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2011 University of Illinois Homecoming

#24 Illinois Fighting Illini (4-0) vs Northwestern Wildcats (2-1)

Date: Saturday, October 1st, 2011

Time: 11:00am CT

TV: ESPN2

Series: Illinois leads 53-46-5

This will be:
# This will be the 105th meeting between Illinois and Northwestern.
# This is the schools' longest-running series.
# This will be the 85th consecutive year the schools have met (every year since 1927).

Last 10 meetings - Northwestern leads 6-4

# 2001: Illinois 34, Northwestern 28 (Champaign)
# 2002: Illinois 31, Northwestern 24 (Evanston)
# 2003: Northwestern 37, Illinois 20 (Champaign)
# 2004: Northwestern 28, Illinois 21 (Evanston)
# 2005: Northwestern 38, Illinois 21 (Champaign)
# 2006: Northwestern 27, Illinois 16 (Evanston)
# 2007: Illinois 41, Northwestern 22 (Champaign)
# 2008: Northwestern 27, Illinois 10 (Evanston)
# 2009: Northwestern 21, Illinois 16 (Champaign)
# 2010: Illinois 48, Northwestern 27 (Wrigley Field)

Illinois (4-0) 2011 Results
# 09/03: Illinois 33, Arkansas State 15
# 09/10: Illinois 56, South Dakota State 3
# 09/17: Illinois 17, #22 Arizona State 14
# 09/24: Illinois 23, Western Michigan 20

Northwestern (2-1) 2011 Results
# 09/03: Northwestern 24, Boston College 17
# 09/10: Northwestern 42, EIU 21
# 09/17: Army 21, Northwestern 14

Memorial Stadium, Champaign, IL (60,670) Seating chart