Northwestern at Illinois
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Northwestern | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | |
| Illinois | 14 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 47 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 8:26 | Illinois touchdown. Daniel Barker 8 Yd Run (James McCourt Kick) |
| 6:08 | Illinois touchdown. Isaiah Williams 39 Yd pass from Brandon Peters (James McCourt Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 12:50 | Illinois touchdown. Chase Brown 1 Yd Run (James McCourt Kick) |
| 11:22 | Illinois touchdown. Isaiah Williams 21 Yd Run (James McCourt Kick) |
| 6:58 | Northwestern touchdown. Ryan Hilinski 1 Yd Run (Charlie Kuhbander Kick) |
| 4:07 | Illinois field goal. James McCourt 28 Yd Field Goal |
| 1:44 | Illinois field goal. James McCourt 37 Yd Field Goal |
| 0:00 | Illinois field goal. James McCourt 25 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 8:15 | Illinois field goal. James McCourt 49 Yd Field Goal |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 7:59 | Illinois touchdown. Joshua McCray 6 Yd Run (James McCourt Kick) |
| 0:24 | Northwestern touchdown. Evan Hull 1 Yd Run (Jack Olsen Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Northwestern | Illinois |
| Total first downs | 14 | 18 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Northwestern | Illinois |
| Third downs attempted | 19 | 13 |
| Third downs converted | 6 | 5 |
| Third down percentage | 32 % | 38 % |
| Fourth down | Northwestern | Illinois |
| Fourth downs attempted | 4 | 1 |
| Fourth downs converted | 3 | 1 |
| Fourth down percentage | 75 % | 100 % |
| Offense | Northwestern | Illinois |
| Total yards | 241 | 459 |
| Total rushing yards | 118 | 1 |
| Total passing yards | 123 | 242 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 33:31 | 26:29 |
| Rushing | Northwestern | Illinois |
| Total rushing plays | 48 | 217 |
| Total rushing yards | 118 | 1 |
| Average yards per rush | 2.5 | 5.7 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 2 | 4 |
| Passing | Northwestern | Illinois |
| Passes attempted | 25 | 24 |
| Passes completed | 12 | 14 |
| Average yards per completion | 4.9 | 10.1 |
| Passing touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| Penalties | Northwestern | Illinois |
| Penalties committed | 3 | 4 |
| Penalty yards | 25 | 50 |
| Turnovers | Northwestern | Illinois |
| Passes intercepted | ||
| Interception returns | 1 | 1 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Evan Hull | 32 | 101 | 3.2 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| Andrew Clair | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Stephon Robinson Jr. | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Ryan Hilinski | 8 | -9 | -1.1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Andrew Marty | 2 | -11 | -5.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Illinois | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Chase Brown | 14 | 112 | 8.0 | 1 | 31 | ||||
| Joshua McCray | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Brandon Peters | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Isaiah Williams | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 1 | 21 | ||||
| Daniel Barker | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Reggie Love III | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Ryan Hilinski | 23 | 12 | 52 % | 123 | 5.3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Andrew Marty | 2 | 0 | 0 % | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Illinois | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Brandon Peters | 24 | 14 | 58 % | 242 | 10.1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Malik Washington | 7 | 83 | 11.9 | 0 | 27 | ||||
| Charlie Mangieri | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Jacob Gill | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Evan Hull | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Stephon Robinson Jr. | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Andrew Clair | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Illinois | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Isaiah Williams | 7 | 113 | 16.1 | 1 | 39 | ||||
| Casey Washington | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 0 | 56 | ||||
| Daniel Barker | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Michael Marchese | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Patrick Bryant | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Andrew Marty | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Illinois | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Isaiah Gay | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Troy Hudetz | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Illinois | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Jartavius Martin | 1 | 19 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Chris Bergin | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Peter McIntyre | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Coco Azema | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Troy Hudetz | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sean McLaughlin | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cameron Mitchell | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bryce Jackson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rod Heard II | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bryce Gallagher | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeffery Pooler Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ethan Wiederkehr | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Spivak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeremy Meiser | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| A.J. Hampton Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Devin O'Rourke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Adetomiwa Adebawore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Trevor Kent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brandon Joseph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Illinois | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Tony Adams | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tarique Barnes | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Keith Randolph Jr. | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sydney Brown | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jer'Zhan Newton | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Isaiah Gay | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Owen Carney Jr. | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kerby Joseph | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sean Coghlan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Devon Witherspoon | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Prather Hudson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Calvin Avery | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Isaac Darkangelo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kendall Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alec McEachern | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Khalan Tolson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Roderick Perry II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jartavius Martin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chase Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ezekiel Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Verdis Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Stephon Robinson Jr. | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| None | |||||||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| JJ Jefferson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Donny Navarro III | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 37 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Northwestern | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Charlie Kuhbander | 0/0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 | |||||
| Jack Olsen | 0/0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 | |||||
| Illinois | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| James McCourt | 4/4 | 49 | 5/5 | 17 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Derek Adams | 7 | 264 | 37.7 | 0 | 0 | 46 | |||
| Jake Genyk | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |||
| Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Blake Hayes | 3 | 129 | 43.0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | |||
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