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Northwestern vs Illinois (Nov 17, 2007)
  Scoring Summary  
Scoring Summary (Final)
2007 Northwestern Football
Northwestern vs #19 Illinois (Nov 17, 2007 at Champaign, Ill.)

Northwestern (6-6,3-5) vs. Illinois (9-3,6-2)

Date: Nov 17, 2007 • Site: Champaign, Ill.  • Stadium: Memorial Stadium  •  Attendance: 54116

Score by Quarters  Score 
Northwestern   0  7  7  8  22 
Illinois   14  7  14  6  41 

SCORING SUMMARY   NU -ILL  
1st  10:36  ILL   Mendenhall,R. 3 yd run (Reda,Jason kick) 
         8 plays, 71 yards, TOP 2:39  0 - 7 
  05:38  ILL   Williams,Isiah 1 yd run (Reda,Jason kick) 
         9 plays, 84 yards, TOP 3:09  0 - 14 
2nd  04:12  ILL   Williams,Isiah 1 yd run (Reda,Jason kick) 
         16 plays, 97 yards, TOP 8:12  0 - 21 
  02:35  NU   Sutton, Tyrell 1 yd run (Villarreal, A kick) 
         6 plays, 56 yards, TOP 1:37  7 - 21 
3rd  12:52  ILL   Cumberland, J. 42 yd pass from Williams,Isiah (Reda,Jason kick) 
         4 plays, 76 yards, TOP 2:08  7 - 28 
  05:23  ILL   Mendenhall,R. 8 yd run (Reda,Jason kick) 
         14 plays, 94 yards, TOP 6:25  7 - 35 
  02:10  NU   Yarbrough, Jeff 2 yd pass from Bacher, C.J. (Villarreal, A kick) 
         11 plays, 87 yards, TOP 3:13  14 - 35 
4th  09:35  ILL   Reda,Jason 27 yd field goal 
         9 plays, 58 yards, TOP 4:06  14 - 38 
  06:15  NU   Thompson, Kim 18 yd pass from Bacher, C.J. (Lane, Ross pass from Bacher, C.J.) 
         5 plays, 44 yards, TOP 0:56  22 - 38 
  04:37  ILL   Reda,Jason 49 yd field goal 
         6 plays, 9 yards, TOP 1:38  22 - 41 

Kickoff time: 11:02 am • End of Game: 2:22  • Total elapsed time: 3:10
Referee: Dan Capron  •  Umpire: Jim Krogstad  •  Linesman: Jim Ryan  •  Line judge: Paul Engelberts •  Back judge: Tom Herbert  •  Field judge: Ron Torbert  •  Side judge: John Roggeman  • 
Temperature: 45  • Wind: SW 7 MPH • Weather: Partly Sunny
  Team Statistics  
Team Statistics (Final)
2007 Northwestern Football
Northwestern vs #19 Illinois (Nov 17, 2007 at Champaign, Ill.)

 Team Totals  NU  ILL 
FIRST DOWNS  21  32 
   Rushing  22 
   Passing  14 
   Penalty 
NET YARDS RUSHING  69  321 
   Rushing Attempts  18  65 
   Average Per Rush  3.8  4.9 
   Rushing Touchdowns 
   Yards Gained Rushing  81  346 
   Yards Lost Rushing  12  25 
NET YARDS PASSING  310  220 
   Completions-Attempts-Int  29-49-2  15-23-1 
   Average Per Attempt  6.3  9.6 
   Average Per Completion  10.7  14.7 
   Passing Touchdowns 
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS  379  541 
   Total offense plays  67  88 
   Average Gain Per Play  5.7  6.1 
Fumbles: Number-Lost  0-0  3-1 
Penalties: Number-Yards  9-79  4-35 
PUNTS-YARDS  5-245  3-126 
   Average Yards Per Punt  49.0  42.0 
   Net Yards Per Punt  48.8  36.7 
   Inside 20 
   50+ Yards 
   Touchbacks 
   Fair catch 
KICKOFFS-YARDS  3-146  8-501 
   Average Yards Per Kickoff  48.7  62.6 
   Net Yards Per Kickoff  43.3  41.1 
   Touchbacks 
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD  2-16-0  1-1-0 
   Average Per Return  8.0  1.0 
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD  7-172-0  3-16-0 
   Average Per Return  24.6  5.3 
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD  1-6-0  2-1-0 
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD  0-0-0  0-0-0 
Miscellaneous Yards 
Possession Time  21:30  38:30 
   1st Quarter  6:32  8:28 
   2nd Quarter  4:36  10:24 
   3rd Quarter  4:17  10:43 
   4th Quarter  6:05  8:55 
Third-Down Conversions  2 of 10  8 of 14 
Fourth-Down Conversions  0 of 2  0 of 0 
Red-Zone Scores-Chances  3-3  5-6 
Sacks By: Number-Yards  0-0  2-12 
PAT Kicks  2-2  5-5 
Field Goals  0-0  2-2 
  Individual Statistics  
Individual Statistics (Final)
2007 Northwestern Football
Northwestern vs #19 Illinois (Nov 17, 2007 at Champaign, Ill.)

Northwestern
  
Illinois
RUSHING  No.  Gain  Loss  Net  TD  Lg  Avg. 
Sutton, Tyrell   13  71  71  22  5.5 
Roberson, B.   4.5 
Peterman, Eric   1.0 
Bacher, C.J.   12  -12  -6.0 
Totals...  18  81  12  69  22  3.8 
  
  
  
  
  
RUSHING  No.  Gain  Loss  Net  TD  Lg  Avg. 
Williams,Isiah   23  137  136  21  5.9 
Mendenhall,R.   27  131  124  17  4.6 
Benn, Arrelious  23  23  13  7.7 
Gamble, Brian   21  21  14  7.0 
Cumberland, J.   18  18  18  18.0 
Ijei, Justin   2.0 
McGee,Eddie   0.0 
Dufrene, Daniel  10  17  -7  -1.8 
Totals...  65  346  25  321  21  4.9 
 
PASSING  Cmp-Att-Int  Yds  TD  Long  Sack 
Bacher, C.J.   29-49-2  310  32 
Totals...  29-49-2  310  32 
  
PASSING  Cmp-Att-Int  Yds  TD  Long  Sack 
Williams,Isiah   15-23-1  220  48 
Totals...  15-23-1  220  48 
 
RECEIVING  No.  Yds  TD  Lg 
Peterman, Eric   10  120  32 
Sutton, Tyrell   68  19 
Ward, Rasheed   57  17 
Thompson, Kim   52  18 
Jones, Tonjua   11  11 
Yarbrough, Jeff 
Totals...  29  310  32 
  
  
  
RECEIVING  No.  Yds  TD  Lg 
Cumberland, J.   131  48 
Mendenhall,R.   29  19 
Benn, Arrelious  16  11 
Gamble, Brian   10 
Hoomanawanui, M  20  20 
Willis, Jacob   11  11 
Smith, Rahkeem  
McGee,Eddie   -5 
Totals...  15  220  48 
 
PUNTING  No.  Yds  Avg  Long  In20  TB 
Demos, Stefan   245  49.0  56 
Totals...  245  49.0  56 
  
PUNTING  No.  Yds  Avg  Long  In20  TB 
Santella, A.   126  42.0  52 
Totals...  126  42.0  52 
 
   Punts  Kickoffs  Intercept 
ALL RETURNS  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg 
Peterman, Eric   16  14 
McManis, S.   172  38 
Vaughn, Justan  
Totals...  16  14  172  38 
  
  
  
  
   Punts  Kickoffs  Intercept 
ALL RETURNS  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg 
Willis, Jacob   10  10 
Warren,DaJuan  
Mendenhall, W.  
Steele, Antonio 
Mitchell, Kevin 
Miller, Brit  
Totals...  16  10 
 
ALL PURPOSE  Rush  Rcv  KR  PR  IR  Total 
McManis, S.   172  172 
Sutton, Tyrell   71  68  139 
Peterman, Eric   120  16  137 
Ward, Rasheed   57  57 
Thompson, Kim   52  52 
Jones, Tonjua   11  11 
Roberson, B.  
Vaughn, Justan  
Yarbrough, Jeff 
Bacher, C.J.   -12  -12 
Totals...  69  310  172  16  573 
  
  
  
  
  
ALL PURPOSE  Rush  Rcv  KR  PR  IR  Total 
Mendenhall,R.   124  29  153 
Cumberland, J.   18  131  149 
Williams,Isiah   136  136 
Benn, Arrelious  23  16  39 
Gamble, Brian   21  10  31 
Willis, Jacob   11  10  21 
Hoomanawanui, M  20  20 
Smith, Rahkeem  
Mendenhall, W.  
Ijei, Justin  
Warren,DaJuan  
Mitchell, Kevin 
McGee,Eddie   -5  -5 
Dufrene, Daniel  -7  -7 
Totals...  321  220  16  559 
 
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 
  
  
  
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 
Reda,Jason  4th  09:35  27 yards  Good 
Reda,Jason  4th  04:37  49 yards  Good 
 
KICKOFFS  No.  Yds  TB  OB  Avg. 
Villarreal, A   146  48.7 
  
  
KICKOFFS  No.  Yds  TB  OB  Avg. 
Reda,Jason   64  64.0 
Cklamovski, M.   437  62.4 
 
FUMBLES: Northwestern-None. Illinois-Williams,Isiah 2-0; Dufrene, Daniel 1-1.
  Drive Chart  
Drive Chart (Final)
2007 Northwestern Football
Northwestern vs #19 Illinois (Nov 17, 2007 at Champaign, Ill.)

