Week 13 · 2023
Northwestern at Illinois
Sat 11/25/2023 03:30 PMMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)Illinois pregame66% — Pregame win probability: 66% for Illinois. Illinois favored, and lost — Northwestern won.Conference
39°Cloudy7 mph NE · 50% humidityRecorded at kickoff by College Football Data
Northwestern
45
8–5
Illinois
43
5–7
Attendance
42,310
reported
Each room is drawn against the one it plays: the away offensive line beside the home defensive front, and back again. Quarterbacks, kickers and punters have no opposing room and face their own. Players are ordered exactly as they are on a team's roster tab — by position, then by who has played this season, then production, then recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster — so an offensive line, for which no production is published, runs on stars and then experience. A player who has appeared this season shows that season's totals; everyone else shows career totals through 2023, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.
NUQuarterbacks1 blue chip5
- 33-star recruitQB2Ben Bryant ← Cincinnati6yr1,807 Pass yds13 TD6 Int62.5 Cmp%-33 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB6Brendan Sullivan3yr714 Pass yds6 TD2 Int63.6 Cmp%160 Rush yds
- 44-star recruitQB3Ryan Hilinski5yr88 Pass yds1 TD0 Int50.0 Cmp%2 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB12Jack Lausch2yr10 Pass yds0 TD0 Int66.7 Cmp%80 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB11Aidan Gray1yr
ILLQuarterbacks1 blue chip6
- 44-star recruitQB9Luke Altmyer ← Ole Miss3yr1,883 Pass yds13 TD10 Int64.8 Cmp%282 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB4John Paddock ← Ball State6yr1,294 Pass yds9 TD3 Int59.9 Cmp%-55 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB10Donovan Leary2yr
- 33-star recruitQB6Cal Swanson1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB11Jacob Huber2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB12Kirkland Michaux2yr
NUOffensive line1 blue chip14
- 44-star recruitOL72Caleb Tiernan3yr
- 33-star recruitOL63Dom D'Antonio5yr
- 33-star recruitOL73Zachary Franks5yr
- 33-star recruitOL68Josh Priebe4yr
- 33-star recruitOL71Ben Wrather4yr
- 33-star recruitOL65Jackson Carsello3yr
- 33-star recruitOL56Josh Thompson3yr
- 33-star recruitOL74Nick Herzog2yr
- 33-star recruitOL73Deuce McGuire2yr
- 33-star recruitOL64Anthony Birsa1yr
- 33-star recruitOL63Alexander Doost1yr
- 33-star recruitOL57Jordan Knox1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL78Luka Trifunovic5yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL65Braeden Edwards3yr
ILLDefensive lineNo blue chips13
- 33-star recruitDE91Alex Bray1yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL4Jer'Zhan Newton4yr52 Tackles8.5 TFL7.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL88Keith Randolph Jr.5yr49 Tackles4.0 TFL1.5 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL6Denzel Daxon ← Ohio7yr27 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedDL48Bryce Barnes5yr20 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL23TeRah Edwards4yr13 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL88Sedarius McConnell3yr8 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL57Evan Kirts5yrcareer 2 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL52Pat Farrell1yr
- 33-star recruitDL45Jeremiah Warren1yr
- 22-star recruitDL23Christian Lorenzo2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL94Dylan Davis2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL93Henry Engel1yr
NUDefensive line1 blue chip17
- 44-star recruitDE14Anto Saka2yr13 Tackles5.5 TFL5.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL52Richie Hagarty5yr31 Tackles3.0 TFL2.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL91Aidan Hubbard3yr26 Tackles8.5 TFL6.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL90Carmine Bastone3yr23 Tackles3.5 TFL2.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL41Jaylen Pate5yr22 Tackles3.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL50P.J. Spencer5yr21 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL95Najee Story3yr20 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL97Sean McLaughlin4yr18 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL15Brendan Flakes2yr15 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL94R.J. Pearson3yr12 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL47Michael Kilbane1yr11 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL53Jaiden Cameron4yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL54Tyler Gant1yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL55Dylan Roberts1yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL90Matt Lawson5yr1 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL92Mason Green1yr
