Gies Memorial Stadium
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Gies Memorial Stadium is a stadium on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, United States. The stadium, used primarily for football, is a memorial to the un
Aerial view of Memorial Stadium in 2021
Construction, 1923
Original plan for Memorial Stadium as seen in Popular Mechanics magazine, 1921
Memorial Stadium during Illinois' game against Iowa in 2008.
The Illinois Fighting Illini football program represents the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. The Fighting Illini are
Gies Memorial Stadium
…on the nearly 200 pillars surrounding the stadium's façade. With a capacity of 60,670, the stadium is primarily used as the home of the university's Fighting Illini football team. The stadium was known as simply Memorial Stadium until September 9, 2025, when it was named after Larry Gies Sr., a U.S. Army veteran and the late…
A Bristow Adams poster of an Illini football player, c. 1902
Coach Robert Zuppke in 1920
HB Red Grange "The Galloping Ghost" in 1923
Illinois students seated in a "Block I" during a 1970 game at Memorial Stadium