UAB at Illinois
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| UAB | 3 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 23 | |
| Illinois | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 42 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 7:55 | Illinois touchdown. K. Houser pass to C. Dixon for 18 yds, for a TD (E. Moczulski KICK) |
| 2:24 | UAB field goal. J. Delange 26 yd FG GOOD |
| 1:18 | Illinois touchdown. C. Valentine run for 51 yds, for a TD (E. Moczulski KICK) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 5:50 | UAB field goal. J. Delange 23 yd FG GOOD |
| 0:18 | UAB touchdown. R. Burton pass to R. Robinson II for 10 yds, for a TD (J. Delange KICK) |
| 0:02 | Illinois touchdown. K. Houser pass to Ty Robinson for 54 yds, for a TD (E. Moczulski KICK) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 10:15 | Illinois touchdown. K. Houser pass to C. Dixon for 14 yds, for a TD (E. Moczulski KICK) |
| 3:58 | UAB field goal. J. Delange 35 yd FG GOOD |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 12:25 | Illinois touchdown. K. Houser run for 6 yds, for a TD (E. Moczulski KICK) |
| 5:48 | Illinois touchdown. Ismael Kante 59 Yd Interception Return (Ethan Moczulski Kick) |
| 0:13 | UAB touchdown. R. Burton run for 5 yds, for a TD (J. Delange KICK) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | UAB | Illinois |
| Total first downs | 24 | 17 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | UAB | Illinois |
| Third downs attempted | 19 | 6 |
| Third downs converted | 10 | 3 |
| Third down percentage | 53 % | 50 % |
| Fourth down | UAB | Illinois |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | UAB | Illinois |
| Total yards | 413 | 332 |
| Total rushing yards | 194 | 150 |
| Total passing yards | 219 | 182 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 41:03 | 18:57 |
| Rushing | UAB | Illinois |
| Total rushing plays | 48 | 26 |
| Total rushing yards | 194 | 150 |
| Average yards per rush | 4.0 | 5.8 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Passing | UAB | Illinois |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 7.1 | 10.7 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties | UAB | Illinois |
| Penalties committed | 9 | 1 |
| Penalty yards | 69 | 4 |
| Turnovers | UAB | Illinois |
| Passes intercepted | 1 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 1 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| UAB | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Roderick Robinson II | 14 | 59 | 4.2 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Bam McReynolds | 13 | 56 | 4.3 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Ryder Burton | 12 | 38 | 3.2 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Kaleb Brown | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Ja'Vin Simpkins | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Illinois | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Ca'Lil Valentine | 11 | 88 | 8.0 | 1 | 51 | ||||
| Katin Houser | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Aidan Laughery | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Jordan Anderson | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| UAB | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Ryder Burton | 31 | 18 | 58 % | 219 | 7.1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Illinois | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Katin Houser | 17 | 13 | 76 % | 182 | 10.7 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| UAB | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| CJ Smith | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Ty Mims | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| EJ Reid | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Bam McReynolds | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Kaleb Brown | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Scott Isacks | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Roderick Robinson II | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Ja'Vin Simpkins | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Gabriel Cline | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Illinois | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Collin Dixon | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 2 | 18 | ||||
| Ty Robinson | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 1 | 54 | ||||
| Hudson Clement | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Aidan Laughery | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Brayden Trimble | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Ca'Lil Valentine | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| UAB | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Illinois | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| UAB | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Illinois | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Ismael Kante | 1 | 59 | 1 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| UAB | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Muaaz Byard | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Darrell Sweeting | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ike Esonwune | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Anta'Veon McKenzie | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeremiah Jordan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Diezel Wilkinson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sterling Sanders | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Delvon Gulley | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Draden Fullbright | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tylin Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Que Billingsley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marlin Dean | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cam Cunningham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kris Wokomah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Illinois | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Matthew Bailey | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ismael Kante | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ean Rhea | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Barna | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Will Holmes | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Mac Resetich | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tywan Cox | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deuce Fillmore | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pat Farrell | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Grant Beerman | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Nick Hankins Jr. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Darrell Prater | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Kreutz | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mason Muragin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Xavier Scott | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Paris | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jakwon Morris | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carter Janki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kaden Feagin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Juice Clarke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ben Clawson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Demetrius John | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cameron Thomas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Almirian Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joshua Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| UAB | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| None | |||||||||
| Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Ca'Lil Valentine | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| UAB | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Ty Mims | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Mac Resetich | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 65 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| UAB | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Jonah Delange | 3/3 | 35 | 2/2 | 11 | |||||
| Illinois | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Ethan Moczulski | 0/0 | 0 | 6/6 | 6 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| UAB | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Badger Hargett | 2 | 97 | 48.5 | 0 | |||||
| Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Lars Rau | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Thursday, September 3, 2026 11:58 PM.