Illinois football will be donning a much more leathery look for its game against Michigan, as the Illini honor Red Grange's legendary game 100 years ago.

Stories from The Ann Arbor News, Michigan Daily and other contemporary articles remember Illinois' historic win over Michigan on Oct. 18, 1924.

Gary Danielson and CBS had some very old-school fun during the 100th anniversary celebration of Red Grange's famous game at Illinois.

The Illini will pay homage to Grange on Saturday with throwback uniforms and hand-painted helmets that took 18 months to create.

The Galloping Ghost' gave the Illini – and all of football – a gift with his career and one epic October romp against Michigan

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can follow him on Twitter ( @srrichey ). Beat writer Scott Richey previews the Illini’s top 25 showdown with the Wolverines ahead of Saturday’s 2:30 p.m. kickoff at Memorial Stadium

Doug Villhard has written about University of Illinois and Chicago Bears football star Red Grange and his sports agent C.C. Pyle. The book released September 3.

Illinois Athletics has reached a milestone weekend in its history and in the history of Memorial Stadium. Friday is the 100th anniversary of Memorial Stadium’s dedication, and on that day, Illinois Athletics will rededicate the stadium with a public ceremony in Grange Grove.