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2006 Illinois Fighting Illini football
2006 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	2–10 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ron Zook (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Locksley (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Defensive coordinator	Vince Okruch (1st season)
Captain	5 Alan Ball; E.B. Halsey; J Leman; Josh Norris; Pierre Thomas;
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium; (Capacity: 69,249)
	Seasons ← 2005 2007 →

2006 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season

The 2006 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Ron Zook, who was in his second season with the Illini. Illinois had a record of 2–10, their second consecutive season with only two wins. However, unlike the previous year, they suffered few blowout losses and played competitively with the Big Ten powerhouses, including eventual conference champion Ohio State to whom Illinois lost 17–10 on November 4.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 pm	Eastern Illinois*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ESPN+	W 42–17	45,444^[1]
September 9	11:00 am	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN2	L 0–33	41,036^[1]
September 16	11:00 am	Syracuse*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ESPN+	L 21–31	40,657^[1]
September 23	11:00 am	No. 14 Iowa	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ESPN+	L 7–24	43,066^[1]
September 30	11:00 am	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan	ESPN+	W 23–20	71,268^[1]
October 7	11:00 am	Indiana	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ESPN+	L 32–34	43,006^[1]
October 14	6:00 pm	Ohio*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ESPN+	L 17–20	34,328^[1]
October 21	6:00 pm	at Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, Pennsylvania	ESPN2	L 12–26	108,112^[1]
October 28	11:00 am	at No. 17 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin	ESPN2	L 24–30	81,300^[1]
November 4	2:30 pm	No. 1 Ohio State	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ESPN2	L 10–17	53,351^[1]
November 11	11:00 am	Purdue	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ESPN+	L 31–42	44,266^[1]
November 18	11:00 am	at Northwestern	Ryan Field Evanston, Illinois (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	ESPN+	L 16–27	22,242^[1]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Ohio State $	8	–	0	12	–	1
No. 8 Michigan %	7	–	1	11	–	2
No. 7 Wisconsin	7	–	1	12	–	1
No. 24 Penn State	5	–	3	9	–	4
Purdue	5	–	3	8	–	6
Minnesota	3	–	5	6	–	7
Indiana	3	–	5	5	–	7
Northwestern	2	–	6	4	–	8
Iowa	2	–	6	6	–	7
Illinois	1	–	7	2	–	10
Michigan State	1	–	7	4	–	8

$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll