@IlliniFootball vs. North Carolina Set for Primetime
May 9, 2016 | Football
Sept. 10 non-conference tilt at Memorial Stadium will kick at 6:30 pm CT on BTN
Buy Season Tickets | 2016 Schedule
CHAMPAIGN, ILL. – The Big Ten Network announced today that the Fighting Illini football home game versus North Carolina at Memorial Stadium on Sept. 10, 2016, will be televised in primetime starting at 6:30 p.m CT.
The game is the back end of a home-and-home series with North Carolina. Last season, the Tar Heels won 48-14 in Chapel Hill and UNC leads the all-time series 3-0. The only other meeting in Champaign between the Illini and Tar Heels came in 1971, a 27-0 UNC victory.
Season tickets are on sale now and start at only $99. Limited seats are still available in the Horseshoe seating area in the south endzone. Mini plan packages will be made available later this month and single game tickets will go on sale in mid-June. There will be two mini plan options available for fans who cannot commit to the entire season – for $70, fans can guarantee seats in the Orange or Blue seating areas for games against North Carolina, Homecoming against Minnesota, and Dad's Day against Michigan State while for $50, fans can secure seats for the tilts against Minnesota and Michigan State.
Grange Grove will be the tailgate destination again in 2016 as fans can enjoy pregame festivities, live music, food trucks, family zone activities, and the true tailgating experience. Stay tuned to FightingIllini.com for the concert line up to be released in the summer.
| 2016 ILLINOIS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE | Buy Tickets | ||||
| Date | Opponent | Location | Time | TV |
| Sept. 3 | Murray State | Memorial Stadium | TBA | TBA |
| Sept. 10 | North Carolina | Memorial Stadium | 6:30 CT | BTN |
| Sept. 17 | Western Michigan | Memorial Stadium | TBA | TBA |
| Oct. 1 | at Nebraska | Lincoln, Neb. | TBA | TBA |
| Oct. 8 | Purdue | Memorial Stadium | TBA | TBA |
| Oct. 15 | at Rutgers | Piscataway, N.J. | TBA | TBA |
| Oct. 22 | at Michigan | Ann Arbor, Mich. | TBA | TBA |
| Oct. 29 | Minnesota (HC) | Memorial Stadium | TBA | TBA |
| Nov. 5 | Michigan State | Memorial Stadium | TBA | TBA |
| Nov. 12 | at Wisconsin | Madison, Wis. | TBA | TBA |
| Nov. 19 | Iowa | Memorial Stadium | TBA | TBA |
| Nov. 26 | at Northwestern | Evanston, Ill. | TBA | TBA |
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— Illini Football (@IlliniFootball) May 9, 2016
