Location: Urbana and Champaign, Illinois
Enrollment: 45,813 (undergraduates and post graduates)

Home Stadium: Memorial Stadium (Capacity 60,670)
Head Coach: Lovie Smith, third season, 7-19 (.269)
Conference: Big Ten (West Division)
Overall Bowl Record: 8-10 (.444)
Conference Titles: 15
Claimed National Titles: 5

Series History

First Game: September 25, 1954 (Penn State won, 14-12)
Last Game: October 31, 2015 (Penn State won, 39-0)
Overall: Penn State leads 18-5
Current Streak: Penn State, 1

Last Season (2-10 overall, 0-9 in the Big Ten)

2017 wasn’t kind to the Illinois Fighting Illini, who had just two wins -- against Ball State and Western Kentucky.