   Drive Started  Drive Ended  Consumed    
Team  Qtr  Spot  Time  Obtained  Spot  Time     How Lost  Pl-Yds  TOP  RZ 
NU   1st  N35  15:00  Kickoff  I48  13:15     Interception  5-17  1:45    
NU   1st  N26  10:36  Kickoff  N35  08:47     Punt  3-9  1:49    
NU   1st  N33  05:38  Kickoff  N38  04:07     Punt  3-5  1:31    
NU   1st  N19  01:27  Punt  I47  12:24     Punt  9-34  4:03    
NU   2nd  N44  04:12  Kickoff  I00  02:35  TOUCHDOWN  6-56  1:37 
NU   2nd  N13  00:41  Interception  N41  00:18     Interception  2-28  0:23    
NU   3rd  N33  12:52  Kickoff  N41  11:48     Punt  3-8  1:04    
NU   3rd  N13  05:23  Kickoff  I00  02:10  TOUCHDOWN  11-87  3:13 
NU   4th  N07  14:48  Punt  N12  13:41     Punt  3-5  1:07    
NU   4th  N33  09:35  Kickoff  N46  07:50     Downs  5-13  1:45    
NU   4th  I44  07:11  Fumble  I00  06:15  TOUCHDOWN  5-44  0:56 
NU   4th  N33  04:37  Kickoff  I33  03:05     Downs  7-34  1:32    
NU   4th  N46  00:45  Punt  I25  00:00     End of half  5-29  0:45    
  
ILL   1st  I29  13:15  Interception  N00  10:36  TOUCHDOWN  8-71  2:39 
ILL   1st  I16  08:47  Punt  N00  05:38  TOUCHDOWN  9-84  3:09 
ILL   1st  I20  04:07  Punt  I33  01:27     Punt  7-13  2:40    
ILL   2nd  I03  12:24  Punt  N00  04:12  TOUCHDOWN  16-97  8:12 
ILL   2nd  I24  02:35  Kickoff  N16  00:41     Interception  8-60  1:54 
ILL   2nd  I45  00:18  Interception  I48  00:00     End of half  1-3  0:18    
ILL   3rd  I24  15:00  Kickoff  N00  12:52  TOUCHDOWN  4-76  2:08    
ILL   3rd  I06  11:48  Punt  N00  05:23  TOUCHDOWN  14-94  6:25 
ILL   3rd  I32  02:10  Kickoff  I35  14:48     Punt  3-3  2:22    
ILL   4th  I32  13:41  Punt  N10  09:35  FIELD GOAL  9-58  4:06 
ILL   4th  N46  07:50  Downs  I44  07:11     Fumble  2--10  0:39    
ILL   4th  N41  06:15  Kickoff  N32  04:37  FIELD GOAL  6-9  1:38    
ILL   4th  I33  03:05  Downs  I34  00:45     Punt  3-1  2:20    

   1st  2nd  3rd  4th     1st  2nd       
Northwestern   Qtr  Qtr  Qtr  Qtr     Half  Half     Total 
Time of possession   06:32   04:36   04:17   06:05      11:08   10:22      21:30  
3rd Down Conversions   0/3   1/2   1/2   0/3      1/5   1/5      2/10  
Average field position  N28   N28   N23   N35      N28   N31      N30  
4th Down Conversions   0/0   0/0   0/0   0/2      0/0   0/2      0/2  
  
   1st  2nd  3rd  4th     1st  2nd       
Illinois   Qtr  Qtr  Qtr  Qtr     Half  Half     Total 
Time of possession   08:28   10:24   10:43   08:55      18:52   19:38      38:30  
3rd Down Conversions   4/5   2/3   2/3   0/3      6/8   2/6      8/14  
Average field position  I21   I24   I20   I44      I22   I34      I29  
4th Down Conversions   0/0   0/0   0/0   0/0      0/0   0/0      0/0  
Drive Chart (By Quarter)

   Drive Started  Drive Ended  Consumed    
Team  Qtr  Spot  Time  Obtained  Spot  Time     How Lost  Pl-Yds  TOP  RZ 
NU   1st  N35  15:00  Kickoff  I48  13:15     Interception  5-17  1:45    
ILL   1st  I29  13:15  Interception  N00  10:36  TOUCHDOWN  8-71  2:39 
NU   1st  N26  10:36  Kickoff  N35  08:47     Punt  3-9  1:49    
ILL   1st  I16  08:47  Punt  N00  05:38  TOUCHDOWN  9-84  3:09 
NU   1st  N33  05:38  Kickoff  N38  04:07     Punt  3-5  1:31    
ILL   1st  I20  04:07  Punt  I33  01:27     Punt  7-13  2:40    
NU   1st  N19  01:27  Punt  I47  12:24     Punt  9-34  4:03    
ILL   2nd  I03  12:24  Punt  N00  04:12  TOUCHDOWN  16-97  8:12 
  
NU   2nd  N44  04:12  Kickoff  I00  02:35  TOUCHDOWN  6-56  1:37 
ILL   2nd  I24  02:35  Kickoff  N16  00:41     Interception  8-60  1:54 
NU   2nd  N13  00:41  Interception  N41  00:18     Interception  2-28  0:23    
ILL   2nd  I45  00:18  Interception  I48  00:00     End of half  1-3  0:18    
ILL   3rd  I24  15:00  Kickoff  N00  12:52  TOUCHDOWN  4-76  2:08    
  
NU   3rd  N33  12:52  Kickoff  N41  11:48     Punt  3-8  1:04    
ILL   3rd  I06  11:48  Punt  N00  05:23  TOUCHDOWN  14-94  6:25 
NU   3rd  N13  05:23  Kickoff  I00  02:10  TOUCHDOWN  11-87  3:13 
ILL   3rd  I32  02:10  Kickoff  I35  14:48     Punt  3-3  2:22    
NU   4th  N07  14:48  Punt  N12  13:41     Punt  3-5  1:07    
  
ILL   4th  I32  13:41  Punt  N10  09:35  FIELD GOAL  9-58  4:06 
NU   4th  N33  09:35  Kickoff  N46  07:50     Downs  5-13  1:45    
ILL   4th  N46  07:50  Downs  I44  07:11     Fumble  2--10  0:39    
NU   4th  I44  07:11  Fumble  I00  06:15  TOUCHDOWN  5-44  0:56 
ILL   4th  N41  06:15  Kickoff  N32  04:37  FIELD GOAL  6-9  1:38    
NU   4th  N33  04:37  Kickoff  I33  03:05     Downs  7-34  1:32    
ILL   4th  I33  03:05  Downs  I34  00:45     Punt  3-1  2:20    
NU   4th  N46  00:45  Punt  I25  00:00     End of half  5-29  0:45    
  Defensive Statistics  
Defensive Statistics (Final)
2007 Northwestern Football
Northwestern vs #19 Illinois (Nov 17, 2007 at Champaign, Ill.)

##  Northwestern   Solo  Ast  Total  TFL/Yds  FF  FR-Yds  Int-Yds  BrUp  Blkd  Sack/Yds  QBH 
43  Kadela, Adam   12  17  1.0/2   .   .   .  
22  Battle, Deante   10  .   .   .   .  
46  Arrington, M.   1.5/2   .   .   .  
27  McPherson, R.   .   .   .   .  
36  Kwateng, Prince  1.0/8   1-0   .   .  
17  Phillips, Brad   .   .   .   .  
99  Wootton, Corey   1.0/3   .   .   .  
40  Simpson, Eddie   .   .   .   .  
24  McManis, S.   .   .   .   .  
95  Mims, Kevin   .   .   .   .  
47  Richart, Chaz   0.5/3   .   .   .  
70  Gill, John   1.0/5   .   .   .  
41  Davie, Quentin   0.5/2   .   .   .  
25  Simmons, S.   .   .   .   .  
67  Thomas,Marshall  0.5/1   .   .   .  
79  Hahn, Adam   .   .   .   .  
54  Malleo, Chris   .   .   .   .  
31  Dinard, Mike   .   .   .   .  
45  Rothrauff, Ben   .   .   .   .  
28  Vaughn, Justan   .   .   1-6   .  
29  Conteh, Omar   .   .   .   .  
1B  Dixon, Dan   .   .   .   .  
91  Koehn, Mark   .   .   .   .  
92  Kennedy, Keegan  .   .   .   .  
##  Illinois   Solo  Ast  Total  TFL/Yds  FF  FR-Yds  Int-Yds  BrUp  Blkd  Sack/Yds  QBH 
47  Leman, J   10  .   .   .   .  
32  Harrison, J.   10  .   .   .   .  
40  Steele, Antonio  .   .   1-0   .  
14  Thomas,Marcus   .   .   .   .  
25  Sanders, Justin  .   .   .   .  
96  Norwell, Chris   .   .   .   .  
81  Davis, Will   1.0/5   .   .   1.0/5  
94  Lindquist, D.   .   .   .   .  
76  Ware, Mike   0.5/3   .   .   0.5/3  
42  Mitchell, Kevin  .   .   1-1   .  
46  Rouse, Tyler   .   .   .   .  
35  Cklamovski, M.   .   .   .   .  
5   Mendenhall,R.   .   .   .   .  
17  Cumberland, J.   .   .   .   .  
13  Reda,Jason   .   .   .   .  
48  Robertson, E.   .   .   .   .  
90  James, Antonio   0.5/4   .   .   0.5/4  
30  Smith, Rahkeem   .   .   .   .  
28  Hicks, Dere   .   .   .   .  
92  Brent, Josh   .   .   .   .  
95  Pilcher, Doug   .   .   .   .  
18  Bussey, Nate   .   .   .   .  
15  Duvalt, Chris   .   .   .   .  
99  Brown, Jerry   .   .   .   .  
  Box Score  
Box Score (Final)
Northwestern vs #19 Illinois (Nov 17, 2007 at Champaign, Ill.)

Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
Northwestern........  0  7  7  8  - 22       Record: (6-6,3-5)
Illinois............ 14  7 14  6  - 41       Record: (9-3,6-2)



Scoring Summary:
1st 10:36 ILL - Mendenhall,R. 3 yd run (Reda,Jason kick), 8-71 2:39, NU 0 - ILL 7
    05:38 ILL - Williams,Isiah 1 yd run (Reda,Jason kick), 9-84 3:09, NU 0 - ILL 14
2nd 04:12 ILL - Williams,Isiah 1 yd run (Reda,Jason kick), 16-97 8:12, NU 0 - ILL 21
    02:35 NU - Sutton, Tyrell 1 yd run (Villarreal, A kick), 6-56 1:37, NU 7 - ILL 21
3rd 12:52 ILL - Cumberland, J. 42 yd pass from Williams,Isiah (Reda,Jason kick), 4-76 2:08, NU 7 - ILL 28
    05:23 ILL - Mendenhall,R. 8 yd run (Reda,Jason kick), 14-94 6:25, NU 7 - ILL 35
    02:10 NU - Yarbrough, Jeff 2 yd pass from Bacher, C.J. (Villarreal, A kick), 11-87 3:13, NU 14 - ILL 35
4th 09:35 ILL - Reda,Jason 27 yd field goal, 9-58 4:06, NU 14 - ILL 38
    06:15 NU - Thompson, Kim 18 yd pass from Bacher, C.J. (Lane, Ross pass from Bacher, C.J.), 5-44 0:56, NU 22 - ILL 38
    04:37 ILL - Reda,Jason 49 yd field goal, 6-9 1:38, NU 22 - ILL 41



                                     NU      ILL
FIRST DOWNS...................       21       32
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............    18-69   65-321
PASSING YDS (NET).............      310      220
Passes Att-Comp-Int...........  49-29-2  23-15-1
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   67-379   88-541
Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0      0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............     2-16      1-1
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........    7-172     3-16
Interception Returns-Yards....      1-6      2-1
Punts (Number-Avg)............   5-49.0   3-42.0
Fumbles-Lost..................      0-0      3-1
Penalties-Yards...............     9-79     4-35
Possession Time...............    21:30    38:30
Third-Down Conversions........  2 of 10  8 of 14
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   0 of 2   0 of 0
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      3-3      5-6
Sacks By: Number-Yards........      0-0     2-12


RUSHING: Northwestern-Sutton, Tyrell 13-71; Roberson, B. 2-9; Peterman,
Eric 1-1; Bacher, C.J. 2-minus 12. Illinois-Williams,Isiah 23-136; Mendenhall,R.
27-124; Benn, Arrelious 3-23; Gamble, Brian 3-21; Cumberland, J. 1-18; Ijei,
Justin 3-6; McGee,Eddie 1-0; Dufrene, Daniel 4-minus 7.

PASSING: Northwestern-Bacher, C.J. 29-49-2-310. Illinois-Williams,Isiah
15-23-1-220.

RECEIVING: Northwestern-Peterman, Eric 10-120; Sutton, Tyrell 7-68; Ward,
Rasheed 5-57; Thompson, Kim 5-52; Jones, Tonjua 1-11; Yarbrough, Jeff 1-2.
Illinois-Cumberland, J. 4-131; Mendenhall,R. 3-29; Benn, Arrelious 2-16; Gamble,
Brian 2-10; Hoomanawanui, M 1-20; Willis, Jacob 1-11; Smith, Rahkeem 1-8;
McGee,Eddie 1-minus 5.

INTERCEPTIONS: Northwestern-Vaughn, Justan 1-6. Illinois-Mitchell, Kevin
1-1; Steele, Antonio 1-0.

FUMBLES: Northwestern-None. Illinois-Williams,Isiah 2-0; Dufrene, Daniel
1-1.

Stadium: Memorial Stadium      Attendance: 54116
Kickoff time: 11:02 am  End of Game: 2:22      Total elapsed time: 3:10
Officials: Referee: Dan Capron; Umpire: Jim Krogstad; Linesman: Jim Ryan;
Line judge: Paul Engelberts; Back judge: Tom Herbert; Field judge: Ron Torbert;
Side judge: John Roggeman;
Temperature: 45        Wind: SW 7 MPH  Weather: Partly Sunny



         Northwestern vs #19 Illinois (Nov 17, 2007 at Champaign, Ill.)

SACKS (UA-A): Northwestern-None. Illinois-James, Antonio 0-1; Davis, Will
1-0; Ware, Mike 0-1.

TACKLES (UA-A): Northwestern-Kadela, Adam 5-12; Battle, Deante 5-5;
Arrington, M. 5-4; McPherson, R. 4-5; Kwateng, Prince 4-3; Phillips, Brad 5-1;
Wootton, Corey 3-3; Simpson, Eddie 2-3; McManis, S. 3-1; Mims, Kevin 3-1;
Richart, Chaz 1-3; Gill, John 2-1; Davie, Quentin 1-2; Simmons, S. 2-0;
Thomas,Marshall 1-1; Malleo, Chris 1-1; Hahn, Adam 1-1; Dinard, Mike 1-0;
Rothrauff, Ben 1-0; Vaughn, Justan 0-1; Dixon, Dan 0-1; Koehn, Mark 0-1;
Kennedy, Keegan 0-1; Conteh, Omar 0-1. Illinois-Harrison, J. 5-5; Leman, J 5-5;
Steele, Antonio 4-5; Thomas,Marcus 3-3; Sanders, Justin 2-2; Norwell, Chris 0-4;
Davis, Will 3-0; Lindquist, D. 2-1; Ware, Mike 1-1; Mitchell, Kevin 1-1; Rouse,
Tyler 0-2; Robertson, E. 1-0; Mendenhall,R. 1-0; Cumberland, J. 1-0; Reda,Jason
1-0; Cklamovski, M. 1-0; Bussey, Nate 0-1; Hicks, Dere 0-1; Duvalt, Chris 0-1;
Brent, Josh 0-1; Pilcher, Doug 0-1; James, Antonio 0-1; Smith, Rahkeem 0-1.


Game Starters:
Northwestern

POS  ## OFFENSE
QB   18 Bacher, C.J.
RB   19 Sutton, Tyrell
WR   10 Peterman, Eric
WR   87 Jones, Tonjua
WR   9  Lane, Ross
RT   78 Mattes, Kurt
WR   84 Thompson, Kim
LT   74 Thiry, Dylan
LG   77 Crum, Adam
C    50 Rees, Trevor
RG   52 Belding, Joel

POS  ## DEFENSE
DE   72 Ngene, David
DT   70 Gill, John
DT   79 Hahn, Adam
DE   99 Wootton, Corey
SAM  36 Kwateng, Prince
MIKE 43 Kadela, Adam
WILL 40 Simpson, Eddie
CB   22 Battle, Deante
SS   17 Phillips, Brad
FS   27 McPherson, R.
CB   24 McManis, S.

Illinois

POS  ## OFFENSE
QB   7  Williams,Isiah
RB   5  Mendenhall,R.
WR   26 Gamble, Brian
WR   21 Hudson, Kyle
RT   69 Millington, A.
WR   9  Benn, Arrelious
WR   83 Willis, Jacob
LT   68 Fulton, Xavier
LG   64 O'Donnell, M.
C    60 McDonald, Ryan
RG   52 Asamoah, Jon

POS  ## DEFENSE
DE   81 Davis, Will
DT   96 Norwell, Chris
DT   94 Lindquist, D.
DE   95 Pilcher, Doug
S    25 Sanders, Justin
LB   47 Leman, J
LB   40 Steele, Antonio
CB   28 Hicks, Dere
SS   32 Harrison, J.
FS   42 Mitchell, Kevin
CB   14 Thomas,Marcus


Player participation:


Northwestern: 1B-Dixon, Dan, 1-Demos, Stefan, 7-Yarbrough, Jeff, 8-Ward, Rasheed, 11-Roberson, B., 16-Oredugba, David,
25-Simmons, S., 28-Vaughn, Justan, 29-Conteh, Omar, 31-Dinard, Mike, 41-Davie, Quentin, 42-Dunsmore, Drake, 44-Woodsum, Mark,
45-Rothrauff, Ben, 46-Arrington, M., 47-Richart, Chaz, 48-Johnson, Rejaie, 54-Malleo, Chris, 57-Williams, Nate, 63-Grant, Keegan,
67-Thomas,Marshall, 80-Mitchell, B., 86-Brunner, Phil, 89-Rooks, Josh, 91-Koehn, Mark, 92-Kennedy, Keegan, 95-Mims, Kevin,
96-Villarreal, A, 97-Daley, Kyle, 98-Bryant, Corbin.

