The brown Illinois football helmets were hand-painted to 'match the look of the Red Grange era leather helmets,' in a tribute to legendary Illinois player…
The throwback, brown helmets were hand-painted to"match the look of the Red Grange era leather helmets," in a tribute to legendary Illinois player Harold GrangeThe game, which kicked off in at Memorial Stadium in Champaign Saturday afternoon, was"100 years in the making" as the Fighting Illini debuted throwback helmets that matched Illinois' famous game against Michigan on Oct. 18, 1924.
Individually hand-painted, each player will wear a custom helmet to match our throwback uniforms to the importance Red Grange played in football history."Memorial Stadium's Dedication Game famously occurred against Michigan on Oct.
Over the weekend, the team shared no shortage of photos of what the helmets looked like up close on social media.Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weeklyover the No. 24 Wolverines, with a 21-7 win. Now 6-1, Illinois will travel to take on No. 2 Oregon next week, with kickoff slated for 2:30 p.m. Oct 26.
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