College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Illinois 38, Northwestern 35
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 1, 2011
Where: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Illinois
Attendance: 53243
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Northwestern 0 14 14 7 35
Illinois 7 3 7 21 38
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 2:28
Illinois   TD  Illinois 7 - Northwestern 0
A.J. Jenkins 14 yd. pass from Nathan Scheelhaase (Derek Dimke kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:31
Northwestern   TD  Illinois 7 - Northwestern 7
Drake Dunsmore 6 yd. pass from Dan Persa (Jeff Budzien kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:08
Northwestern   TD  Illinois 7 - Northwestern 14
Jeremy Ebert 3 yd. pass from Dan Persa (Jeff Budzien kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:00
Illinois   FG  Illinois 10 - Northwestern 14
Derek Dimke 49 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 11:42
Northwestern   TD  Illinois 10 - Northwestern 21
Jeremy Ebert 39 yd. pass from Dan Persa (Jeff Budzien kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:11
Northwestern   TD  Illinois 10 - Northwestern 28
Jeremy Ebert 4 yd. pass from Dan Persa (Jeff Budzien kick)
3rd Quarter - 3:51
Illinois   TD  Illinois 17 - Northwestern 28
A.J. Jenkins 33 yd. pass from Nathan Scheelhaase (Derek Dimke kick)
4th Quarter - 14:53
Illinois   TD  Illinois 23 - Northwestern 28
A.J. Jenkins 50 yd. pass from Nathan Scheelhaase (run failed)
4th Quarter - 6:53
Illinois   TD  Illinois 31 - Northwestern 28
Donovonn Young 1 yd. run (Spencer Harris pass from Nathan Scheelhaase)
4th Quarter - 1:15
Northwestern   TD  Illinois 31 - Northwestern 35
Jacob Schmidt 6 yd. run (Jeff Budzien kick)
4th Quarter - 0:13
Illinois   TD  Illinois 38 - Northwestern 35
Nathan Scheelhaase 1 yd. run (Derek Dimke kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Northwestern Illinois
W/L 2 - 2 - 0 5 - 0 - 0
Conference 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Northwestern Illinois
Score 35 38
1st Downs 21 23
3rd Down Efficiency 5-for-13
38% 		7-for-13
54%
4th Down Efficiency 1-for-2
50% 		0-for-0
0%
Total Yards 329 473
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 51-169 38-82
Average/Rush 3.3 2.2
Passing
Comp-Att 12-16 21-32
Passing Yards 160 391
Average/Pass Play 8.0 10.9
Penalties-Yards 4-48 8-70
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-2
Interceptions Thrown 0 1
Time of Possession 30:29 29:31
PLAYER STATS
Northwestern (2 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Persa 10/14 123 4 0
K. Colter 2/2 37 0 0
Illinois (5 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
N. Scheelhaase 21/32 391 3 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
T. Green 17 67 3.9 0
M. Trumpy 12 63 5.2 0
K. Colter 6 29 4.8 0
J. Schmidt 6 14 2.3 1
A. Smith 1 -1 -1.0 0
D. Persa 9 -3 -0.3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
N. Scheelhaase 20 35 1.8 1
D. Young 8 29 3.6 1
J. Ford 7 9 1.3 0
T. Pollard 3 9 3.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
J. Ebert 5 76 15.2 3
J. Schmidt 3 40 13.3 0
D. Dunsmore 3 26 8.7 1
K. Colter 0 13 0.0 0
D. Fields 1 5 5.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
A. Jenkins 12 268 22.3 3
S. Harris 6 63 10.5 0
E. Wilson 1 36 36.0 0
J. Ford 2 24 12.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
B. Peters 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Ellis 1.0 12.0
J. DiNardo 1.0 8.0
V. Browne 1.0 4.0
Q. Williams 1.0 1.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
W. Mercilus 1.5 6.0
T. Kynard 1.0 5.0
M. Buchanan 1.0 2.0
J. Brown 0.5 4.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
D. Nwabuisi 5 4
I. Campbell 5 5
B. Peters 5 8
J. DiNardo 4 2
C. Ellis 3 0
J. Matthews 3 2
J. Mabin 2 0
Q. Williams 2 0
H. Bates 2 2
D. Jones 1 0
W. Hampton 1 1
V. Browne 1 2
T. Scott 1 2
C. Ariguzo 0 2
B. Johnson 0 2
S. Flaherty 0 2
D. Proby 0 3
B. McNaul 0 3
Tackles
  TK Ast
M. Buchanan 6 4
S. Sanni 4 1
T. Wilson 4 2
W. Mercilus 4 2
S. Hull 4 3
I. Thomas 4 6
J. Brown 3 8
A. Spence 2 7
J. Howe 1 0
B. Sullivan 1 0
T. Kynard 1 0
T. Henry 1 1
J. Prosch 1 1
T. Hawthorne 1 2
H. Bates 0 1
M. LaCosse 0 1
C. Willett 0 1
J. Staples 0 1
E. Thomas 0 1
G. Foster 0 4
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
D. Nwabuisi 2.0 3.0
C. Ellis 1.0 12.0
J. DiNardo 1.0 8.0
V. Browne 1.0 4.0
Q. Williams 1.0 1.0
B. McNaul 0.5 1.0
I. Campbell 0.5 0.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
M. Buchanan 3.0 6.0
W. Mercilus 1.5 6.0
J. Brown 1.5 6.0
T. Kynard 1.0 5.0
T. Wilson 0.5 1.0
G. Foster 0.5 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
K. Colter 1
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Ford 1
N. Scheelhaase 1