- 33-star recruitEDGE23Kenny Soares Jr.2yr34 Tackles4.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
ILLOffensive lineNo blue chips20
- 33-star recruitOL54Julian Pearl6yr
- 33-star recruitOL66Jordyn Slaughter5yr
- 33-star recruitOL64Zach Barlev3yr
- 33-star recruitOL73Josh Gesky3yr
- 33-star recruitOL64Josh Kreutz3yr
- 33-star recruitOL61Joey Okla2yr
- 33-star recruitOL77Hunter Whitenack2yr
- 33-star recruitOL70Zach Aamland1yr
- 33-star recruitOL75Brandon Henderson1yr
- 33-star recruitOL55TJ McMillen1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL78Isaiah Adams2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL72Zylon Crisler2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL79Luciano Elias2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL53Devin Hale2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL62Sam Tsagalis2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL60Joep Engbers1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL66Will Leys1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL56Magnus Moller1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL65Dezmond Schuster1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL13Calvin Smith1yr
NUBacks & tight endsNo blue chips16
- 33-star recruitRB4Cam Porter4yr166 Car651 Rush yds4 TD3.9 Rush avg21 Rec121 Rec yds5.8 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB2Anthony Tyus III3yr50 Car238 Rush yds1 TD4.8 Rush avg2 Rec16 Rec yds8.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB6Joseph Himon II2yr35 Car136 Rush yds0 TD3.9 Rush avg18 Rec219 Rec yds12.2 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB31Jake Arthurs4yr4 Car11 Rush yds0 TD2.8 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB5Caleb Komolafe1yr4 Car9 Rush yds0 TD2.3 Rush avg5 Rec33 Rec yds6.6 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB29Marcus Cisco5yrcareer 11 Car45 Rush yds0 TD4.1 Rush avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB26Albert Kunickis III2yr
- 33-star recruitTE88Marshall Lang4yr11 Rec116 Rec yds0 TD10.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE87Thomas Gordon5yr13 Rec112 Rec yds1 TD8.6 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE89Charlie Mangieri6yr7 Rec53 Rec yds1 TD7.6 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE86Lawson Albright3yr2 Rec12 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE2Duke Olges5yr1 Rec2 Rec yds0 TD2.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE84Hunter Welcing4yr
- 33-star recruitTE81Chris Petrucci2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE83Blake Van Buren2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE87Jack Fitzgerald1yr
ILLLinebackers1 blue chip16
- 33-star recruitLB28Dylan Rosiek3yr82 Tackles7.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB9Seth Coleman5yr50 Tackles9.0 TFL6.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB39Kenenna Odeluga3yr37 Tackles4.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB17Gabe Jacas2yr31 Tackles4.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitLB3Alec Bryant3yr26 Tackles2.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB8Tarique Barnes5yr25 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB10James Kreutz2yr18 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB34Ryan Meed5yr11 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB33Ezekiel Holmes5yr9 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB42Luke Zardzin3yr3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB15Ronan Poynton1yr1 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB31Jared Badie2yrcareer 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB45Malachi Hood2yr
- 33-star recruitLB0Jojo Hayden1yr
- 33-star recruitLB18Mason Muragin1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB31Laine Jenkins1yr
NULinebackers1 blue chip11
- 33-star recruitLB32Bryce Gallagher5yr113 Tackles4.0 TFL1.0 Sacks1 Int
- 33-star recruitLB34Xander Mueller4yr103 Tackles9.5 TFL5.0 Sacks3 Int