Illinois: 1F-Venegoni, Mark, 1D-Judson,Will, 2-Wilson,Martez, 3-Wilkins,Marques, 4A-Ijei, Justin, 8-Warren,DaJuan,
10-McGee,Eddie, 13-Reda,Jason, 15-Duvalt, Chris, 16-Hoomanawanui, M, 17-Cumberland, J., 18-Bussey, Nate, 22-Dufrene, Daniel,
23-McMahon, Drew, 24-Flowers, Bo, 27-Gully, Antonio, 30-Smith, Rahkeem, 34-Mendenhall, W., 35-Cklamovski, M., 43-Carson, Sam,
44-Miller, Brit, 45-Pittman, Rodney, 46-Rouse, Tyler, 48-Robertson, E., 49-Knezetic, Kyle, 56-Williams, Sirod, 58-Whalen, Bryson,
62-Block, Eric, 65-Nabolotny, M., 76-Ware, Mike, 78-Palmer, Ryan, 82-Lenti, Frank, 87-Santella, A., 89-Sullivan, Tom,
90-James, Antonio, 91-Walker, Derek, 92-Brent, Josh, 97-Nurse, Clay, 99-Brown, Jerry.


  Play-by-Play Summary  
Play-by-Play Summary
2007 Northwestern Football
Northwestern vs #19 Illinois (Nov 17, 2007 at Champaign, Ill.)

1st Quarter

Northwestern wins toss, receives and defends north goal.
Nu 1-10at Nu30ILL ball on ILL30.
Cklamovski, M. kickoff 54 yards to the NU16, out-of-bounds, NU ball on NU35.
Nu 1-10at Nu35Bacher, C.J. pass complete to Thompson, Kim for 6 yards to the NU41.
Nu 2-4at Nu41Bacher, C.J. slant pass complete to Ward, Rasheed for 11 yards to the ILL48, 1ST DOWN NU (Leman, J;Thomas,Marcus).
Nu 1-10at Ill48Sutton, Tyrell rush up middle for no gain to the ILL48 (Steele, Antonio;Leman, J).
Nu 2-10at Ill48Bacher, C.J. sideline pass incomplete to Jones, Tonjua, QB hurry by Pilcher, Doug.
Nu 3-10at Ill48Bacher, C.J. pass intercepted by Mitchell, Kevin at the ILL28, Mitchell, Kevin return 1 yards to the ILL29, QB hurry by Davis, Will.
Drive: 5 plays, 17 yards, TOP 01:45
Ill 1-10at Ill29ILLINOIS drive start at 13:15.
Ill 1-10at Ill29Williams,Isiah rush over right end for 11 yards to the ILL40, 1ST DOWN ILL (Simpson, Eddie).
Ill 1-10at Ill40Williams,Isiah rush up middle for 11 yards to the NU49, 1ST DOWN ILL (McPherson, R.).
Ill 1-10at Nu49Williams,Isiah pass complete to Mendenhall,R. for 6 yards to the NU43 (McPherson, R.), PENALTY NU personal foul 15 yards to the NU28, 1ST DOWN ILL.
Ill 1-10at Nu281st and 10.
Ill 1-10at Nu28Williams,Isiah deep pass incomplete to Gamble, Brian.
Ill 2-10at Nu28Benn, Arrelious rush for 7 yards to the NU21 (Battle, Deante;Kwateng, Prince).
Ill 3-3at Nu21Williams,Isiah sideline pass complete to Mendenhall,R. for 19 yards to the NU2, 1ST DOWN ILL, out-of-bounds (McPherson, R.;Battle, Deante).
Ill 1-Gat Nu02Williams,Isiah rush for loss of 1 yard to the NU3.
Ill 2-Gat Nu03Mendenhall,R. rush right for 3 yards to the NU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:36.
Reda,Jason kick attempt good.
Illinois 7, Northwestern 0
Drive: 8 plays, 71 yards, TOP 02:39
Cklamovski, M. kickoff 59 yards to the NU11, McManis, S. return 15 yards to the NU26 (Robertson, E.).
Nu 1-10at Nu26NORTHWESTERN drive start at 10:36.
Nu 1-10at Nu26Bacher, C.J. sideline pass complete to Peterman, Eric for 2 yards to the NU28, out-of-bounds (Thomas,Marcus).
Nu 2-8at Nu28Bacher, C.J. sideline pass complete to Peterman, Eric for 7 yards to the NU35 (Steele, Antonio).
Nu 3-1at Nu35PENALTY NU false start (Mattes, Kurt) 5 yards to the NU30.
Nu 3-6at Nu30Bacher, C.J. middle pass complete to Thompson, Kim for 5 yards to the NU35 (Harrison, J.).
Nu 4-1at Nu35Demos, Stefan punt 50 yards to the ILL15, Warren,DaJuan return 1 yards to the ILL16 (Simmons, S.).
Drive: 3 plays, 9 yards, TOP 01:49
Ill 1-10at Ill16ILLINOIS drive start at 08:47.
Ill 1-10at Ill16Mendenhall,R. rush for 7 yards to the ILL23 (McPherson, R.;Kadela, Adam).
Ill 2-3at Ill23Mendenhall,R. rush for loss of 3 yards to the ILL20 (Wootton, Corey).
Ill 3-6at Ill20Williams,Isiah rush up middle for 7 yards to the ILL27, 1ST DOWN ILL (Wootton, Corey;Kadela, Adam).
Ill 1-10at Ill27Mendenhall,R. rush up middle for 16 yards to the ILL43, 1ST DOWN ILL (Arrington, M.).
Ill 1-10at Ill43Williams,Isiah deep pass complete to Cumberland, J. for 48 yards to the NU9, 1ST DOWN ILL, out-of-bounds (Battle, Deante).
Ill 1-Gat Nu09Williams,Isiah pass complete to Benn, Arrelious for 5 yards to the NU4 (Phillips, Brad), PENALTY NU face mask 2 yards to the NU2.
Ill 1-Gat Nu021st and 2.
Ill 1-Gat Nu02Williams,Isiah rush up middle for 1 yard to the NU1 (Arrington, M.).
Play was reviewed by technical advisor and upheld.
Ill 2-Gat Nu01Williams,Isiah rush to the NU1, fumble by Williams,Isiah recovered by ILL Williams,Isiah at NU1.
Ill 3-Gat Nu01Williams,Isiah rush for 1 yard to the NU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:38.
Reda,Jason kick attempt good.
Illinois 14, Northwestern 0
Drive: 9 plays, 84 yards, TOP 03:09
Cklamovski, M. kickoff 66 yards to the NU4, McManis, S. return 29 yards to the NU33 (Bussey, Nate;Rouse, Tyler).
Nu 1-10at Nu33NORTHWESTERN drive start at 05:38.
Nu 1-10at Nu33Sutton, Tyrell rush up middle for no gain to the NU33 (Leman, J).
Nu 2-10at Nu33Bacher, C.J. middle pass incomplete to Lane, Ross.
Nu 3-10at Nu33Bacher, C.J. pass complete to Sutton, Tyrell for 5 yards to the NU38 (Harrison, J.;Norwell, Chris).
Nu 4-5at Nu38Demos, Stefan punt 42 yards to the ILL20, out-of-bounds.
Drive: 3 plays, 5 yards, TOP 01:31
Ill 1-10at Ill20ILLINOIS drive start at 04:07.
Ill 1-10at Ill20Mendenhall,R. rush up middle for no gain to the ILL20 (Arrington, M.).
Ill 2-10at Ill20Williams,Isiah pass complete to Mendenhall,R. for 4 yards to the ILL24 (Phillips, Brad).
Ill 3-6at Ill24Williams,Isiah rush for 8 yards to the ILL32, 1ST DOWN ILL (Battle, Deante).
Ill 1-10at Ill32Williams,Isiah sideline pass complete to Benn, Arrelious for 11 yards to the ILL43, 1ST DOWN ILL, out-of-bounds (Kwateng, Prince).
Ill 1-10at Ill43Dufrene, Daniel rush for loss of 5 yards to the ILL38 (Gill, John).
Ill 2-15at Ill38Williams,Isiah sideline pass incomplete to Hudson, Kyle.
Ill 3-15at Ill38PENALTY ILL false start (Cumberland, J.) 5 yards to the ILL33.
Ill 3-20at Ill33Williams,Isiah middle pass incomplete to Gamble, Brian (McPherson, R.).
Ill 4-20at Ill33Santella, A. punt 40 yards to the NU27, Peterman, Eric return 2 yards to the NU29 (Davis, Will), PENALTY NU holding 10 yards to the NU19, 1st and 10, NU ball on NU19.
Drive: 7 plays, 13 yards, TOP 02:40
Nu 1-10at Nu19NORTHWESTERN drive start at 01:27.
Nu 1-10at Nu19Bacher, C.J. sideline pass complete to Ward, Rasheed for 15 yards to the NU34, 1ST DOWN NU.
Nu 1-10at Nu34Sutton, Tyrell rush up middle for 6 yards to the NU40 (Leman, J).
Nu 2-4at Nu40Bacher, C.J. sideline pass complete to Peterman, Eric for 13 yards to the ILL47, 1ST DOWN NU, out-of-bounds (Steele, Antonio).
Nu 1-10at Ill47Sutton, Tyrell rush over left tackle for no gain to the ILL47 (Lindquist, D.).
Drive: 4 plays, 34 yards, TOP 04:03
Illinois 14, Northwestern 0
2nd Quarter

