Tennessee at Illinois
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Tennessee | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 | |
| Illinois | 7 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 30 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 6:16 | Tennessee touchdown. Joey Aguilar 7 Yd Run (Max Gilbert Kick) |
| 0:36 | Illinois REC. Justin Bowick 18 Yd pass from Luke Altmyer (David Olano Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 0:21 | Illinois field goal. David Olano 30 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 11:48 | Illinois touchdown. Leon Lowery Jr. 0 Yd Fumble Recovery (David Olano Kick) |
| 7:31 | Tennessee RUSH. DeSean Bishop 1 Yd Run (Max Gilbert Kick) |
| 2:41 | Illinois touchdown. Luke Altmyer 2 Yd Run (David Olano Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 11:40 | Tennessee touchdown. DeSean Bishop 12 Yd Run (Max Gilbert Kick) |
| 5:14 | Illinois field goal. David Olano 28 Yd Field Goal |
| 4:58 | Tennessee touchdown. Joakim Dodson 94 Yd Kickoff Return (Max Gilbert Kick) |
| 0:03 | Illinois field goal. David Olano 29 Yd Field Goal |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Tennessee | Illinois |
| Total first downs | 18 | 27 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Tennessee | Illinois |
| Third downs attempted | 10 | 13 |
| Third downs converted | 5 | 6 |
| Third down percentage | 50 % | 46 % |
| Fourth down | Tennessee | Illinois |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Tennessee | Illinois |
| Total yards | 278 | 417 |
| Total rushing yards | 157 | 221 |
| Total passing yards | 121 | 196 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 24:14 | 35:46 |
| Rushing | Tennessee | Illinois |
| Total rushing plays | 37 | 39 |
| Total rushing yards | 157 | 221 |
| Average yards per rush | 4.2 | 5.7 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| Passing | Tennessee | Illinois |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 6.7 | 5.8 |
| Passing touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| Penalties | Tennessee | Illinois |
| Penalties committed | 4 | 4 |
| Penalty yards | 46 | 20 |
| Turnovers | Tennessee | Illinois |
| Passes intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 0 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Tennessee | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| DeSean Bishop | 19 | 93 | 4.9 | 2 | 18 | ||||
| Star Thomas | 9 | 67 | 7.4 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Joey Aguilar | 9 | -3 | -0.3 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Illinois | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Aidan Laughery | 13 | 77 | 5.9 | 0 | 28 | ||||
| Ca'Lil Valentine | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Luke Altmyer | 10 | 54 | 5.4 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Jordan Anderson | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Kaden Feagin | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Hank Beatty | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Tennessee | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Joey Aguilar | 18 | 14 | 78 % | 121 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Illinois | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Luke Altmyer | 33 | 20 | 61 % | 196 | 5.9 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hank Beatty | 1 | 0 | 0 % | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Tennessee | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Mike Matthews | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Braylon Staley | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Star Thomas | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Radarious Jackson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| DeSean Bishop | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Miles Kitselman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Illinois | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Hudson Clement | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Hank Beatty | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Justin Bowick | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Ca'Lil Valentine | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Tanner Arkin | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Ashton Hollins | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Collin Dixon | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Tennessee | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Joey Aguilar | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Illinois | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Leon Lowery Jr. | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Tennessee | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Illinois | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Tennessee | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Jeremiah Telander | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Edwin Spillman | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Wright | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bryson Eason | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jadon Perlotte | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Ross | 6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Edrees Farooq | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaedon Harmon | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ty Redmond | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andre Turrentine | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jalen McMurray | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dominic Bailey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Daevin Hobbs | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kaleb Beasley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ben Bolton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Isaiah Campbell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyree Weathersby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tre Poteat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyre West | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ethan Utley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Burns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mariyon Dye | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Caleb Herring | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Joakim Dodson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Illinois | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| James Thompson Jr. | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Miles Scott | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Malachi Hood | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Daniel Brown | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dylan Rosiek | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Torrie Cox Jr. | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eli Coenen | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Barna | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kenenna Odeluga | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Kreutz | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tanner Heckel | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Saboor Karriem | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Leon Lowery Jr. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Mac Resetich | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alec Bryant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ismael Kante | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Juice Clarke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Angelo McCullom | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kaleb Patterson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Curt Neal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Grayson Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ben Clawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Joakim Dodson | 2 | 114 | 57.0 | 94 | 0 | ||||
| Daune Morris | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Ca'Lil Valentine | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Tennessee | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Max Gilbert | 0/1 | 0 | 4/4 | 4 | |||||
| Illinois | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| David Olano | 3/3 | 30 | 3/3 | 12 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Jackson Ross | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 0 | |||||
| Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Keelan Crimmins | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 2:34 PM.