0.5 . . . T-7th

Fumbles Forced. . . . .T. Kynard/E. Thomas III. . . . . . 0.5 . . . T-1st

Fumbles Recovered . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. Bates . . . . . .0 .5 . . .T-2nd


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PlaYER . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . 12. . . 11 . . 10 . . .09. . . tot

Scheelhaase, Nathan . . .2. . . 10. . . 13 . . .13. . . .--. . . .38

Heitz, M ichael . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 12. . . . 9 . . . -- . . . . --. . . .23

Harr is, Spencer . . . . . . . .1 . . . 11. . . . 9 . . . .1 . . . .--. . . .22

Wilson, Evan . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 5 . . . . 4 . . .11 . . . .--. . . .22

Brown, Jonathan . . . . . . .2 . . . . 7. . . 11 . . . .0 . . . . --. . . .20

Cvijanovic, Simon . . . . . .2. . . 11. . . . 4 . . . -- . . . .--. . . .17

Lankford, Ryan . . . . . . . .2 . . . . 9. . . . 5 . . . .1 . . . .--. . . .17

Hull, Steve. . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 3 . . . 11 . . . .1 . . . .--. . . .15Karras, Ted . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . 12. . . . -- . . . -- . . . .--. . . .13

Monheim, Mason . . . . . . .2 . . . 10. . . . - - . . . -- . . . . --. . . .12

Young, Donovonn . . . . . .1 . . . 1 0 . . . . 1 . . . -- . . . . --. . . .12

Thomas III, Earnest. . . . .2. . . . 9. . . . 0 . . . -- . . . .--. . . .11

Davis, Jon . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . 6 . . . . 2 . . . -- . . . .--. . . . .9

Kynard, Tim . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 6 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . .--. . . . .8

Ferguson, Josh . . . . . . . .1 . . . . 6 . . . . 0 . . . -- . . . .--. . . . .7

Svetina, Mike . . . . . . . . .2 . . . . 5. . . . - - . . . -- . . . . --. . . . .7

Bates, Houston . . . . . . . .2 . . . . 2. . . . 2 . . . -- . . . . --. . . . .6

Hill, Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 1. . . . 2 . . . -- . . . .--. . . . .5

Feldmeyer, Jake . . . . . . . .0 . . . . 4. . . . 0 . . . -- . . . . --. . . . .4

Spence, Eaton . . . . . . . . .2 . . . . 2. . . . - - . . . -- . . . . --. . . . .4

LaCosse, Matt . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . 1 . . . -- . . . . --. . . . .3

Barton, Taylor . . . . . . . . .2 . . . -- . . . . - - . . . -- . . . . --. . . . .2Bentley , V Angelo . . . . . .2 . . . . 0 . . . .-- . . . -- . . . .--. . . . .2

Howe, Jake . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . -- . . . .--. . . . .2

Lewis, Corey . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . -- . . . -- . . . . 0. . . . .2

OToole, Reilly . . . . . . . . .0 . . . . 2. . . . 0 . . . -- . . . . --. . . . .2

Teitsma, Austin . . . . . . . .2 . . . . 0. . . . 0 . . . -- . . . . --. . . . .2

Hardee, Justin . . . . . . . . .0 . . . . 1. . . . -- . . . -- . . . .--. . . . .1

Spencer, Joe . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . --. . . . -- . . . -- . . . .--. . . . .1

-- = Redshirted/did not play/not on squad; 0 = Played, didnt start

Illinois snuffed out two fourth-down attempts by Cincinnati, meaning the Illini have held opponents 0-for-3 onfourth down this year. UI is one of 25 teams in FBS yet to allow a fourth-down conversion and one of only eight tostay perfect in three or more attempts.

The defense returned only four starters from 2012: DE t Kyrd, LB J brw, LB ms me and

safety Eres ts iii.

The entire defensive three-deep includes only two seniors (LB J brw and DL t Kyrd). In fact, thethree-deep lists only nine players with junior or senior eligibility, the same as the number of true-freshmen listedAnd two of those upperclassmen are junior college transfers who had never played a down of Division I footbaluntil last week (DL ae cjuse and DB Ze Pey).

Senior t Kyrd forced his first career fumble against SIU, while junior hus bes jumped on it for hithird career fumble recovery.

As expected, senior LB J brw is leading the Fighting Illini and the Big Ten with 23 tackles, a total that

ranks 14th nationally through week two. Over the last two years, Brown has put up monster numbers when healthy

He was leading the Illini with 59 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks in 2012 before having his season cut

short by a shoulder injury. That followed a breakout 2011 season, when he earned All-Big Ten honors with 108

tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss and six sacks. He ranked sixth in the nation in TFLs per game (1.63) and led the Big

Ten in TFLs per game during conference play (2.07). Brown is a member of preseason watch lists for the Butkus

Award, Bednarik Award and Nagurski Trophy.

Sophomore LB ms me has 18 tackles, 2.5 TFLs and a sack in 2013, a solid start after a stellar freshman

season that saw him earn second-team freshman All-America honors by Phil Steele. Monheim started the fina

10 games of the season and led all Big Ten freshmen with 86 tackles. Monheim ranked 15th in the conference in

tackles per game (7.2), while no other B1G freshman was in the top 50. He was the first Illini true-freshman ever

to lead the team in tackles.

Senior safety Eres ts iii ranks third on the team with 16 tackles in 2013 after a breakout 2012 wherehe was fourth on the team with 69 tackles and ranked fourth in the Big Ten with three forced fumbles. He is one

of only two upperclassmen in the secondary listed on the depth chart, and the only other junior is Zane Petty, ajunior college transfer in his first season of Division I football.