Nu 2-10at Ill47Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00.
Nu 2-10at Ill47PENALTY NU holding (Jones, Tonjua) 10 yards to the NU43.
Nu 2-20at Nu43Bacher, C.J. middle pass complete to Sutton, Tyrell for 19 yards to the ILL38 (Harrison, J.).
Nu 3-1at Ill38Roberson, B. rush up middle for 1 yard to the ILL37, 1ST DOWN NU (Lindquist, D.).
Nu 1-10at Ill37PENALTY NU holding (Thompson, Kim) 10 yards to the ILL47.
Nu 1-20at Ill47Bacher, C.J. pass incomplete to Thompson, Kim.
Nu 2-20at Ill47Sutton, Tyrell rush up middle for no gain to the ILL47 (Ware, Mike).
Nu 3-20at Ill47Bacher, C.J. deep pass incomplete to Lane, Ross, QB hurry by Pilcher, Doug.
Nu 4-20at Ill47Demos, Stefan punt 44 yards to the ILL3, downed.
Drive: 9 plays, 34 yards, TOP 04:03
Ill 1-10at Ill03ILLINOIS drive start at 12:24.
Ill 1-10at Ill03Williams,Isiah pass complete to Smith, Rahkeem for 8 yards to the ILL11, out-of-bounds (Phillips, Brad).
Ill 2-2at Ill11Mendenhall,R. rush up middle for 2 yards to the ILL13, 1ST DOWN ILL (Kadela, Adam).
Ill 1-10at Ill13Mendenhall,R. rush up middle for 2 yards to the ILL15 (Kadela, Adam;Arrington, M.).
Ill 2-8at Ill15Williams,Isiah rush up middle for 6 yards to the ILL21 (Mims, Kevin).
Ill 3-2at Ill21Mendenhall,R. rush up middle for 4 yards to the ILL25, 1ST DOWN ILL (Gill, John;Mims, Kevin).
Ill 1-10at Ill25Williams,Isiah rush for 10 yards to the ILL35, 1ST DOWN ILL (Arrington, M.).
Ill 1-10at Ill35Williams,Isiah rush for 11 yards to the ILL46, 1ST DOWN ILL (Phillips, Brad).
Ill 1-10at Ill46Williams,Isiah rush up middle for no gain to the ILL46 (Hahn, Adam).
Ill 2-10at Ill46Williams,Isiah middle pass complete to Hoomanawanui, M for 20 yards to the NU34, 1ST DOWN ILL (Kwateng, Prince;Kadela, Adam).
Ill 1-10at Nu34Williams,Isiah rush up middle for 2 yards to the NU32 (Kwateng, Prince).
Ill 2-8at Nu32Mendenhall,R. rush for loss of 2 yards to the NU34 (Kadela, Adam;Thomas,Marshall), PENALTY ILL holding declined.
Ill 3-10at Nu34Williams,Isiah rush up middle for 11 yards to the NU23, 1ST DOWN ILL (McPherson, R.;Kadela, Adam).
Ill 1-10at Nu23Williams,Isiah rush to the NU24, fumble forced by Arrington, M., fumble by Williams,Isiah recovered by ILL Williams,Isiah at NU22.
Ill 2-9at Nu22 (Gill, John).
Ill 2-9at Nu22Cumberland, J. rush reverse for 18 yards to the NU4, 1ST DOWN ILL, out-of-bounds (Phillips, Brad;Battle, Deante).
Ill 1-Gat Nu04Benn, Arrelious rush over left end for 3 yards to the NU1 (Phillips, Brad).
Ill 2-Gat Nu01Williams,Isiah rush right for 1 yard to the NU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:12.
Reda,Jason kick attempt good.
Illinois 21, Northwestern 0
Drive: 16 plays, 97 yards, TOP 08:12
Reda,Jason kickoff 64 yards to the NU6, McManis, S. return 38 yards to the NU44, out-of-bounds (Reda,Jason).
Nu 1-10at Nu44NORTHWESTERN drive start at 04:12.
Nu 1-10at Nu44Bacher, C.J. pass complete to Jones, Tonjua for 11 yards to the ILL45, 1ST DOWN NU (Hicks, Dere;Leman, J).
Nu 1-10at Ill45Bacher, C.J. pass incomplete to Peterman, Eric.
Nu 2-10at Ill45Bacher, C.J. sideline pass complete to Peterman, Eric for 32 yards to the ILL13, 1ST DOWN NU (Harrison, J.).
Nu 1-10at Ill13Bacher, C.J. pass complete to Peterman, Eric for 9 yards to the ILL4, out-of-bounds (Steele, Antonio).
Nu 2-1at Ill04Sutton, Tyrell rush up middle for 3 yards to the ILL1, 1ST DOWN NU (Steele, Antonio;Harrison, J.).
Nu 1-Gat Ill01Sutton, Tyrell rush over right guard for 1 yard to the ILL0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:35.
Villarreal, A kick attempt good.
Illinois 21, Northwestern 7
Drive: 6 plays, 56 yards, TOP 01:37
Villarreal, A kickoff 46 yards to the ILL24, Miller, Brit return 0 yards to the ILL24.
Ill 1-10at Ill24ILLINOIS drive start at 02:35.
Ill 1-10at Ill24Benn, Arrelious rush for 13 yards to the ILL37, 1ST DOWN ILL, out-of-bounds (Battle, Deante), PENALTY NU face mask (Battle, Deante) 5 yards to the ILL42.
Ill 1-5at Ill421st and 10.
Ill 1-10at Ill42Williams,Isiah sideline pass complete to Gamble, Brian for 7 yards to the ILL49, out-of-bounds (Battle, Deante).
Ill 2-3at Ill49Williams,Isiah pass complete to Willis, Jacob for 11 yards to the NU40, 1ST DOWN ILL (McManis, S.).
Ill 1-10at Nu40Williams,Isiah deep pass incomplete to Willis, Jacob, QB hurry by Gill, John.
Ill 2-10at Nu40Williams,Isiah rush over right end for 21 yards to the NU19, 1ST DOWN ILL (Battle, Deante).
Ill 1-10at Nu19Williams,Isiah pass incomplete to Mendenhall,R..
Ill 2-10at Nu19Williams,Isiah rush over left end for 3 yards to the NU16 (Rothrauff, Ben).
Ill 3-7at Nu16Williams,Isiah pass intercepted by Vaughn, Justan at the NU7, Vaughn, Justan return 6 yards to the NU13 (Mendenhall,R.) (Dixon, Dan), QB hurry by Gill, John.
Drive: 8 plays, 60 yards, TOP 01:54
Nu 1-10at Nu13NORTHWESTERN drive start at 00:41.
Nu 1-10at Nu13Sutton, Tyrell rush for 13 yards to the NU26, 1ST DOWN NU (Leman, J).
Nu 1-10at Nu26PENALTY ILL pass interference (Thomas,Marcus) 15 yards to the NU41, 1ST DOWN NU.
Nu 1-10at Nu41Bacher, C.J. pass intercepted by Steele, Antonio at the ILL45, Steele, Antonio return 0 yards to the ILL45, QB hurry by Norwell, Chris.
Drive: 2 plays, 28 yards, TOP 00:23
Ill 1-10at Ill45ILLINOIS drive start at 00:18.
Ill 1-10at Ill45Mendenhall,R. rush up middle for 3 yards to the ILL48 (Wootton, Corey;Battle, Deante).
Ill 2-7at Ill48End of half, clock 00:00.
Drive: 1 plays, 3 yards, TOP 00:18
Illinois 21, Northwestern 7
3rd Quarter

