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2018 week 13 · Saturday, November 24, 2018 at 2:30 PM CT · Ryan Field · 📺 BTN · 37,124 att · 44.2°F Overcast, wind 13.1

Drive chart

Illinois Northwestern bar spans the drive · tick marks the start · click a drive for the plays
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Q1
PUNT
8 pl · 34 yd · 5:42
0–0
15:00 1st & 10 OWN 22 Reggie Corbin run for 6 yds to the Illin 28 +6 0.31
15:00 2nd & 4 OWN 28 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Sam Mays for 6 yds to the Illin 34 for a 1ST down +6 0.63
15:00 1st & 10 OWN 34 Reggie Corbin run for a loss of 1 yard to the Illin 33 -1 -1.14
15:00 2nd & 11 OWN 33 Reggie Corbin run for a loss of 3 yards to the Illin 30 -3 -0.67
15:00 3rd & 14 OWN 30 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Sam Mays for 26 yds to the Nwest 44 for a 1ST down +26 3.73
15:00 1st & 10 OPP 44 ILLINOIS Penalty, false start (-5 Yards) to the Nwest 49 -5
15:00 1st & 15 OPP 49 Bush,AJ pass complete to Davis,Trenard for 6 yards to the NU43 (Ruiz, Cameron), PENALTY ILL ineligible downfield on pass (Lowe,Vederian) 5 yards to the ILL46, NO PLAY. -5
15:00 1st & 20 OWN 46 AJ Bush Jr. run for 7 yds to the Nwest 47 +7 0.49
15:00 2nd & 13 OPP 47 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Sam Mays for 9 yds to the Nwest 38 +9 0.98
15:00 3rd & 4 OPP 38 Bush,AJ pass complete to Davis,Trenard for 16 yards to the NU22 (Whillock, T.), PENALTY ILL pass interference (Barker,Daniel) 15 yards to the ILL47, NO PLAY. -15
15:00 3rd & 19 OWN 47 AJ Bush Jr. run for 9 yds to the Nwest 44 +9 0.50
15:00 4th & 10 OPP 44 Blake Hayes punt for 36 yds, downed at the Nwest 8
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TD
9 pl · 92 yd · 3:31
0–7
9:18 1st & 10 OWN 8 Isaiah Bowser run for 55 yds to the Illin 37 for a 1ST down +55 3.80
9:18 1st & 10 OPP 37 Clayton Thorson pass incomplete 0 -0.75
9:18 2nd & 10 OPP 37 Isaiah Bowser run for 4 yds to the Illin 33 +4 -0.13
9:18 3rd & 6 OPP 33 Chad Hanaoka run for 12 yds to the Illin 21 for a 1ST down +12 1.30
9:18 1st & 10 OPP 21 Clayton Thorson pass incomplete 0 -0.39
9:18 2nd & 10 OPP 21 Isaiah Bowser run for 9 yds to the Illin 12 +9 0.44
9:18 3rd & 1 OPP 12 Isaiah Bowser run for 4 yds to the Illin 8 for a 1ST down +4 0.27
9:18 1st & 8 OPP 8 Isaiah Bowser run for no gain to the Illin 8 0 -0.36
5:53 2nd & 8 OPP 8 Clayton Thorson pass complete to Bennett Skowronek for 8 yds for a TD (Jake Collins KICK) +8 2.68
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FG
15 pl · 85 yd · 5:15
3–7
5:47 1st & 10 OWN 12 Reggie Corbin run for 5 yds to the Illin 17 +5 0.07
5:47 2nd & 5 OWN 17 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Reggie Corbin for 4 yds to the Illin 21 +4 -0.06
5:47 3rd & 1 OWN 21 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Ricky Smalling for 7 yds to the Illin 28 for a 1ST down +7 0.86
5:47 1st & 10 OWN 28 AJ Bush Jr. run for 1 yd to the Illin 29 +1 -0.66
5:47 2nd & 9 OWN 29 AJ Bush Jr. pass incomplete to Reggie Corbin 0 -0.48
5:47 3rd & 9 OWN 29 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Caleb Reams for 14 yds to the Illin 43 for a 1ST down +14 2.54
5:47 1st & 10 OWN 43 AJ Bush Jr. run for 6 yds to the Illin 49 +6 0.39
5:47 2nd & 4 OWN 49 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Ricky Smalling for 13 yds to the Nwest 38 for a 1ST down +13 0.98
5:47 1st & 10 OPP 38 Reggie Corbin run for 18 yds to the Nwest 20 for a 1ST down +18 0.48
5:47 1st & 10 OPP 20 AJ Bush Jr. pass incomplete 0 -0.37
5:47 2nd & 10 OPP 20 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Ricky Smalling for 18 yds to the Nwest 2 for a 1ST down +18 1.78
5:47 1st & 2 OPP 2 Reggie Corbin run for a loss of 1 yard to the Nwest 3 -1 -1.00
5:47 2nd & 3 OPP 3 AJ Bush Jr. pass incomplete to Sam Mays 0 -0.41
5:47 3rd & 3 OPP 3 AJ Bush Jr. pass incomplete to Ricky Smalling, broken up by Alonzo Mayo 0 -0.29
0:32 4th & 3 OPP 3 Chase McLaughlin 21 yd FG GOOD -1.08
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PUNT
3 pl · -12 yd · 0:32
3–7
0:32 1st & 10 OWN 25 Clayton Thorson pass complete to JJ Jefferson for a loss of 7 yards to the Nwest 18 -7 -1.15
0:00 OWN 0 End of 1st Quarter
15:00 2nd & 17 OWN 18 Isaiah Bowser run for 6 yds to the Nwest 24 +6 0.05
15:00 3rd & 11 OWN 24 Clayton Thorson sacked by Delano Ware for a loss of 11 yards to the Nwest 13 -11 -0.22
15:00 4th & 22 OWN 13 Jake Collins punt for 47 yds, downed at the Illin 40
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Q2
FG
13 pl · 49 yd · 4:58
6–7
13:29 1st & 10 OWN 40 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Ricky Smalling for 4 yds to the Illin 44 +4 -0.17
13:29 2nd & 6 OWN 44 AJ Bush Jr. run for 7 yds to the Nwest 49 for a 1ST down +7 1.16
13:29 1st & 10 OPP 49 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Ricky Smalling for 6 yds to the Nwest 43 +6 0.34
13:29 2nd & 4 OPP 43 AJ Bush Jr. pass incomplete to Sam Mays 0 -1.11
13:29 3rd & 4 OPP 43 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Trenard Davis for 3 yds to the Nwest 40 +3 -0.41
13:29 4th & 1 OPP 40 Ra'Von Bonner run for 14 yds to the Nwest 26 for a 1ST down +14 2.23
13:29 1st & 10 OPP 26 AJ Bush Jr. run for a loss of 2 yards to the Nwest 28 -2 -0.71
13:29 2nd & 12 OPP 28 AJ Bush Jr. pass incomplete to Sam Mays 0 -0.75
10:20 3rd & 12 OPP 28 Timeout ILLINOIS, clock 10:20
10:20 3rd & 12 OPP 28 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Ricky Smalling for 14 yds to the Nwest 14 for a 1ST down +14 1.63
10:20 1st & 10 OPP 14 AJ Bush Jr. pass incomplete to Ricky Smalling, broken up by Fred Wyatt 0 -0.31
10:20 2nd & 10 OPP 14 AJ Bush Jr. run for 9 yds to the Nwest 5 +9 0.37
10:20 3rd & 1 OPP 5 AJ Bush Jr. run for a loss of 6 yards to the Nwest 11 -6 -0.88
8:31 4th & 7 OPP 11 Chase McLaughlin 29 yd FG GOOD -0.63
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TD
11 pl · 75 yd · 4:58
6–14
8:31 1st & 10 OWN 25 Isaiah Bowser run for 1 yd to the Nwest 26 +1 -0.59
8:31 2nd & 9 OWN 26 Isaiah Bowser run for 5 yds to the Nwest 31 +5 0.05
8:31 3rd & 4 OWN 31 Clayton Thorson pass complete to Isaiah Bowser for 14 yds to the Nwest 45 for a 1ST down +14 2.34
8:31 1st & 10 OWN 45 Isaiah Bowser run for 13 yds to the Illin 42 for a 1ST down +13 0.98
8:31 1st & 10 OPP 42 Chad Hanaoka run for 6 yds to the Illin 36 +6 0.28
8:31 2nd & 4 OPP 36 Clayton Thorson pass complete to Kyric McGowan for 9 yds to the Illin 27 for a 1ST down +9 0.27
8:31 1st & 10 OPP 27 Clayton Thorson run for 8 yds to the Illin 19 +8 0.49
