Future Schedules | 2016 Ticket Information
The University of Illinois announced Wednesday the addition of eight future home football games. The Fighting Illini will face each opponent once and all eight games are schduled for Memorial Stadium.
Aug. 31, 2019 vs. Akron
Sept. 14, 2019 vs. Eastern Michigan
Sept. 5, 2020 vs. Florida Atlantic
Sept. 19, 2020 vs. Bowling Green
Sept. 4, 2021 vs. UTSA
Oct. 2, 2021 vs. Charlotte
Sept. 17, 2022 vs. Wyoming
Sept. 24, 2022 vs. Central Michigan
The Fighting Illini already have future home-and-home matchups scheduled with major opponents through 2026. The Illini will finish the second part of a home-and-home with North Carolina when they host the Tar Heels Sept. 10, 2016, at Memorial Stadium. Down the road there are home-and-homes scheduled with South Florida (2017-18), Connecticut (2019-20), Virginia (2021-22), Kansas (2023-24) and Duke (2025-26), one game per season through 2026.
Big Ten schedules are complete through 2019 and full 12-game schedules are complete for Illinois through 2019. The Illini also have previously announced that their home games vs. Northwestern in 2017 and 2019 will be played at Soldier Field in Chicago.
With the Big Ten moving to a nine-game conference schedule starting in 2016, Illinois will play all three of its non-conference games at home in even years (when the Illini play five B1G road games) and will play one non-conference game on the road in odd years (when the Illini play four B1G road games). That will give the Fighting Illini seven home games (counting the two remaining Soldier Field games) in each season through 2026.
Season ticket renewals for the 2016 campaign are underway until April 1, 2016. The Fighting Illini Football program has already added over 1,000 new season ticket holders with the creation of the I FUND Four Pack which is currently available in Section 201 in the east balcony. New season tickets are on sale now.
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| 2016 ILLINOIS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (Final) |
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| Date | Opponent | Location |
| Sept. 3 | Murray State | Memorial Stadium |
| Sept. 10 | North Carolina | Memorial Stadium |
| Sept. 17 | Western Michigan | Memorial Stadium |
| Sept. 24 | BYE | |
| Oct. 1 | at Nebraska | Lincoln, Neb. |
| Oct. 8 | Purdue | Memorial Stadium |
| Oct. 15 | at Rutgers | Piscataway, N.J. |
| Oct. 22 | at Michigan | Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Oct. 29 | Minnesota (Homecoming) | Memorial Stadium |
| Nov. 5 | Michigan State (Dads Day) | Memorial Stadium |
| Nov. 12 | at Wisconsin | Madison, Wis. |
| Nov. 19 | Iowa | Memorial Stadium |
| Nov. 26 | at Northwestern | Evanston, Ill. |
| Dec. 3 | at Big Ten Championship Game | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| 2017 ILLINOIS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (Final) |
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| Date | Opponent | Location |
| Sept. 2 | Ball State | Memorial Stadium |
| Sept. 9 | Western Kentucky | Memorial Stadium |
| Sept. 16 | at South Florida | Tampa, Fla. |
| Sept. 23 | BYE | |
| Sept. 30 | Nebraska | Memorial Stadium |
| Oct. 7 | at Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa |
| Oct. 14 | Rutgers | Memorial Stadium |
| Oct. 21 | at Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minn. |
| Oct. 28 | Wisconsin | Memorial Stadium |
| Nov. 4 | at Purdue | West Lafayette, Ind. |
| Nov. 11 | Indiana (Dads Day) | Memorial Stadium |
| Nov. 18 | at Ohio State | Columbus, Ohio |
| Nov. 25 | vs. Northwestern | Soldier Field, Chicago |
| Dec. 2 | at Big Ten Championship Game | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| 2018 ILLINOIS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (Final) |
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| Date | Opponent | Location |
| Sept. 1 | Kent State | Memorial Stadium |
| Sept. 8 | Western Illinois | Memorial Stadium |
| Sept. 15 | South Florida | Memorial Stadium |
| Sept. 22 | Penn State | Memorial Stadium |
| Sept. 29 | BYE | |
| Oct. 6 | at Rutgers | Piscataway, N.J. |
| Oct. 13 | Purdue | Memorial Stadium |
| Oct. 20 | at Wisconsin | Madison, Wis. |
| Oct. 27 | at Maryland | College Park, Md. |
| Nov. 3 | Minnesota | Memorial Stadium |
| Nov. 10 | at Nebraska | Lincoln, Neb. |
| Nov. 17 | Iowa | Memorial Stadium |
| Nov. 24 | at Northwestern | Evanston, Ill. |
| Dec. 1 | at Big Ten Championship Game | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| 2019 ILLINOIS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (FINAL) |
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| Date | Opponent | Location |
| Aug. 31 | Akron | Memorial Stadium |
| Sept. 7 | at UConn | East Hartford, Conn. |
| Sept. 14 | Eastern Michigan | Memorial Stadium |
| Sept. 21 | Nebraska | Memorial Stadium |
| Sept. 28 | BYE | |
| Oct. 5 | at Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minn. |
| Oct. 12 | Michigan | Memorial Stadium |
| Oct. 19 | Wisconsin | Memorial Stadium |
| Oct. 26 | at Purdue | West Lafayette, Ind. |
| Nov. 2 | Rutgers | Memorial Stadium |
| Nov. 9 | at Michigan State | East Lansing, Mich. |
| Nov. 16 | BYE | |
| Nov. 23 | at Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa |
| Nov. 30 | vs. Northwestern | Soldier Field, Chicago |
| Dec. 7 | at Big Ten Championship Game | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| 2020 ILLINOIS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (As of March 2, 2016) |
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| Date | Opponent | Location |
| Sept. 5 | Florida Atlantic | Memorial Stadium |
| Sept. 12 | UConn | Memorial Stadium |
| Sept. 19 | Bowling Green | Memorial Stadium |
| Dec. 5 | at Big Ten Championship Game | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| Big Ten Schedule TBA |
| 2021 ILLINOIS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (As of March 2, 2016) |
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| Date | Opponent | Location |
| Sept. 4 | UTSA | Memorial Stadium |
| Sept. 11 | at Virginia | Charlottesville, Va. |
| Oct. 2 | Charlotte | Memorial Stadium |
| Dec. 4 | at Big Ten Championship Game | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| Big Ten Schedule TBA |
| 2022 ILLINOIS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (As of March 2, 2016) |
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| Date | Opponent | Location |
| Sept. 10 | Virginia | Memorial Stadium |
| Sept. 17 | Wyoming | Memorial Stadium |
| Sept. 24 | Central Michigan | Memorial Stadium |
| Big Ten Schedule TBA |
| 2023 ILLINOIS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (As of March 2, 2016) |
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| Date | Opponent | Location |
| Sept. 9 | at Kansas | Lawrence, Kan. |
| Two non-conference games & Big Ten Schedule TBA |
| 2024 ILLINOIS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (As of March 2, 2016) |
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| Date | Opponent | Location |
| Sept. 7 | Kansas | Memorial Stadium |
| Two non-conference games & Big Ten Schedule TBA |
| 2025 ILLINOIS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (As of March 2, 2016) |
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| Date | Opponent | Location |
| Sept. 6 | at Duke | Durham, N.C. |
| Two non-conference games & Big Ten Schedule TBA |
| 2026 ILLINOIS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (As of March 2, 2016) |
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| Date | Opponent | Location |
| Sept. 12 | Duke | Memorial Stadium |
| Two non-conference games & Big Ten Schedule TBA |
