Regular season ·

Illinois beat Rutgers

Illinois1-323
Rutgers1-320Final
Sat, Nov 14 · SHI Stadium, Piscataway, N.J. · 52°, partly cloudyBTN

Records are after this game.

Illinois beat Rutgers by 3 points.

How the game turned

Illinois aheadRutgers aheadBiggest swingLow: 14%
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Q4 1:17 Illinois 20, Rutgers 20

Illinois 67% to win

Noah Vedral pass intercepted Nate Hobbs return for 26 yds

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 13:03 · Illinois 0, Rutgers 7Illinois's win chance fell from 26% to 22%.Vedral 29-yd TD pass to Melton, Rutgers goes ahead 7-0
  2. 2Q3 4:54 · Illinois 17, Rutgers 20Illinois's win chance rose from 16% to 29%.Epstein 1-yd TD run, cuts it to 20-17
  3. 3Q4 13:02 · Illinois 20, Rutgers 20Illinois's win chance rose from 32% to 45%.McCourt 23-yd field goal, ties it 20-20
  4. 4Q4 4:55 · Illinois 20, Rutgers 20Illinois's win chance rose from 40% to 62%.Williams 26-yd run
  5. 5Q4 0:03 · Illinois 23, Rutgers 20Illinois's win chance rose from 70% to 72%.McCourt 47-yd field goal, Illinois goes ahead 23-20

Illinois's lowest chance to win was 14 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

The biggest swing

With 1:17 left in the 4th quarter, Illinois's chance to win went from 28 percent to 66 percent on an interception.

The score stayed Illinois 20, Rutgers 20.

What happened next

  1. Illinois's next game: W 41-23 at Nebraska, Nov 21

    7 days later

  2. Rutgers's next game: L 42-48 vs Michigan, Nov 21

    7 days later

  3. The teams' next meeting after Nov 14, 2020: Rutgers 20, Illinois 14, Oct 30, 2021

    about 11 months later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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