8:31 2nd & 2 OPP 19 Isaiah Bowser run for 9 yds to the Illin 10 for a 1ST down +9 -0.26
8:31 1st & 10 OPP 10 Isaiah Bowser run for 6 yds to the Illin 4 +6 0.18
8:31 2nd & 4 OPP 4 Isaiah Bowser run for 3 yds to the Illin 1 +3 -0.12
3:43 3rd & 1 OPP 1 Clayton Thorson run for 1 yd for a TD (Jake Collins KICK) +1 2.45
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PUNT
5 pl · 21 yd · 1:46
6–14
3:33 1st & 10 OWN 27 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Reggie Corbin for 8 yds to the Illin 35 +8 0.95
3:33 2nd & 2 OWN 35 Reggie Corbin run for 10 yds to the Illin 45 for a 1ST down +10 0.71
3:33 1st & 10 OWN 45 AJ Bush Jr. run for a loss of 3 yards to the Illin 42 -3 -1.78
3:33 2nd & 13 OWN 42 AJ Bush Jr. pass incomplete to Sam Mays 0 -0.68
3:33 3rd & 13 OWN 42 Ra'Von Bonner run for 6 yds to the Illin 48 +6 0.15
1:56 4th & 7 OWN 48 Timeout NORTHWESTERN, clock 01:56
1:56 4th & 7 OWN 48 Blake Hayes punt for 39 yds , Riley Lees returns for 7 yds to the Nwest 20
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TD
9 pl · 80 yd · 1:34
6–21
1:47 1st & 10 OWN 20 Clayton Thorson pass complete to Cameron Green for 9 yds to the Nwest 29 +9 1.11
1:47 2nd & 1 OWN 29 Chad Hanaoka run for 14 yds to the Nwest 43 for a 1ST down +14 0.81
1:47 1st & 10 OWN 43 Clayton Thorson pass complete to Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman for 25 yds to the Illin 32 for a 1ST down +25 1.59
1:47 1st & 10 OPP 32 Clayton Thorson pass complete to Chad Hanaoka for 8 yds to the Illin 24 +8 0.53
1:47 2nd & 2 OPP 24 Chad Hanaoka run for 7 yds to the Illin 17 for a 1ST down +7 -0.24
1:47 1st & 10 OPP 17 Clayton Thorson pass complete to Riley Lees for 11 yds to the Illin 6 for a 1ST down +11 0.53
1:47 1st & 6 OPP 6 Chad Hanaoka run for 1 yd to the Illin 5 +1 -0.39
1:47 2nd & 5 OPP 5 Clayton Thorson pass incomplete 0 -0.32
0:17 3rd & 5 OPP 5 Clayton Thorson pass complete to Riley Lees for 5 yds for a TD (Jake Collins KICK) +5 2.76
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END OF HALF
1 pl · -1 yd · 0:13
6–21
0:13 1st & 10 OWN 29 Reggie Corbin run for a loss of 1 yard to the Illin 28 -1 -0.95
0:00 OPP 0 End of 2nd Quarter
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Q3
FG
12 pl · 68 yd · 5:02
6–24
15:00 1st & 10 OWN 25 Isaiah Bowser run for 8 yds to the Nwest 33 +8 0.91
15:00 2nd & 2 OWN 33 Clayton Thorson pass complete to Riley Lees for 9 yds to the Nwest 42 for a 1ST down +9 0.61
15:00 1st & 10 OWN 42 Isaiah Bowser run for 3 yds to the Nwest 45 +3 -0.43
15:00 2nd & 7 OWN 45 Isaiah Bowser run for 9 yds to the Illin 46 for a 1ST down +9 1.45
15:00 1st & 10 OPP 46 Isaiah Bowser run for 4 yds to the Illin 42 +4 -0.12
15:00 2nd & 6 OPP 42 Chad Hanaoka run for 3 yds to the Illin 39 +3 -0.36
15:00 3rd & 3 OPP 39 Isaiah Bowser run for 13 yds to the Illin 26 for a 1ST down +13 1.31
15:00 1st & 10 OPP 26 Isaiah Bowser run for 14 yds to the Illin 12 for a 1ST down +14 0.19
15:00 1st & 10 OPP 12 Chad Hanaoka run for 3 yds to the Illin 9 +3 -0.10
15:00 2nd & 7 OPP 9 Clayton Thorson pass incomplete to Cameron Green 0 -0.30
15:00 3rd & 7 OPP 9 Chad Hanaoka run for 2 yds to the Illin 7 +2 -0.19
10:03 4th & 5 OPP 7 Jake Collins 25 yd FG GOOD -0.89
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PUNT
