Week 8 · 2017
Illinois at Minnesota
Sat 10/21/2017 03:30 PMHuntington Bank StadiumMinnesota pregame84% — Pregame win probability: 84% for Minnesota. Minnesota favored, and won.Conference
Illinois
17
2–10
Minnesota
24
5–7
Attendance
45,243
reported
IllinoisILL
MinnesotaMINN
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | QBR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILL | Jeff George Jr. | 18/23 | 128 | 5.6 | 1 | 0 | 38.6 |
| ILL | Cam Thomas | 2/4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | 1 | 38.5 |
| MINN | Demry Croft | 5/14 | 47 | 3.4 | 1 | 2 | 7.8 |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILL | Cam Thomas | 10 | 79 | 7.9 | 0 | 21 |
| ILL | Ra'Von Bonner | 18 | 57 | 3.2 | 1 | 9 |
| ILL | Kendrick Foster | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| ILL | Reggie Corbin | 2 | -10 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | Jeff George Jr. | 4 | -13 | -3.3 | 0 | 1 |
| MINN | Kobe McCrary | 24 | 153 | 6.4 | 1 | 26 |
| MINN | Rodney Smith | 19 | 103 | 5.4 | 0 | 14 |
| MINN | Demry Croft | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 0 | 8 |
| MINN | Phillip Howard | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
Receiving
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILL | Ricky Smalling | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 1 | 22 |
| ILL | Dominic Thieman | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 25 |
| ILL | Trenard Davis | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 27 |
| ILL | Malik Turner | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | 13 |
| ILL | Kendrick Foster | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| ILL | Carmoni Green | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| ILL | Reggie Corbin | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 8 |
| ILL | Jeff George Jr. | 0 | -1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | Sam Mays | 0 | -4 | 0.0 | 0 | -4 |
| MINN | Tyler Johnson | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 1 | 19 |
| MINN | Ko Kieft | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| MINN | Rodney Smith | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 |
Fumbles
| FUM | LOST | REC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILL | Ra'Von Bonner | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| ILL | Cam Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | Jeff George Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | Julian Jones | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MINN | Rodney Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| MINN | Steven Richardson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Defense
| TOT | SOLO | TFL | SACKS | QB HUR | PD | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILL | Bennett Williams | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ILL | Stanley Green | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | Julian Jones | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | Bobby Roundtree | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | Tito Odenigbo | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | Ayo Shogbonyo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ILL | Cam Watkins | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | James Crawford | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | Nate Hobbs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | Owen Carney Jr. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | Harvey Clayton Jr. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | Justice Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | Kenyon Jackson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | Tymir Oliver | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | Chris James | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | Christian Bobak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | Isaiah Gay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | Jamal Milan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | Kendrick Foster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MINN | Thomas Barber | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MINN | Adekunle Ayinde | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MINN | Jacob Huff | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MINN | Jonathan Celestin | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MINN | Kamal Martin | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MINN | Carter Coughlin | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MINN | Duke McGhee | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MINN | Merrick Jackson | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MINN | Nate Umlor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MINN | Gary Moore | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MINN | Justus Harris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MINN | Winston DeLattiboudere | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MINN | Blake Cashman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MINN | Cody Poock | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MINN | Eric Carter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MINN | Kiondre Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MINN | Steven Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MINN | Kendarian Handy-Holly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Interceptions
| INT | YDS | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILL | Cam Watkins | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ILL | Stanley Green | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| MINN | Jonathan Celestin | 1 | 31 | 1 |
Kicking
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILL | Chase McLaughlin | 1/2 | 50.0 | 28 | 2/2 | 5 |
| MINN | Emmit Carpenter | 1/2 | 50.0 | 20 | 3/3 | 6 |
Punting
| NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILL | Blake Hayes | 5 | 262 | 52.4 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| MINN | Ryan Santoso | 5 | 247 | 49.4 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
Kick returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILL | Dre Brown | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 |
| ILL | Kendrick Foster | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 24 |
| MINN | Rodney Smith | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 26 |
Punt returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MINN | Drew Hmielewski | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 13 |
Previous 10 meetings vs. Team
Minnesota 7–3 vs Illinois
- 2016 · wk 9Minnesota 40 @ Illinois 17
- 2015 · wk 12Illinois 23 @ Minnesota 32
- 2014 · wk 9Minnesota 24 @ Illinois 28
- 2012 · wk 11Minnesota 17 @ Illinois 3
- 2011 · wk 13Illinois 7 @ Minnesota 27
- 2010 · wk 11Minnesota 38 @ Illinois 34
- 2009 · wk 10Illinois 35 @ Minnesota 32
- 2008 · wk 7Minnesota 27 @ Illinois 20
- 2007 · wk 10Illinois 44 @ Minnesota 17
- 2004 · wk 9Illinois 0 @ Minnesota 45
Previous meeting vs. P.J. Fleck
Illinois 0–1 vs P.J. Fleck
- 2016 · wk 3Western Michigan 34 @ Illinois 10
Previous meeting vs. Lovie Smith
Minnesota 1–0 vs Lovie Smith
- 2016 · wk 9Minnesota 40 @ Illinois 17
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