Illinois football
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| First season | 1890 | ||
| Athletic director | Josh Whitman | ||
| Head coach |
Lovie Smith 1st year, 3–9 (.250) |
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| Stadium | Memorial Stadium | ||
| Seating capacity | 60,670 | ||
| Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
| Location | Champaign, Illinois | ||
| Conference | Big Ten | ||
| Division | West | ||
| All-time record | 587–561–51 (.511) | ||
| Bowl record | 8–10 (.444) | ||
| Claimed nat'l titles | 5 (1914, 1919, 1923, 1927, 1951) | ||
| Conference titles | 15 | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 24 | ||
| Colors | Orange and Blue |
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| Fight song | Illinois Loyalty and Oskee Wow Wow | ||
| Marching band | Marching Illini | ||
| Major Rivals |
Northwestern Wildcats Missouri Tigers Purdue Boilermakers Indiana Hoosiers Ohio State Buckeyes |
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| Outfitter | Nike | ||
| Fighting Illini in the NFL/AFL | |
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| NFL Draft Selections | |
| Top 5 Draft Picks | 8 |
| 1st round: | 23 |
| Total Currently Playing: | 19 |
| Total NFL Players: | 238 |
| Notable Achievements | |
| Illini in the Super Bowl: | 39 |
| Pro Football Hall of Famers: | 6 |
| College Football Hall of Famers: | 15 |
The Illinois Fighting Illini are a college football program, representing the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. They compete in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference.
The program began play in the 1890 college football season and is a founding and continuous member of the Big Ten Conference since the 1896 college football season.
The University of Illinois has five national championships in football: 1914, 1919, 1923, 1927, and 1951. The Fighting Illini now officially recognize the 1951 National Championship by the Boand selecting body, but as recently as 2006 this was not mentioned officially by the school.
The following are former players who are currently in the NFL.
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 exclusive radio station in Champaign since 1935. WHMS has aired Illini games since the 1950s. The team's student newspaper is the Daily Illini, while outside coverage is handled by The News-Gazette.
Illinois plays the other six Big Ten West opponents once per season.
Announced schedules as of January 16, 2017.
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