3 pl · 2 yd · 0:55
6–24
9:58 1st & 10 OWN 30 AJ Bush Jr. pass incomplete to Ricky Smalling 0 -0.86
9:58 2nd & 10 OWN 30 Reggie Corbin run for 2 yds to the Illin 32 +2 -0.30
9:58 3rd & 8 OWN 32 AJ Bush Jr. pass incomplete to Sam Mays 0 -0.30
9:58 4th & 8 OWN 32 Blake Hayes punt for 48 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the Nwest 20
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PUNT
8 pl · 25 yd · 4:02
6–24
9:03 1st & 10 OWN 20 Solomon Vault run for 4 yds to the Nwest 24 +4 -0.09
9:03 2nd & 6 OWN 24 Clayton Thorson pass complete to Berkeley Holman for 4 yds to the Nwest 28 +4 -0.08
9:03 3rd & 2 OWN 28 John Moten IV run for 3 yds to the Nwest 31 for a 1ST down +3 0.95
9:03 1st & 10 OWN 31 John Moten IV run for no gain to the Nwest 31 0 -0.89
9:03 2nd & 10 OWN 31 Clayton Thorson pass complete to Charlie Fessler for 15 yds to the Nwest 46 for a 1ST down +15 2.32
9:03 1st & 10 OWN 46 Jelani Roberts run for a loss of 3 yards to the Nwest 43 -3 -1.79
9:03 2nd & 13 OWN 43 Solomon Vault run for 2 yds to the Nwest 45 +2 -0.45
9:03 3rd & 11 OWN 45 Clayton Thorson pass incomplete to Solomon Vault 0 -0.51
9:03 4th & 11 OWN 45 Jake Collins punt for 43 yds
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FG
15 pl · 80 yd · 6:39
9–24
5:01 1st & 10 OWN 12 Bush,AJ pass complete to Reams,Caleb for 3 yards to the ILL15 (Bergin, Chris), PENALTY ILL holding 6 yards to the ILL6, NO PLAY. -6
5:01 1st & 16 OWN 6 Bush,AJ pass incomplete to Smalling,Ricky, PENALTY NU pass interference (Ruiz, Cameron) 15 yards to the ILL21, 1ST DOWN ILL, NO PLAY. +15
5:01 1st & 10 OWN 21 Reggie Corbin run for 4 yds to the Illin 25 +4 -0.09
5:01 2nd & 6 OWN 25 AJ Bush Jr. pass incomplete to Ricky Smalling 0 -0.54
5:01 3rd & 6 OWN 25 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Dominic Stampley for 14 yds to the Illin 39 for a 1ST down +14 2.11
5:01 1st & 10 OWN 39 Ra'Von Bonner run for no gain to the Illin 39 0 -1.11
5:01 2nd & 10 OWN 39 AJ Bush Jr. pass incomplete to Ricky Smalling, broken up by Alonzo Mayo 0 -0.73
5:01 3rd & 10 OWN 39 AJ Bush Jr. run for 9 yds to the Illin 48 +9 0.66
5:01 4th & 1 OWN 48 AJ Bush Jr. run for 1 yd to the Illin 49 for a 1ST down +1 2.11
5:01 1st & 10 OWN 49 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Sam Mays for 28 yds to the Nwest 23 for a 1ST down +28 1.26
5:01 1st & 10 OPP 23 AJ Bush Jr. run for 3 yds to the Nwest 20 +3 -0.13
5:01 2nd & 7 OPP 20 AJ Bush Jr. run for 4 yds to the Nwest 16 +4 -0.04
0:00 OPP 0 End of 3rd Quarter
15:00 3rd & 3 OPP 16 AJ Bush Jr. run for 3 yds to the Nwest 13 for a 1ST down +3 0.30
15:00 1st & 10 OPP 13 AJ Bush Jr. pass incomplete to Trenard Davis, broken up by JR Pace 0 -0.30
15:00 2nd & 10 OPP 13 AJ Bush Jr. pass incomplete to Sam Mays 0 -0.33
15:00 3rd & 10 OPP 13 AJ Bush Jr. run for 5 yds to the Nwest 8 +5 0.03
13:22 4th & 5 OPP 8 Chase McLaughlin 26 yd FG GOOD -0.86
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Q4
PUNT
3 pl · 7 yd · 2:34
9–24
13:14 1st & 10 OWN 27 Solomon Vault run for 2 yds to the Nwest 29 +2 -0.49
13:14 2nd & 8 OWN 29 Solomon Vault run for 3 yds to the Nwest 32 +3 -0.23
13:14 3rd & 5 OWN 32 TJ Green run for 2 yds to the Nwest 34 +2 -0.27
13:14 4th & 3 OWN 34 Jake Collins punt for 47 yds, downed at the Illin 19
