Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels headlines 34-23 victory over Illinois in season debut
The Illini’s Luke Altmyer threw for 202 yards and a touchdown while running for 70 and two more scores, but he also was picked off twice in the game.
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Caleb Griffin kicks 29-yard FG in closing seconds to give Illinois 30-28 win over Toledo
Miles Scott returned an interception 48 yards for a score, and the Illini squeezed out the win in a back-and-forth game to start coach Bret Bielema’s third season.
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On Saturday, September 2, Illinois will take on Toledo at Memorial Stadium at 6:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast on BTN.
Illinois, fresh off bowl trip and 8-win season, has ‘unfinished business’ as opener draws near
The Illini finished 8-5 in coach Bret Bielema’s second year after 10 straight losing seasons, placed second in the Big Ten West, played in a bowl game for the first time since 2019 and had four NFL draft picks.
A popular football video game will be back next year – and University of Illinois players may be characters.
University of Illinois INFLUENCE Program (NIL) Coordinator Kamron Cox anticipates athletes will opt to participate in the game and will get a few hundred dollars for doing so.
Mississippi St beats Illinois in 1st game since Leach death
No. 24 Mississippi State rallied to beat Illinois 19-10 in the ReliaQuest Bowl. It was the Bulldogs’ first game since coach Mike Leach died on Dec. 12 due to complications from a heart condition.
Illinois to face Mississippi State in ReliaQuest Bowl Jan. 2
CHAMPAIGN — The Fighting Illini football team is headed to Florida. The team announced Sunday afternoon that it has accepted an invitation to play in the ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa on Jan. 2. They’ll face the Mississippi State Bulldogs from the SEC. Both teams finished with 8-4 regular season records. Illinois head coach Bret Bielema
Illinois rips Northwestern, falls short in Big Ten West bid
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Safety Sydney Brown returned a touchdown and an interception for scores and Illinois snapped a three-game losing streak with a 41-3 rout of Northwestern. Brown raced 53 yards for a touchdown after Northwestern quarterback Cole Freeman fumbled, then sprinted in for a 39-yard score off an interception, both in the third
Illinois defense shuts down Iowa 9-6
CHAMPAIGN — On back-to-back possessions in the second quarter of Saturday night’s game against Iowa, Illinois muffed a punt at their own 35-yard line and fumbled on their own five-yard line. Iowa could only score a total of three points off those two turnovers. An Illinois defense that head coach Bret Bielema calls “the best
Illinois football tops Chattanooga 31-0 for its best start since 2015
CHAMPAIGN — The Fighting Illini football team dominated every aspect of the game against Chattanooga Thursday night in a 31-0 win at Memorial Stadium. The Illinois offense totaled just over 500 yards, while the defense shut-out the Mocs, who were previously 3-0. Head coach Bret Bielema spoke well of the defensive effort after the game. “You
Brown’s three touchdowns lead Illini over Wyoming in football opener
CHAMPAIGN – Chase Brown picked up where he left off last season, rushing for 151 yards and scoring three touchdowns, as Illinois wore down the Wyoming Cowboys 38-6 in the season opener for both teams on Saturday. Brown ran for 1,005 yards a season ago, and looked every bit the part of the team’s leading
DeVito will start at quarterback in the season opener against Wyoming
CHAMPAIGN — The 133rd season of Illini football kicks off Saturday afternoon in Champaign. Illinois hosts the Wyoming Cowboys in a game that will feature a lot of fresh faces on both sides of the field. Head coach Bret Bielema revealed Thursday that his starting quarterback will be Syracuse transfer Tommy DeVito, who won the
Illini Hall of Famer golfing to raise money for pediatric care; not a fan of UCLA/USC joining Big Ten
URBANA – As a member of the Fighting Illini football team in the 1980s, David Williams set many records on the field. He finished his collegiate career as the second leading receiver in NCAA history. And he’s a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. As his beloved team gets ready for its season opener, David
Illini football coach Bret Bielema will miss the Iowa game after testing positive for COVID-19
CHAMPAIGN — University of Illinois football coach Bret Bielema has tested positive for COVID-19, the program announced on Tuesday. Bielema will miss this Saturday’s game at Iowa, where he played football in college, per team COVID protocols to help limit spread of the virus. In a statement, Bielema says he developed “mild symptoms” on Monday
Tens Of Thousands Gather For Illini Football Opener: Few Masks Worn, No Vaccinations Required
An estimated 40,000 football fans, most unmasked, packed Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois Saturday for the first full-capacity game since the start of the pandemic. Spectators didn’t need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to watch the Illini go head-to-head with the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers, said Kent Brown, Illinois’ associate director of athletics.