| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Quarter |
| Illinois Touchdown - 14-yard pass from Nathan Scheelhaase to A.J. Jenkins. (Derek Dimke extra point is good.). 2:28 Time Remaining. |
| 2nd Quarter |
| Northwestern Touchdown - 6-yard pass from Dan Persa to Drake Dunsmore. (Jeff Budzien extra point is good.). 12:31 Time Remaining. |
| Northwestern Touchdown - 3-yard pass from Dan Persa to Jeremy Ebert. (Jeff Budzien extra point is good.). 2:08 Time Remaining. |
| Illinois Field Goal - 49-yarder by Derek Dimke. 0:00 Time Remaining. |
| 3rd Quarter |
| Northwestern Touchdown - 39-yard pass from Dan Persa to Jeremy Ebert. (Jeff Budzien extra point is good.). 11:42 Time Remaining. |
| Northwestern Touchdown - 4-yard pass from Dan Persa to Jeremy Ebert. (Jeff Budzien extra point is good.). 7:11 Time Remaining. |
| Illinois Touchdown - 33-yard pass from Nathan Scheelhaase to A.J. Jenkins. (Derek Dimke extra point is good.). 3:51 Time Remaining. |
| 4th Quarter |
| Illinois Touchdown - 50-yard pass from Nathan Scheelhaase to A.J. Jenkins. (Nathan Scheelhaase rushed left, two-point conversion failed.). 14:53 Time Remaining. |
| Illinois Touchdown - 1-yard run by Donovonn Young. (Nathan Scheelhaase pass to Spencer Harris for the two-point conversion.). 6:53 Time Remaining. |
| Northwestern Touchdown - 6-yard run by Jacob Schmidt. (Jeff Budzien extra point is good.). 1:15 Time Remaining. |
| Illinois Touchdown - 1-yard run by Nathan Scheelhaase. (Derek Dimke extra point is good.). 0:13 Time Remaining. |
| Final Team Statistics |
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| | Northwestern | Illinois |
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| TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 20 | 23 |
| By Rushing | 10 | 3 |
| By Passing | 8 | 16 |
| By Penalty | 2 | 4 |
| THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 5-13-38.0 | 7-13-54.0 |
| FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY | 1-2-50 | 0-0-0 |
| TOTAL NET YARDS | 329 | 473 |
| Total Off. Plays (inc. times thrown passing) | 67 | 70 |
| Avg. gain per offensive play | 4.9 | 6.8 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 169 | 82 |
| Total Rushing Plays | 51 | 38 |
| Avg. gain per rushing play | 3.3 | 2.2 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 160 | 391 |
| Times Thrown - yards lost attempting to pass | 4-17 | 4-25 |
| PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED | 16-12-0 | 32-21-1 |
| Avg. gain per pass play (inc. # thrown passing) | 10.2 | 12.2 |
| PUNTS Number and average | 6-34.0 | 4-36.0 |
| TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) | 28 | 0 |
| No. and Yards Punt Returns | 1-28 | 0-0 |
| No. and Yards Kickoff Returns | 4-49 | 6-72 |
| No. and Yards Interception Returns | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| PENALTIES No. and Yards | 4-48 | 8-70 |
| FUMBLES No. and Lost | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| TOUCHDOWNS | 5 | 5 |
| Rushing | 1 | 2 |
| Passing | 4 | 3 |
| EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts | 5-5 | 3-3 |
| FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| SAFETIES | 0 | 0 |
| FINAL SCORE | 35 | 38 |
| TIME OF POSSESSION | 30:29 | 29:31 |
| Final Individual Statistics |
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| Northwestern | Illinois |
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| PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK | TD | LG | IN |
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| D.Persa | 14 | 10 | 123 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 0 | | K.Colter | 2 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | | Total | 16 | 12 | 163 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 0 |
| | PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK | TD | LG | IN |
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| N.Scheelhaase | 32 | 21 | 391 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 32 | 21 | 391 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 1 |
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| INTERCEPTIONS | ATT | YDS | LG | TD |
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| B.Peters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | INTERCEPTIONS | ATT | YDS | LG | TD |
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| None | | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | LG |
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| B.Williams | 6 | 204 | 34.0 | 1 | 65 | | | | | | | | | Total | 6 | 204 | 34.0 | 1 | 65 |
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| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| V.Mark | 1 | 28 | 28 | 0 | | Total | 1 | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| | PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| None | | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| J.Budzien | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5/5 | 5 | | Total | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5/5 | 5 |
| | KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| D.Dimke | 1/1 | 100.0 | 49 | 3/3 | 6 | | Total | 1/1 | 100.0 | 49 | 3/3 | 6 |
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