Week 1 · 2025
Tennessee at Illinois
Tue 12/30/2025 05:30 PMNissan StadiumIllinois pregame43% — Pregame win probability: 43% for Illinois. Tennessee favored, and lost — Illinois won.Neutral site
32°Cloudy8 mph WNW · 47% humidityRecorded at kickoff by College Football Data
Tennessee
28
8–5
Illinois
30
9–4
Attendance
52,815
reported
Tennessee8 drives · 3 scoring · avg start own 25
Illinois9 drives · 5 scoring · avg start own 26
1st quarter | |||||
| 15:00 | ILL | own 25opp 33 | 10 plays, 42 yd | On downs | 0–0 |
| 15:00 | TENN | own 33goal line | 11 plays, 67 yd | Touchdown +7 TENN | 7–0 |
| 6:16 | ILL | own 25goal line | 13 plays, 75 yd | Touchdown +7 ILL | 7–7 |
| 0:31 | TENN | own 26own 32 | 6 plays, 6 yd | Punt | 7–7 |
2nd quarter | |||||
| 14:43 | ILL | own 29opp 29 | 9 plays, 42 yd | On downs | 7–7 |
| 8:59 | TENN | own 29opp 21 | 12 plays, 50 yd | Missed FG | 7–7 |
| 3:28 | ILL | own 21opp 12 | 14 plays, 67 yd | Field goal +3 ILL | 7–10 |
| 0:21 | TENN | own 25own 29 | 4 plays, 4 yd | End of period | 7–10 |
3rd quarter | |||||
| 15:00 | TENN | own 25own 42 | 6 plays, 17 yd | Punt | 7–10 |
| 13:14 | ILL | own 19own 39 | 6 plays, 20 yd | Punt | 7–10 |
| 11:58 | TENN | own 20own 0 | 1 play, -20 yd | Defensive TD | 7–17 |
| 11:48 | TENN | own 25goal line | 10 plays, 75 yd | Touchdown +7 TENN | 14–17 |
| 7:25 | ILL | own 32goal line | 10 plays, 68 yd | Touchdown +7 ILL | 14–24 |
| 2:32 | TENN | own 21goal line | 16 plays, 79 yd | Touchdown +7 TENN | 21–24 |
4th quarter | |||||
| 11:40 | ILL | own 25opp 10 | 14 plays, 65 yd | Field goal +3 ILL | 21–27 |
| 4:58 | ILL | own 35opp -29 | 1 play, 94 yd | Touchdown | 28–27 |
| 4:58 | ILL | own 25opp 11 | 21 plays, 65 yd | Field goal +3 ILL | 28–30 |
Field position is where the drive started and ended, from the offense’s point of view. Score is Tennessee–Illinois after the drive.
Previous meetings vs. Team
No other meetings in the seasons currently loaded.
Previous 2 meetings vs. Bret Bielema
Tennessee 1–1 vs Bret Bielema
- 2015 · wk 5Arkansas 24 @ Tennessee 20
- 2007 · wk 1Wisconsin 17 @ Tennessee 21
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