Ohio State at Illinois 2015

Drive chart

Ohio State Illinois bar spans the drive · tick marks the start

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PUNT

6 pl · 9 yd · 2:54

0–0

MISSED FG

11 pl · 51 yd · 5:29

0–0

PUNT

6 pl · 18 yd · 1:58

0–0

3 pl · 49 yd · 0:56

7–0

PUNT

5 pl · 21 yd · 2:38

7–0

PUNT

5 pl · 15 yd · 3:08

7–0

7 pl · 42 yd · 2:45

7–3

PUNT

3 pl · 9 yd · 1:26

7–3

PUNT

5 pl · 18 yd · 2:42

7–3

FUMBLE

2 pl · 11 yd · 0:24

7–3

MISSED FG

4 pl · -1 yd · 0:57

7–3

PUNT

3 pl · 9 yd · 1:21

7–3

PUNT

3 pl · -1 yd · 1:37

7–3

7 pl · 60 yd · 0:55

14–3

END OF HALF

3 pl · -10 yd · 0:50

14–3

PUNT

3 pl · 9 yd · 1:44

14–3

FUMBLE

10 pl · 63 yd · 2:21

14–3

11 pl · 75 yd · 3:58

21–3

ON DOWNS

8 pl · 58 yd · 2:04

21–3

INT

9 pl · 51 yd · 3:54

21–3

PUNT

4 pl · 11 yd · 1:20

21–3

FUMBLE

9 pl · 41 yd · 4:47

21–3

1 pl · 10 yd · 0:05

28–3

ON DOWNS

12 pl · 46 yd · 4:34

28–3

ON DOWNS

9 pl · 35 yd · 4:57

28–3

END OF GAME

1 pl · 2 yd · 0:16

28–3

26 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

1	takeaways	3
1	three-and-outs forced	3
1 of 13	scoring drives allowed	4 of 13

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

0 of 1	field goals	1 of 2
5	punts	5
44.4	punt average	44.2
0	punts inside the 20	0
1	return yards	71
own 32	average drive start	own 20

Ohio State

K	Sean Nuernberger	0/1 FG · 4/4 XP
P	Cameron Johnston	5 punts · 44.4 avg
PR	Jalin Marshall	1 ret · 1 yds · long 1

Illinois

K	Taylor Zalewski	1/2 FG · long 46
P	Ryan Frain	5 punts · 44.2 avg
KR	V'Angelo Bentley	3 ret · 59 yds · long 21
PR	V'Angelo Bentley	2 ret · 12 yds · long 12

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	Ohio State 34 – 16 Illinois
2017	Illinois 14 – 52 Ohio State
2014	Illinois 14 – 55 Ohio State
2013	Ohio State 60 – 35 Illinois
2012	Illinois 22 – 52 Ohio State
2011	Ohio State 17 – 7 Illinois
2010	Ohio State 24 – 13 Illinois
2009	Illinois 0 – 30 Ohio State

Last 8 meetings shown. Full all-time series sits on each team page.