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Illinois 20, Penn State 18 9OT
Quick hits: Illini upset No. 7 Penn State in 9-OT thriller
Apparently, Bret Bielema’s heavily criticized — and mostly misunderstood comments — didn’t lose his locker room because Illinois football showed
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2021-2022 Illini Basketball
| Date | Opponent | Time/TV |
| Sat, Oct 23 | St. Francis (IL.) (Exhibition Game) | 8:00pm B1G+ |
| Fri, Oct 29 | Indiana (Pa.) (Exhibition Game) | 7:00pm B1G+ |
| Tue, Nov 9 | Jackson State | BTN |
| Fri, Nov 12 | Arkansas State | B1G+ |
| Mon, Nov 15 | at Marquette | 6:00pm FS1 |
| Mon, Nov 22 | Cincinnati (Kansas City) | 5:30pm ESPNews |
| Tue, Nov 23 | Arkansas/Kansas St (Kansas City) | ESPN2/ESPNews |
| Fri, Nov 26 | UT Rio Grande Valley | B1G+ |
| Mon, Nov 29 | Notre Dame | 8:00pm ESPN2 |
| Fri, Dec 3 | Rutgers | 6:00pm ESPN2 |
| Mon, Dec 6 | at Iowa | 6:00pm FS1 |
| Sat, Dec 11 | Arizona | 4:00pm FOX |
| Sat, Dec 18 | Saint Francis (Pa.) | 12:00pm BTN |
| Wed, Dec 22 | Missouri (St. Louis) | 8:00pm BTN |
| Wed, Dec 29 | Florida A&M | BTN |
| Sun, Jan 2 | at Minnesota | 5:00pm BTN |
| Thu, Jan 6 | Maryland | 6:00pm ESPN2 |
| Tue, Jan 11 | at Nebraska | 7:30pm BTN |
| Fri, Jan 14 | Michigan | 8:00pm FS1 |
| Mon, Jan 17 | Purdue | 11:00am FOX |
| Fri, Jan 21 | at Maryland | 6:00pm FS1 |
| Tue, Jan 25 | Michigan State | 6:00pm ESPN/2 |
| Sat, Jan 29 | at Northwestern | 3:30pm BTN |
| Wed, Feb 2 | Wisconsin | 8:00pm BTN |
| Sat, Feb 5 | at Indiana | 11:00am ESPN/2 |
| Thu, Feb 10 | at Purdue | 8:00pm ESPN/2 |
| Sun, Feb 13 | Northwestern | 1:00pm BTN |
| Wed, Feb 16 | at Rutgers | 6:00pm BTN |
| Sat, Feb 19 | at Michigan State | 1:30pm FOX |
| Thu, Feb 24 | Ohio State | 8:00pm FS1 |
| Sun, Feb 27 | at Michigan | 1:00pm CBS |
| Thu, Mar 3 | Penn State | 6:00pm FS1 |
| Sun, Mar 6 | Iowa | 6:30pm FS1 |
2021 Illini Football
Home: 2-3 | Away: 1-2 Record: 3-5 (2-3) | ||
| Date | Opponent | Result |
| Sat, Aug 28 | Nebraska | W 30-22 |
| Sat, Sept 4 | UTSA | L 37-30 |
| Sat, Sept 11 | at Virginia | L 42-14 |
| Fri, Sept 17 | Maryland | L 20-17 |
| Sat, Sept 25 | at Purdue | L 13-9 |
| Sat, Oct 2 | Charlotte | W 24-14 |
| Sat, Oct 9 | Wisconsin | L 24-0 |
| Sat, Oct 23 | at Penn State | W 20-18 9OT |
| Sat, Oct 30 | Rutgers | 11:00am BTN |
| Sat, Nov 6 | at Minnesota | |
| Sat, Nov 20 | at Iowa | |
| Sat, Nov 27 | Northwestern | |