Regular season ·
Illinois beat Northwestern
Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.
No. 22 Illinois beat Northwestern by 10 points.
It was played at a neutral site: Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL.
How the game turned
Q2 13:21 Illinois 14, Northwestern 10
Illinois 77% to win
Altmyer 1-yd TD run, Illinois goes ahead 14-10
Big moments
- 1Q1 9:31 · Illinois 0, Northwestern 3Akers 21-yd field goal, Northwestern goes ahead 3-0
- 2Q1 8:12 · Illinois 7, Northwestern 3Illinois's win chance rose from 66% to 80%.Laughery 30-yd TD run, Illinois goes ahead 7-3
- 3Q1 2:14 · Illinois 7, Northwestern 10Illinois's win chance fell from 79% to 68%.Turner interception return TD, Northwestern goes ahead 10-7
- 4Q2 13:21 · Illinois 14, Northwestern 10Illinois's win chance rose from 65% to 77%.Altmyer 1-yd TD run, Illinois goes ahead 14-10
Illinois was never below a 62 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
Illinois took the lead for good with 13:21 left in the 2nd quarter, Illinois 14, Northwestern 10.
What happened next
Illinois's next game: W 21-17 vs South Carolina in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, Dec 31
31 days laterNorthwestern finished the 2024 season 4-8.
Northwestern's first game of the 2025 season: L 3-23 at Tulane, Aug 30, 2025
about 9 months laterThe teams' next meeting after Nov 30, 2024: Illinois 20, Northwestern 13, Nov 29, 2025
about 12 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.