Regular season ·
Northwestern beat Illinois
Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.
No. 15 Northwestern beat Illinois by 18 points.
How the game turned
Q2 14:56 Northwestern 7, Illinois 3
Northwestern 84% to win
Ramsey 2-yd TD pass to Mangieri, Northwestern goes ahead 7-3
Big moments
- 1Q1 1:49 · Northwestern 0, Illinois 3McCourt 39-yd field goal, Illinois goes ahead 3-0
- 2Q2 14:56 · Northwestern 7, Illinois 3Northwestern's win chance rose from 78% to 84%.Ramsey 2-yd TD pass to Mangieri, Northwestern goes ahead 7-3
Northwestern was never below a 70 percent chance to win. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.
How the lead changed
Northwestern took the lead for good with 14:56 left in the 2nd quarter, Northwestern 7, Illinois 3.
What happened next
Northwestern's next game: L 10-22 vs Ohio State, Dec 19
7 days laterIllinois's next game: L 21-56 at Penn State, Dec 19
7 days laterThe teams' next meeting after Dec 12, 2020: Illinois 47, Northwestern 14, Nov 27, 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.