Josh McCray scored his second touchdown of the game on a 9-yard run midway through the fourth quarter to give No. 21 Illinois ...

That was it — Illinois had a 10-win football team for the first time since 2001, a bowl win for the first time since 2011 and ...

Tuesday's Cheez-It Citrus Bowl marked the end of bowl season in Orlando. The city hosted three bowl games, which is more than ...

Illinois is no stranger to late heroics. The Illini entered Tuesday’s Cheez-It Citrus Bowl leading the nation with four ...

No. 20 Illinois (10-3) took down a heavily favored South Carolina (9-4) squad in a 21-17 battle to secure the program’s ...

At a watch party at Joes on Weed Street fans popped champagne Tuesday as they watched the Fighting Illini clinch their first ...

Games like Tuesday's Citrus Bowl don't come around very often for Illinois, and seasons like 2024 have been even less ...

Josh McCray of the Illinois Fighting Illini ran for 114 yards and 2 TDs and was named Most Valuable Player of the Citrus Bowl ...

Jan. 1, 2019 — Kentucky 27, Penn St. 24 Jan. 1, 2011 — Alabama 49, Michigan St. 7 Jan. 1, 2009 — Georgia 24, Michigan St. 12 ...

Illinois' defense helped seal the win by stopping South Carolina with a little more than three minutes remaining.

It’s gameday in the Sunshine State, and there’s a lot on the line for the South Carolina Gamecocks in the Cheez-It Citrus ...

No one will hang quarterback Luke Altmyer's Citrus Bowl performance in the Louvre, but it had a certain beauty in its effectiveness – especially given the absence of No. 1 receiver and offensive ...