Illinois Fighting Illini football
football team of the University of Illinois From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 | |||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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.
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