Illinois @ Penn State
Final
Illinois
Fighting Illini
3-5 / 2-2
7
18
Penn State
Nittany Lions
5-3 / 2-3
2002 Season

Beaver Stadium
University Park, PA
Capacity: 106,572
Attendance: 0

Series Stats

Illinois
Penn State
Tie
2
10
0
12th
meeting
More Games

Last Meeting

33-28 Illinois
Memorial Stadium (IL)
Nov 10, 2001
Illinois

Head Coach
Ron Turner
Schedule
vs Missouri L 33-20 8/31/2002
@ Southern Mississippi L 23-20 9/7/2002
vs Arkansas State W 7-59 9/14/2002
vs San Jose State L 38-35 9/21/2002
vs Michigan L 45-28 9/28/2002
@ Minnesota L 31-10 10/3/2002
vs Purdue W 31-38 10/12/2002
vs Indiana W 14-45 10/26/2002
@ Penn State L 18-7 11/2/2002
@ Wisconsin W 20-37 11/9/2002
vs Ohio State L 23-16 11/16/2002
@ Northwestern W 24-31 11/23/2002
Illinois
has outscored their opponents
255 to 222
this season
Ronald Turner's record
at Illinois
29 - 36 - 0
vs Penn State
1 - 4 - 0
Longest Winning Streak
Illinois
1 game(s)
from 1960
to 1960
Penn State
7 game(s)
from 1972
to 2000
Stats
Penn State

Head Coach
Joe Paterno
Schedule
vs Central Florida W 24-27 8/31/2002
vs Nebraska W 7-40 9/14/2002
vs Louisiana Tech W 17-49 9/21/2002
vs Iowa L 42-35 9/28/2002
@ Wisconsin W 31-34 10/5/2002
@ Michigan L 27-24 10/12/2002
vs Northwestern W 0-49 10/19/2002
@ Ohio State L 13-7 10/26/2002
vs Illinois W 7-18 11/2/2002
vs Virginia W 14-35 11/9/2002
@ Indiana W 25-58 11/16/2002
vs Michigan State W 7-61 11/23/2002
vs Auburn L 13-9 1/1/2003
Penn State
has outscored their opponents
265 to 161
this season
Joe Paterno's record
at Penn State
332 - 99 - 3
vs Illinois
7 - 1 - 0
Latest Winning Streak
Illinois
1 game(s)
from 2021
to 2021
Penn State
2 game(s)
from 2023
to 2024
Notes