Regular season ·

Northwestern beat Illinois

No. 23 Northwestern9-342
Illinois2-107Final
Sat, Nov 25 · Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Ill. · Crowd 30,456 · 56°

Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.

No. 23 Northwestern beat Illinois by 35 points.

How the lead changed

Northwestern took the lead for good with 8:03 left in the 2nd quarter, Northwestern 14, Illinois 7.

Big moments

  1. 1st quarter, 8:38
    Rushing touchdown of 23 yards

    Illinois scored. Illinois 7, Northwestern 0.

  2. 2nd quarter, 10:35
    Touchdown pass of 11 yards

    Northwestern scored. Illinois 7, Northwestern 7.

  3. 2nd quarter, 8:03
    Rushing touchdown of 5 yards

    Northwestern scored. Northwestern 14, Illinois 7.

Scores that changed who was leading, from the play-by-play record.

What happened next

  1. Northwestern's next game: W 24-23 vs Kentucky, Dec 29

    34 days later

  2. Illinois finished the 2017 season 2-10.

  3. Illinois's first game of the 2018 season: W 31-24 vs Kent State, Sep 1, 2018

    about 9 months later

  4. The teams' next meeting after Nov 25, 2017: Northwestern 24, Illinois 16, Nov 24, 2018

    about 12 months later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN.

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