2008 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

The 2008 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Ron Zook. The Illini played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. This was Zook's fourth season as the Illini head coach.

2008 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–7 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Ron Zook (4th season)
Offensive coordinatorMike Locksley (4th season)
Offensive schemeSpread option
Co-defensive coordinatorDan Disch (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorCurt Mallory (2nd season)
Captains
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 62,870)
2008 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 8 Penn State $+  7 1   11 2  
No. 9 Ohio State %+  7 1   10 3  
No. 24 Michigan State  6 2   9 4  
Northwestern  5 3   9 4  
No. 20 Iowa  5 3   9 4  
Wisconsin  3 5   7 6  
Minnesota  3 5   7 6  
Illinois  3 5   5 7  
Purdue  2 6   4 8  
Michigan  2 6   3 9  
Indiana  1 7   3 9  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
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