Illinois v Nebraska

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Saturday 7 Nov 2026

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19:00 Local Time (Fri 6 Nov 2026)

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Gies Memorial Stadium • 

Champaign, United StatesShow on map

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Illinois Fighting Illini football represents the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision competition and the Big Ten Conference. The team plays its home games at historic Gies Memorial Stadium in Champaign, which opened in 1923 and holds more than 60,000 fans. Illinois has won 15 Big Ten championships, most recently in 2001, and claims a national championship for its 1951 season. The Fighting Illini have made multiple Rose Bowl appearances, earning victories in 1947, 1952, and 1964. The program’s history includes celebrated players such as Red Grange, the legendary “Galloping Ghost,” and Dick Butkus, a dominant linebacker and College Football Hall of Fame member. Illinois alumni and former players have also received national recognition, including consensus All-America honors and major professional football awards. Fans follow the Fighting Illini for Big Ten matchups, rivalry games, bowl opportunities, recruiting news, player performances, and updates from Memorial Stadium. With a tradition spanning more than a century, Illinois football remains a prominent part of college sports in the Midwest and continues to build on its championship legacy.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represents the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in NCAA Division I FBS competition and is a member of the Big Ten Conference. Based in Lincoln, Nebraska, the program plays its home games at Memorial Stadium, one of college football’s best-known venues and the site of the team’s home games since 1923. Nebraska has won five national championships, in 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995 and 1997, and has earned numerous conference titles across its history in the Big Eight, Big 12 and Big Ten. The Cornhuskers are also recognized for a strong tradition of individual honors: Johnny Rodgers, Mike Rozier and Eric Crouch each won the Heisman Trophy, college football’s most prominent player award. The program has produced many notable players who went on to professional football, including Ndamukong Suh, Tommie Frazier and Will Shields. Known for its loyal fan base, distinctive red-and-white colors and long-standing game-day traditions, Nebraska football remains a major part of the state’s sports culture. Explore Cornhuskers schedules, results, player profiles, historic achievements and updates on Big Ten football.