Cheez-It Citrus Bowl ·
Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.
No. 21 Illinois beat No. 14 South Carolina by 4 points, the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl.
It was played at a neutral site: Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL.
How the game turned
Q4 7:29 Illinois 21, South Carolina 17
Illinois 55% to win
McCray 9-yd TD run, Illinois goes ahead 21-17
Big moments
- 1Q1 7:24 · Illinois 0, South Carolina 3Herrera 29-yd field goal, South Carolina goes ahead 3-0
- 2Q1 0:00 · Illinois 7, South Carolina 3Illinois's win chance rose from 31% to 37%.Altmyer 15-yd TD pass to Franklin, Illinois goes ahead 7-3
- 3Q3 10:50 · Illinois 7, South Carolina 10Illinois's win chance fell from 43% to 25%.Adaway 36-yd TD run, South Carolina goes ahead 10-7
- 4Q3 2:23 · Illinois 14, South Carolina 10Illinois's win chance rose from 31% to 49%.McCray 3-yd TD run, Illinois goes ahead 14-10
- 5Q4 14:56 · Illinois 14, South Carolina 17Illinois's win chance fell from 49% to 22%.Sellers 6-yd TD pass to Simon, South Carolina goes ahead 17-14
- 6Q4 7:29 · Illinois 21, South Carolina 17Illinois's win chance rose from 26% to 55%.McCray 9-yd TD run, Illinois goes ahead 21-17
Illinois's lowest chance to win was 13 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 7:29 left in the 4th quarter, Illinois's chance to win went from 26 percent to 55 percent when Illinois scored a touchdown.
The score went from Illinois 14, South Carolina 17 to Illinois 21, South Carolina 17.
The play: McCray 9-yd TD run, Illinois goes ahead 21-17.
What happened next
Illinois finished the 2024 season 10-3, No. 21 in the last AP poll before the bowls.
South Carolina finished the 2024 season 9-4, No. 14 in the last AP poll before the bowls.
Illinois's first game of the 2025 season: W 52-3 vs Western Illinois, Aug 29, 2025
about 8 months laterSouth Carolina's first game of the 2025 season: W 24-11 vs Virginia Tech, Aug 31, 2025
about 8 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.