| 1st Quarter | | ILL | MINN |
| Minnesota at 15:00 | ILL | MINN |
| | Eric Ellestad kickoff for 70 yards for a touchback. | 0 | 0 |
| Illinois at 15:00 | ILL | MINN |
| 1st and 10 at ILL 20 | Jason Ford rush for 18 yards to the Illin 38, tackled by Marcus Sherels for a 1ST down. | 0 | 0 |
| 1st and 10 at ILL 38 | Jason Ford rush for a loss of 2 yards to the Illin 36, tackled by Kyle Theret and Cedric McKinley. | | |
| 2nd and 12 at ILL 36 | Juice Williams rush for 1 yard to the Illin 37, tackled by Simoni Lawrence. | | |
| 3rd and 11 at ILL 37 | Juice Williams pass complete to Jack Ramsey for 13 yards to the 50 yard line, tackled by Kyle Theret for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at MINN 50 | Juice Williams pass complete to Arrelious Benn for 6 yards to the Minn 44, tackled by Kim Royston. | | |
| 2nd and 4 at MINN 44 | Juice Williams pass complete to Jarred Fayson for 3 yards to the Minn 41, tackled by Nathan Triplett. | | |
| 3rd and 1 at MINN 41 | Juice Williams rush for no gain to the Minn 41, tackled by Nathan Triplett and Barrett Moen. | | |
| 4th and 1 at MINN 41 | Jason Ford rush for 10 yards to the Minn 31, tackled by Kim Royston for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at MINN 31 | Juice Williams pass complete to Jack Ramsey for 9 yards to the Minn 22, tackled by Traye Simmons. | | |
| 2nd and 1 at MINN 22 | Juice Williams pass complete to Jeff Cumberland for 22 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. | 6 | 0 |
| | Matt Eller extra point GOOD. | 7 | 0 |
| | Derek Dimke kickoff for 64 yards returned by Troy Stoudermire Jr., tackled by Antonio Gully for 20 yards to the Minn 26, tackled by Antonio Gully. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: ILL drive: 10 plays 80 yards, 05:19 ILL TD |
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| Illinois at 15:00 | ILL | MINN |
| | Derek Dimke kickoff for 64 yards returned by Troy Stoudermire Jr., tackled by Antonio Gully for 20 yards to the Minn 26, tackled by Antonio Gully. | 7 | 0 |
| DRIVE TOTALS: ILL drive: 10 plays 80 yards, 05:19 ILL TD |
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| Minnesota at 9:41 | ILL | MINN |
| 1st and 10 at MINN 26 | Adam Weber sacked by Josh Brent for a loss of 6 yards to the Minn 20. | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd and 16 at MINN 20 | Adam Weber pass incomplete to Da'Jon McKnight. | | |
| 3rd and 16 at MINN 20 | Adam Weber pass complete to Brandon Green for 8 yards to the Minn 28, tackled by Terry Hawthorne, MINNESOTA penalty holding declined. | | |
| 4th and 8 at MINN 28 | Blake Haudan punt for 53 yards, fair catch by Jack Ramsey at the Illin 19. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: MINN drive: 3 plays 2 yards, 00:00 MINN PUNT |
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| Illinois at 9:41 | ILL | MINN |
| 1st and 10 at ILL 19 | Juice Williams rush for 3 yards to the Illin 22, tackled by Kyle Theret. | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd and 7 at ILL 22 | Mikel LeShoure rush for 6 yards to the Illin 28, tackled by Kim Royston. | | |
| 3rd and 1 at ILL 28 | Mikel LeShoure rush for 3 yards to the Illin 31, tackled by Cedric McKinley for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at ILL 31 | Juice Williams rush for a loss of 3 yards to the Illin 28, tackled by Cedric McKinley. | | |
| 2nd and 13 at ILL 28 | Mikel LeShoure rush for no gain to the Illin 28, tackled by Cedric McKinley and Garrett Brown. | | |
| 3rd and 13 at ILL 28 | Juice Williams sacked by Simoni Lawrence for a loss of 6 yards to the Illin 22. | | |
| 4th and 19 at ILL 22 | Anthony Santella punt for 42 yards to the Minn 36, no return. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: ILL drive: 6 plays 3 yards, 00:00 ILL PUNT |
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| Minnesota at 8:23 | ILL | MINN |
| 1st and 10 at MINN 36 | Adam Weber pass incomplete to N/A. | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd and 10 at MINN 36 | MarQueis Gray rush for a loss of 3 yards, fumbled, forced by Josh Brent, recovered by Illin Josh Brent at the Minn 33. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: MINN drive: 2 plays -3 yards, 00:00 MINN FUMB |
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| Illinois at 4:32 | ILL | MINN |
| 1st and 10 at MINN 33 | Timeout Illinois Illini, clock 04:17. | 7 | 0 |
| 1st and 10 at MINN 33 | Juice Williams rush for 14 yards to the Minn 19, tackled by Lee Campbell for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at MINN 19 | Juice Williams rush, fumbled, forced by Cedric McKinley, recovered by Minn Lee Campbell at the Minn 18, Lee Campbell for 3 yards, to the Minn 21. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: ILL drive: 2 plays 15 yards, 00:00 ILL FUMB |
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| Minnesota at 4:17 | ILL | MINN |
| 1st and 10 at MINN 21 | Kevin Whaley rush for 3 yards to the Minn 24, tackled by Corey Liuget. | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd and 7 at MINN 24 | DeLeon Eskridge rush for 6 yards to the Minn 30, tackled by Clay Nurse. | | |
| 3rd and 1 at MINN 30 | Jon Hoese rush for 1 yard to the Minn 31, tackled by Evan Frierson for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at MINN 31 | Adam Weber pass incomplete to Da'Jon McKnight. | | |
| 2nd and 10 at MINN 31 | Adam Weber pass complete to Duane Bennett for 9 yards to the Minn 40, tackled by Garrett Edwards and Ian Thomas. | | |
| 3rd and 1 at MINN 40 | DeLeon Eskridge rush for 2 yards to the Minn 42, tackled by Ian Thomas for a 1ST down. | | |
| 1st and 10 at MINN 42 | Adam Weber pass intercepted by Terry Hawthorne at the Minn 44, returned for 44 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. | 13 | 0 |
| DRIVE TOTALS: MINN drive: 7 plays 21 yards, 02:54 MINN INT |
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| Illinois at 0:56 | ILL | MINN |
| | Matt Eller extra point GOOD. | 14 | 0 |
| | Derek Dimke kickoff for 70 yards returned by Jay Thomas, tackled by Travon Bellamy for 17 yards to the Minn 17, tackled by Travon Bellamy. | | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: ILL drive: 0 plays 0 yards, 00:00 ILL TD |
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| Minnesota at 0:56 | ILL | MINN |
| 1st and 10 at MINN 17 | ILLINOIS penalty 15 yard pass interference on N/A accepted, no play. | 14 | 0 |
| 1st and 10 at MINN 32 | Kevin Whaley rush for no gain to the Minn 32, tackled by Nate Bussey. | | |
| 2nd and 10 at MINN 32 | Adam Weber pass incomplete to Troy Stoudermire Jr.. | | |
| | End of 1st Quarter | | |
Illinois 35, 
Minnesota 32