Illinois Fighting Illini

The Illinois Fighting Illini are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The university offers 10 men's and 11 women's varsity sports.

The University operates a number of athletic facilities, including Memorial Stadium for football, the State Farm Center for both men's and women's basketball, Illinois Field for baseball, the ARC Pool for women's swimming and diving, the Atkins Tennis Center for men's and women's tennis, Eichelberger Field for softball, Huff Hall for men's and women's gymnastics, women's volleyball and men's wrestling, Illinois Soccer and Track Stadium for women's soccer and for men's and women's outdoor track and field, the Stone Creek Golf Course for men's and women's golf, the University of Illinois Arboretum for cross country and the University of Illinois Armory for men's and women's indoor track and field.

Football

Illinois Fighting Illini college football

First Season
1890
Team History
Illinois Fighting Illini (1890-present)
Conference
Big Ten Conference (1953-present) Western Conference (1896-1952) Independent (1890-95)
Venue
Memorial Stadium (1923-present) Illinois Field (1890-1922)
Key People
Players • Coaches

Programs by season

1900s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1909
November 20	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium

1910s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1914
November 14	vs. Chicago	Illinois Field
1917
November 17	at Ohio State	Ohio Field
1919
November 22	at Ohio State	Ohio Field

1920s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1920
November 13	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium
1921
October 15	at Iowa	Iowa Field
1923
October 27	at Northwestern	Cubs Park
November 3	vs. Chicago	Memorial Stadium
November 24	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1924
October 18	vs. Michigan	Memorial Stadium
1925
October 24	vs. Michigan	Memorial Stadium
October 31	at Penn	Franklin Field
1928
October 20	vs. Indiana	Memorial Stadium

1930s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1930
October 18	vs. Northwestern	Memorial Stadium
1931
November 7	vs. Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium
1932
October 29	at Chicago	Stagg Field
1933
October 14	vs. Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium
November 11	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
1934
November 3	vs. Army	Memorial Stadium
November 10	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
November 24	at Chicago	Stagg Field
1936
October 17	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium
October 24	vs. Northwestern	Memorial Stadium
1937
November 6	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
1939
October 14	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1940s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1940
November 9	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
November 16	vs. Ohio State	Memorial Stadium
1943
November 13	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
November 20	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
1944
October 14	vs. Iowa	Memorial Stadium
November 25	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
1945
October 27	vs. Michigan	Memorial Stadium
November 17	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1946
January 1, 1947	vs. UCLA	Rose Bowl
1947
October 4	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium
November 1	vs. Michigan	Memorial Stadium
November 15	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
November 22	vs. Northwestern	Memorial Stadium
1948
October 9	vs. Army	Memorial Stadium
October 30	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
November 6	vs. Iowa	Memorial Stadium
November 13	vs. Ohio State	Memorial Stadium
1949
September 24	vs. Iowa State	Memorial Stadium
October 8	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium
November 12	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium

1950s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1950
October 7	vs. Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium
November 4	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
November 18	vs. Ohio State	Memorial Stadium
1951
October 20	at Washington	Husky Stadium
November 10	vs. Iowa	Memorial Stadium
November 17	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
January 1, 1952	vs. Stanford	Rose Bowl
1952
September 27	vs. Iowa State	Memorial Stadium
October 25	vs. Purdue	Memorial Stadium
November 8	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium
1953
September 26	vs. Nebraska	Memorial Stadium
October 3	vs. Stanford	Memorial Stadium
October 10	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
October 17	vs. Minnesota	Memorial Stadium
1954
September 25	vs. Penn State	Memorial Stadium
October 2	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium
October 9	vs. Ohio State	Memorial Stadium
1955
September 24	at California	California Memorial Stadium
October 1	vs. Iowa State	Memorial Stadium
October 8	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
October 15	vs. Minnesota	Memorial Stadium
November 19	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
1956
October 20	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium
November 3	at Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium
November 17	vs. Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium
1957
October 5	vs. Colgate	Memorial Stadium
October 12	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
October 19	vs. Minnesota	Memorial Stadium
November 9	vs. Michigan	Memorial Stadium
November 16	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium
November 23	vs. Northwestern	Memorial Stadium
1958
October 11	vs. Ohio State	Memorial Stadium
November 1	at Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium
November 15	vs. Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium
1959
October 17	vs. Minnesota	Memorial Stadium
October 24	vs. Penn State	Cleveland Stadium
November 21	vs. Northwestern	Memorial Stadium

1960s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1960
October 8	vs. Ohio State	Memorial Stadium
October 29	at Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium
November 19	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
1961
October 14	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1962
October 6	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
October 13	vs. Ohio State	Memorial Stadium
October 27	vs. USC	Memorial Stadium
November 10	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
November 24	vs. Michigan State	Memorial Stadium
1963
October 19	vs. Minnesota	Memorial Stadium
November 16	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium
January 1, 1964	vs. Washington	Rose Bowl
1964
October 3	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
October 17	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium
October 24	vs. UCLA	Memorial Stadium
November 14	vs. Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium
1965
September 25	vs. SMU	Memorial Stadium
October 2	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
October 9	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
November 20	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
1966
October 15	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium
October 29	at Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium
1967
September 30	vs. Pittsburgh	Memorial Stadium
October 28	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
November 18	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
1968
October 5	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium
October 26	vs. Ohio State	Memorial Stadium
November 2	at Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium
1969
October 25	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium

