Northwestern 45-43 Illinois (25 Nov, 2023) Box Score

Northwestern Wildcats

7-5, 5-4 Conference

	1	2	3	4	T
NU	7	14	7	17	45
ILL	3	17	3	20	43

Illinois Fighting Illini

5-7, 3-6 Conference

Northwestern Passing


Ben Bryant#2
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT		QBR
24/32	234	7.3	2	2		75.9
24/32	234	7.3	2	2		--

Illinois Passing


John Paddock#4
Isaiah Williams#1
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
24/34	334	9.8	3	2	68.1
1/1	14	14.0	1	0	100.0
25/35	348	9.9	4	2	--

Northwestern Rushing


Cam Porter#4
Anthony Tyus III#7
Ben Bryant#2
Joseph Himon II#20
Jack Lausch#12
A.J. Henning#8
Dom D'Antonio#63
Team
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
16	69	4.3	0	21
6	45	7.5	1	18
6	15	2.5	1	15
3	9	3.0	0	6
2	8	4.0	0	4
2	3	1.5	0	4
0	0	0.0	1	0
2	-4	-2.0	0	0
37	145	3.9	3	21

Illinois Rushing


Reggie Love III#23
Aidan Laughery#21
Isaiah Williams#1
Team
John Paddock#4
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
23	106	4.6	14
3	22	7.3	17
1	2	2.0	2
1	-1	-1.0	0
4	-22	-5.5	0
32	107	3.3	17

Northwestern Receiving


Cam Johnson#14
Bryce Kirtz#17
A.J. Henning#8
Charlie Mangieri#89
Cam Porter#4
Raymond Niro III#23
Thomas Gordon#87
Marshall Lang#88
Joseph Himon II#20
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
7	124	17.7	1	42
4	44	11.0	0	16
4	20	5.0	1	14
2	13	6.5	0	8
2	13	6.5	0	7
1	9	9.0	0	9
2	9	4.5	0	6
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	-3	-3.0	0	0
24	234	9.8	2	42

Illinois Receiving


Casey Washington#14
Isaiah Williams#1
Pat Bryant#13
Tip Reiman#89
Griffin Moore#81
Reggie Love III#23
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
9	218	24.2	3	80
6	57	9.5	0	19
5	37	7.4	1	14
3	15	5.0	0	5
1	13	13.0	0	13
1	8	8.0	0	8
25	348	13.9	4	80

Northwestern Fumbles


Anthony Tyus III#7
Raymond Niro III#23
Garner Wallace#18
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
1	0	2

Illinois Fumbles


Isaiah Williams#1
Kenari Wilcher#7
Griffin Moore#81
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
1	0	0
3	2	0

Northwestern Defense



Rod Heard II#24
Xander Mueller#34
Bryce Gallagher#32
Devin Turner#8
Jaheem Joseph#3
Garnett Hollis Jr.#2
Ore Adeyi#7
Michael Kilbane#96
Richie Hagarty#52
Theran Johnson#10
P.J. Spencer#50
Braden Turner#28
Kenny Soares Jr.#35
Carmine Bastone#90
Aidan Hubbard#91
Jaylen Pate#41
Anto Saka#42
Greyson Metz#57
Brendan Flakes#93
Braydon Brus#33
Evan Smith#22
R.J. Pearson#94
Najee Story#95
Mac Uihlein#37
Sean McLaughlin#97
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	TD
9	5	0	0.5	1	0
9	1	0	0.5	0	0
8	6	0	0	0	0
6	0	0	0	1	0
5	4	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0.5	0	0
4	1	0	0.5	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	1	0
3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	1	0	0
1	1	1	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0
77	33	2	5	4	1

Illinois Defense



Dylan Rosiek#28
Zachary Tobe#5
Miles Scott#10
Jer'Zhan Newton#4
Tarique Barnes#8
Tyler Strain#20
Keith Randolph Jr.#88
TeRah Edwards#23
Denzel Daxon#6
Gabe Jacas#17
Jaheim Clarke#25
Nicario Harper#0
Seth Coleman#49
Bryce Barnes#48
Grayson Griffin#35
CJ Bufkin#32
Clayton Bush#21
Solo Turner#37
Pat Bryant#13
Elijah Mc-Cantos#12
Tahveon Nicholson#3
Sedarius McConnell#55
Alec Bryant#90
Luke Zardzin#42
James Kreutz#41
Xavier Scott#14
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	TD
9	7	0	1	1	0
7	2	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	1
5	3	2	2	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	1	0
77	37	2	4	2	1

Northwestern Interceptions


Jaheem Joseph#3
Xander Mueller#34
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	13	0
1	0	0
2	13	0

Illinois Interceptions


Miles Scott#10
Tyler Strain#20
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	55	1
1	0	0
2	55	1

Northwestern Kick Returns


A.J. Henning#8
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	98	19.6	24	0
5	98	19.6	24	0

Illinois Kick Returns


Kenari Wilcher#7
Griffin Moore#81
Tip Reiman#89
Hank Beatty#80
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	118	23.6	37
1	3	3.0	3
1	0	0.0	0
1	0	0.0	0
8	121	15.1	37

Northwestern Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Northwestern Punt Returns

Illinois Punt Returns


Isaiah Williams#1
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	-6	-6.0	-6	0
1	-6	-6.0	0	0

Northwestern Kicking


Jack Olsen#82
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/2	50.0	46	6/6	9
1/2	50.0	46	6/6	9

Illinois Kicking


Caleb Griffin#5
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	42	2/2	11
3/3	100.0	42	2/2	11

Northwestern Punting


Hunter Renner#99
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	151	37.8	1	1	45
4	151	37.8	1	1	45

Illinois Punting


Hugh Robertson#19
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
1	36	36.0	0	0	36
1	36	36.0	0	0	36

Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)

8:30 PM, 25 November 2023

Champaign, IL

Attendance: 42,310

Team	CONF	OVR
Oregon	9-0	13-0
Penn State	8-1	12-2
Indiana	8-1	11-2
Ohio State	7-2	11-2
Illinois	6-3	9-3
Iowa	6-3	8-4
Michigan	5-4	7-5
Minnesota	5-4	7-5
Rutgers	4-5	7-5
Washington	4-5	6-6
USC	4-5	6-6
UCLA	3-6	5-7
Nebraska	3-6	6-6
Michigan State	3-6	5-7
Wisconsin	3-6	5-7
Northwestern	2-7	4-8
Maryland	1-8	4-8
Purdue	0-9	1-11

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