Illinois Fighting Illini football

Illinois Fighting Illini football
Illinois Fighting Illini football
	2024 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
First season	1890
Athletic director	Josh Whitman
Head coach	Bret Bielema ; 3rd season, 15–16 (.484)
Stadium	Memorial Stadium; (capacity: 60,670; Record: 78,297)
Field surface	FieldTurf
Location	Champaign, Illinois
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	West
All-time record	632–625–50 (.503)
Bowl record	8–12 (.400)
Claimed national titles	5 (1914, 1919, 1923, 1927, 1951)
Conference titles	15 (1910, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1946, 1951, 1953, 1963, 1983, 1990, 2001)
Rivalries	Northwestern (rivalry); Missouri (rivalry); Purdue (rivalry); Ohio State (rivalry)
Consensus All-Americans	27 Ralph Chapman; Perry Graves; Bart Macomber; John Depler; Chuck Carney; Jim McMillen; Red Grange (3); Bernie Shively; Alex Agase; Johnny Karras; J.C. Caroline; Bill Burrell; Dick Butkus (2); Jim Grabowski; David Williams (2); Moe Gardner (2); Dana Howard; Kevin Hardy; J Leman; Whitney Mercilus; Devon Witherspoon;
Current uniform
Colors	Orange and blue;
Fight song	Illinois Loyalty and Oskee Wow Wow
Marching band	Marching Illini
Outfitter	Nike
Website	fightingillini.com

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 and compete in its West Division. Illinois claims five national championships and 15 Big Ten championships.

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