Week 13 · 2026
Illinois at Northwestern
Land of Lincoln Trophy, held by IllinoisSat 11/28/2026 TBDRyan FieldNorthwestern pregame41% — Pregame win probability: 41% for Northwestern. Illinois favored.Conference
Illinois
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5–3
Northwestern
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6–2
Attendance
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not yet 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 2026, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.
ILLQuarterbacks1 blue chip4
- 1,663 Pass yds13 TD5 Int64.8 Cmp%138 Rush yds
- 172 Pass yds4 TD0 Int65.4 Cmp%-13 Rush yds
- 5 Pass yds0 TD0 Int100.0 Cmp%36 Rush yds
NUQuarterbacks2 blue chips7
- 1,898 Pass yds13 TD1 Int68.8 Cmp%274 Rush yds
- 6 Rush yds
- 0 Pass yds0 TD0 Int0.0 Cmp%22 Rush yds
- career 736 Pass yds4 TD7 Int50.0 Cmp%143 Rush yds
ILLOffensive line2 blue chips20
NUDefensive line1 blue chip24
- 27 Tackles6.5 TFL2.5 Sacks
- 16 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 15 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 13 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 9 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 9 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 6 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 5 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 5 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 4 Tackles2.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 1 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 1 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 0 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- career 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
ILLDefensive lineNo blue chips18
- 20 Tackles2.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 20 Tackles3.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
- 18 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 17 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 12 Tackles1.0 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 9 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 1 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- career 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
NUOffensive line1 blue chip21
ILLBacks & tight ends2 blue chips19
- 89 Car560 Rush yds2 TD6.3 Rush avg10 Rec45 Rec yds4.5 Rec avg
- 50 Car225 Rush yds1 TD4.5 Rush avg3 Rec46 Rec yds15.3 Rec avg
- 25 Car183 Rush yds2 TD7.3 Rush avg
- 38 Car175 Rush yds2 TD4.6 Rush avg2 Rec9 Rec yds4.5 Rec avg
- 8 Rec73 Rec yds0 TD9.1 Rec avg
- 3 Rec38 Rec yds0 TD12.7 Rec avg
- 5 Rec26 Rec yds1 TD5.2 Rec avg
- career 2 Rec7 Rec yds0 TD3.5 Rec avg
NULinebackers2 blue chips14
- 68 Tackles12.5 TFL4.0 Sacks1 Int
- 55 Tackles4.5 TFL2.0 Sacks
- 10 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 7 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 7 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 5 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- career 4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- career 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
ILLLinebackers1 blue chip14
- 50 Tackles3.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 48 Tackles3.5 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
- 13 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 13 Tackles3.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
- 11 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 9 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 8 Tackles2.0 TFL1.5 Sacks
- 7 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 5 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
NUBacks & tight ends1 blue chip15
- 104 Car618 Rush yds5 TD5.9 Rush avg15 Rec162 Rec yds10.8 Rec avg
- 43 Car384 Rush yds3 TD8.9 Rush avg6 Rec74 Rec yds12.3 Rec avg
- 47 Car225 Rush yds0 TD4.8 Rush avg2 Rec3 Rec yds1.5 Rec avg
- 3 Car21 Rush yds0 TD7.0 Rush avg
- 6 Car18 Rush yds0 TD3.0 Rush avg
- 5 Car7 Rush yds0 TD1.4 Rush avg
- 1 Car1 Rush yds0 TD1.0 Rush avg1 Rec4 Rec yds4.0 Rec avg
- career 35 Car104 Rush yds2 TD3.0 Rush avg7 Rec70 Rec yds10.0 Rec avg
- 14 Rec251 Rec yds0 TD17.9 Rec avg
- 15 Rec229 Rec yds3 TD15.3 Rec avg
ILLReceivers2 blue chips16
- 59 Rec776 Rec yds10 TD13.2 Rec avg
- 32 Rec453 Rec yds1 TD14.2 Rec avg
- 22 Rec198 Rec yds1 TD9.0 Rec avg
- 12 Rec164 Rec yds3 TD13.7 Rec avg
- 1 Rec7 Rec yds0 TD7.0 Rec avg
- 1 Rec5 Rec yds0 TD5.0 Rec avg
- career 104 Rec1,331 Rec yds12 TD12.8 Rec avg
- career 55 Rec791 Rec yds6 TD14.4 Rec avg
NUDefensive backsNo blue chips22
- 45 Tackles2 PD2 Int
- 38 Tackles4 PD1 Int
- 37 Tackles1 PD1 Int
- 34 Tackles7 PD1 Int
- 33 Tackles4 PD
- 26 Tackles5 PD1 Int
- 15 Tackles2 PD
- 14 Tackles0 PD
- 10 Tackles5 PD
- 4 Tackles0 PD
- 3 Tackles0 PD
- 3 Tackles0 PD
- 2 Tackles1 PD
- 1 Int
- 1 Tackles0 PD
- 0 Tackles0 PD
- 0 Tackles1 PD
- career 1 Tackles0 PD
- career 1 Tackles0 PD
ILLDefensive backs1 blue chip20
- 55 Tackles1 PD1 Int
- 40 Tackles8 PD
- 28 Tackles3 PD
- 27 Tackles2 PD
- 24 Tackles1 PD1 Int
- 15 Tackles2 PD
- 12 Tackles1 PD
- 8 Tackles0 PD
- 4 Tackles0 PD
- 3 Tackles0 PD
- 1 Tackles0 PD
- 1 Tackles0 PD
- 1 Tackles0 PD
- 1 Tackles0 PD
- career 23 Tackles1 PD2 Int
- career 3 Tackles0 PD
NUReceivers1 blue chip14
- 44 Rec761 Rec yds5 TD17.3 Rec avg
- 30 Rec261 Rec yds2 TD8.7 Rec avg
- 6 Rec79 Rec yds0 TD13.2 Rec avg
- 6 Rec74 Rec yds0 TD12.3 Rec avg
- career 3 Rec12 Rec yds0 TD4.0 Rec avg
ILLKickersNo blue chips2
- 12 FG15 FGA54 Long62 Pts
- career 0 FG0 FGA0 Long1 Pts
NUKickersNo blue chips3
- 15 FG19 FGA52 Long75 Pts
ILLPuntersNo blue chips2
- 23 Punts43.3 Avg9 In 20
NUPuntersNo blue chips2
- 25 Punts38.7 Avg8 In 20
- career 49 Punts36.2 Avg14 In 20
Previous 10 meetings vs. Illinois
Northwestern 6–4 vs Illinois
- 2025 · wk 14Northwestern 13 @ Illinois 20
- 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
Previous 3 meetings vs. David Braun
Illinois 2–1 vs David Braun
- 2025 · wk 14Northwestern 13 @ Illinois 20
- 2024 · wk 14Illinois 38 @ Northwestern 28
- 2023 · wk 13Northwestern 45 @ Illinois 43
Previous 8 meetings vs. Bret Bielema
Northwestern 2–6 vs Bret Bielema
- 2025 · wk 14Northwestern 13 @ Illinois 20
- 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
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