If, oddly, you happen to be a fan of both helmet swag and nostalgia, then you've come to the right place. On Saturday, when Illinois (4-1) hosts Purdue (1-4) in Champaign, Illinois, at 2:30 p.m ...

Grange was going to play basketball and track at Illinois, but he decided to play football instead. He played for the Fighting Illini for three years, but didn't have a bigger game than he did in ...

The throwback, brown helmets were hand-painted to "match the look of the Red Grange era leather helmets," in a tribute to legendary Illinois player Harold Grange Published October 21, 2024 ...

At 5-1, Illinois’ football program has been not only surprisingly good this season but also fabulously stylish. Having worn four different throwback helmets in separate home games this season ...

Illinois is going to turn back the clock when it takes on Michigan during the upcoming college football season. The Big Ten program revealed it will wear 1920s-themed throwback uniforms against ...

Illinois, which faces the defending national champions Oct. 19., will sport throwback uniforms for the matchup, which are meant to resemble the past uniforms the team worn in 1924.

They're wearing throwback sets, evocative of some of the first uniforms worn by the university's team, capped off by helmets imitating the leather caps used in the early days of football history.

Illinois is sharing photos of some throwback, alternate uniforms complete with 'leather' helmets for its game vs. Michigan this fall.

Illini football is back with new, yet old, and improved helmets. This past Sunday, University of Illinois Athletics revealed the six different helmets that will be worn at Memorial Stadium for the ...

If, oddly, you happen to be a fan of both helmet swag and nostalgia, then you've come to the right place. On Saturday, when Illinois (4-1) hosts Purdue (1-4) in Champaign, Illinois, at 2:30 p.m ...

We discuss Illinois' throwback football uniforms vs. Michigan. ... Grange's big game came in 1924. Back then, football players wore helmets made out of leather without facemasks.