1970s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1970
October 3	vs. Syracuse	Memorial Stadium
October 10	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
1972
September 23	vs. USC	Memorial Stadium
October 14	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
November 18	vs. Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium
1973
November 3	vs. Ohio State	Memorial Stadium
1974
November 2	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
November 16	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium
1976
October 30	vs. Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium
November 6	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1977
October 15	at Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium
1978
September 23	vs. Stanford	Memorial Stadium
November 11	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1979
November 3	vs. Ohio State	Memorial Stadium

1980s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1980
September 27	vs. Nebraska	Beaver Stadium
October 4	at Missouri	Faurot Field
November 15	at Temple	Veterans Stadium
December 26	vs. Ohio State	Sun Devil Stadium
1981
January 1, 1982	vs. USC	Sun Devil Stadium
1982
September 4	vs. Temple	Beaver Stadium
September 11	vs. Maryland	Beaver Stadium
September 18	vs. Rutgers	Beaver Stadium
September 25	vs. Nebraska	Beaver Stadium
October 9	at Alabama	Legion Field
October 23	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field
November 6	vs. NC State	Beaver Stadium
November 13	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
November 26	vs. Pittsburgh	Beaver Stadium
January 1, 1983	vs. Georgia	Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)
1983
August 29	vs. Nebraska	Giants Stadium
September 10	vs. Cincinnati	Beaver Stadium
December 26	vs. Washington	Aloha Stadium
1985
January 1, 1986	vs. Oklahoma	Orange Bowl
1986
September 6	vs. Temple	Beaver Stadium
September 27	vs. East Carolina	Beaver Stadium
October 4	vs. Rutgers	Beaver Stadium
October 11	vs. Cincinnati	Beaver Stadium
October 18	vs. Syracuse	Beaver Stadium
November 8	vs. Maryland	Beaver Stadium
November 15	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
November 22	vs. Pittsburgh	Beaver Stadium
January 2, 1987	vs. Miami	Fiesta Bowl (Tempe, AZ)
1987
October 3	vs. Temple	Beaver Stadium
January 1, 1988	vs. Clemson	Florida Citrus Bowl (Orlando, FL)
1988
November 19	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
1989
October 7	at Rutgers	Giants Stadium
November 4	vs. West Virginia	Beaver Stadium
December 29	vs. BYU	Holiday Bowl (San Diego, CA)

1990s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1990
September 22	vs. Rutgers	Beaver Stadium
December 28	vs. Florida State	Joe Robbie Stadium
1992
January 1, 1993	vs. Stanford	Joe Robbie Stadium
1993
September 4	vs. Minnesota	Beaver Stadium
October 16	vs. Michigan	Beaver Stadium
January 1, 1994	vs. Tennessee	Florida Citrus Bowl (Orlando, FL)
1994
October 15	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
November 12	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium
November 26	vs. Michigan State	Beaver Stadium
January 2, 1995	vs. Oregon	Rose Bowl
1996
November 23	vs. Michigan State	Beaver Stadium
1997
October 4	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1998	vs. Florida	Florida Citrus Bowl (Orlando, FL)
1998
November 21	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium
1999
December 28	vs. Texas A&M	Alamodome

2000s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2000
September 23	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
October 28	at Indiana	RCA Dome
November 11	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
2001
September 22	vs. Wisconsin	Beaver Stadium
September 29	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium
October 27	vs. Ohio State	Beaver Stadium
2002
August 31	vs. UCF	Beaver Stadium
October 26	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
2003
August 30	vs. Temple	Beaver Stadium
November 8	at Northwestern	Ryan Field
November 15	vs. Indiana	Beaver Stadium
2004
September 4	vs. Akron	Beaver Stadium
October 9	vs. Purdue	Beaver Stadium
October 30	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
2005
September 24	at Northwestern	Ryan Field
October 15	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
November 19	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
January 3, 2006	vs. Florida State	Dolphins Stadium
2007
September 22	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
2008
October 25	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
January 1, 2009	vs. USC	Rose Bowl

2010s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2010
November 13	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
January 1, 2011	vs. Florida	Raymond James Stadium
2014
December 27	vs. Boston College	Yankee Stadium
2015
January 2, 2016	vs. Georgia	EverBank Field
2016
January 2, 2017	vs. USC	Rose Bowl
2017
September 23	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium
December 30	vs. Washington	University of Phoenix Stadium
2018
January 1, 2019	vs. Kentucky	Camping World Stadium
2019
October 26	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
December 28	vs. Memphis	AT&T Stadium

Men's Basketball

Penn State Nittany Lions college football

First Season
1896
Team History
Penn State Nittany Lions (1896-present)
Conference
Big Ten Conference (1990-present)
Venue
Bryce Jordan Center (1996-present) Rec Hall (1929-96) Armory (1896-1929)
Key People
Players • Coaches

Programs by season

1990s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1993-94
February 2, 1994	vs. Illinois	Rec Hall

Media guides and yearbooks

Media guides

1980s	1981-82