Ill 2-7at Ill48Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, NU ball on NU30.
Drive: 1 plays, 3 yards, TOP 00:18
Villarreal, A kickoff 56 yards to the ILL14, Willis, Jacob return 10 yards to the ILL24 (Simmons, S.).
Ill 1-10at Ill24ILLINOIS drive start at 15:00.
Ill 1-10at Ill24Mendenhall,R. rush for 2 yards to the ILL26 (Kadela, Adam).
Ill 2-8at Ill26Williams,Isiah middle pass complete to Cumberland, J. for 31 yards to the NU43, 1ST DOWN ILL.
Ill 1-10at Nu43Mendenhall,R. rush over right end for 1 yard to the NU42 (Kwateng, Prince).
Ill 2-9at Nu42Williams,Isiah middle pass complete to Cumberland, J. for 42 yards to the NU0, 1ST DOWN ILL, TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:52.
Reda,Jason kick attempt good.
Illinois 28, Northwestern 7
Drive: 4 plays, 76 yards, TOP 02:08
Cklamovski, M. kickoff 61 yards to the NU9, McManis, S. return 24 yards to the NU33 (Sanders, Justin;Rouse, Tyler).
Nu 1-10at Nu33NORTHWESTERN drive start at 12:52.
Nu 1-10at Nu33Bacher, C.J. pass complete to Ward, Rasheed for 8 yards to the NU41 (Steele, Antonio;Thomas,Marcus).
Nu 2-2at Nu41Bacher, C.J. pass incomplete to Jones, Tonjua (Harrison, J.).
Nu 3-2at Nu41Bacher, C.J. pass incomplete to Sutton, Tyrell, QB hurry by Davis, Will.
Nu 4-2at Nu41Demos, Stefan punt 53 yards to the ILL6, downed.
Drive: 3 plays, 8 yards, TOP 01:04
Ill 1-10at Ill06ILLINOIS drive start at 11:48.
Ill 1-10at Ill06Mendenhall,R. rush over right guard for 7 yards to the ILL13 (Richart, Chaz).
Ill 2-3at Ill13Mendenhall,R. rush over left guard for 4 yards to the ILL17, 1ST DOWN ILL (Richart, Chaz;Hahn, Adam).
Ill 1-10at Ill17Mendenhall,R. rush over left guard for 17 yards to the ILL34, 1ST DOWN ILL (McManis, S.).
Ill 1-10at Ill34Mendenhall,R. rush up middle for no gain to the ILL34 (Kadela, Adam;Davie, Quentin).
Ill 2-10at Ill34Mendenhall,R. rush up middle for 5 yards to the ILL39 (Wootton, Corey).
Ill 3-5at Ill39Williams,Isiah rush over right end for 9 yards to the ILL48, 1ST DOWN ILL (Vaughn, Justan;Kadela, Adam).
Ill 1-10at Ill48Dufrene, Daniel rush for 8 yards to the NU44 (Kadela, Adam).
Ill 2-2at Nu44Williams,Isiah middle pass incomplete to Gamble, Brian.
Ill 3-2at Nu44Williams,Isiah RE pass complete to Cumberland, J. for 10 yards to the NU34, 1ST DOWN ILL (Richart, Chaz;Arrington, M.).
Ill 1-10at Nu34Mendenhall,R. rush over left end for loss of 2 yards to the NU36 (Kadela, Adam;Arrington, M.).
Ill 2-12at Nu36Mendenhall,R. rush up middle for 14 yards to the NU22, 1ST DOWN ILL (McPherson, R.).
Ill 1-10at Nu22Williams,Isiah rush up middle for 14 yards to the NU8, 1ST DOWN ILL (Arrington, M.;McManis, S.).
Ill 1-Gat Nu08Mendenhall,R. rush up middle for no gain to the NU8 (Simpson, Eddie;Koehn, Mark).
Ill 2-Gat Nu08Mendenhall,R. rush over right end for 8 yards to the NU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:23.
Reda,Jason kick attempt good.
Illinois 35, Northwestern 7
Drive: 14 plays, 94 yards, TOP 06:25
Cklamovski, M. kickoff 69 yards to the NU1, McManis, S. return 12 yards to the NU13 (Davis, Will).
Nu 1-10at Nu13NORTHWESTERN drive start at 05:23.
Nu 1-10at Nu13Bacher, C.J. sideline pass complete to Peterman, Eric for 8 yards to the NU21 (Thomas,Marcus).
Nu 2-2at Nu21Bacher, C.J. sideline pass complete to Peterman, Eric for 15 yards to the NU36, 1ST DOWN NU.
Nu 1-10at Nu36Bacher, C.J. sideline pass incomplete to Thompson, Kim.
Nu 2-10at Nu36Sutton, Tyrell rush up middle for 17 yards to the ILL47, 1ST DOWN NU (Harrison, J.).
Nu 1-10at Ill47Bacher, C.J. middle pass complete to Ward, Rasheed for 6 yards to the ILL41 (Sanders, Justin).
Nu 2-4at Ill41Sutton, Tyrell rush up middle for 22 yards to the ILL19, 1ST DOWN NU (Sanders, Justin).
Nu 1-10at Ill19Peterman, Eric rush reverse for 1 yard to the ILL18 (Leman, J).
Nu 2-9at Ill18Roberson, B. rush up middle for 8 yards to the ILL10 (Thomas,Marcus).
Nu 3-1at Ill10Sutton, Tyrell rush up middle for 4 yards to the ILL6, 1ST DOWN NU (Steele, Antonio;Pilcher, Doug).
Nu 1-Gat Ill06Sutton, Tyrell rush up middle for 4 yards to the ILL2 (Norwell, Chris;Steele, Antonio).
Nu 2-Gat Ill02Bacher, C.J. middle pass complete to Yarbrough, Jeff for 2 yards to the ILL0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:10.
Villarreal, A kick attempt good.
Illinois 35, Northwestern 14
Drive: 11 plays, 87 yards, TOP 03:13
Villarreal, A kickoff 44 yards to the ILL26, Mendenhall, W. return 6 yards to the ILL32 (Conteh, Omar;Dixon, Dan).
Ill 1-10at Ill32ILLINOIS drive start at 02:10.
Ill 1-10at Ill32Williams,Isiah LE pass complete to McGee,Eddie for loss of 5 yards to the ILL27 (Richart, Chaz;Davie, Quentin).
Ill 2-15at Ill27Williams,Isiah pass complete to Gamble, Brian for 3 yards to the ILL30 (Wootton, Corey).
Ill 3-12at Ill30Williams,Isiah rush up middle for 5 yards to the ILL35 (Malleo, Chris).
Drive: 3 plays, 3 yards, TOP 02:22
Illinois 35, Northwestern 14
4th Quarter

