Location: Champaign, IL
Enrollment: 44,087
Illinois Football Fast Facts:
Home Stadium: The University of Illinois - Memorial Stadium
Head Coach: Rod Smith (Interim; 0-0)
Conference: Big Ten
Conference Titles: 15
Overall Bowl Record: 8-10
Series History
Saturday’s matchup will be the 25 all-time meeting between the Nittany Lions and Fighting Illini. The Nittany Lions have dominated the series that started way back in 1954, winning 19 of 24 matchups. The two programs last met in 2018, a 63-24 victory for Penn State after surviving a hot start from Illinois.