Illinois 35, Minnesota 32
Preview - Box Score - Recap

  1 2 3 4 Total
Illinois 14 14 0 7 35 Final 
Minnesota 0 7 3 22 32  
  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary Fighting Illini - Golden Gophers 
  1st Quarter
 Fighting Illini TD Juice Williams passed to Jeff Cumberland to the left for 22 yard gain (Matt Eller made PAT) 7 - 0 
 
 Fighting Illini TD Terry Hawthorne intercepted Adam Weber for 44 yards (Matt Eller made PAT) 14 - 0 
 
  2nd Quarter
 Golden Gophers TD Kevin Whaley rushed up the middle for 5 yard gain (Eric Ellestad made PAT) 14 - 7 
 
 Fighting Illini TD Justin Green rushed up the middle for 2 yard gain (Matt Eller made PAT) 21 - 7 
 
 Fighting Illini TD Jason Ford rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain (Matt Eller made PAT) 28 - 7 
 
  3rd Quarter
 Golden Gophers FG Eric Ellestad kicked a 26-yard field goal 28 - 10 
 
  4th Quarter
 Golden Gophers TD Adam Weber passed to Jon Hoese down the middle for 10 yard gain (Eric Ellestad made PAT) 28 - 17 
 
 Golden Gophers TD Jon Hoese rushed up the middle for 3 yard gain (2pt attempt converted, Adam Weber pass to Da'Jon McKnight) 28 - 25 
 
 Fighting Illini TD Jacob Charest passed to Arrelious Benn to the left for 4 yard gain (Matt Eller made PAT) 35 - 25 
 
 Golden Gophers TD Minn blocked punt attempt by Anthony Santella. Ben Kuznia returned for 3 yards (Eric Ellestad made PAT) 35 - 32 
 
 Team Statistics
  Fighting Illini Golden Gophers 
  First Downs 16 21 
    Passing 9 10 
    Rushing 7
    Penalty 0
  Third Down Efficiency 9-17 8-15 
  Fourth Down Efficiency 1-1 1-1 
  TOTAL NET YARDS 351 271 
    Total Plays 67 67 
    Average Gain Per Play 5.2 4.0 
  NET YARDS RUSHING 113 50 
    Rushes 42 36 
    Average Per Rush 2.7 1.4 
  NET YARDS PASSING 238 221 
    Completions-Attempts 15-25 14-31 
    Yards Per Pass Play 9.5 7.1 
    Times Sacked 1
    Yards Lost to Sacks 6 50 
    Had Intercepted 0
  PUNTS 5 5 
    Average Punt 32.6 44.2 
  PENALTIES 8 3 
    Penalty Yards 80 22 
  FUMBLES 2 2 
    Fumbles Lost 1
 Passing                  
 Illinois Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 J. Charest 10 19 185 52.6 9.7 0 0 1
 J. Williams 5 5 53 100.0 10.6 1 6 1
 E. McGee 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
 Minnesota Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 A. Weber 14 31 221 45.2 7.1 7 50 1
 Rushing            
 Illinois Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 J. Ford 20 82 4.1 18 1
 M. LeShoure 10 25 2.5 6 0
 J. Williams 7 10 1.4 14 0
 J. Green 1 2 2.0 2 1
 D. Dufrene 1 2 2.0 2 0
 A. Benn 1 0 0.0 0 0
 Minnesota Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 K. Whaley 8 41 5.1 14 1
 D. Eskridge 9 39 4.3 10 0
 J. Hoese 5 17 3.4 6 1
 D. Bennett 4 15 3.8 7 0
 M. Gray 2 2 1.0 5 0
 A. Weber 8 0 0.0 0 0
 Receiving            
 Illinois Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 C. Duvalt 2 47 23.5 24 0
 J. Cumberland 2 45 22.5 23 1
 E. McGee 1 42 42.0 42 0
 A. Benn 3 41 13.7 31 1
 J. Ramsey 3 39 13.0 17 0
 J. Ford 1 14 14.0 14 0
 M. LeShoure 1 9 9.0 9 0
 J. Fayson 1 3 3.0 3 0
 C. James 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
 Minnesota Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 B. Green 4 64 16.0 21 0
 N. Tow-Arnett 3 63 21.0 24 0
 J. Hoese 3 49 16.3 26 1
 B. Allen 1 15 15.0 15 0
 D. McKnight 1 13 13.0 13 0
 D. Bennett 1 9 9.0 9 0
 D. Eskridge 1 8 8.0 8 0
 Kicking              
 Illinois XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 M. Eller 5 5 0 1 0 0.0
 Minnesota XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 E. Ellestad 3 3 1 1 26 100.0
 Punting            
 Illinois Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 A. Santella 4 40.8 43 1 0
 Minnesota Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 B. Haudan 5 44.2 57 0 1
 Kick/Punt Returns
 Illinois PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 T. Pollard 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 41 20.5 29
 J. Ramsey 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0
 Minnesota PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 K. Cooper 1 29 29.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
 T. Stoudermire 0 0 0.0 0 0 5 120 24.0 33
 J. Thomas 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 17 17.0 17
 B. Allen 1 5 5.0 5 0 0 0 0.0 0

Updated on Sunday, Nov 8, 2009 11:44 pm ET

 
 Top Performers
 Illinois
J. Ford J. Ford, RB
20 Rush, 82 yds
1 TD
 Minnesota
J. Hoese J. Hoese, LB
3 Rec, 49 yds, 1 TD