Illinois Fighting Illini Football Spring Game: Date, Time, TV Channel

FILE - University of Illinois head coach Bret Bielema speaks during an NCAA college football news conference at the Big Ten Conference media days, Thursday, July 22, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
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The 2023 University of Illinois spring game will be on Thursday, April 20, at 8:30 p.m. ET and will broadcast live on the Big Ten Network. The annual Orange and Blue Spring Game is held at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois, and will be free to the public.

2023 Illinois Football Schedule

The Illini return ten All-Big Ten honorees from last season’s team and will open the regular season on September 2 against Toledo. They will then hit the road and travel to Lawrence, Kansas, to play the Kansas Jayhawks on September 9. Their Big Ten opener will be September 16 at home against Penn State before the final non-conference affair, at home against Florida Atlantic.

They have remaining home games against Wisconsin, Nebraska, Indiana, and Northwestern, with road games against Purdue, Minnesota, Maryland, and Iowa.

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Nick Hennion is a senior content writer for BetMGM. His previous stops include VSiN, NBC Sports, The Action Network and Forbes Betting. He owns a bachelor's degree from Syracuse University and a master's degree from Northwestern University.