Northwestern 27, Illinois 10
Preview - Box Score - Recap

  1 2 3 4 Total
Illinois 0 0 7 3 10 Final 
Northwestern 6 7 3 11 27  
  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary Fighting Illini - Wildcats 
  1st Quarter
 Wildcats TD Stephen Simmons rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain (Amado Villarreal missed PAT) 0 - 6 
 
  2nd Quarter
 Wildcats TD C.J. Bacher passed to Ross Lane down the middle for 14 yard gain (Amado Villarreal made PAT) 0 - 13 
 
  3rd Quarter
 Fighting Illini TD Jason Ford rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain (Matt Eller made PAT) 7 - 13 
 
 Wildcats FG Amado Villarreal kicked a 28-yard field goal 7 - 16 
 
  4th Quarter
 Fighting Illini FG Matt Eller kicked a 21-yard field goal 10 - 16 
 
 Wildcats TD C.J. Bacher passed to Eric Peterman to the left for 18 yard gain (2pt attempt converted, Stephen Simmons run up the middle) 10 - 24 
 
 Wildcats FG Amado Villarreal kicked a 24-yard field goal 10 - 27 
 
 Team Statistics
  Fighting Illini Wildcats 
  First Downs 21 21 
    Passing 11 13 
    Rushing 9
    Penalty 1
  Third Down Efficiency 5-15 7-15 
  Fourth Down Efficiency 1-2 0-0 
  TOTAL NET YARDS 335 339 
    Total Plays 76 67 
    Average Gain Per Play 4.4 5.1 
  NET YARDS RUSHING 123 109 
    Rushes 39 34 
    Average Per Rush 3.2 3.2 
  NET YARDS PASSING 212 230 
    Completions-Attempts 20-37 22-33 
    Yards Per Pass Play 5.7 7.0 
    Times Sacked 5
    Yards Lost to Sacks 28
    Had Intercepted 1
  PUNTS 6 5 
    Average Punt 38.2 37.6 
  PENALTIES 4 2 
    Penalty Yards 48 28 
  FUMBLES 3 1 
    Fumbles Lost 1
 Passing                  
 Illinois Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 J. Williams 20 36 212 55.6 5.9 5 28 0
 Northwestern Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 C. Bacher 22 33 230 66.7 7.0 0 0 2
 Rushing            
 Illinois Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 J. Williams 25 94 3.8 39 0
 J. Ford 6 12 2.0 6 1
 D. Dufrene 6 9 1.5 5 0
 A. Benn 2 8 4.0 7 0
 Northwestern Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 S. Simmons 22 69 3.1 14 1
 C. Bacher 7 34 4.9 25 0
 E. Peterman 2 5 2.5 4 0
 M. Kafka 3 1 0.3 3 0
 Receiving            
 Illinois Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 J. Cumberland 5 60 12.0 31 0
 D. Dufrene 6 51 8.5 18 0
 A. Benn 4 43 10.8 16 0
 M. Hoomanawanui 2 21 10.5 11 0
 A. Jenkins 1 17 17.0 17 0
 C. Duvalt 1 13 13.0 13 0
 J. Ford 1 7 7.0 7 0
 Northwestern Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 E. Peterman 8 111 13.9 22 1
 R. Lane 6 57 9.5 14 1
 R. Ward 5 44 8.8 15 0
 S. Simmons 1 11 11.0 11 0
 A. Brewer 2 7 3.5 5 0
 Kicking              
 Illinois XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 M. Eller 1 1 1 1 21 100.0
 Northwestern XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 A. Villarreal 1 2 2 2 28 100.0
 Punting            
 Illinois Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 A. Santella 6 38.2 45 0 1
 Northwestern Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 S. Demos 5 37.6 50 0 2
 Kick/Punt Returns
 Illinois PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 A. Jenkins 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 16 16.0 16
 A. Benn 2 3 1.5 6 0 3 36 12.0 16
 Northwestern PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 B. Smith 2 58 29.0 51 0 0 0 0.0 0
 S. Simmons 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 54 18.0 19

Updated on Tuesday, Nov 25, 2008 3:56 am ET

 
 Top Performers
 Illinois
J. Ford J. Ford, RB
6 Rush, 12 yds
1 TD
 Northwestern
C. Bacher C. Bacher, QB
22-33, 230 yds
2 TDs, 1 INT