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    Illinois Fighting Illini football - Wikipedia

    • The Illinois Fighting Illini football program represents the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) level. The Fighting Illini are a founding member of the Big Ten Conference. Illinois claims five national championships and 15 Big Ten championships. … See more

    History

    The University of Illinois fielded its first football team in 1890, under the direction of Scott Williams, the team's starting See more

    Conference affiliations

    • Independent (1890–1895)
    • Big Ten Conference (1896–present) See more

    Athletic directorJosh Whitman
    Head coachBret Bielema · 4th season, 28–22 (.560)
    StadiumMemorial Stadium · (capacity: 60,670, record: 78,297)
    NCAA divisionDivision I FBS
    How Illinois Became a Big Ten Powerhouse
    How Illinois Became a Big Ten Powerhouse
    The Illinois Fighting Illini football program is one of the oldest and most storied in college football history. Founded in 1890, the Illini have won five national championships and 15 Big Ten titles.
    Rivalries

    Illinois has six series against teams that generally are considered their rival in some form, with five of their rivals being in the Big Ten Conference.
    While not as intense as the men's basketball r… See more

    Consensus All-Americans

    • Ralph Chapman – 1914
    • Perry Graves – 1914
    • Bart Macomber – 1915
    • John Depler – 1918… See more

    All-century team

    November 2, 1990 - The University of Illinois announced its 25-man All-Century Football Team as voted on by fans.
    • Alex Agase, G
    • Mike Bass, K
    • Dan Beaver, K… See more

    Other notable players

    • Ron Acks – former NFL LB
    • Mel Agee – former NFL DT, DE
    • Clarence Appelgran – former APFA G
    • Tim Brewster – former head coach, University of Minnesota… See more

    Media

    Illini football games are shown via the Illini Sports Network, which brings the Illini to stations across Illinois. Locally, the team's games are shown on WDWS-AM 1400 and WHMS-FM 97.5. WDWS has been the Illini's exclu… See more

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