Illinois team stats
2015 season totals across 12 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| Illinois | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 5:56:21 | 29:42 | 6:03:39 | 30:18 |
| Offensive plays | 907 | 75.6 | 860 | 71.7 |
| Total yards | 4,472 | 372.7 | 4,210 | 350.8 |
| Penalties–yards | 66–589 | — | 63–535 | — |
| First downs | 245 | 20.4 | 217 | 18.1 |
| Third down | 74–20436.3% | — | 58–18631.2% | — |
| Fourth down | 11–2544.0% | — | 11–2152.4% | — |
Passing
| Illinois | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 285–51954.9% | — | 223–39157.0% | — |
| Passing yards | 2,921 | 243.4 | 2,207 | 183.9 |
| Yards per attempt | 5.6 | — | 5.6 | — |
| Passing TDs | 16 | — | 17 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 13 | — | 8 | — |
Rushing
| Illinois | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 388 | 32.3 | 469 | 39.1 |
| Rushing yards | 1,551 | 129.3 | 2,003 | 166.9 |
| Yards per carry | 4.0 | — | 4.3 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 13 | — | 16 | — |
Turnovers
| Illinois | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 17 | 1.4 | 21 | 1.8 |
| Fumbles lost | 9 | — | 8 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 13 | — | 8 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| Illinois | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interceptions | 8 | — | 13 | — |
| Interception yards | 195 | — | 48 | — |
| Interception TDs | 1 | — | 0 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 8 | — | 9 | — |
Returns
| Illinois | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick returns | 31 | — | 36 | — |
| Kick return yards | 614 | — | 723 | — |
| Yards per kick return | 19.8 | — | 20.1 | — |
| Kick return TDs | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| Punt returns | 33 | — | 27 | — |
| Punt return yards | 290 | — | 297 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 8.8 | — | 11.0 | — |
| Punt return TDs | 2 | — | 1 | — |
⚠ An em dash is not a zero. A measure a team has not recorded — a fumble recovery, a punt return — has no row at the source rather than a zero, and these are categories where not happening is ordinary. Where a season total exists, every rate beside it is computed from that season’s own denominator rather than averaged across games.