Illinois to honor Red Grange with uniforms vs Michigan
Red Grange dominated Michigan football 100 years ago. Here’s what Ann Arbor papers wrote.
Stories from The Ann Arbor News, Michigan Daily and other contemporary articles remember Illinois' historic win over Michigan on Oct. 18, 1924.
Illinois to honor Red Grange with uniforms vs Michigan for 100-year anniversary of legendary game
Illinois football will be donning a much more leathery look for its game against Michigan, as the Illini honor Red Grange's legendary game 100 years ago.
What Red Grange means to Illinois and college football, 100 years after his epic game
The Illini will pay homage to Grange on Saturday with throwback uniforms and hand-painted helmets that took 18 months to create.
Opinions split on Illinois’s Red Grange throwback uniform tribute
ET window, but it also has an ever greater special meaning in the hearts of the faithful of Illinois.The game comes 100 years and one day after Red Grange’s six-touchdown performance against the Wolverines.
Glen Carbon author releases novel about Illinois football star Red Grange
Doug Villhard has written about University of Illinois and Chicago Bears football star Red Grange and his sports agent C.C. Pyle. The book released September 3.
Illinois Athletics rededicates Memorial Stadium on 100th anniversary of legendary game
Illinois Athletics has reached a milestone weekend in its history and in the history of Memorial Stadium. Friday is the 100th anniversary of Memorial Stadium’s dedication, and on that day, Illinois Athletics will rededicate the stadium with a public ceremony in Grange Grove.
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Remembering Red Grange, the 'Galloping Ghost' who made a Caitlin Clark-like impact on football in 1924
Illinois legend Red Grange's most famous game came 100 years ago when he lit up Michigan. The Illini will honor the star this ...
A football fan’s Valhalla: Red Grange christened Memorial Stadium 100 years ago and became an Illini legend
One hundred years ago this week, Red Grange took the opening kickoff of the Illinois-Michigan football game and zigzagged ...
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Ghost Stories | ‘It took all of one play for Grange to prove to the East Coast fans and writers that he was deserving of his glowing reputation’
"A Philadelphia reporter captured the mood of the city two days before kickoff. ‘Not in years, recent or otherwise, has the ...
Why Illinois Will Wear 1920s-Style Throwback Uniforms, Leather Helmets vs. Michigan
The Illinois Fighting Illini are breaking out their 1920s jerseys for Saturday's showdown with Michigan. Illinois showed off its threads, including ...
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Barna hoping to contribute to Illini’s Wheaton weekend
As a Wheaton native, Illinois linebacker Joe Barna should feel right at home Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Champaign. The ...
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Ghost Stories | ‘Oversized stars from Frank Gifford to Joe Namath to Peyton Manning to Travis Kelce owe a huge debt of gratitude to Red Grange’
Click here to subscribe to The News-Gazette. We asked five football historians and authors of books about Illini legend ...
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100 years later, experts set to discuss Red Grange’s impact
On Oct. 17, Memorial Stadium will host a unique symposium that highlights the legendary single-game performance by Harold ...
Illinois throwback threads lead Week 8 college football uniforms
The halfway mark of the 16-week college football season will feature a collection of clean uniforms. In Week 8, No. 22 Illinois will compete in its fourth ranked matchup of the season Saturday against ...