Final
Illinois 10
(5-7, 3-5 Big Ten)
Northwestern 27
(9-3, 5-3 Big Ten)
3:33 PM ET, November 22, 2008
Ryan Field, EVANSTON, IL
Top Performers
Passing: C. Bacher (NW) - 230 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: S. Simmons (NW) - 22 CAR, 69 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving: E. Peterman (NW) - 8 REC, 111 YDS, 1 TD
3rd Quarter Play by Play | ||||
| Northwestern at 15:00 | ILL | NW | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amado Villarreal kickoff for 70 yards for a touchback. | 0 | 13 | ||
| DRIVE TOTALS: ILL drive: 7 plays 33 yards, 00:53 ILL END HALF | ||||
| Illinois at 15:00 | ILL | NW | ||
| 1st and 10 at ILL 20 | Juice Williams rush for 5 yards to the Illin 25, tackled by John Gill. | 0 | 13 | |
| 2nd and 5 at ILL 25 | Juice Williams pass complete to Michael Hoomanawanui for 10 yards to the Illin 35, tackled by Brendan Smith for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ILL 35 | Jason Ford rush for 1 yard to the Illin 36, tackled by Nate Williams and Brad Phillips. | |||
| 2nd and 9 at ILL 36 | Juice Williams sacked by Brad Phillips and Adam Hahn for a loss of 5 yards to the Illin 31. | |||
| 3rd and 14 at ILL 31 | Juice Williams pass complete to Jeff Cumberland for 31 yards to the Nwest 38, tackled by Jordan Mabin out-of-bounds for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at NW 38 | Daniel Dufrene rush for 5 yards to the Nwest 33, tackled by Sherrick McManis and Prince Kwateng. | |||
| 2nd and 5 at NW 33 | Juice Williams rush for 6 yards to the Nwest 27, tackled by Brian Peters out-of-bounds for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at NW 27 | Juice Williams rush for 16 yards to the Nwest 11, tackled by Brad Phillips out-of-bounds for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at NW 11 | Juice Williams pass complete to Arrelious Benn for 3 yards to the Nwest 8, tackled by Brendan Smith. | |||
| 2nd and 7 at NW 8 | Juice Williams rush for 7 yards to the Nwest 1, tackled by Brad Phillips for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and Goal at NW 1 | Jason Ford rush for 1 yard for a TOUCHDOWN. | 6 | 13 | |
| Matt Eller extra point GOOD. | 7 | 13 | ||
| Derek Dimke kickoff for 56 yards returned by Stephen Simmons, tackled by Nate Bussey for 19 yards to the Nwest 33, tackled by Nate Bussey. | ||||
| DRIVE TOTALS: ILL drive: 11 plays 80 yards, 05:15 ILL TD | ||||
| Northwestern at 9:45 | ILL | NW | ||
| 1st and 10 at NW 33 | C.J. Bacher pass complete to Ross Lane for 5 yards to the Nwest 38, tackled by Bo Flowers. | 7 | 13 | |
| 2nd and 5 at NW 38 | C.J. Bacher pass incomplete to Andrew Brewer, broken up by Tavon Wilson. | |||
| 3rd and 5 at NW 38 | C.J. Bacher rush for 25 yards to the Illin 37, tackled by Brit Miller out-of-bounds for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ILL 37 | C.J. Bacher pass complete to Rasheed Ward for 15 yards to the Illin 22, tackled by Garrett Edwards for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ILL 22 | C.J. Bacher pass incomplete to Rasheed Ward. | |||
| 2nd and 10 at ILL 22 | C.J. Bacher pass complete to Rasheed Ward for 6 yards to the Illin 16, tackled by Vontae Davis. | |||
| 3rd and 4 at ILL 16 | C.J. Bacher pass intercepted by Vontae Davis at the Illin 10, returned for no gain to the Illin 10. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: NU drive: 7 plays 51 yards, 00:00 NU INT | ||||
| Illinois at 9:45 | ILL | NW | ||
| 1st and 10 at ILL 10 | Juice Williams rush for 6 yards to the Illin 16, tackled by Nate Williams. | 7 | 13 | |
| 2nd and 4 at ILL 16 | Jason Ford rush for a loss of 1 yard to the Illin 15, tackled by John Gill and Adam Hahn. | |||
| 3rd and 5 at ILL 15 | Juice Williams rush for 4 yards to the Illin 19, tackled by Nate Williams and Quentin Davie. | |||
| 4th and 1 at ILL 19 | Anthony Santella punt for 29 yards, downed at the Illin 48. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: ILL drive: 3 plays 9 yards, 02:04 ILL PUNT | ||||
| Northwestern at 7:34 | ILL | NW | ||
| 1st and 10 at ILL 48 | Eric Peterman rush for 1 yard to the Illin 47, tackled by Vontae Davis out-of-bounds. | 7 | 13 | |
| 2nd and 9 at ILL 47 | C.J. Bacher pass complete to Ross Lane for 4 yards to the Illin 43. | |||
| 3rd and 5 at ILL 43 | C.J. Bacher pass complete to Eric Peterman for 13 yards to the Illin 43, tackled by Garrett Edwards out-of-bounds, Illinois penalty 15 yard personal foul on David Lindquist accepted for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ILL 15 | Stephen Simmons rush for 5 yards to the Illin 10, tackled by Bo Flowers. | |||
| 2nd and 5 at ILL 10 | C.J. Bacher rush for no gain to the Illin 10, tackled by Rodney Pittman and Will Davis. | |||
| 3rd and 5 at ILL 10 | C.J. Bacher pass incomplete to Eric Peterman, hurried by Will Davis. | |||
| 4th and 5 at ILL 10 | Amado Villarreal 28 yard field goal GOOD. | 7 | 16 | |
| Amado Villarreal kickoff for 70 yards for a touchback. | ||||
| DRIVE TOTALS: NU drive: 7 plays 38 yards, 04:53 NU FG | ||||
| Illinois at 2:41 | ILL | NW | ||
| 1st and 10 at ILL 20 | Juice Williams rush for 39 yards to the Nwest 41, tackled by Prince Kwateng for a 1ST down. | 7 | 16 | |
| 1st and 10 at NW 41 | Daniel Dufrene rush for 2 yards to the Nwest 39, tackled by Brad Phillips. | |||
| 2nd and 8 at NW 39 | Juice Williams rush for 6 yards to the Nwest 33, tackled by Nate Williams. | |||
| 3rd and 2 at NW 33 | Daniel Dufrene rush for 3 yards to the Nwest 30, tackled by Prince Kwateng and Nate Williams for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at NW 30 | Juice Williams rush for 1 yard to the Nwest 29, tackled by Nate Williams and Adam Hahn. | |||
| 1st and 10 at NW 30 | End of 3rd Quarter | |||
