FINAL SCORE
Illinois Fighting Illini at Rutgers Scarlet Knights game details
Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET
SHI Stadium · Attendance 47,524
Put the final score in perspective.
Illinois finished 7 points ahead. The teams combined for 69 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Illinois 9, Rutgers 17. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Rutgers outscored its opponent in 2 and Illinois in 2. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 24 | 30 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 4-10 | 8-14 |
| 4th down efficiency | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Total Yards | 431 | 387 |
| Passing | 249 | 174 |
| Comp/Att | 12/26 | 18/36 |
| Yards per pass | 9.6 | 4.8 |
| Rushing | 182 | 213 |
| Rushing Attempts | 36 | 45 |
| Yards per rush | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| Penalties | 11-93 | 6-73 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 25:38 | 34:22 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Illinois Fighting Illini
passing
| Luke Altmyer | 12/26 | 249 | 9.6 | 2 | 0 | 80.2 |
rushing
| Luke Altmyer | 11 | 74 | 6.7 | 1 | 30 |
| Josh McCray | 13 | 58 | 4.5 | 1 | 17 |
| Aidan Laughery | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 1 | 8 |
| Ca'Lil Valentine | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | 9 |
receiving
| Pat Bryant | 7 | 197 | 28.1 | 1 | 64 |
| Hank Beatty | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 1 | 16 |
| Collin Dixon | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Aidan Laughery | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
fumbles
| Luke Altmyer | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Beatty | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabe Jacas | 0 | 0 | 1 |
defensive
| James Kreutz | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Bailey | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Meed | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Coleman-Lyles | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TeRah Edwards | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Torrie Cox Jr. | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Scott | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabe Jacas | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaleb Patterson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malachi Hood | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miles Scott | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jojo Hayden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Briggs Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Bray | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alec Bryant | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juice Clarke | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mac Resetich | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ezekiel Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Hank Beatty | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Hank Beatty | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 59 | 0 |
kicking
| David Olano | 1/1 | 100.0 | 29 | 1/2 | 4 |
punting
| Hugh Robertson | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 0 | 1 | 37 |
| Fabrizio Pinton | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
passing
| Athan Kaliakmanis | 18/36 | 174 | 4.8 | 2 | 0 | 76.9 |
rushing
| Kyle Monangai | 28 | 122 | 4.4 | 0 | 18 |
| Athan Kaliakmanis | 13 | 84 | 6.5 | 2 | 20 |
| Antwan Raymond | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 3 |
receiving
| Ian Strong | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 1 | 15 |
| Dymere Miller | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | 17 |
| KJ Duff | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 13 |
| Kyle Monangai | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 1 | 13 |
| Mike Higgins | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Christian Dremel | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 6 |
fumbles
defensive
| Shaquan Loyal | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Flip Dixon | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Mascoe | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dariel Djabome | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyreem Powell | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aaron Lewis | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaj Sanders | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Longerbeam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Rogers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyonte Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Desmond Igbinosun | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Timmy Hinspeter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Walker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zaire Angoy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Famah Toure | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Timmy Ward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakob Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Ray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Mike Higgins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Strong | 0 | -1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Amankwaa | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Ajani Sheppard | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jordan Thompson | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Dymere Miller | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Christian Dremel | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
kicking
| Jai Patel | 1/1 | 100.0 | 34 | 4/4 | 7 |
punting
| Jakob Anderson | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 0 | 2 | 50 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 5:52 | Jai Patel 34 Yd Field Goal | 0 – 3 |
| 2 | 14:56 | David Olano 29 Yd Field Goal | 3 – 3 |
| 2 | 9:20 | Athan Kaliakmanis 12 Yd Run (Jai Patel Kick) | 3 – 10 |
| 2 | 5:32 | Hank Beatty 16 Yd pass from Luke Altmyer (David Olano PAT failed) | 9 – 10 |
| 2 | 0:06 | Ian Strong 2 Yd pass from Athan Kaliakmanis (Jai Patel Kick) | 9 – 17 |
| 3 | 6:36 | Josh McCray 4 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) | 15 – 17 |
| 4 | 14:51 | Athan Kaliakmanis 1 Yd Run (Jai Patel Kick) | 15 – 24 |
| 4 | 13:48 | Aidan Laughery 8 Yd Run (David Olano Kick) | 22 – 24 |
| 4 | 3:07 | Luke Altmyer 30 Yd Run (Luke Altmyer Pass to Josh McCray for Two-Point Conversion) | 30 – 24 |
| 4 | 1:08 | Kyle Monangai 13 Yd pass from Athan Kaliakmanis (Jai Patel Kick) | 30 – 31 |
| 4 | 0:04 | Pat Bryant 40 Yd pass from Luke Altmyer (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) | 36 – 31 |
| 4 | 0:00 | Team Safety | 38 – 31 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 5:31 PM UTCData methodology