- 44-star recruitLB37Mac Uihlein3yr16 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB57Greyson Metz4yr7 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB33Braydon Brus2yr4 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB45Cullen Coleman4yr0 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB40Jason Reynolds II2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB48Owen Bergin4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB51Miles Crutchley2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB46Johnny McGuire1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB34Payton Roth1yr
ILLBacks & tight ends1 blue chip17
- 33-star recruitRB23Reggie Love III4yr116 Car567 Rush yds4 TD4.9 Rush avg9 Rec58 Rec yds6.4 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB2Josh McCray3yr43 Car156 Rush yds2 TD3.6 Rush avg6 Rec30 Rec yds5.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB21Aidan Laughery2yr16 Car81 Rush yds1 TD5.1 Rush avg2 Rec24 Rec yds12.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB24Nick Fedanzo5yr1 Car3 Rush yds0 TD3.0 Rush avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB23Jordan Anderson2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB22Jean-Marc Etienne1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB27Corey Rashad1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE89Tip Reiman4yr19 Rec203 Rec yds3 TD10.7 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE13Griffin Moore5yr12 Rec161 Rec yds1 TD13.4 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitTE83Kaden Feagin1yr9 Rec116 Rec yds1 TD12.9 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE87Henry Boyer2yr3 Rec20 Rec yds0 TD6.7 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE85Tanner Arkin ← Colorado State3yr1 Rec1 Rec yds1 TD1.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE36Ben Schultz5yr
- 33-star recruitTE87Owen Anderson2yr
- 33-star recruitTE89Clayton Leonard2yr
- 33-star recruitTE82Nate Guinn1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE7Nick True1yr
NUReceivers2 blue chips15
- —No recruiting profile foundWR14Cam Johnson ← Arizona State6yr54 Rec715 Rec yds6 TD13.2 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR17Bryce Kirtz5yr49 Rec701 Rec yds5 TD14.3 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR8A.J. Henning ← Michigan4yr45 Rec418 Rec yds4 TD9.3 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR23Raymond Niro III5yr3 Rec40 Rec yds0 TD13.3 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR5Calvin Johnson II3yr4 Rec32 Rec yds0 TD8.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR5Jacob Gill3yr1 Rec11 Rec yds0 TD11.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR85Jack Kennedy5yr1 Rec5 Rec yds0 TD5.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR12Donnie Gray3yr1 Rec4 Rec yds0 TD4.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR4Cole Freeman3yr
- 44-star recruitWR19Reggie Fleurima2yr
- 33-star recruitWR10Ricky Ahumaraeze1yr
- 33-star recruitWR3Frank Covey IV1yr
- 33-star recruitWR18Camp Magee1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR13Preston Bacon5yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR82Quintin O'Connell1yr
ILLDefensive backs1 blue chip25
- 33-star recruitCB5Zachary Tobe1yr25 Tackles5 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundCB6Prince Ford1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB7Kaleb Patterson1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB10Miles Scott2yr63 Tackles3 PD2 Int
- 33-star recruitDB1Xavier Scott2yr57 Tackles11 PD2 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB—Nicario Harper ← Louisville6yr48 Tackles2 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB21Clayton Bush ← Southern Illinois4yr42 Tackles1 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB23Tahveon Nicholson4yr36 Tackles6 PD
- 33-star recruitDB20Tyler Strain3yr35 Tackles3 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB0Mac Resetich1yr7 Tackles0 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB7Matthew Bailey2yr5 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB6Juice Clarke1yr5 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB32CJ Bufkin1yr5 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB37Solo Turner5yr2 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB35Grayson Griffin2yr2 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB3Demetrius Hill ← Florida International3yrcareer 98 Tackles3 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB19Tyson Rooks2yrcareer 1 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitDB29TJ Griffin2yr
