2012 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

The 2012 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Tim Beckman, and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Leaders Division of the Big Ten Conference. Illinois finished the 2012 season with 2–10, 0–8 in Big 10 Leaders play, where they placed last and failed to become bowl eligible for first time since 2009.

2012 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	Leaders Division
Record	2–10 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tim Beckman (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Billy Gonzales (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Chris Beatty (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Tim Banks (1st season)
Captains	Graham Pocic Ashante Williams
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Legends Division
No. 25 Nebraska xy		7	–	1					10	–	4
No. 24 Michigan		6	–	2					8	–	5
No. 17 Northwestern		5	–	3					10	–	3
Michigan State		3	–	5					7	–	6
Iowa		2	–	6					4	–	8
Minnesota		2	–	6					6	–	7
Leaders Division
No. 3 Ohio State* x		8	–	0					12	–	0
Penn State*		6	–	2					8	–	4
Wisconsin y$		4	–	4					8	–	6
Purdue		3	–	5					6	–	7
Indiana		2	–	6					4	–	8
Illinois		0	–	8					2	–	10
Championship: Wisconsin 70, Nebraska 31
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions * Ohio State and Penn State ineligible for conference championship game and post-season bowl games due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	11:00 am	Western Michigan*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPNU	W 24–7	43,441
September 8	9:30 pm	at Arizona State*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	ESPN	L 14–45	54,128
September 15	11:00 am	Charleston Southern*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	BTN	W 44–0	45,369
September 22	7:00 pm	Louisiana Tech*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	BTN	L 24–52	46,539
September 29	11:00 am	Penn State	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN	L 7–35	46,734
October 6	2:30 pm	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ABC/ESPN2	L 14–31	80,096
October 13	2:30 pm	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	ABC/ESPN	L 0–45	110,922
October 27	11:00 am	Indiana	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	BTN	L 17–31	47,981
November 3	2:30 pm	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (Illibuck)	ESPN	L 22–52	105,311
November 10	2:30 pm	Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	BTN	L 3–17	46,912
November 17	2:30 pm	Purdue	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon)	BTN	L 17–20	41,974
November 24	11:00 am	at Northwestern	Ryan Field Evanston, IL (Land of Lincoln Trophy)	BTN	L 14–50	32,415
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time