Redshirt-freshman safety tyr br notched his first career interception in the Cincinnati game in his secondcareer start. He also added seven tackles in the Illini victory.

thE SPEcial tEamS

Vae beeys 100-yard kickoff return for touchdown against Southern Illinois was the longest by a singleplayer in school history and equaled the longest touchdown in Illinois history. It matched the record set by TravisWilliams and Eugene Wilson, who combined for 100 yards on a lateral play, against Purdue on Oct. 12, 2002. Italso marked Illinois first kick return TD since A.J. Jenkins (96 yards) against Indiana on Oct. 18, 2008.

Senior WR mes ose recorded a career-best 38-yard punt return in the fourth quarter against Cincinnati, markingthe Illinis longest punt return since 2004. He also now has 55 punt return yards on the season, marking Illinoismost since Arrelious Benn had 114 punt return yards in 2008.

Illinois has streaks of 51 games and 144 attempts without missing a PAT. The last time the Fighting Illini did noconvert a PAT kick was on Sept. 5, 2009, against Missouri.

Junior punter Jus DuVers, a 2013 Ray Guy Award candidate, is averaging 40.3 yards per kick thus far in

2013. In 2012, DuVernois averaged 41.9 yards per punt, fourth-best in the conference and 3.6 yards per kick bette

than 2011. As a team, Illinois led the Big Ten and ranked 23rd nationally in net punting in 2012, averaging 39.2

yards per kick.

Sophomore kicker tyr Zewsk has started off 2013 by hitting 3-of-4 field goals and 10-of-10 extra points. In2012, he nailed a 54-yard field goal against Purdue, the third-longest field goal in school history and the longesin the Big Ten in 2012. Zalewski also handles kickoff duties, booting 10 touchbacks in 16 kickoffs this seasonand averaging 64.8 yards per kickoff as 15 of his 16 kickoffs have reached the end zone.

Senior t Russe converted his third career two-point conversion (second passing) with a toss to TE MattLaCosse in the second quarter against SIU. His other two conversions came at Ohio State in 2012 (one rush, onepass).

In 2012, Vae beey blocked a goal attempt against Penn State, marking the first blocked FG for an Illin

since Derek Walker at Michigan on Oct. 4, 2008, and the first blocked kick of any kind for an Illini since Clay Nurseswatted away a PAT at Fresno State on Dec. 3, 2010.

With the loss of three-year long-snapper Zak Pedersen to graduation at the end of 2012, the Illini turned to redshirt-freshman Z hr for long-snapping duties this season. Hirth was ranked the No. 2 long-snapper in thenation by ESPNU coming out of high school. He handled his duties in the opener against SIU without any issues

tEam notES

The Aug. 31 win over Southern Illinois was the Illinis 16th consecutive home-opening victory, the fourth-longesstreak in the Big Ten behind Ohio State (35), Nebraska (28) and Wisconsin (18). Illinois is 86-33-5 all-time inhome-openers.

The Illini are 13-0 all-time against FCS opponents (formerly I-AA). All but two of those wins have been by at least21 points. Four of UIs 13 FCS wins have come against Southern Illinois, including the only two that were closegames, a 28-25 win over the Salukies in 1985 and this years 42-34 season-opening victory.

2013 iRSt DoWn PRoDUction

Pyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ru . . . . Pss . . . Re . . .t

Nathan Scheelhaase . . . . . . .4 . . . . . . 29 . . . . . 0 . . . . . .33

Ryan Lankford . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . .5Josh Ferguson . . . . . . . . . . . .2 . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . 4 . . . . . . .3

Donovonn Young . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . .3

Jon Davis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . .2Miles Osei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . .2

Aaron Bailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . 1

Martize Barr . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . 6 . . . . . . 1

Tim Clary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1

Steve Hull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . 4 . . . . . .1

Evan Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . .1

Spencer Harris . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1

Justin Hardee . . . . . . . . . . . .0 . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1


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PlaYERS o thE gamE

Following each Illini victory, the coaching staffnames a player of the game for each of the threephases.

g a m E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o E n S E

Southern Illinois . . . . .Nathan Scheelhaase, QBCincinnati. . . . . . . . . .Simon Cvijanovic, OL

g a m E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D E E n S E

Southern Illinois . . . . .Tim Kynard, DECincinnati. . . . . . . . . .Jonathan Brown, LB

gamE. . . . . . . . . . . . . .SPEcial tEamS

Southern Illinois . . . . .VAngelo Bentley, KR/PRCincinnati. . . . . . . . . .Miles Osei, KR/PR

tURnoVERS oRcED

tEam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . int . . . . . . . . UmblE . . . . . . . . .total

I l l i n o i s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

SoUthERn illinoiS

2Q. . . . Kynard forced fumble (Bates recovered)

cincinnati

1Q. . . . Barton interception (no return)

The Illini have an all-time record of 77-42-5 in season-openers and are 54-27-4 when opening the season athome. The Illini have won their last eight season-openers at Memorial Stadium dating back to 1997.

Illinois is 14-0 all-time against the other public universities in the state. The Fighting Illini are 4-0 againsNorthern Illinois, 4-0 against Southern Illinois and Illinois State, 2-0 against Eastern Illinois and 1-0 againsWestern Illinois. The combined score of those meetings is 553-224 in favor of the Illini.