Ill 4-7at Ill35Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00.
Ill 4-7at Ill35Santella, A. punt 52 yards to the NU13, downed, PENALTY NU illegal block (Mauro, Joe) 6 yards to the NU7, 1st and 10, NU ball on NU7.
Drive: 3 plays, 3 yards, TOP 02:22
Nu 1-10at Nu07NORTHWESTERN drive start at 14:48.
Nu 1-10at Nu07Bacher, C.J. pass complete to Peterman, Eric for 4 yards to the NU11 (Steele, Antonio).
Nu 2-6at Nu11Sutton, Tyrell rush up middle for 1 yard to the NU12 (Norwell, Chris;Leman, J).
Nu 3-5at Nu12Bacher, C.J. sideline pass incomplete to Peterman, Eric (Hicks, Dere).
Nu 4-5at Nu12Demos, Stefan punt 56 yards to the ILL32, downed.
Drive: 3 plays, 5 yards, TOP 01:07
Ill 1-10at Ill32ILLINOIS drive start at 13:41.
Ill 1-10at Ill32Mendenhall,R. rush up middle for 6 yards to the ILL38 (Simpson, Eddie;McPherson, R.).
Ill 2-4at Ill38Mendenhall,R. rush over right tackle for 7 yards to the ILL45, 1ST DOWN ILL (Simpson, Eddie;Battle, Deante).
Ill 1-10at Ill45Williams,Isiah deep pass incomplete to Cumberland, J., PENALTY NU pass interference (McManis, S.) 16 yards to the NU39, 1ST DOWN ILL, NO PLAY.
Ill 1-10at Nu39Mendenhall,R. rush for 4 yards to the NU35 (Kadela, Adam;Wootton, Corey).
Ill 2-6at Nu35Mendenhall,R. rush over left tackle for 7 yards to the NU28, 1ST DOWN ILL (Davie, Quentin).
Ill 1-10at Nu28Gamble, Brian rush up middle for 14 yards to the NU14, 1ST DOWN ILL (McManis, S.).
Ill 1-10at Nu14Williams,Isiah rush over left guard for 1 yard to the NU13 (Kadela, Adam).
Ill 2-9at Nu13Williams,Isiah rush over right guard for 3 yards to the NU10 (Kadela, Adam).
Ill 3-6at Nu10Williams,Isiah pass incomplete to Warren,DaJuan.
Ill 4-6at Nu10Reda,Jason field goal attempt from 27 GOOD, clock 09:35.
Illinois 38, Northwestern 14
Drive: 9 plays, 58 yards, TOP 04:06
Cklamovski, M. kickoff 66 yards to the NU4, McManis, S. return 29 yards to the NU33, out-of-bounds (Cklamovski, M.).
Nu 1-10at Nu33NORTHWESTERN drive start at 09:35.
Nu 1-10at Nu33Bacher, C.J. middle pass complete to Peterman, Eric for 16 yards to the NU49, 1ST DOWN NU (Harrison, J.).
Nu 1-10at Nu49Bacher, C.J. deep pass incomplete to Jones, Tonjua.
Nu 2-10at Nu49Bacher, C.J. pass complete to Sutton, Tyrell for 2 yards to the ILL49 (Leman, J).
Nu 3-8at Ill49Bacher, C.J. sacked for loss of 5 yards to the NU46 (Davis, Will).
Nu 4-13at Nu46Bacher, C.J. pass incomplete to Peterman, Eric (Brown, Jerry).
Drive: 5 plays, 13 yards, TOP 01:45
Ill 1-10at Nu46ILLINOIS drive start at 07:50.
Ill 1-10at Nu46Dufrene, Daniel rush over right end for 2 yards to the NU44 (Kadela, Adam;McPherson, R.).
Ill 2-8at Nu44Dufrene, Daniel rush to the ILL48, fumble forced by Kwateng, Prince, fumble by Dufrene, Daniel recovered by NU Kwateng, Prince at ILL44.
Drive: 2 plays, minus 10 yards, TOP 00:39
Nu 1-10at Ill44NORTHWESTERN drive start at 07:11.
Nu 1-10at Ill44Bacher, C.J. pass incomplete to Sutton, Tyrell, QB hurry by Leman, J.
Nu 2-10at Ill44Bacher, C.J. pass complete to Sutton, Tyrell for 15 yards to the ILL29, 1ST DOWN NU (Mitchell, Kevin).
Nu 1-10at Ill29Bacher, C.J. pass incomplete to Peterman, Eric.
Nu 2-10at Ill29Bacher, C.J. pass complete to Thompson, Kim for 11 yards to the ILL18, 1ST DOWN NU (Thomas,Marcus;Harrison, J.).
Nu 1-10at Ill18Bacher, C.J. pass complete to Thompson, Kim for 18 yards to the ILL0, 1ST DOWN NU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:15.
Bacher, C.J. pass attempt to Lane, Ross good.
Illinois 38, Northwestern 22
Drive: 5 plays, 44 yards, TOP 00:56
Villarreal, A kickoff 11 yards to the NU41, on-side kick, recovered by ILL on NU41.
Ill 1-10at Nu41ILLINOIS drive start at 06:15.
Ill 1-10at Nu41Mendenhall,R. rush up middle for 2 yards to the NU39 (Mims, Kevin).
Ill 2-8at Nu39Timeout Northwestern, clock 06:09.
Ill 2-8at Nu39Mendenhall,R. rush up middle for 10 yards to the NU29, 1ST DOWN ILL (McPherson, R.).
Ill 1-10at Nu29McGee,Eddie rush up middle for no gain to the NU29 (Mims, Kevin).
Ill 2-10at Nu29Timeout Northwestern, clock 05:32.
Ill 2-10at Nu29Gamble, Brian rush up middle for 1 yard to the NU28 (Kadela, Adam;Kwateng, Prince).
Ill 3-9at Nu28McGee,Eddie rush over left end for loss of 1 yard to the NU29 (Rothrauff, Ben;McManis, S.), PENALTY ILL illegal block (Judson,Will) 10 yards to the NU38, NO PLAY.
Ill 3-19at Nu38Gamble, Brian rush over left end for 6 yards to the NU32, out-of-bounds (Dinard, Mike).
Ill 4-13at Nu32Reda,Jason field goal attempt from 49 GOOD, clock 04:37.
Illinois 41, Northwestern 22
Drive: 6 plays, 9 yards, TOP 01:38
Cklamovski, M. kickoff 62 yards to the NU8, McManis, S. return 25 yards to the NU33 (Sanders, Justin;Smith, Rahkeem).
Nu 1-10at Nu33NORTHWESTERN drive start at 04:37.
Nu 1-10at Nu33Bacher, C.J. pass complete to Sutton, Tyrell for 2 yards to the NU35 (Lindquist, D.;Norwell, Chris).
Nu 2-8at Nu35Bacher, C.J. pass complete to Peterman, Eric for 14 yards to the NU49, 1ST DOWN NU (Leman, J;Harrison, J.).
Nu 1-10at Nu49Bacher, C.J. pass complete to Sutton, Tyrell for 19 yards to the ILL32, 1ST DOWN NU.
Nu 1-10at Ill32Bacher, C.J. sacked for loss of 7 yards to the ILL39 (James, Antonio;Ware, Mike).
Nu 2-17at Ill39Timeout Northwestern, clock 03:41.
Nu 2-17at Ill39Bacher, C.J. pass complete to Sutton, Tyrell for 6 yards to the ILL33 (Brent, Josh;Duvalt, Chris).
Nu 3-11at Ill33Bacher, C.J. sideline pass incomplete to Jones, Tonjua, QB hurry by Brown, Jerry.
Nu 4-11at Ill33Bacher, C.J. middle pass incomplete to Peterman, Eric (Hicks, Dere).
Drive: 7 plays, 34 yards, TOP 01:32
Ill 1-10at Ill33ILLINOIS drive start at 03:05.
Ill 1-10at Ill33Ijei, Justin rush up middle for 1 yard to the ILL34 (Simpson, Eddie).
Ill 2-9at Ill34Ijei, Justin rush for 1 yard to the ILL35 (Thomas,Marshall).
Ill 3-8at Ill35Ijei, Justin rush for 4 yards to the ILL39 (Malleo, Chris;Kennedy, Keegan).
Ill 4-4at Ill39PENALTY ILL substitution infraction 5 yards to the ILL34.
Ill 4-9at Ill34Santella, A. punt 34 yards to the NU32, Peterman, Eric return 14 yards to the NU46 (Cumberland, J.).
Drive: 3 plays, 1 yards, TOP 02:20
Nu 1-10at Nu46NORTHWESTERN drive start at 00:45.
Nu 1-10at Nu46Bacher, C.J. pass incomplete to Peterman, Eric (Mitchell, Kevin).
Nu 2-10at Nu46Bacher, C.J. middle pass complete to Thompson, Kim for 12 yards to the ILL42, 1ST DOWN NU (Harrison, J.;Mitchell, Kevin).
Nu 1-10at Ill42Bacher, C.J. sideline pass incomplete to Ward, Rasheed.
Nu 2-10at Ill42Bacher, C.J. sideline pass complete to Ward, Rasheed for 17 yards to the ILL25, 1ST DOWN NU.
Nu 1-10at Ill25Bacher, C.J. deep pass incomplete to Thompson, Kim.
Nu 2-10at Ill25End of game, clock 00:00.
Drive: 5 plays, 29 yards, TOP 00:45
FINAL SCORE
Illinois 41, Northwestern 22
  Play Breakdown Summary  
Play Breakdown Summary (Final)
2007 Northwestern Football
Northwestern vs #19 Illinois (Nov 17, 2007 at Champaign, Ill.)




Northwestern                           Illinois

Down               RUN PASS  Total     Down               RUN PASS  Total

OVERALL..........   16   51     67     OVERALL..........   65   23     88
1ST DOWN.........    8   24     32     1ST DOWN.........   34   10     44
2ND DOWN-SHORT...    1    3      4     2ND DOWN-SHORT...    6    2      8
2ND DOWN-MIDDLE..    2    2      4     2ND DOWN-MIDDLE..    2    0      2
2ND DOWN-LONG....    3   12     15     2ND DOWN-LONG....   14    6     20
3RD DOWN-SHORT...    2    1      3     3RD DOWN-SHORT...    2    1      3
3RD DOWN-MIDDLE..    0    0      0     3RD DOWN-MIDDLE..    0    1      1
3RD DOWN-LONG....    0    7      7     3RD DOWN-LONG....    7    3     10
4TH DOWN.........    0    2      2     4TH DOWN.........    0    0      0

Northwestern                           Illinois

Formation        RUN PASS  Total       Formation        RUN PASS  Total

...............   16   51     67       ...............   65   23     88




Northwestern (Sorted by Play type)

1ST DOWN RUN  (8 RUN, 24 PASS)                                   1ST DOWN PASS
1-10 N13 #19  13 [    ]                                          1-10 I13 #18 to #10     9 [    ]
1-10 I47 #19   0 [    ] over left tackle                         1-10 N46 #18 to #10     - [    ]
1-10 I48 #19   0 [    ] up middle                                1-10 I45 #18 to #10     - [    ]
1-10 N33 #19   0 [    ] up middle                                1-10 I29 #18 to #10     - [    ]
1-10 N34 #19   6 [    ] up middle                                1-10 N07 #18 to #10     4 [    ]
1-6  I06 #19   4 [    ] up middle                                1-10 N49 #18 to #19    19 [    ]
1-1  I01 #19   1 [    ] over right guard                         1-10 N33 #18 to #19     2 [    ]
1-10 I19 #10   1 [    ] reverse                                  1-10 I44 #18 to #19     - [    ]
                                                                 1-10 N41 #18 to #40   INT [    ]
                                                                 1-10 N33 #18 to #8      8 [    ]
                                                                 1-10 I18 #18 to #84    18 [    ]
                                                                 1-10 N35 #18 to #84     6 [    ]
                                                                 1-20 I47 #18 to #84     - [    ]
                                                                 1-10 N44 #18 to #87    11 [    ]
                                                                 1-10 I32 #18 to #    SACK [    ]
                                                                 1-10 I25 #18 to #84     - [    ] DP
                                                                 1-10 N49 #18 to #87     - [    ] DP
                                                                 1-10 N33 #18 to #10    16 [    ] up middle
                                                                 1-10 I47 #18 to #8      6 [    ] up middle
                                                                 1-10 N26 #18 to #10     2 [    ] SI
                                                                 1-10 N13 #18 to #10     8 [    ] SI
                                                                 1-10 I42 #18 to #8      - [    ] SI
                                                                 1-10 N19 #18 to #8     15 [    ] SI
                                                                 1-10 N36 #18 to #84     - [    ] SI

