Regular season ·
Illinois beat Northwestern
Records are after this game.
Illinois beat Northwestern by 7 points.
How the game turned
Q2 1:39 Illinois 7, Northwestern 10
Illinois 70% to win
Stone intercepted by Cox
Big moments
- 1Q1 0:16 · Illinois 0, Northwestern 3Illinois's win chance fell from 65% to 63%.Olsen 38-yd field goal, Northwestern goes ahead 3-0
- 2Q2 11:27 · Illinois 7, Northwestern 3Valentine 6-yd TD run, Illinois goes ahead 7-3
- 3Q2 5:50 · Illinois 7, Northwestern 10Illinois's win chance fell from 77% to 61%.Stone 13-yd TD pass to Eligon, Northwestern goes ahead 10-7
- 4Q2 1:39 · Illinois 7, Northwestern 10Illinois's win chance rose from 52% to 70%.Stone intercepted by Cox
- 5Q2 0:30 · Illinois 14, Northwestern 10Illinois's win chance rose from 72% to 81%.Feagin 1-yd TD run, Illinois goes ahead 14-10
Illinois was never below a 50 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.
The biggest swing
With 1:39 left in the 2nd quarter, Illinois's chance to win went from 52 percent to 70 percent on an interception.
The score stayed Illinois 7, Northwestern 10.
The play: Stone intercepted by Cox.
What happened next
Northwestern's next game: W 34-7 vs Central Michigan in the Gameabove Sports Bowl, Dec 26
27 days laterIllinois's next game: W 30-28 vs Tennessee in the Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl, Dec 30
31 days 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.