Illinois is looking to reach a bowl game for the third time in the last four years in 2013, something that hasnt beendone at Illinois since a run of three bowl games from 1991-94.

Offensively, the Fighting Illini returned 100 percent of their passing, 99.5 percent of their rushing and 80.3 percen

of their receiving production from last season in 2013. The only major loss for the offense from last year to this

year is WR Darius Millines, who was second on the team with 319 receiving yards in 2012.

inJURED liSt

Six Fighting Illini missed the season opener due to injury, including two projected starters STAR Eric Finney andOL Ted Karras but both Finney and Karras returned to play against Cincinnati. OL Chris Boles, LB Ralph CooperOL Scott McDowell and DL Vontrell Williams missed the first two games due to injury, while LB Henry Dickinsonsat out the Cincinnati game.

Offensive lineman Tony Durkin is out for the season (announced 8/29).

gamE caPtainS

The coaching staff designates different team captains for each game week throughout the season. Here is a list ofthis years game captains:

SoUthERn illinoiS DL Tim Kynard, OL Corey Lewis, WR Miles Osei, QB Nathan Scheelhaase

cincinnati DB VAngelo Bentley, TE Jon Davis, DL Tim Kynard, QB Nathan Scheelhase

ShoW mE thE monEY - foUR illini EaRn ScholaRShiPS

Coach Beckman awarded scholarships to four Fighting Illini walk-ons for the 2013 campaign. Senior safety bems, redshirt-freshman long snapper Z hr, tight end/holder t Russe and kicker tyr Zewsk, awalk-ons in 2012, are now on full scholarship for 2013.

illini DUo cRacKS oVER 1K

Senior quarterback n Seese is ranked 18th in Illinois history in career rushing yards (1,792), a total tha

ranks fourth among active Big Ten players. Junior running back Dv Yu also is one of 17 active Big Ten

players with over 1,000 career rushing yards (1,092).

ave b te creer Rus leders (ru Sep. 7 es)

1. Taylor Martinez, Sr., NEB 2,8922. James White, Sr., WIS 2,8233. Braxton Miller, Jr., OSU 2,0684. n Seese, Sr., ill 1,792

5. Kain Colter, Sr., NU 1,7846. Fitzgerald Toussaint, Sr., MICH 1,7707. Carlos Hyde, Sr., OSU 1,6778. Stephen Houston, Sr., IND 1,5909. Venric Mark, Sr., NU 1,56210. Ameer Abdullah, Jr., NEB 1,51511. Donnell Kirkwood, Jr., MINN 1,29212. Jordan Hall, Sr., OSU 1,26613. Mike Trumpy, Sr., NU 1,12414. Zach Zwinak, Jr., PSU 1,11115. Mark Weisman, Jr., IOWA 1,09516. Dv Yu, Jr., ill 1,092

17. Melvin Gordon, So., WIS 1,003

loVE iS in thE aiR

This past July, Illini QB n Seese married his high-school sweetheart, Morgan Miller, with several of hisFighting Illini teammates by his side. WR mes ose served as Scheelhaases best man, while QB Rey ote, WRRy lkrd and WR Seve hu served as groomsmen. And Scheelhaase isnt the only Illini with wedding bellson his mind. Redshirt-junior offensive lineman aex h is engaged to Mariah Smith, a thrower on the Illinois trackand field team, with a winter 2014 wedding planned.

2013 illinoiS coaching Sta

o ed Dur ge

Tim Beckman ......................................... Head Coach

Tim Banks .............Defensive Coordinator/Secondary

Bill Cubit ...........Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

Mike Bellamy ......................................Wide Receivers

Greg Colby .......................................... Defensive Line

A.J. Ricker ...........................................Offensive Line

Alex Golesh .............................Tight Ends/SpecialistsMike Ward ....................................Inside Linebackers

i ces b

Tim Salem ......Running Backs/Special Teams Coord.

Al Seamonson ........................... Outside Linebackers

2013 big tEn boWl linEUP

No. 1 Jan. 1 BCS/Rose Bowl vs. Pac 12

No. 2 Jan. 1 Capital One Bowl vs. SEC

No. 3 Jan. 1 Outback Bowl vs. SEC

No. 4 Dec. 28 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl vs. Big 12

No. 5 Jan. 1 Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl vs. SEC

No. 6 Dec. 27 Texas Bowl vs. Big 12

No. 7 Jan. 1 Heart of Dallas Bowl vs. C-USA

No. 8 Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl vs. MAC


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chaRting thE illinilongESt DRiVES

DRiVES illinoiS oPPonEnt

by # of plays 14 (74 yds, 6:37, FG) vs. Cincinnati 14 (69 yards, 3:25, TD) Cincinnatiby # of yards 99 (12 plays, 5:07, TD) vs. Cincinnati 84 (6 plays, 3:01, FG) Southern IllinoisTime of Possession 6:37 (14 plays, 74 yards, FG) vs. Cincinnati 5:03 (9 plays, 32 yards, punt) Southern Illinois

RED ZonE StatS (sde e 20) illinoiS oPPonEnt

Times inside the 20 8 10Total Scores 7 8

Touchdowns 4 5

Field Goals 3 3Lost on Downs or Turnovers 0 2Lost on Missed Field Goals 1 0End of Game or Half 0 0Scoring Percentage .875 .800Scoring Percentage (TDs only) .500 .500Percent of Total Drives .296 .357

iElD PoSition illinoiS oPPonEnt

Drives Started 27 28Cumulative Starting Yardlines 754 903Average Starting Field Position 27.9 32.3