2ND-SHORT RUN  (1 RUN, 3 PASS)                                   2ND-SHORT PASS
2-1  I04 #19   3 [    ] up middle                                2-2  N41 #18 to #87     - [    ]
                                                                 2-2  I02 #18 to #7      2 [    ] up middle
                                                                 2-2  N21 #18 to #10    15 [    ] SI

2ND-MIDDLE RUN  (2 RUN, 2 PASS)                                  2ND-MIDDLE PASS
2-4  I41 #19  22 [    ] up middle                                2-4  N40 #18 to #10    13 [    ] SI
2-6  N11 #19   1 [    ] up middle                                2-4  N41 #18 to #8     11 [    ] SL

2ND-LONG RUN  (3 RUN, 12 PASS)                                   2ND-LONG PASS
2-9  I18 #11   8 [    ] up middle                                2-8  N35 #18 to #10    14 [    ]
2-20 I47 #19   0 [    ] up middle                                2-17 I39 #18 to #19     6 [    ]
2-10 N36 #19  17 [    ] up middle                                2-10 N49 #18 to #19     2 [    ]
                                                                 2-10 I44 #18 to #19    15 [    ]
                                                                 2-10 I29 #18 to #84    11 [    ]
                                                                 2-20 N43 #18 to #19    19 [    ] up middle
                                                                 2-10 N46 #18 to #84    12 [    ] up middle
                                                                 2-10 N33 #18 to #9      - [    ] up middle
                                                                 2-10 I45 #18 to #10    32 [    ] SI
                                                                 2-8  N28 #18 to #10     7 [    ] SI
                                                                 2-10 I42 #18 to #8     17 [    ] SI
                                                                 2-10 I48 #18 to #87     - [    ] SI

3RD-SHORT RUN  (2 RUN, 1 PASS)                                   3RD-SHORT PASS
3-1  I38 #11   1 [    ] up middle                                3-2  N41 #18 to #19     - [    ]
3-1  I10 #19   4 [    ] up middle

3RD-MIDDLE RUN  (0 RUN, 0 PASS)                                  3RD-MIDDLE PASS

3RD-LONG RUN  (0 RUN, 7 PASS)                                    3RD-LONG PASS
                                                                 3-10 N33 #18 to #19     5 [    ]
                                                                 3-10 I48 #18 to #42   INT [    ]
                                                                 3-8  I49 #18 to #    SACK [    ]
                                                                 3-20 I47 #18 to #9      - [    ] DP
                                                                 3-6  N30 #18 to #84     5 [    ] up middle
                                                                 3-5  N12 #18 to #10     - [    ] SI
                                                                 3-11 I33 #18 to #87     - [    ] SI

4TH DOWN RUN  (0 RUN, 2 PASS)                                    4TH DOWN PASS
                                                                 4-13 N46 #18 to #10     - [    ]
                                                                 4-11 I33 #18 to #10     - [    ] up middle


Illinois (Sorted by Play type)

1ST DOWN RUN  (34 RUN, 10 PASS)                                  1ST DOWN PASS
1-10 I43 #22  -5 [    ]                                          1-10 I03 #7  to #30     8 [    ]
1-10 I48 #22   8 [    ]                                          1-10 N19 #7  to #5      - [    ]
1-10 I24 #5    2 [    ]                                          1-10 N49 #7  to #5      6 [    ]
1-10 I16 #5    7 [    ]                                          1-9  N09 #7  to #9      5 [    ]
1-10 N39 #5    4 [    ]                                          1-10 I43 #7  to #17    48 [    ] DP
1-10 I25 #7   10 [    ]                                          1-10 N28 #7  to #26     - [    ] DP
1-10 I35 #7   11 [    ]                                          1-10 N40 #7  to #83     - [    ] DP
1-10 N23 #7   -1 [    ]                                          1-10 I32 #7  to #10    -5 [    ] over left end
1-2  N02 #7   -1 [    ]                                          1-10 I42 #7  to #26     7 [    ] SI
1-10 I24 #9   13 [    ]                                          1-10 I32 #7  to #9     11 [    ] SI
1-10 N34 #5   -2 [    ] over left end
1-4  N04 #9    3 [    ] over left end
1-10 I17 #5   17 [    ] over left guard
1-10 N14 #7    1 [    ] over left guard
1-10 N29 #10   0 [    ] up middle
1-10 N28 #26  14 [    ] up middle
1-10 I33 #4A   1 [    ] up middle
1-10 N41 #5    2 [    ] up middle
1-10 I20 #5    0 [    ] up middle
1-10 I45 #5    3 [    ] up middle
1-10 I27 #5   16 [    ] up middle
1-10 I13 #5    2 [    ] up middle
1-8  N08 #5    0 [    ] up middle
1-10 I32 #5    6 [    ] up middle
1-10 I34 #5    0 [    ] up middle
1-10 I46 #7    0 [    ] up middle
1-10 N22 #7   14 [    ] up middle
1-10 I40 #7   11 [    ] up middle
1-2  N02 #7    1 [    ] up middle
1-10 N34 #7    2 [    ] up middle
1-10 N46 #22   2 [    ] over right end
1-10 N43 #5    1 [    ] over right end
1-10 I29 #7   11 [    ] over right end
1-10 I06 #5    7 [    ] over right guard

2ND-SHORT RUN  (6 RUN, 2 PASS)                                   2ND-SHORT PASS
2-3  I23 #5   -3 [    ]                                          2-3  I49 #7  to #83    11 [    ]
2-1  N01 #7    0 [    ]                                          2-2  N44 #7  to #26     - [    ] up middle
2-3  I13 #5    4 [    ] over left guard
2-2  I11 #5    2 [    ] up middle
2-3  N03 #5    3 [    ] right
2-1  N01 #7    1 [    ] right

2ND-MIDDLE RUN  (2 RUN, 0 PASS)                                  2ND-MIDDLE PASS
2-6  N35 #5    7 [    ] over left tackle
2-4  I38 #5    7 [    ] over right tackle

2ND-LONG RUN  (14 RUN, 6 PASS)                                   2ND-LONG PASS
2-8  N44 #22  -8 [    ]                                          2-15 I27 #7  to #26     3 [    ]
2-9  I34 #4A   1 [    ]                                          2-10 I20 #7  to #5      4 [    ]
2-8  N32 #5   -2 [    ]                                          2-10 I46 #7  to #16    20 [    ] up middle
2-10 N28 #9    7 [    ]                                          2-9  N42 #7  to #17    42 [    ] up middle
2-10 N19 #7    3 [    ] over left end                            2-8  I26 #7  to #17    31 [    ] up middle
2-10 N29 #26   1 [    ] up middle                                2-15 I38 #7  to #21     - [    ] SI
2-12 N36 #5   14 [    ] up middle
2-8  N39 #5   10 [    ] up middle
2-10 I34 #5    5 [    ] up middle
2-8  I15 #7    6 [    ] up middle
2-8  N08 #5    8 [    ] over right end
2-10 N40 #7   21 [    ] over right end
2-9  N13 #7    3 [    ] over right guard
2-9  N22 #17  18 [    ] reverse

3RD-SHORT RUN  (2 RUN, 1 PASS)                                   3RD-SHORT PASS
3-1  N01 #7    1 [    ]                                          3-2  N44 #7  to #17    10 [    ] over right end
3-2  I21 #5    4 [    ] up middle

3RD-MIDDLE RUN  (0 RUN, 1 PASS)                                  3RD-MIDDLE PASS
                                                                 3-3  N21 #7  to #5     19 [    ] SI

3RD-LONG RUN  (7 RUN, 3 PASS)                                    3RD-LONG PASS
3-8  I35 #4A   4 [    ]                                          3-7  N16 #7  to #28   INT [    ]
3-6  I24 #7    8 [    ]                                          3-6  N10 #7  to #8      - [    ]
3-19 N38 #26   6 [    ] over left end                            3-20 I33 #7  to #26     - [    ] up middle
3-12 I30 #7    5 [    ] up middle
3-10 N34 #7   11 [    ] up middle
3-6  I20 #7    7 [    ] up middle
3-5  I39 #7    9 [    ] over right end

4TH DOWN RUN  (0 RUN, 0 PASS)                                    4TH DOWN PASS


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