FINAL SCORE
California Golden Bears at Illinois Fighting Illini game details
Monday, December 30, 2019 at 4:00 PM ET
Levi's Stadium · Attendance 34,177
Put the final score in perspective.
California finished 15 points ahead. The teams combined for 55 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was California 21, Illinois 13. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Illinois outscored its opponent in 1 and California in 2. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 California | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
 Illinois | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 24 | 24 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 6-13 | 8-15 |
| 4th down efficiency | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| Total Yards | 395 | 450 |
| Passing | 272 | 285 |
| Comp/Att | 22/31 | 23/39 |
| Yards per pass | 8.8 | 7.3 |
| Rushing | 123 | 165 |
| Rushing Attempts | 37 | 38 |
| Yards per rush | 3.3 | 4.3 |
| Penalties | 5-45 | 10-89 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
| Possession | 30:53 | 29:07 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
California Golden Bears
passing
| Chase Garbers | 22/31 | 272 | 8.8 | 4 | 0 | 82.8 |
rushing
| Christopher Brooks | 20 | 120 | 6.0 | 0 | 54 |
| Marcel Dancy | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Alex Netherda | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 7 |
| DeShawn Collins | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Chase Garbers | 11 | -19 | -1.7 | 1 | 4 |
receiving
| Makai Polk | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 0 | 38 |
| Jake Tonges | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | 25 |
| Nikko Remigio | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 1 | 25 |
| Kekoa Crawford | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 18 |
| Christopher Brooks | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 1 | 14 |
| DeShawn Collins | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 |
| Collin Moore | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 4 |
| Marcel Dancy | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gavin Reinwald | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 |
interceptions
| Jaylinn Hawkins | 1 | 12 | 0 |
kickReturns
| DeShawn Collins | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 18 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Nikko Remigio | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
kicking
| Greg Thomas | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5/5 | 5 |
punting
| Steven Coutts | 6 | 271 | 45.2 | 0 | 2 | 50 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Illinois Fighting Illini
passing
| Brandon Peters | 22/37 | 273 | 7.4 | 1 | 1 | 82.9 |
| Cam Miller | 1/1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 |
| Team | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
rushing
| Brandon Peters | 8 | 68 | 8.5 | 0 | 30 |
| Reggie Corbin | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 1 | 12 |
| Dre Brown | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 0 | 12 |
| Ra'Von Bonner | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 5 |
receiving
| Donny Navarro III | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 0 | 29 |
| Daniel Barker | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 1 | 40 |
| Trenard Davis | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 30 |
| Justice Williams | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 |
| Carlos Sandy | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 8 |
| Dre Brown | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 11 |
| Casey Washington | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Richie Petitbon | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Griffin Palmer | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Isaiah Williams | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 |
fumbles
kickReturns
| Dre Brown | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 20 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Nate Hobbs | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Donny Navarro III | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
kicking
| James McCourt | 2/2 | 100.0 | 30 | 2/2 | 8 |
punting
| Blake Hayes | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 0 | 4 | 55 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 10:20 | James McCourt 25 Yd Field Goal | 0 – 3 |
| 1 | 7:09 | Collin Moore 4 Yd pass from Chase Garbers (Greg Thomas Kick) | 7 – 3 |
| 1 | 0:10 | Daniel Barker 5 Yd pass from Brandon Peters (James McCourt Kick) | 7 – 10 |
| 2 | 12:12 | Chase Garbers 1 Yd Run (Greg Thomas Kick) | 14 – 10 |
| 2 | 0:25 | Christopher Brown Jr. 3 Yd pass from Chase Garbers (Greg Thomas Kick) | 21 – 10 |
| 2 | 0:01 | James McCourt 30 Yd Field Goal | 21 – 13 |
| 3 | 10:45 | Gavin Reinwald 2 Yd pass from Chase Garbers (Greg Thomas Kick) | 28 – 13 |
| 4 | 11:06 | Nikko Remigio 6 Yd pass from Chase Garbers (Greg Thomas Kick) | 35 – 13 |
| 4 | 8:01 | Reggie Corbin 6 Yd Run (James McCourt Kick) | 35 – 20 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 5:57 AM UTCData methodology