Week 14 · 2025
Northwestern at Illinois
Sat 11/29/2025 07:30 PMMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)Illinois pregame69% — Pregame win probability: 69% for Illinois. Illinois favored, and won.Conference
34°Heavy Snowfall27 mph SSE · 96% humidityRecorded at kickoff by College Football Data
Northwestern
13
7–6
Illinois
20
9–4
Attendance
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not reported
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NU | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| ILL | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
General
| TOP | PLAYS | YDS | PEN-YDS | 1ST | 3RD | 4TH | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NU | 30:34 | 65 | 254 | 4-35 | 19 | 5-13 38.5% | 2-4 50.0% |
| ILL | 29:26 | 52 | 284 | 5-44 | 14 | 2-10 20.0% | 0-1 0.0% |
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NU | 19-36 | 163 | 4.5 | 1 | 3 |
| ILL | 11-16 | 164 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NU | 29 | 91 | 3.1 | 0 |
| ILL | 36 | 120 | 3.3 | 2 |
Turnovers
| TO | FUM | LOST | INT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NU | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| ILL | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Defense
| TCK | TFL | QB HUR | SACKS | PD | INT | INT YDS | DEF TD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NU | 33 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 0 |
| ILL | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 0 |
Returns
| KR | KR YDS | AVG | KR TD | PR | PR YDS | AVG | PR TD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NU | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ILL | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Previous 10 meetings vs. Team
Illinois 3–7 vs Northwestern
- 2024 · wk 14Illinois 38 @ Northwestern 28
- 2023 · wk 13Northwestern 45 @ Illinois 43
- 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
Previous 7 meetings vs. Bret Bielema
Northwestern 2–5 vs Bret Bielema
- 2024 · wk 14Illinois 38 @ Northwestern 28
- 2023 · wk 13Northwestern 45 @ Illinois 43
- 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
Previous 2 meetings vs. David Braun
Illinois 1–1 vs David Braun
- 2024 · wk 14Illinois 38 @ Northwestern 28
- 2023 · wk 13Northwestern 45 @ Illinois 43
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