Penn State's football team to face Illinois

Penn State’s football team will face Illinois on Saturday at Beaver Stadium in University Park as part of Big Ten Championship weekend.

The Week 9 game is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. and be broadcast on FS1.

The schools have not met since Sept. 21, 2018, when Penn State won 63-24 at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Ill.

In 24 all-time meetings with Illinois, Penn State leads the series, 19-5.

Penn State (3-5) has won three straight games after an 0-5 start.

Illinois, on the other hand, fell to 2-5 after a 28-10 loss to Northwestern on Saturday. Illinois announced Sunday that Lovie Smith was out as head coach after five seasons and a record of 17-39 (10-33 Big Ten).

The Big Ten Championship weekend schedule is highlighted by Saturday’s noon matchup between Ohio State (5-0) and Northwestern (6-1) at Northwestern.

Friday’s matchups include Nebraska (2-5) at Rutgers (3-5) at 4 p.m. and Purdue (2-4) at Indiana (6-1) at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s other games are Minnesota (3-3) at Wisconsin (2-3) at 4 p.m., Michigan (2-4) at Iowa (6-2) at 7 p.m. and Michigan State (2-5) at Maryland (2-3) at 7:30 p.m.

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