FINAL SCORE
Northwestern Wildcats at Illinois Fighting Illini game details
Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 3:30 PM ET
Soldier Field · Attendance 33,514
Put the final score in perspective.
Northwestern finished 10 points ahead. The teams combined for 38 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Northwestern 21, Illinois 7. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Illinois outscored its opponent in 1 and Northwestern in 3. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Northwestern | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
 Illinois | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 18 | 16 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 6-19 | 6-18 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Total Yards | 350 | 319 |
| Passing | 146 | 241 |
| Comp/Att | 12/25 | 20/41 |
| Yards per pass | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| Rushing | 204 | 78 |
| Rushing Attempts | 54 | 31 |
| Yards per rush | 3.8 | 2.5 |
| Penalties | 1-10 | 5-55 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 1 | 1 |
| Possession | 33:26 | 26:34 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Northwestern Wildcats
passing
| Clayton Thorson | 12/25 | 146 | 5.8 | 1 | 1 | 26.4 |
rushing
| Justin Jackson | 37 | 172 | 4.6 | 1 | 27 |
| Warren Long | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 1 | 18 |
| Clayton Thorson | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 0 | 9 |
| Jelani Roberts | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Solomon Vault | 4 | -5 | -1.3 | 0 | 2 |
receiving
| Austin Carr | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | 48 |
| Miles Shuler | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 39 |
| Danny Vitale | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 1 | 19 |
| Garrett Kidd | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Stephen Buckley | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Justin Jackson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Solomon Vault | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
kickReturns
| Solomon Vault | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Danny Vitale | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
kicking
| Jack Mitchell | 1/1 | 100.0 | 39 | 3/3 | 6 |
punting
| Hunter Niswander | 8 | 304 | 38.0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Illinois Fighting Illini
passing
| Wes Lunt | 20/41 | 241 | 5.9 | 0 | 1 | 55.5 |
rushing
| Ke'Shawn Vaughn | 12 | 62 | 5.2 | 0 | 16 |
| Josh Ferguson | 14 | 40 | 2.9 | 0 | 13 |
| Wes Lunt | 4 | -23 | -5.8 | 1 | 1 |
receiving
| Josh Ferguson | 7 | 100 | 14.3 | 0 | 34 |
| Desmond Cain | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | 23 |
| Malik Turner | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 24 |
| Geronimo Allison | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | 14 |
| Ke'Shawn Vaughn | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
interceptions
| Mason Monheim | 1 | 58 | 1 |
kickReturns
| V'Angelo Bentley | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 27 | 0 |
puntReturns
| V'Angelo Bentley | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 17 | 0 |
kicking
| Taylor Zalewski | 0/2 | 0.0 | 0 | 2/2 | 2 |
punting
| Ryan Frain | 7 | 287 | 41.0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 8:59 | Wes Lunt 1 Yd Run (Taylor Zalewski Kick) | 0 – 7 |
| 1 | 6:35 | Dan Vitale 19 Yd pass from Clayton Thorson (Jack Mitchell Kick) | 7 – 7 |
| 1 | 1:21 | Warren Long 3 Yd Run (Jack Mitchell Kick) | 14 – 7 |
| 2 | 11:41 | Justin Jackson 3 Yd Run (Jack Mitchell Kick) | 21 – 7 |
| 3 | 0:45 | Mason Monheim 58 Yd Interception Return (Taylor Zalewski Kick) | 21 – 14 |
| 4 | 11:27 | Jack Mitchell 39 Yd Field Goal | 24 – 14 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 11:49 AM UTCData methodology