THIRD AND DATA

Week 14 · 2025

Northwestern at Illinois

Land of Lincoln Trophy, held by IllinoisSat 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

—

not reported

Passing

Northwestern3 unplaced3 interceptions, none of which the provider placed on the field
H. Eligon7 of 11G. Wilde5 of 10H. Welcing4 of 5Other2 of 6Unattributed1 of 1
DeepShort
0.0
—
0.0
7.71.5
5.36.0
2.40.8
LeftMiddleRight
caughtincompleteyds/att · YAC/comp · boxed = best
Illinois
C. Dixon2 of 5H. Beatty3 of 4H. Clement2 of 3Other4 of 4
DeepShort
35.03.0
0.0
21.00.0
11.54.3
9.08.5
5.81.0
LeftMiddleRight
caughtincompleteyds/att · YAC/comp · boxed = best
Northwestern3 unplaced
DeepShort
0%
—
0%
60%1.68
25%1.58
27%0.70
LeftMiddleRight
successfulnotrate · explosiveness · boxed = best
Illinois
DeepShort
100%1.82
0%
100%1.10
75%1.48
33%0.53
50%0.90
LeftMiddleRight
successfulnotrate · explosiveness · boxed = best
Northwestern3 unplaced
DeepShort
0
—
0
116
21
26
LeftMiddleRight
area = yds · one scale for both teams
Illinois
DeepShort
35
0
21
46
27
35
LeftMiddleRight
area = yds · one scale for both teams
Northwestern3 unplaced
DeepShort
-3.3
—
-1.4
12.9
0.2
-1.5
LeftMiddleRight
area = points added · one scale for both teams
Illinois
DeepShort
1.8
-0.8
1.1
3.9
2.0
-2.1
LeftMiddleRight
area = points added · one scale for both teams
Northwestern
DeepShort
— · —
—
— · —
100 · 16
9 · 12
21 · 5
LeftMiddleRight
airYACone scale for both teams
Illinois
DeepShort
32 · 3
— · —
21 · 0
33 · 13
10 · 17
31 · 4
LeftMiddleRight
airYACone scale for both teams

Rushing

Northwestern
R. Preckel22J. Himon2P. Stone2Other1Unattributed1
5.70%100%
2.231%0%
3.633%0%
LeftMiddleRight
carryyds/car · stuff · power · boxed = best (stuff: low wins)
Illinois
C. Valentine14A. Laughery9L. Altmyer5Unattributed6
3.029%50%
5.90%50%
1.633%100%
LeftMiddleRight
carryyds/car · stuff · power · boxed = best (stuff: low wins)
Northwestern
51
28
18
LeftMiddleRight
area = yds · one scale for both teams
Illinois
21
124
8
LeftMiddleRight
area = yds · one scale for both teams
Northwestern
3.6
-8.2
0.7
LeftMiddleRight
area = points added · one scale for both teams
Illinois
2.1
3.2
-5.5
LeftMiddleRight
area = points added · one scale for both teams
Northwestern
43 · 8 · 1
24 · 3 · 0
14 · 5 · 0
LeftMiddleRight
OLRB 5–10RB 10+one scale for both teams
Illinois
16 · 4 · 0
88 · 28 · 17
7 · 0 · 0
LeftMiddleRight
OLRB 5–10RB 10+one scale for both teams

Previous 10 meetings vs. Northwestern

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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