Times Started Inside the 20 6 2Drives Started in Plus Territory 2 5

PointS atER tURnoVERS illinoiS oPPonEnt

Turnovers Forced 2 2Total Scores 1 2Scoring Percentage .500 1.000Points off Turnovers 7 (1 TD, 0 FG) 14 (2 TD, 0 FG)

highESt ScoRing QUaRtERS 1St 2nD 3RD 4th ot inal

2013 season 7, Cincinnati 22, SIU 14, SIU 17, Cincinnati -- 45, CincinnatiBeckman Era 13, C. Southern (12) 22, SIU (13) 17, C. Southern (12) 17, Cincinnati (13) -- 45, Cincinnati (13)

illini on thE big ScREEn

Fighting Illini fans at Memorial Stadium this season will see and hear a new $7.2 million Daktronics video displayand state-of-the-art sound system. The south end zone features a new HD video display measuring 36 feet tall by96 feet wide, nearly four times larger than the previous display. In addition, a new supplemental ribbon displayhangs below the video display in the south end that measures over 50 feet wide, and two LED ribbon displaymeasuring more than 420 feet in length are attached to the fascia between the seating decks on each side of thefield. Additional video displays measuring 17 feet by 10 feet are mounted to the northeast and southeast towers.

illini PRESEaSon honoRS

A number of Fighting Illini players have earned mention on award watch lists and preseason All-Big Ten teams. Below

is a list of the honors that Illinois players earned heading into 2013:lb J brw Bednarik Award Watch List (Defensive POY), Butkus Award Watch List (LB), Nagurski Trophy

Watch List (Def. POY), CFPA Linebacker Watch List, First Team All-Big Ten (Phil Steele)

P Jus DuVers - Ray Guy Award Watch List (punter), CFPA Punter Watch List, Second Team All-Big Ten (Phil Steele

lb ms me - Fourth Team All-Big Ten (Phil Steele)

Qb n Seese - Senior CLASS Award candidate (community, classroom, character, competition)

PK tyr Zewsk - CFPA Specialist Watch List

niKE REbRanD in thE WoRKS

Illinois athletics is in the midst of a large-scale, 18-month brand evaluation program with Nike. The collaborationbegin in January 2013 and will result in an updated brand identity for 2014, including logos, marks, uniforms andequipment for all 19 Fighting Illini sports. In the meantime, the football team will be wearing a new primary oranghelmet for the 2013 season. This years orange helmet features a navy blue Block I logo on the sides in place of the

slant ILLINOIS wordmark, along with navy facemasks and the traditional blue-white-blue center striping. The 2013

secondary helmet will remain the navy blue matte finish with orange Block I logo and no stripes that was introducedduring the 2012 season.

gEtting it DonE in thE claSSRoom

The football team once again excelled in the classroom during the 2013 spring semester, with 51 players earningat least a 3.0 grade-point average, 12 more than Spring 2012 and nine more than fall 2013. As a team, the Illiniposted a 2.87 cumulative GPA, up from a 2.70 in fall 2012 and 2.71 posted in spring 2012. In addition, 16 FightingIllini football players earned degrees in 2013, 18 earned Academic All-Big Ten status, and four were named BigTen Distinguished Scholars DL hus bes, OL crey lews, OL tyer Sds and QB n Seese.

UniVERSitY QUicK actSl: Urbana-Champaignuded: 1867Ere: 42,605crs: Orange & Bluenke: Fighting Illiniceree: Big TenPresde: Robert Eastercer: Phyllis Wise

Drer aes: Michael J. ThomasSdu: Memorial Stadium (FieldTurf 60,670)

ootball QUicK actS2012 Rerd: 2-10, 0-8 (6th Big Ten Leaders)oesve r: Spread / MultipleDeesve r: Multipleleerwers Reur/ls: 32/23

oese: 18/8

Deese: 12/14

Spess: 2/1

Srers Reur/ls: 13/11oese: 8/3

Deese: 4/7Spess: 1/1

a-te Rerd (Yers): 584-544-51 (123+)b te Rerd: 333-392-32mer Sdu Rerd: 256-217-14

bw apperes (s): 17 (2011 Kraft Bowl)

a-te bw Rerd: 8-9 (.471)


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2014// FinalAug. 30 Youngstown StateSept. 6 Western KentuckySept. 13 @ WashingtonSept. 20 Texas StateSept. 27 @ NebraskaOct. 4 PurdueOct. 11 @ WisconsinOct. 25 Minnesota (Homecoming)Nov. 1 @ Ohio StateNov. 15 Iowa (Dads Day)Nov. 22 Penn StateNov. 29 @ NorthwesternDec. 6 Big Ten Championship

2015// One non-conference game TBASept. 5 TBASept. 12 Kent StateSept. 19 Western IllinoisSept. 26 Middle Tennessee StateOct. 3 NebraskaOct. 10 @ IowaOct. 17 TBAOct. 24 Wisconsin

Oct. 31 @ Penn StateNov. 7 @ PurdueNov. 14 Ohio StateNov. 21 @ MinnesotaNov. 28 NorthwesternDec. 5 Big Ten Championship

2016// Three non-conference games TBASept. 3 TBASept. 10 TBASept. 17 TBASept. 24 TBAOct. 1 @ NebraskaOct. 8 PurdueOct. 15 @ Rutgers

Oct. 22 @ MichiganOct. 29 MinnesotaNov. 5 Michigan StateNov. 12 @ WisconsinNov. 19 IowaNov. 26 @ NorthwesternDec. 3 Big Ten Championship