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TD
8 pl · 81 yd · 2:43
16–24
10:40 1st & 10 OWN 19 Reggie Corbin run for 13 yds to the Illin 32 for a 1ST down +13 0.92
10:40 1st & 10 OWN 32 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Caleb Reams for 21 yds to the Nwest 47 for a 1ST down +21 1.91
10:40 1st & 10 OPP 47 Reggie Corbin run for 24 yds to the Nwest 23 for a 1ST down +24 0.95
10:40 1st & 10 OPP 23 Bush,AJ pass incomplete to Corbin,Reggie, QB hurry by Brown IV, E., PENALTY ILL holding (Milan,Jamal) 10 yards to the NU33, NO PLAY. -10
10:40 1st & 20 OPP 33 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Dominic Stampley for 18 yds to the Nwest 15 +18 1.51
10:40 2nd & 2 OPP 15 AJ Bush Jr. run for 3 yds to the Nwest 12 for a 1ST down +3 -0.33
10:40 1st & 10 OPP 12 AJ Bush Jr. pass incomplete to Ricky Smalling 0 -0.30
10:40 2nd & 10 OPP 12 Reggie Corbin run for 2 yds to the Nwest 10 +2 -0.16
7:57 3rd & 8 OPP 10 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Ricky Smalling for 10 yds for a TD (Chase McLaughlin KICK) +10 2.99
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PUNT
3 pl · 4 yd · 1:53
16–24
7:57 1st & 10 OWN 25 John Moten IV run for 2 yds to the Nwest 27 +2 -0.45
7:57 2nd & 8 OWN 27 John Moten IV run for 2 yds to the Nwest 29 +2 -0.31
7:57 3rd & 6 OWN 29 Clayton Thorson pass incomplete to Kyric McGowan 0 -0.31
7:57 4th & 6 OWN 29 Jake Collins punt for 46 yds
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INT
6 pl · 58 yd · 2:30
16–24
6:04 1st & 10 OWN 25 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Reggie Corbin for 7 yds to the Illin 32 +7 0.60
6:04 2nd & 3 OWN 32 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Caleb Reams for 11 yds to the Illin 43 for a 1ST down +11 1.01
6:04 1st & 10 OWN 43 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Reggie Corbin for 3 yds to the Illin 46 +3 -0.43
6:04 2nd & 7 OWN 46 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Dominic Stampley for 9 yds to the Nwest 45 for a 1ST down +9 1.42
6:04 1st & 10 OPP 45 AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Dominic Stampley for 28 yds to the Nwest 17 for a 1ST down +28 0.90
3:44 1st & 10 OPP 17 Timeout ILLINOIS, clock 03:44
3:44 1st & 10 OPP 17 AJ Bush Jr. pass intercepted Paddy Fisher return for 12 yds to the Nwest 20 -4.42
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END OF GAME
7 pl · 47 yd · 3:34
16–24
3:34 1st & 10 OWN 20 Solomon Vault run for a loss of 4 yards to the Nwest 16 -4 -0.80
3:30 2nd & 14 OWN 16 Timeout ILLINOIS, clock 03:30
3:30 2nd & 14 OWN 16 John Moten IV run for 3 yds to the Nwest 19 +3 -0.06
3:30 3rd & 11 OWN 19 John Moten IV run for 29 yds to the Nwest 48 for a 1ST down +29 3.23
3:30 1st & 10 OWN 48 John Moten IV run for 3 yds to the Illin 49 +3 -0.40
2:01 2nd & 7 OPP 49 Timeout NORTHWESTERN, clock 02:01
2:01 2nd & 7 OPP 49 John Moten IV run for 5 yds to the Illin 44 for a 1ST down ILLINOIS Penalty, unsportsmanlike conduct (Del'Shawn Phillips) to the Illin 29 for a 1ST down +20 1.62
2:01 1st & 10 OPP 29 TEAM run for a loss of 2 yards to the Illin 31 -2 -0.81
2:01 2nd & 12 OPP 31 TEAM run for a loss of 2 yards to the Illin 33 -2 -1.26
0:00 OWN 0 End of 4th Quarter
18 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

