Week 2 · 2025
Western Illinois at Northwestern
Fri 09/05/2025 07:30 PMLanny and Sharon Martin StadiumNorthwestern pregame99% — Pregame win probability: 99% for Northwestern. Northwestern favored, and won.
Western Illinois
7
4–8
Northwestern
42
7–6
Attendance
9,647
reported
Western Illinois12 drives · 1 scoring · avg start own 24
Northwestern12 drives · 7 scoring · avg start own 31
1st quarter | |||||
| 14:11 | NU | own 27opp 43 | 5 plays, 30 yd | On downs +7 NU | 0–7 |
| 11:54 | WIU | own 27own 33 | 5 plays, 6 yd | Punt | 0–7 |
| 9:39 | NU | own 22opp 5 | 6 plays, 73 yd | On downs +8 NU | 0–15 |
| 6:44 | WIU | own 25own 44 | 7 plays, 19 yd | Turnover | 0–23 |
| 3:19 | NU | opp 47opp 31 | 2 plays, 16 yd | On downs | 0–23 |
| 2:42 | WIU | own 34own 36 | 4 plays, 2 yd | Punt | 0–23 |
| 0:52 | NU | own 20own 41 | 7 plays, 21 yd | Punt | 0–23 |
2nd quarter | |||||
| 13:47 | WIU | own 15own 15 | 4 plays, 0 yd | Punt | 0–23 |
| 13:25 | NU | opp 48own 44 | 7 plays, 32 yd | Punt | 0–23 |
| 10:40 | WIU | own 15opp 45 | 11 plays, 50 yd | Punt | 0–23 |
| 7:36 | NU | own 10own 10 | 4 plays, 0 yd | Punt | 0–23 |
| 5:30 | WIU | own 48own 43 | 4 plays, -3 yd | Punt | 0–23 |
| 3:57 | NU | own 17opp 6 | 17 plays, 77 yd | On downs +8 NU | 0–23 |
| 0:23 | WIU | own 12own 20 | 3 plays, 8 yd | On downs | 0–22 |
3rd quarter | |||||
| 14:54 | WIU | own 21opp 32 | 8 plays, 50 yd | On downs | 0–22 |
| 11:11 | NU | own 30opp 17 | 10 plays, 53 yd | On downs +3 NU | 0–25 |
| 7:01 | WIU | own 21own 21 | 5 plays, 0 yd | Punt | 0–25 |
| 5:43 | NU | own 29opp 7 | 8 plays, 64 yd | On downs +3 NU | 0–28 |
| 1:35 | WIU | own 22own 22 | 5 plays, 0 yd | Punt | 0–28 |
| 1:01 | NU | own 43opp 4 | 11 plays, 53 yd | On downs +7 NU | 0–35 |
4th quarter | |||||
| 10:43 | WIU | own 25own 30 | 5 plays, 5 yd | Punt | 0–35 |
| 8:17 | NU | own 33goal line | 3 plays, 67 yd | Touchdown +7 NU | 0–42 |
| 7:07 | WIU | own 25opp 8 | 11 plays, 67 yd | On downs +7 WIU | 7–42 |
| 2:47 | NU | own 35own 48 | 6 plays, 11 yd | On downs | 7–42 |
Field position is where the drive started and ended, from the offense’s point of view. Score is Western Illinois–Northwestern after the drive.
Previous meeting vs. Team
Northwestern 1–0 vs Western Illinois
- 2014 · wk 4Western Illinois 7 @ Northwestern 24
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