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 | |  | | Northwestern (2-2) | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 | | Illinois (5-0) | 7 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 38 |
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| Scoring Summary | | Illinois: A.J. Jenkins 14 yd pass from Nathan Scheelhaase (Derek Dimke kick) | | | Northwestern: Drake Dunsmore 6 yd pass from Dan Persa (Jeff Budzien kick) | | | Northwestern: Jeremy Ebert 3 yd pass from Dan Persa (Jeff Budzien kick) | | | Illinois: Derek Dimke 49 yd FG | | | Northwestern: Jeremy Ebert 39 yd pass from Dan Persa (Jeff Budzien kick) | | | Northwestern: Jeremy Ebert 4 yd pass from Dan Persa (Jeff Budzien kick) | | | Illinois: A.J. Jenkins 33 yd pass from Nathan Scheelhaase (Derek Dimke kick) | | | Illinois: A.J. Jenkins 50 yd pass from Nathan Scheelhaase (failed 2pt rush) | | | Illinois: Donovonn Young 1 yd run (Spencer Harris 2pt pass from Nathan Scheelhaase) | | | Northwestern: Jacob Schmidt 6 yd run (Jeff Budzien kick) | | | Illinois: Nathan Scheelhaase 1 yd run (Derek Dimke kick) | |
| Team Statistics | | | Illinois | Northwestern | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 23 | 20 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 473 | 329 | | Total Plays | 70 | 67 | | Average Gain | 6.8 | 4.9 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 82 | 169 | | Rushes | 38 | 51 | | Average per rush | 2.2 | 3.3 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 391 | 160 | | Completions-attempted | 21-32 | 12-16 | | Sacked | 4 | 4 | | Yards Lost | -25 | -17 | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 3 | 1 | | Interceptions | 1 | 0 | | Fumbles Lost | 2 | 1 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 8 | 4 | | Penalty Yards | 70 | 48 | | Time of Possesion | 29:31 | 30:29 | | Punts | 4 | 6 | | Punt Average | 36 | 34 | | Return Yards | 72 | 77 |
| Passing | | Illinois | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Nathan Scheelhaase | 21 | 32 | 391 | 3 | 1 | 12.2 | | | Northwestern | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Dan Persa | 10 | 14 | 123 | 4 | 0 | 8.8 | | | Kain Colter | 2 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 18.5 | |
| Rushing | | Illinois | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Nathan Scheelhaase | 20 | 35 | 1 | 1.8 | | | Donovonn Young | 8 | 29 | 1 | 3.6 | | | Jason Ford | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1.3 | | | Troy Pollard | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3.0 | | | Northwestern | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Treyvon Green | 17 | 67 | 0 | 3.9 | | | Mike Trumpy | 12 | 63 | 0 | 5.3 | | | Kain Colter | 6 | 29 | 0 | 4.8 | | | Jacob Schmidt | 6 | 14 | 1 | 2.3 | | | Adonis Smith | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1.0 | | | Dan Persa | 9 | -3 | 0 | -0.3 | |
| Receiving | | Illinois | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | A.J. Jenkins | 12 | 268 | 3 | 22.3 | | | Spencer Harris | 6 | 63 | 0 | 10.5 | | | Jason Ford | 2 | 24 | 0 | 12.0 | | | Evan Wilson | 1 | 36 | 0 | 36.0 | | | Northwestern | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Jeremy Ebert | 5 | 76 | 3 | 15.2 | | | Jacob Schmidt | 3 | 40 | 0 | 13.3 | | | Drake Dunsmore | 3 | 26 | 1 | 8.7 | | | Demetrius Fields | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | | | Kain Colter | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
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