1sacks0
6plays for loss7
0takeaways1
3three-and-outs forced1
9explosive plays allowed10
6.03yards allowed / play6.13
4 of 9scoring drives allowed4 of 9
Illinois
Stanley Green 13 (7) 0.5 TFL
Michael Marchese 11 (7)
Jake Hansen 8 (1) 0.5 TFL
Del'Shawn Phillips 7 (2) 0.5 TFL
Bobby Roundtree 6 (3) 0.5 TFL · 1 QH
Dele Harding 6 (2)
Tony Adams 5 (5) 1 TFL
Delano Ware 4 (3) 1 sk · 1 TFL
Northwestern
Blake Gallagher 13 (8) 2 TFL · 1 QH
Alonzo Mayo 8 (8) 2 PD
JR Pace 6 (6) 1 PD
Cameron Ruiz 5 (5)
Paddy Fisher 4 (3) 1 TFL · 1 INT
Sam Miller 4 (3) 1 TFL · 1 QH
Travis Jack Whillock 4 (2)
Chris Bergin 4 (1) 1 QH
Tackles with solo in parentheses. Sacks, plays for loss and explosive plays come from the play rows; takeaways and three-and-outs from how each drive ended.

Special teams

3 of 3field goals1 of 1
3punts4
41.0punt average45.8
1punts inside the 202
85return yards33
own 24average drive startown 21
Illinois
K Chase McLaughlin 3/3 FG · long 29 · 1/1 XP
P Blake Hayes 3 punts · 41.0 avg · 1 in 20
KR Carlos Sandy 3 ret · 51 yds · long 20
KR Dre Brown 1 ret · 19 yds · long 19
KR Christian Bobak 1 ret · 15 yds · long 15
Northwestern
K Jake Collins 1/1 FG · long 25 · 3/3 XP
P Jake Collins 4 punts · 45.8 avg · 2 in 20
KR Kyric McGowan 1 ret · 26 yds · long 26
PR Riley Lees 1 ret · 7 yds · long 7
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.

Team stats from play-by-play

71plays64
435yards386
9drives9
45%success rate47%
16.71total PPA19.86
Derived from 135 scrimmage plays. Interception return yardage is excluded from the offense.

Scoring

Q1Clayton Thorson pass complete to Bennett Skowronek for 8 yds for a TD (Jake Collins KICK) 7–0
Q1Chase McLaughlin 21 yd FG GOOD 3–7
Q2Chase McLaughlin 29 yd FG GOOD 6–7
Q2Clayton Thorson run for 1 yd for a TD (Jake Collins KICK) 14–6
Q2Clayton Thorson pass complete to Riley Lees for 5 yds for a TD (Jake Collins KICK) 21–6
Q3Jake Collins 25 yd FG GOOD 24–6
Q4Chase McLaughlin 26 yd FG GOOD 9–24
Q4AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Ricky Smalling for 10 yds for a TD (Chase McLaughlin KICK) 16–24

Biggest plays by PPA

Q1Isaiah Bowser run for 55 yds to the Illin 37 for a 1ST down 3.80
Q1AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Sam Mays for 26 yds to the Nwest 44 for a 1ST down 3.73
Q4John Moten IV run for 29 yds to the Nwest 48 for a 1ST down 3.23
Q4AJ Bush Jr. pass complete to Ricky Smalling for 10 yds for a TD (Chase McLaughlin KICK) 2.99
Q2Clayton Thorson pass complete to Riley Lees for 5 yds for a TD (Jake Collins KICK) 2.76
Q1Clayton Thorson pass complete to Bennett Skowronek for 8 yds for a TD (Jake Collins… 2.68

Series recent meetings

2025 Northwestern 13 – 20 Illinois
2024 Illinois 38 – 28 Northwestern
2023 Northwestern 45 – 43 Illinois
2022 Illinois 41 – 3 Northwestern
2021 Northwestern 14 – 47 Illinois
2020 Illinois 10 – 28 Northwestern
2019 Northwestern 29 – 10 Illinois
2017 Northwestern 42 – 7 Illinois
Last 8 meetings shown. Full all-time series sits on each team page.
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