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Western Illinois
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#28Illinois
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Big Ten
2015 week 2 · Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 11:00 AM CT · Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL) · 📺 BTN · 37,733 att · 63°F, wind 11.4

Drive chart

Western Illinois Illinois bar spans the drive · tick marks the start
OWN G255025END ZONE
Q1
FG
11 pl · 62 yd · 4:55
0–3
PUNT
3 pl · 6 yd · 0:46
0–3
INT
4 pl · 14 yd · 1:17
0–3
PUNT
3 pl · 9 yd · 1:30
0–3
TD
10 pl · 71 yd · 5:07
0–10
PUNT
3 pl · 6 yd · 0:37
0–10
TD
12 pl · 76 yd · 5:43
0–17
Q2
INT
3 pl · 3 yd · 1:15
0–17
FG
10 pl · 31 yd · 4:49
0–20
PUNT TD
3 pl · 4 yd · 1:04
0–27
PUNT
5 pl · 2 yd · 1:13
0–27
FG
10 pl · 46 yd · 1:44
0–30
Q3
PUNT
3 pl · 9 yd · 1:35
0–30
ON DOWNS
4 pl · 0 yd · 1:21
0–30
FUMBLE
2 pl · 27 yd · 0:42
0–30
INT
5 pl · 18 yd · 2:03
0–30
FUMBLE
1 pl · 9 yd · 0:08
0–30
PUNT
4 pl · 16 yd · 1:57
0–30
PUNT
3 pl · 8 yd · 1:26
0–30
PUNT
3 pl · 22 yd · 1:31
0–30
TD
13 pl · 67 yd · 4:20
0–37
Q4
PUNT
3 pl · -1 yd · 1:01
0–37
PUNT
3 pl · -1 yd · 0:51
0–37
PUNT
3 pl · 6 yd · 1:20
0–37
TD
9 pl · 51 yd · 2:57
0–44
PUNT
5 pl · 27 yd · 2:46
0–44
PUNT
8 pl · 43 yd · 4:05
0–44
ON DOWNS
4 pl · 9 yd · 1:36
0–44
END OF GAME
1 pl · -2 yd · 0:21
0–44
29 drives. Field position runs left to right for both teams: 0 is the offense's own goal line, 100 the one it is attacking.

Defense

3takeaways2
2three-and-outs forced7
7 of 14scoring drives allowed0 of 15
No individual defensive box score for this game — CollegeFootballData carries tackles from 2016 on, and nothing but interceptions before that. The team numbers above come from the play and drive rows, which reach back to 2016 and 2015 respectively.

Special teams

—field goals3 of 3
11punts3
31.5punt average43.3
0punts inside the 200
31return yards28
own 25average drive startown 34
Western Illinois
P Team 1 punt · 0.0 avg
P Nathan Knuffman 7 punts · 35.6 avg
P Luke Otto 3 punts · 32.3 avg
KR Lance Lenoir 2 ret · 32 yds · long 18
PR Lance Lenoir 2 ret · -1 yds · long 2
Illinois
K Taylor Zalewski 3/3 FG · long 39 · 5/5 XP
P Ryan Frain 3 punts · 43.3 avg
PR V'Angelo Bentley 2 ret · -1 yds · long 2
PR Marchie Murdock 1 ret · 12 yds · long 12 · 1 TD
PR Jaylen Dunlap 1 ret · 17 yds · long 17
K kicking, P punting, KR kick returns, PR punt returns. Average drive start counts only drives that began after a punt or a kickoff — a drive handed over by a takeaway is the defense's doing.

Series recent meetings

2025 Western Illinois 3 – 52 Illinois
2018 Western Illinois 14 – 34 Illinois
2007 Western Illinois 0 – 21 Illinois
Last 3 meetings shown. Full all-time series sits on each team page.
No play-by-play for this game — league-wide plays start in 2016.
Data: CollegeFootballData · terminal