Eastern Illinois at Minnesota
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Eastern Illinois | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Minnesota | 14 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 59 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 4:29 | Minnesota touchdown. Darius Taylor 1 Yd Run (Daniel Jackson Kick) |
| 2:14 | Minnesota touchdown. Javon Tracy 87 Yd Punt Return (Daniel Jackson Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 14:20 | Minnesota touchdown. Darius Taylor 27 Yd Run (Daniel Jackson Kick) |
| 9:00 | Eastern Illinois touchdown. Tyren Buggs 8 Yd pass from Cole LaCrue (Drew Schiller Kick) |
| 3:15 | Minnesota touchdown. Darius Taylor 3 Yd Run (Daniel Jackson Kick) |
| 0:06 | Minnesota touchdown. Pierce Walsh 1 Yd pass from Drake Lindsey (Daniel Jackson Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 13:26 | Minnesota touchdown. Javon Tracy 69 Yd Punt Return (Daniel Jackson Kick) |
| 3:17 | Minnesota field goal. Daniel Jackson 31 Yd Field Goal |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 12:29 | Minnesota touchdown. Max Shikenjanski 2 Yd Run (Daniel Jackson Kick) |
| 0:25 | Minnesota touchdown. Xavier Ford 1 Yd Run (Beckham Sunderland Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Eastern Illinois | Minnesota |
| Total first downs | 4 | 24 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Eastern Illinois | Minnesota |
| Third downs attempted | 13 | 15 |
| Third downs converted | 3 | 10 |
| Third down percentage | 23 % | 67 % |
| Fourth down | Eastern Illinois | Minnesota |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Eastern Illinois | Minnesota |
| Total yards | 110 | 495 |
| Total rushing yards | 51 | 147 |
| Total passing yards | 59 | 348 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 23:39 | 36:21 |
| Rushing | Eastern Illinois | Minnesota |
| Total rushing plays | 28 | 38 |
| Total rushing yards | 51 | 147 |
| Average yards per rush | 1.8 | 3.9 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 0 | 5 |
| Passing | Eastern Illinois | Minnesota |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 3.9 | 10.5 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties | Eastern Illinois | Minnesota |
| Penalties committed | 6 | 2 |
| Penalty yards | 35 | 10 |
| Turnovers | Eastern Illinois | Minnesota |
| Passes intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 0 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Cole LaCrue | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Charles Kellom | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Jacarre Fleming-Page | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Zeke Lewis | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Tyren Buggs | 6 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Devin Whitlock | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Minnesota | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Darius Taylor | 14 | 56 | 4.0 | 3 | 27 | ||||
| TJ Thomas | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Xavier Ford | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Ryan Estrada | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Brady Palmer | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Drake Lindsey | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Jaron Thomas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Max Shikenjanski | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Niko Castillo | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Cole LaCrue | 12 | 7 | 58 % | 51 | 4.3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jeremiah Salem | 3 | 2 | 67 % | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Drake Lindsey | 24 | 19 | 79 % | 264 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Max Shikenjanski | 3 | 3 | 100 % | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brady Palmer | 6 | 4 | 67 % | 34 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Tyren Buggs | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 1 | 30 | ||||
| Zeke Lewis | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Charles Kellom | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Devin Whitlock | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Minnesota | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Javon Tracy | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 0 | 55 | ||||
| Noah Jennings | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | 28 | ||||
| Hayden Moore | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 33 | ||||
| Darius Taylor | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Pierce Walsh | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 1 | 27 | ||||
| Jalen Smith | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| TJ Thomas | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Quayd Hendryx | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Ryan Estrada | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Zion Steptoe | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bradley Martino | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| George Rohl | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Zeke Lewis | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Nick Vecchiarelli | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Minnesota | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| TJ Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Minnesota | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Lonnie Burt | 6 | 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Josh Brown | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Christopher Sharp | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Micah Valenzuela | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nasir Maryland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Noah Williams | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Saipeti Maiava Jr | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Erik Hehl | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nick Vecchiarelli | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dillon Conway | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordyn Stewart | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brandon Worsley | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Addo-Boateng | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Isaac Engle | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mafileo Tupou | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Premiere Whitley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Collin Henry | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Collins II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dajon Doss | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Adam Kaminski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aidan Archibald | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ja'Wuan Nickson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cale Kimbro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Davian Humphrey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Barron Sholl | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kaleb Lyons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Daniel Viramontes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bruce Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Minnesota | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Maverick Baranowski | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| TJ Bush Jr. | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Zack Harden | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Karter Menz | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Naiim Parrish | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mekhai Smith | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Emmanuel Karmo | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Matt Kingsbury | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Joey Gerlach | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kerry Brown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sid Kaba | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Theorin Randle | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mason Carrier | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Naquan Crowder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rhyland Kelly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Nestor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaylin Hicks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nate Cleveland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aydan West | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aaden Aytch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Anthony Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sam Macy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Adam Kissayi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Javon Tracy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Garrison Monroe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Xion Chapman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Jacarre Fleming-Page | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Minnesota | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Ryan Estrada | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Minnesota | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Javon Tracy | 4 | 167 | 41.8 | 87 | 2 | ||||
| Braiden Stevens | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Drew Schiller | 0/0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 | |||||
| Minnesota | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Daniel Jackson | 1/1 | 31 | 7/7 | 10 | |||||
| Beckham Sunderland | 0/0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Cade Cox | 10 | 445 | 44.5 | 0 | |||||
| Minnesota | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Tom Weston | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 0 | |||||
| Zachary Robbins | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Friday, September 4, 2026 12:01 AM.