2017// Two non-conference games TBASept. 2 TBASept. 9 @ South FloridaSept. 16 Western KentuckySept. 23 TBASept. 30 NebraskaOct. 7 @ IowaOct. 14 RutgersOct. 21 @ MinnesotaOct. 28 WisconsinNov. 4 @ PurdueNov. 11 IndianaNov. 18 @ Ohio StateNov. 25 NorthwesternDec. 2 Big Ten Championship

2018// Two non-conference & nine B1G games TBASept. 1 TBASept. 8 TBASept. 15 South FloridaSept. 22 TBA

UtURE illinoiS SchEDUlESillini holD lit oR liE UnDRaiSER

Fighting Illini players raised nearly $5,000 for acoustic neuroma, which ended the career of former Illini offensivelineman adrew crer, with their second annual Lift for Life fundraiser through Uplifting Athletes on June 212013. Acoustic neuroma is a rare, slow-growing tumor of the nerve that connects the ear to the brain. UpliftingAthletes is a network of university chapters run by current football student-athletes. Each chapter adopts a raredisease that has personal meaning to their team. Football players hold special events, fundraising campaigns orawareness drives to support research for their adopted cause. crey lews, Illinois senior offensive tackle, servesas president of the UI chapter of Uplifting Athletes and helped organize the event, which featured the entire FightingIllini team participating in a strongman compeitioin at Memorial Stadium. More on Andrew Carters story herehttp://bit.ly/CarterFeature.

anothER big YEaR foR fighting illini athlEticS

The Fighting Illini saw huge success across the board during the 2012-13 academic year.

Illinois finished 31st in the Learfield Sports Directors Cup, which measures the overall success of college athletiprograms.

The Illinois mens golf team made history, finishing as NCAA runner-up after winning the schools first NCAARegional title. mke Ss squad upset top-ranked Cal in the NCAA semifinals before falling to Alabama in thetitle match.

Two Illini programs won Big Ten titles in 2012-13. Mens golf won its fifth consecutive conference title, whilewomens track and field took home its first indoor B1G title since 1996. Mens golf also won the Big Ten matchplay title for the first time in school history.

Three Illini individuals won NCAA titles in 2012-13. Sophomore asey Speer won her second straight outdoo400m national title, freshman gymnast red hrve won an NCAA title on vault, and sophomore wrestler JessDed won an NCAA title at 125 pounds, Illinois first wrestling NCAA champ since 2003.

Director of Athletics mke ts launched the $165 million State Farm Center renovation project and signeda landmark 30-year, $60 million naming rights agreement with State Farm for the renovated State Farm Center,formerly known as Assembly Hall.

Thomas also led a group that signed a 10-year agreement with Learfield Sports as the DIAs exclusive athleticmarketing partner and multimedia rights holder. The deal is estimated to generate more than $60 million for theDIA over its lifetime.

tim bEcKman WEEKlY RaDio ShoW

The Tim Beckman radio show airs live from Houlihans at the I Hotel in Champaign every Monday evening of

a game week from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on the Fighting Illini Radio Network (tape delayed in Chicago and St. Louis

at 8 p.m.). Hosted by Fighting Illini football play-by-play voice Brian Barnhart, the live show allows University

of Illinois students and the Champaign-Urbana community the opportunity to meet Coach Beckman and ask

questions about the Illinois football program.

ighting illini inSiDER WEEKlY tV ShoW

Fighting Illini Athletics produces and airs the weekly 30-min-

ute Fighting Illini Insider television show, which starts the

week of Sept. 2 and runs though the end of may. In the fall, the primary focus of the show is on Illinois football

and features Coach Beckman as a regular guest. Illinois radio voice Brian Barnhart will host the majority of

the fall shows, which will include game highlights, in-studio interviews, special features and Olympic sports

reviews in a 30-minute magazine style format.

f i isder ar tes (ek ss r)

cs Sprsne c - Tuesdays, 4:30 p.m. (*show week of Sept. 9 airs Wednesday 9/11 at 11 a.m.)

WciX-Spred - Tuesdays, 7:30 & 11 p.m. (*exceptions due to White Sox games: Sept. 10 at 6:30 p.m. &

Sept. 24 at 5:30 p.m.)

fx Sprs mdwes - Wednesdays, 6 p.m. (*show week of Oct. 7 airs Tuesday 10/8 at 6 p.m.)

WtVo-Rkrd - Tuesdays, 11 p.m. (*Sept. 3 show airs at 10:30 p.m., other exceptions due to White Sox

games: Sept. 10 at 6:30 p.m. & Sept. 24 at 5:30 p.m.)


