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Stadium Guide
Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
Champaign, IL • 60,670 capacity • home of Illinois • opened 1923
- Capacity
- 60,670
- Games Hosted
- 749
- Surface + Roof
- Artificial Turf • Open Air
- Opened
- 1923
Current listed capacity
Tracked historical total
Playing conditions
First season in use
Stadium overview
Stadium profile
Validated stadium facts and current dataset coverage for Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL).
- Primary Team
- Illinois
- Conference
- Big Ten
- City / State
- Champaign, IL
- Country
- US
- Surface / Roof
- Artificial Turf • Open Air
- Venue Age
- 103 years
- Games Hosted
- 749
- First Recorded Game
- Oct 8, 1892
- Most Recent Game
- Nov 21, 2026
Home-field snapshot
Illinois at Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
Record
411-303-28
749 games
Win Rate
57.3%
Tracked games at this stadium
Average Margin
+5.1
Team score minus opponent score
Method
Primary home team only
Hidden when stadium team scope is ambiguous
- Location
- Champaign, IL
- Country
- US
- Venue Age
- 103 years
- Linked Teams
- Illinois
- First Recorded Game
- Oct 8, 1892
- Most Recent Game
- Nov 21, 2026
- Coordinates
- 40.0993, -88.2360
- Dataset Scope
- Tracked stadium dataset only
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Location
Map, address, and travel links for this stadium.
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- Address
- Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL), Champaign, IL, 61820
- Coordinates
- 40.0993, -88.2360
Context
Stadium rankings
Rankings are scoped to the tracked stadium dataset.
Numbers
Attendance and scoring
Stadium-wide scoring and crowd trends from the tracked archive.
Attendance Record
77,688
LSU at Illinois • Jan 2, 2002
Average Attendance
35,329
151 games with attendance data
Average Points Scored
21.2
Illinois at this stadium
Average Points Allowed
16.1
Illinois at this stadium
Archive
Historic games
Rules-driven highlights selected from the tracked archive.
Rivalry
Purdue at Illinois
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Rivalry pairing identified from the site rivalry dataset.
Highest Attendance
LSU at Illinois
L 34-47
77,688 announced attendance.
Biggest Margin
Illinois Wesleyan at Illinois
W 87-3
84 point margin.
High-Scoring
Fresno State at Illinois
L 52-53
105 combined points.
Highest Excitement
Iowa at Illinois
W 9-6
Game excitement score 9 in the current dataset.
Illinois Win
Northwestern at Illinois
W 20-13
A tracked win for Illinois at this stadium.
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Archive
Games at Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
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| Result | |||||
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| Nov 21, 2026 Regular • Week 12 | Illinois | Iowa Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Nov 7, 2026 Regular • Week 10 | Illinois | Nebraska Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Oct 24, 2026 Regular • Week 8 | Illinois | Oregon Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Oct 3, 2026 Regular • Week 5 | Illinois | Purdue Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Sep 19, 2026 Regular • Week 3 | Illinois | Southern Illinois Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Sep 12, 2026 Regular • Week 2 | Illinois | Duke Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Sep 5, 2026 Regular • Week 1 | Illinois | UAB Campus | — | 2026 Regular | — |
| Nov 30, 2025 Regular • Week 14 | Illinois | Northwestern Campus | W 20-13 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Nov 15, 2025 Regular • Week 12 | Illinois | Maryland Campus | W 24-6 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Nov 1, 2025 Regular • Week 10 | Illinois | Rutgers Campus | W 35-13 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Oct 11, 2025 Regular • Week 7 | Illinois | Ohio State Campus | L 16-34 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Sep 27, 2025 Regular • Week 5 | Illinois | USC Campus | W 34-32 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Sep 13, 2025 Regular • Week 3 | Illinois | Western Michigan Campus | W 38-0 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Aug 29, 2025 Regular • Week 1 | Illinois | Western Illinois Campus | W 52-3 | 2025 Regular | — |
| Nov 16, 2024 Regular • Week 12 | Illinois | Michigan State Campus | W 38-16 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Nov 2, 2024 Regular • Week 10 | Illinois | Minnesota Campus | L 17-25 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Oct 19, 2024 Regular • Week 8 | Illinois | Michigan Campus | W 21-7 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Oct 12, 2024 Regular • Week 7 | Illinois | Purdue Campus | W 50-49 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Sep 14, 2024 Regular • Week 3 | Illinois | Central Michigan Campus | W 30-9 | 2024 Regular | — |
| Sep 7, 2024 Regular • Week 2 | Illinois | Kansas Campus | W 23-17 | 2024 Regular | — |
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Context
Most frequent opponents
Opponent frequency appears when a primary home team is identified.
Northwestern55 games
Ohio State54 games
Purdue53 games
Michigan50 games
Wisconsin45 games
Indiana41 games
Iowa40 games
Minnesota40 games
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Guide
Stadium guide
Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL) is a college football stadium in Champaign, IL. Illinois is the clearest current home team context in the tracked dataset. The listed capacity is 60,670. The stadium opened in 1923. #73 Largest Stadium in Dataset.
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