Illinois Fighting Illini football

The Illinois Fighting Illini football team plays for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) level.

Illinois Fighting Illini football
2022 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
First season	1890
Athletic director	Josh Whitman
Head coach	Bret Bielema 1st season, 5–7 (.417)
Stadium	Memorial Stadium (capacity: 60,670 Record: 78,297)
Field surface	FieldTurf
Location	Champaign, Illinois
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	West
All-time record	613–612–50 (.500)
Bowl record	8–11 (.421)
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	24
Current uniform
Colors	Orange and Blue[1]
Fight song	Illinois Loyalty and Oskee Wow Wow
Marching band	Marching Illini
Outfitter	Nike
Website	fightingillini.com

The Fighting Illini are one of the first members of the Big Ten Conference. Illinois won five national championships and 15 Big Ten championships.