College Football
BOXSCORE
Illinois 35, Minnesota 32
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 7, 2009
Where: Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 50805
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Illinois 14 14 0 7 35
Minnesota 0 7 3 22 32
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 0:56
Illinois   TD  Minnesota 0 - Illinois 7
Terry Hawthorne 44 yd. interception return (Matt Eller kick)
1st Quarter - 9:41
Illinois   TD  Minnesota 0 - Illinois 14
Jeff Cumberland 22 yd. pass from Juice Williams (Matt Eller kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:01
Illinois   TD  Minnesota 0 - Illinois 21
Jason Ford 1 yd. run (Matt Eller kick)
2nd Quarter - 3:51
Illinois   TD  Minnesota 0 - Illinois 28
Justin (ILL) Green 2 yd. run (Matt Eller kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:45
Minnesota   TD  Minnesota 7 - Illinois 28
Kevin Whaley 5 yd. run (Eric Ellestad kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:57
Minnesota   FG  Minnesota 10 - Illinois 28
Eric Ellestad 26 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 3:05
Minnesota   TD  Minnesota 17 - Illinois 28
Ben Kuznia 3 yd. blocked punt return (Eric Ellestad kick)
4th Quarter - 5:10
Illinois   TD  Minnesota 17 - Illinois 35
Arrelious Benn 4 yd. pass from Jacob Charest (Matt Eller kick)
4th Quarter - 9:13
Minnesota   TD  Minnesota 25 - Illinois 35
John Hoese 3 yd. run (Da'Jon McKnight pass from Adam Weber)
4th Quarter - 13:49
Minnesota   TD  Minnesota 32 - Illinois 35
John Hoese 10 yd. pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Illinois Minnesota
W/L 3 - 6 - 0 5 - 5 - 0
Conference 2 - 5 - 0 3 - 4 - 0
Team Stats
  Illinois Minnesota
Score 35 32
1st Downs 16 21
3rd Down Efficiency 9-for-17
53% 		8-for-15
53%
4th Down Efficiency 1-for-1
100% 		1-for-1
100%
Total Yards 351 271
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 42-113 36-50
Average/Rush 2.7 1.4
Passing
Comp-Att 15-25 14-31
Passing Yards 238 221
Average/Pass Play 9.2 5.8
Penalties-Yards 8-80 3-22
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1
Interceptions Thrown 0 1
Time of Possession 30:02 29:58
PLAYER STATS
Illinois (3 - 6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Charest 10/19 185 1 0
J. Williams 5/5 53 1 0
E. McGee 0/1 0 0 0
Minnesota (5 - 5)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
A. Weber 14/30 221 1 1
M. Gray 0/1 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
J. Ford 20 82 4.1 1
M. LeShoure 10 25 2.5 0
J. Williams 7 10 1.4 0
J. Green 1 2 2.0 1
D. Dufrene 1 2 2.0 0
A. Benn 1 0 0.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
K. Whaley 8 41 5.1 1
D. Eskridge 9 39 4.3 0
J. Hoese 5 17 3.4 1
D. Bennett 4 15 3.8 0
M. Gray 2 2 1.0 0
A. Weber 8 -64 -8.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
C. Duvalt 2 47 23.5 0
J. Cumberland 2 45 22.5 1
E. McGee 1 42 42.0 0
A. Benn 3 41 13.7 1
J. Ramsey 3 39 13.0 0
J. Ford 1 14 14.0 0
M. LeShoure 1 9 9.0 0
J. Fayson 1 3 3.0 0
C. James 1 -2 -2.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
B. Green (MINN) 4 64 16.0 0
N. Tow-Arnett 3 63 21.0 0
J. Hoese 3 49 16.3 1
B. Allen 1 15 15.0 0
D. McKnight 1 13 13.0 0
D. Bennett 1 9 9.0 0
D. Eskridge 1 8 8.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
T. Hawthorne 1 44 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Nurse 4.0 28.0
J. Price-Brent 1.5 10.0
N. Bussey 0.5 5.0
W. Mercilus 0.5 4.0
G. Edwards 0.5 3.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
S. Lawrence 1.0 6.0
Tackles
  TK AST
T. Hawthorne 5 0
N. Bussey 5 1
C. Nurse 5 2
I. Thomas 5 5
A. Gress 2 0
D. Jefferson 2 0
C. Liuget 2 1
J. Price-Brent 2 1
D. Hardeman 2 1
G. Edwards 2 5
A. Gully 1 0
R. Smith 1 0
D. Hicks 1 0
T. Bellamy 1 0
W. Aikens 1 0
A. James 1 0
T. Wilson 1 1
E. Frierson 1 1
R. Ellington 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
K. Royston 9 2
S. Lawrence 5 0
C. McKinley 5 2
K. Theret 5 2
M. Sherels 4 0
G. Brown 4 1
L. Campbell 3 1
T. Simmons 2 0
N. Triplett 2 6
G. Tinsley 1 0
K. Cooper 1 0
J. Hoese 1 0
J. Edwards 1 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
C. Nurse 4.0 28.0
J. Price-Brent 2.5 13.0
N. Bussey 0.5 5.0
W. Mercilus 0.5 4.0
G. Edwards 0.5 3.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
S. Lawrence 2.0 8.0
C. McKinley 1.5 4.0
J. Edwards 1.0 3.0
K. Theret 0.5 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Williams 1
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Weber 1
M. Gray 1