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ScoRing DRiVES

SoUthERn illinoiS

1st . . . . . . . 11:38 . . . . . FG . . . . . . Za lewski 33 yard e ld goal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 plays, 68 yards, 3:222nd. . . . . . . 9:31 . . . . . . TD . . . . . . Ferguson 53 yard pass from Scheelhaase (Zalewski kick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 plays, 64 yards, 1:402nd. . . . . . . 9:02 . . . . . . TD . . . . . . Young 2 yard run (Zalewski kick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 plays, 30 yards, 0:232nd. . . . . . . 0:17 . . . . . . TD . . . . . . Davis 11 yard pass from Scheelhaase (LaCosse pass from Russell) . . . . . . . . . .7 plays, 94 yards, 1:13rd . . . . . . . 8:48 . . . . . . TD . . . . . . Bailey 2 yard run (Zalewski kick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 plays, 88 yards, 3:163rd . . . . . . . 5:30 . . . . . . TD . . . . . . Bentley 100 yard kickoff return (Zalewski kick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 th . . . . . . . 12 :05 . . . . . FG . . . . . . Zalewski 31 yard e ld goal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 plays, 62 yards, 5:43

cincinnati

1st . . . . . . . 5:45 . . . . . . TD . . . . . . Ferguson 48 yard pass from Scheelhaase (Zalewski kick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 plays, 76 yards, 2:562nd. . . . . . . 12:47 . . . . . TD . . . . . . Lankford 29 yard run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 plays, 52 yards, 3:02nd. . . . . . . 7:04 . . . . . . TD . . . . . . Wilson 23 yard pass from Scheelhaase (Zalewski kick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 plays, 76 yards, 4:43rd . . . . . . . 2:48 . . . . . . TD . . . . . . Hull 22 yard pass from Scheelhaase (Zalewski kick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 plays, 99 yards, 5:074th . . . . . . . 9:57 . . . . . . FG . . . . . . Zalewski 19 yard eld goal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 plays, 74 yards, 6:374th . . . . . . . 8:23 . . . . . . TD . . . . . . Barr 26 yard pass from Scheelhaase (Zalewski kick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 plays, 27 yards, 0:474th . . . . . . . 2:11 . . . . . . TD . . . . . . Young 8 yard run (Zalewski kick) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 plays, 68 yards, 4:13

2013 illinoiS big PlaYS(Rush/Pass/Rec/PR over 20 yds & KOR/Def over 40 yds)

Pyer . . . . . . . . . . . Ru . Pss . . Re . . De. . . St tScheelhaase . . . . . . . . 0 . . . 13 . . . . 0 . . . . 0. . . . 0 13Ferguson . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . 3. . . . 0. . . . 0 5Lankford . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 3Bentley . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . 0. . . . 0. . . . 2 2Clary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 0. . . . 1. . . . 0 . . . . 0 1Hull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 0. . . . 3. . . . 0. . . . 0 3B a r r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 3Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . 2. . . . 0. . . . 0 2

Osei. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . 0. . . . 0. . . . 1 1total . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 13 . . . 1 3. . . . 0. . . . 3 20

SoUthERn illinoiS (9)

1Q 52 . . . . . Lankford reception (from Scheelhaase)1Q 26 . . . . . Ferguson reception (from Scheelhaase)1Q 30 . . . . . Barr reception (from Scheelhaase)2Q 53 . . . . . Ferguson TD reception (from Scheelhaase)2Q 28 . . . . . Lankford reception (from Scheelhaase)2Q 55 . . . . . Hull reception (from Scheelhaase)3Q 34 . . . . . Ferguson rush3Q 33 . . . . . Clary reception (from Scheelhaase)3Q 100 . . . . Bentley kick return TD

cincinnati (11)

1Q 48 . . . . . Ferguson TD reception (from Scheelhaase)1Q 26 . . . . . Bentley punt return2Q 29 . . . . . Lankford TD rush2Q 20 . . . . . Wilson reception (from Scheelhaase)

2Q 23 . . . . . Wilson TD reception (from Scheelhaase)3Q 24 . . . . . Barr rush3Q 22 . . . . . Hull TD reception (from Scheelhaase)4Q 23 . . . . . Hull reception (from Scheelhaase)4Q 22 . . . . . Ferguson rush4Q 38 . . . . . Osei punt return4Q 26 . . . . . Barr TD reception (from Scheelhaase)


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tEam gamE-bY-gamE StatiSticSRus Pss Pss t te

te Sre rs Dws a-Yd-tD c-a-i-tD Yrds oese Pu ues Pees Pss

Illinois 42 21 30-49-2 29-37-1-2 415 464 4-169 3-1 8-70 29:12vs. Southern Illinois 34 17 26-66-1 26-41-0-3 341 407 6-279 1-1 6-56 30:48------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinois 45 27 39-210-2 26-37-0-4 312 522 5-194 1-0 5-24 36:28vs. Cincinnati 17 24 32-148-1 23-42-1-1 308 456 6-220 1-0 7-48 23:32------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinoisvs. Washington------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinois

vs. Miami(OH)------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinoisat Nebraska------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinoisvs. Wisconsin------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinoisvs. Michigan State------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinoisat Penn State------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinoisat Indiana------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinoisvs. Ohio State

------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinoisat Purdue------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinoisvs. Northwestern------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

illinoiS gamE-bY-gamE StaRtERS

oEnSiVE StaRtERSgamE lt lg c Rg Rt Qb Rb WR WR WR tESouthern Ill. Cvijanovic Spencer Hill Heitz Lewis Scheelhaase Young Lankford Davis (TE) LaCosse (TE) Wilson

Cincinnati Cvijanovic Heitz Hill Karras Lewis Scheelhaase Ferguson Lankford Harris LaCosse (TE) WilsonWashingtonMiami (OH)NebraskaWisconsinMichigan StatePenn StateIndianaOhio StatePurdueNorthwesternConsecutive 13 15 2 1 2 11 1 2 1 2 2Career 20 22 5 13 2 38 7 17 22 3 22

