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University of Minnesota Athletics
2017 Homecoming Game Announced
1/11/2017 12:00:00 AM | Football
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The University of Minnesota football team will host Illinois on Oct. 21, 2017, as part of the school's Homecoming festivities.
The contest will be Minnesota's 97th Homecoming game and 11th against Illinois. The Gophers are 57-36-3 all-time in Homecoming games and have won their last three games (39-38 victory against Purdue in 2014; 27-24 against Ohio in 2015 and 34-32 against Rutgers in 2016).
Minnesota is 5-4-1 all-time against Illinois on Homecoming and the schools last met on Homecoming in 2007. The Gophers last beat Illinois on Homecoming in 2004, when it won 45-0.
Minnesota's most common Homecoming opponent is Northwestern (8-8-2 record) and is followed by Iowa (10-3-0 record) and Michigan (6-7-0 record).
Tickets for the game are expected to be on sale in mid-June.
