Northwestern at Illinois
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Northwestern | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 | |
| Illinois | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 20 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 0:16 | Northwestern field goal. Jack Olsen 38 Yd Field Goal |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 11:27 | Illinois touchdown. Ca'Lil Valentine 6 Yd Run (David Olano Kick) |
| 5:50 | Northwestern touchdown. Hayden Eligon II 13 Yd pass from Preston Stone (Jack Olsen Kick) |
| 0:30 | Illinois touchdown. Kaden Feagin 1 Yd Run (David Olano Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 7:23 | Illinois field goal. David Olano 47 Yd Field Goal |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 7:46 | Northwestern field goal. Jack Olsen 26 Yd Field Goal |
| 3:00 | Illinois field goal. David Olano 27 Yd Field Goal |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Northwestern | Illinois |
| Total first downs | 19 | 14 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Northwestern | Illinois |
| Third downs attempted | 13 | 10 |
| Third downs converted | 5 | 2 |
| Third down percentage | 38 % | 20 % |
| Fourth down | Northwestern | Illinois |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Northwestern | Illinois |
| Total yards | 254 | 284 |
| Total rushing yards | 91 | 120 |
| Total passing yards | 163 | 164 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 30:34 | 29:26 |
| Rushing | Northwestern | Illinois |
| Total rushing plays | 29 | 36 |
| Total rushing yards | 91 | 120 |
| Average yards per rush | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Passing | Northwestern | Illinois |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 4.5 | 10.3 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties | Northwestern | Illinois |
| Penalties committed | 4 | 5 |
| Penalty yards | 35 | 44 |
| Turnovers | Northwestern | Illinois |
| Passes intercepted | 3 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 3 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Robby Preckel | 22 | 82 | 3.7 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Joseph Himon II | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ryan Boe | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Preston Stone | 4 | -6 | -1.5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Illinois | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Ca'Lil Valentine | 14 | 74 | 5.3 | 1 | 20 | ||||
| Aidan Laughery | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Kaden Feagin | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Luke Altmyer | 7 | -2 | -0.3 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Preston Stone | 36 | 19 | 53 % | 163 | 4.5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Illinois | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Luke Altmyer | 15 | 10 | 67 % | 136 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Beatty | 1 | 1 | 100 % | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Hayden Eligon II | 8 | 99 | 12.4 | 1 | 20 | ||||
| Griffin Wilde | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Lawson Albright | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Hunter Welcing | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Robby Preckel | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Illinois | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Collin Dixon | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | 35 | ||||
| Tanner Arkin | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 28 | ||||
| Hudson Clement | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Hank Beatty | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Kaden Feagin | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Aidan Laughery | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Preston Stone | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Anto Saka | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Illinois | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Luke Altmyer | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Leon Lowery Jr. | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Illinois | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Miles Scott | 2 | 33 | 0 | ||||||
| Torrie Cox Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Robert Fitzgerald | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Braydon Brus | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mac Uihlein | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Braden Turner | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Garner Wallace | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Kilbane | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brendan Flakes | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Josh Fussell | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carmine Bastone | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ore Adeyi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Payton Roth | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Callen Campbell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Miguel Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Liam Reardon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robby Preckel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Najee Story | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dillon Tatum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Anto Saka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ricky Ahumaraeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Illinois | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Dylan Rosiek | 7 | 5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Matthew Bailey | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Torrie Cox Jr. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Malachi Hood | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Juice Clarke | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Miles Scott | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gabe Jacas | 4 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Curt Neal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Thompson Jr. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Kreutz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tanner Heckel | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alec Bryant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Daniel Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ismael Kante | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hank Beatty | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gentle Hunt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tomiwa Durojaiye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mac Resetich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Angelo McCullom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Barna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kenenna Odeluga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| None | |||||||||
| Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Ca'Lil Valentine | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Hank Beatty | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Northwestern | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Jack Olsen | 2/2 | 38 | 1/1 | 7 | |||||
| Illinois | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| David Olano | 2/2 | 47 | 2/2 | 8 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Luke Akers | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 0 | |||||
| Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Keelan Crimmins | 4 | 181 | 45.3 | 3 | |||||
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