DEEnSiVE StaRtERSgamE DE Dt Dt lEo Wlb mlb StaR cb SS S cbSouthern Ill. Kynard Howe Teitsma Bates Brown Monheim Svetina Bentley Thomas III Barton SpenceCincinnati Kynard Howe Teitsma Bates Brown Monheim Svetina Bentley Thomas III Barton SpenceWashingtonMiami (OH)NebraskaWisconsinMichigan StatePenn StateIndianaOhio StatePurdueNorthwesternConsecutive 2 2 2 2 2 12 5 2 6 2 2Career 8 2 2 6 20 12 7 2 11 2 4


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caREER RUShing YaRDagE1. Robert Holcombe, 1994-97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,1052. Antoineo Harris, 1999-2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,9853. Thomas Rooks, 1982-85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,8874. Jim Grabowski, 1963-65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,8785. Rocky Harvey, 1998-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,7116. Mikel Leshoure, 2008-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,557

Juice Williams, 2006-09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,5578. Pierre Thomas, 2003-06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,545

9. Rashard Mendenhall, 2005-07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,53910. Howard Griffith, 1987-90. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,48511. Keith Jones, 1984-88. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,19412. John Karras, 1949-51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,13513. Chubby Phillips, 1973-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,10314. Red Grange, 1923-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,07115. Rich Johnson, 1966-68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,05816. Jason Ford, 2008-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,96217. Ty Douthard, 1993-96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,85118. n Seese, 2010-prese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,792

19. Lonnie Perrin, 1972-75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,771--32. Steve Greene, 1972-75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,22833. Bobby Mitchell, 1955-57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,10934. Dwight Beverly, 1982-83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,10335. Mike Holmes, 1979-80. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,09736. Dv Yu, 2011-prese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,092

37. Mike Navarro, 1970-72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,083

caREER RUShing YaRDS bY a Qb1. Juice Williams, 2006-09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,5572. n Seese, 2010-prese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,792

3. Frank Custardo, 1963-65. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516

caREER total oEnSERus Pss t

1. Juice Williams, 2006-09 . . . . . . . 2,557 . . . 8,037. . .10,5942. Kurt Kittner, 1998-2001.. . . . . . . . 158 . . . 8,722.. . .8,8803. Jack Trudeau, 1981-85 . . . . . . . . . .-85 . . . 8,725.. . .8,6404. n Seese, 2010- . . . .1,792 . . . 6,024. . . .7,816

5. Jason Verduzco, 1989-92. . . . . . . .-276 . . . 7,532.. . .7,2566 . Tony Eason, 1981-82 . . . . . . . . . . . . -29 . . . 7 ,031 . . . .7 ,002

caREER PaSSing YaRDagE1. Jack Trudeau, 1981-85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,7252. Kurt Kittner, 1998-2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,7223. Juice Williams, 2006-09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,0374. Jason Verduzco, 1989-92. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,5325. Tony Eason, 1981-82. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,0316. n Seese, 2010-prese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,024

7. Johnny Johnson, 1992-95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,293

caREER PaSS comPlEtionS1. Jack Trudeau, 1981-85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7972. Kurt Kittner, 1998-2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6823. Jason Verduzco, 1989-92. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6784. Juice Williams, 2006-09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6065. Tony Eason, 1981-82. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5616. n Seese, 2010-prese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

7. Jeff George, 1988-89. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .474

caREER PaSS attEmPtS1. Kurt Kittner, 1998-2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,264

2. Jack Trudeau, 1981-85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,2453. Juice Williams, 2006-09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,1364. Jason Verduzco, 1989-92. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,0835. Tony Eason, 1981-82. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9117. n Seese, 2010-prese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 878

6. Johnny Johnson, 1992-95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8198. Jeff George, 1988-89. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .789

caREER toUchDoWn PaSSES1. Kurt Kittner, 1998-2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .702. Juice Williams, 2006-09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563. Jack Trudeau, 1981-85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554. Jason Verduzco, 1989-92. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425. n Seese, 2010-prese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

6. Jon Beutjer, 2002-04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397. Tony Eason, 1981-82. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388. Johnny Johnson, 1992-95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

caREER PaSSing EiciEncY1. Tony Eason, 1981-82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.82. Jack Trudeau, 1981-85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.43. Jason Verduzco, 1989-92. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.04. n Seese, 2010-prese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.3

5. Jon Beutjer, 2002-04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.85. Kurt Kittner, 1998-2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.87. Jeff George, 1988-89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.88. Juice Williams, 2006-09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.19. Dave Wilson, 1980. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.210. Tom OConnell, 1951-52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.0

caREER tacKlES oR loSS1. Simeon Rice, 1992-95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69-3852. Moe Gardner, 1987-90. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57-2263. Fred Wakefield, 1997-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-158

4. Don Thorp, 1980-83. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-1915. J Leman, 2004-07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38.5-1136. Kevin Hardy, 1992-95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-2207. Danny Clark, 1996-99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-146

Scott Davis, 1985-87. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-2069. Brit Miller, 2005-08. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-116

Jerry Schumacher, 1999-02. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-110-- J brw, 2010-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31.5-109

caREER PUnting aVERagE1. Steve Weatherford, 2002-05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.52. Steve Fitts, 1998-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.73. Ryan Tabloff, 1996-97. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.94. Anthony Santella, 2007-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.85. Jus DuVers, 2011- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.4

6. Bill Brown, 1958-60. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.37. J.C. Caroline, 1953-54. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.78. Brett Larsen, 1992-95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.59. Forry Wells, 1990-92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.410. Chris Sigourney, 1979-83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.4