- 22-star recruitDB11Johnny Schmitt1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB27Matthew Bobak4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB21Ben Clawson2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB26Mike Manning2yr
- 33-star recruitS13Elijah Mc-Cantos2yr5 Tackles0 PD
- 44-star recruitS24Saboor Karriem1yr2 Tackles3 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS32Chase Miller2yr
NUDefensive backsNo blue chips19
- 33-star recruitCB1Garnett Hollis Jr.4yr45 Tackles2 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitCB4Evan Smith2yr8 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB0Coco Azema5yr37 Tackles1 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB5Theran Johnson3yr35 Tackles5 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB7Ore Adeyi3yr18 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitDB6Robert Fitzgerald2yr13 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB9Braden Turner2yr7 Tackles0 PD
- 22-star recruitDB14Joe DeHaan4yr2 Tackles0 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB27Jack Oyola2yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB18Garner Wallace3yr
- 33-star recruitDB33Nigel Williams4yrcareer 3 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB13Josh Fussell1yr
- 33-star recruitDB26Jalen Lewis1yr
- 33-star recruitDB16J.J. Lewis1yr
- 33-star recruitDB23Cole Shivers1yr
- 33-star recruitDB21Damon Walters1yr
- 33-star recruitS2Rod Heard II5yr82 Tackles4 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitS11Devin Turner2yr75 Tackles4 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitS3Jaheem Joseph4yr23 Tackles1 PD3 Int
ILLReceivers2 blue chips14
- 44-star recruitWR1Isaiah Williams5yr82 Rec1,055 Rec yds5 TD12.9 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR14Casey Washington5yr49 Rec670 Rec yds4 TD13.7 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR13Pat Bryant3yr43 Rec560 Rec yds7 TD13.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR2Ashton Hollins2yr9 Rec119 Rec yds0 TD13.2 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR80Hank Beatty2yr8 Rec65 Rec yds0 TD8.1 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR7Kenari Wilcher1yr4 Rec57 Rec yds0 TD14.3 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR88Malik Elzy1yr5 Rec52 Rec yds1 TD10.4 Rec avg
- 22-star recruitWR83Keion Battle4yr
- 33-star recruitWR1Shawn Miller2yr
- 33-star recruitWR12Eian Pugh2yr
- 33-star recruitWR17Collin Dixon1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR7Weston Adams2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR7Alexander Capka-Jones1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR87Tyler McClure1yr
NUKickersNo blue chips3
- 33-star recruitPK82Jack Olsen4yr14 FG19 FGA47 Long75 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK49Jacob Tabibian3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundPK94Henry Helms1yr
ILLKickersNo blue chips3
- —No recruiting profile foundPK5Caleb Griffin6yr14 FG19 FGA53 Long66 Pts
- 33-star recruitPK24David Olano1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundPK80Fabrizio Pinton2yrcareer 7 FG7 FGA37 Long23 Pts
NUPuntersNo blue chips2
- 33-star recruitP11Luke Akers4yr2 Punts42.5 Avg0 In 20
- 33-star recruitP99Hunter Renner4yr71 Punts38.7 Avg19 In 20
ILLPuntersNo blue chips2
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedP19Hugh Robertson4yr51 Punts42.6 Avg17 In 20
- 33-star recruitP18Declan Duley1yr
Previous 10 meetings vs. Team
Illinois 3–7 vs Northwestern
- 2022 · wk 13Illinois 41 @ Northwestern 3
- 2021 · wk 13Northwestern 14 @ Illinois 47
- 2020 · wk 15Illinois 10 @ Northwestern 28
- 2019 · wk 14Northwestern 29 @ Illinois 10
- 2018 · wk 13Illinois 16 @ Northwestern 24
- 2017 · wk 13Northwestern 42 @ Illinois 7
- 2016 · wk 13Illinois 21 @ Northwestern 42
- 2015 · wk 13Northwestern 24 @ Illinois 14
- 2014 · wk 14Illinois 47 @ Northwestern 33
- 2013 · wk 14Northwestern 37 @ Illinois 34
Previous 5 meetings vs. Bret Bielema
Northwestern 1–4 vs Bret Bielema
- 2022 · wk 13Illinois 41 @ Northwestern 3
- 2021 · wk 13Northwestern 14 @ Illinois 47
- 2010 · wk 13Northwestern 23 @ Wisconsin 70
- 2009 · wk 12Wisconsin 31 @ Northwestern 33
- 2006 · wk 6Northwestern 9 @ Wisconsin 41
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