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 | |  | | Illinois (5-7) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | | Northwestern (9-3) | 6 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 27 |
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| Scoring Summary | | Northwestern: STEPHEN SIMMONS 1 YD RUN (MISSED KICK) | | | Northwestern: ROSS LANE 14 YD PASS FROM C.J. BACHER (AMADO VILLARREAL KICK) | | | Illinois: JASON FORD 1 YD RUN (MATT ELLER KICK) | | | Northwestern: AMADO VILLARREAL 28 YD FG | | | Illinois: MATT ELLER 21 YD FG | | | Northwestern: ERIC PETERMAN 18 YD PASS FROM C.J. BACHER (STEPHEN SIMMONS 2PT RUN) | | | Northwestern: AMADO VILLARREAL 24 YD FG | |
| Team Statistics | | | Northwestern | Illinois | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 21 | 21 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 339 | 335 | | Total Plays | 67 | 76 | | Average Gain | 5.1 | 4.4 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 109 | 123 | | Rushes | 34 | 39 | | Average per rush | 3.2 | 3.2 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 230 | 212 | | Completions-attempted | 22-33 | 20-37 | | Sacked | 0 | 5 | | Yards Lost | 0 | -28 | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 1 | 2 | | Interceptions | 1 | 1 | | Fumbles Lost | 0 | 1 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 2 | 4 | | Penalty Yards | 28 | 48 | | Time of Possesion | 29:6 | 30:54 | | Punts | 5 | 6 | | Punt Average | 37.6 | 38.17 | | Return Yards | 112 | 55 |
| Passing | | Northwestern | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | C.J. Bacher | 22 | 33 | 230 | 2 | 1 | 7.0 | | | Illinois | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Juice Williams | 20 | 36 | 212 | 0 | 1 | 5.9 | | | Team | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Rushing | | Northwestern | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Stephen Simmons | 22 | 69 | 1 | 3.1 | | | C.J. Bacher | 7 | 34 | 0 | 4.9 | | | Eric Peterman | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.5 | | | Mike Kafka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | | | Illinois | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Juice Williams | 25 | 94 | 0 | 3.8 | | | Jason Ford | 6 | 12 | 1 | 2.0 | | | Daniel Dufrene | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1.5 | | | Arrelious Benn | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4.0 | |
| Receiving | | Northwestern | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Eric Peterman | 8 | 111 | 1 | 13.9 | | | Ross Lane | 6 | 57 | 1 | 9.5 | | | Rasheed Ward | 5 | 44 | 0 | 8.8 | | | Andrew Brewer | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3.5 | | | Stephen Simmons | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11.0 | | | Illinois | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Daniel Dufrene | 6 | 51 | 0 | 8.5 | | | Jeff Cumberland | 5 | 60 | 0 | 12.0 | | | Arrelious Benn | 4 | 43 | 0 | 10.8 | | | Michael Hoomanawanui | 2 | 21 | 0 | 10.5 | | | A.J. Jenkins | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17.0 | | | Chris Duvalt | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13.0 | | | Jason Ford | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | |
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