SinglE-gamE PaSSing YaRDagE1. Dave Wilson, Ohio St., 11/8/80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622. Tony Eason, Wisconsin, 10/23/82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473. Juice Williams, Minnesota, 10/11/08. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464. Juice Williams, Missouri, 8/30/2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455. Jason Verduzco, Missouri, 9/14/1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436. Jon Beutjer, California, 9/20/2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437. Jon Beutjer, San Jose St., 9/21/2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428. Dave Wilson, Purdue, 10/18/80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429. Tony Eason, Alabama, 12/29/82423 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4210. n Seese, Suer is, 8/31/2013 . . . . . . . 41

moSt tEam PaSSing YaRDS, iRSt hal1. 340 vs. Suer is, 8/31/2013 (Seese)

2. 290 at Michigan, 11/7/81 (Eason)3. 279 at Northwestern, 11/21/81 (Eason)4. 277 at Ohio State, 11/8/80 (Wilson)

longESt KicKo REtURnS100 Vae beey vs. Suer is, 8/31/2013

100 Travis Williams vs. Purdue, 10/12/02 (90 yards)on lateral from Eugene Wilson (10 yards)

99 Pierre Thomas vs. W. Michigan, 9/18/0498 James Coleman at Michigan St., 10/29/7798 George Uremovich vs. Indiana, 11/11/72 (87 yards)

on lateral from Lonnie Perrin (11 yards)

96 A.J. Jenkins vs. Indiana, 10/18/200896 Cecil Young vs. Purdue, 11/4/6195 John Karras at Ohio State, 11/12/4995 Red Grange vs. Michigan, 10/18/24

REcoRDS to WatchThrough Cincinnati game (9/7/13)


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2013 illinoiS ootball DEPth chaRt (Pre-Ws ge - 9/9/13)

oEnSE

lt 68 S cvjv (6-5, 310, Jr.)

72 Dallas Hinkhouse (6-5, 275, Jr.)

lg 69 ted Krrs (6-4, 300, S.)

71 Joe Spencer (6-4, 300, r-Fr.)

c 52 aex h (6-3, 315, Jr.)

67 Jake Feldmeyer (6-4, 295, Sr.)

Rg 74 me hez (6-5, 305, Jr.)

57 Austin Schmidt (6-6, 285, Fr.)Rt 70 crey lews (6-6, 315, Sr.)

75 Patrick Flavin (6-7, 300, So.)

Qb 2 n Seese (6-3, 205, Sr.)

4 Reilly OToole (6-4, 220, Jr.)15 Aaron Bailey (6-2, 220, Fr.)

Rb 6 Js erus (5-10, 195, S.)- oR - 5 Dv Yu (6-0, 220, Jr.)

21 Devin Church (5-8, 185, r-Fr.)

WR-X 12 Ry lkrd (6-0, 175, Sr.)

9 Steve Hull (6-2, 200, Sr.)

WR-t 8 mes ose (6-0, 200, Sr.)

7 Martize Barr (6-0, 195, Jr.)

WR-Z 80 Speer hrrs (6-3, 205, Sr.)

19 Justin Hardee (6-1, 195, So.)tE 89 Ev Ws (6-6, 250, Sr.)

-oR- 11 m lcsse (6-6, 245, Jr.)-oR- 3 J Dvs (6-3, 240, Jr.)

47 Tim Clary (6-1, 245, So.)87 Tyler White (6-5, 245, Fr.)

DEEnSE

DE 59 t Kyrd (6-3, 270, Sr.)58 Kenny Nelson (6-6, 250, So.)99 Jarrod Clements (6-3, 285, Fr.)

nt 95 Jke hwe (6-3, 300, Jr.)

96 Robbie Bain (6-3, 300, r-Fr.)

Dt 44 aus tes (6-2, 290, Jr.)

93 Teko Powell (6-3, 295, So.)92 Abe Cajuste (6-3, 290, Jr.)

lEo 55 hus bes (6-3, 250, Jr.)

90 DeJazz Woods (6-3, 255, Jr.)91 Dawuane Smoot (6-3, 250, Fr.)

Wlb 45 J brw (6-1, 230, Sr.)

33 Zepheniah Grimes (5-11, 225, So.)

mlb 43 ms me (6-1, 235, S.)

52 T.J. Neal (6-1, 235, r-Fr.)

StaR 34 mke Sve (6-2, 235, S.)

- oR - 14 Er ey (6-1, 215, S.)

10 B.J. Bello (6-3, 215, r-Fr.)

cb 2 Vae beey (5-10, 190, S.)

28 Jaylen Dunlap (6-1, 175, Fr.)8 Dillan Cazley (5-10, 190, Fr.)

SS 9 Eres ts (6-2, 210, Jr.)

21 Zane Petty (6-1, 200, Jr.)

S 3 tyr br (6-1, 215, r-r.)

15 Jevaris Little (6-1, 185, r-Fr.)

cb 27 E Spee (6-0, 185, S.)

24 Darius Mosely (5-11, 185, Fr.)7 Caleb Day (6-1, 195, Fr.)

SPEcial tEamS

K 17 tyr Zewsk (6-3, 220, S.)

83 Brennen VanMieghem (6-2, 190, So.)

P 18 Jus DuVers (6-1, 190, Jr.)

13 Ryan Frain (6-2, 220, r-Fr.)

lS 54 Z hr (6-4, 220, r-r.)

56 Michael Martin (6-4, 225, r-Fr.)

h 86 t Russe (6-6, 235, Sr.)

18 Justin DuVernois (6-1, 190, Jr.)

Ko 17 tyr Zews

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