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Roster

2012 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 2 Nathan Scheelhaase   Jr TE 3 Jon Davis So QB 4 Reilly O'Toole So RB 5 Donovonn Young So RB 6 Josh Ferguson   Fr WR 7 Hayden Daniels   Fr QB 8 Miles Osei Jr QB 10 Chase Haslett   Fr TE 11 Matt LaCosse So WR 12 Ryan Langford Jr QB 13 Sean McGushin   Sr WR 15 Darius Millines Jr QB 17 James Nudera   Fr WR 18 Jeremey Whitlow   Fr WR 19 Kenny Knight   Fr WR 20 Fritz Rock   So WR 21 Devin Church Fr RB 22 Dami Ayoola Fr WR 24 James Hallendorff   Sr RB 28 LaKeith Walls Fr WR 29 Peter Bonahoom   Fr WR 31 Leslie Poole   So WR 34 Davontay Kwaaning   Fr FB 41 Zach Becker   Sr TE 47 Tim Clary So OL 52 Alex Hill   So OL 55 Chris Boles   Fr OL 56 Shawn Afryl   So OL 60 Tony Durkin   Fr OL 61 Tyler Sands   Sr OL 64 Robbie Bain Fr OL 66 Scott McDowell   Fr OL 67 Jake Feldmeyer   Jr OL 68 Simon Cvijanovic   So OL 69 Ted Karras   Fr OL 70 Corey Lewis   Sr OL 71 Joe Spencer Fr OL 72 Hugh Thornton Sr OL 73 Chris O'Connor   Fr OL 74 Michael Heitz   So OL 75 Pat Flavin   Fr OL 76 Graham Pocic (C)   Sr OL 78 Ryan Nowicki   Fr WR 80 Spencer Harris Jr WR 81 Cedric Doxy Fr WR 82 Olusuen Arowolaju Fr TE 83 Eddie Viliunas   Sr WR 84 Justin Hardee Fr WR 85 Tim Lukas   Jr TE 86 Tim Russell   Jr TE 88 Justin Lattimore   Jr TE 89 Evan Wilson Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 1 Terry Hawthorne Sr DB 2 V'Angelo Bentley Fr DB 3 Taylor Barton Fr DB 4 Patrick Nixon-Youman Sr DB 5 Steve Hull   Jr DL 6 Darrius Caldwell   Fr DB 7 Supo Sanni   Sr DB 9 Earnest Thomas   So STAR 10 B. J. Bello Fr DB 11 Jevaris Little Fr DB 17 Tommy Davis   Sr DB 21 Jack Ramsey   Sr DB 22 Nick Forzley   So DB 23 Ben Mathis   Jr DB 24 Nelson Lugo Fr STAR 25 Ashante Williams (C)   Sr DB 26 Justin Green Sr DB 27 Eaton Spencer   Fr DB 29 Kaeman Mitchell   Jr LB 30 Houston Bates   So DB 31 Nick North   Fr STAR 32 Daniel Quintana   So LB 33 Zepheniah Grimes   Fr LB 34 Mike Svetina Fr LB 35 Sean White Fr DB 37 Austin Abner   Fr LB 38 Michael Valentino Fr LB 39 Nejee Robinson Jr LB 40 Beau Sullivan   Jr LB 42 Ralph Cooper So LB 43 Mason Monheim Fr DL 44 Austin Teitsma   So LB 45 Jonathan Brown Jr LB 48 Henry Dickinson So LB 52 T. J. Neal Fr DL 54 Justin Staples   Sr DL 58 Kenny Nelson   Fr DL 59 Tim Kynard   Jr DL 90 DeJazz Woods   So DL 91 Glenn Foster   Sr DL 93 Teko Powell Fr DL 94 Akeem Spence   Jr DL 95 Jake Howe   So DL 97 Vontrell Williams Fr DL 98 John Valentine   Fr DL 99 Michael Buchanan Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK/P 13 Ryan Frain Fr PK 14 Taylor Zalewski   Fr P 18 Justin DuBernois So P 36 Brad Janitz   So PK 37 Nick Immekus   So LS 46 Zak Pedersen   Sr LS 49 Zach Hirth Fr PK 83 Brennen VanMieghem   Fr LS 85 Michael Martin Fr P 87 Garrett Stroup   Fr	Head coach Tim Beckman Coordinators/assistant coaches Tim Banks (defensive coordinator / safeties) Billy Gonzales (co-offensive coordinator / receivers) Chris Beatty (co-offensive coordinator / quarterbacks) Luke Butkus (offensive line) Steve Clinkscale (cornerbacks) Keith Gilmore (defensive line) Alex Golesh (tight ends / specialist / recruiting coordinator) Tim Salem (running backs / special teams coordinator) Mike Ward (linebackers) Jon Carvin (graduate assistant - offense) Justin Hood (graduate assistant - defense) Kolby Jackson (graduate assistant - special teams) Tim Knox (director of football operations) Paul Nichols (director of player personnel) Lester Richmond (graduate assistant - defense) George Anasis (director of football game analysis) Mike Bellamy (associate recruiting coordinator) Scott Brooks (head football athletic trainer) Trent Chesnut (head football equipment manager) Jeff Guin (academic counselor) Corey Harbor (academic counselor) Aaron Hillmann (head football strength & conditioning coach) Carla Suber (learning specialist) Annie White (academic counselor) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Redshirt Roster Last update: July 7, 2012

References

1. "2012 Football Schedule". University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved October 8, 2022.