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2016 IN REVIEW

2017 ILLINOIS FOOTBALL RECORD BOOK // 69

2016 YEAR IN REVIEW

2016 ILLINOIS TEAM AWARDS Outstanding Offensive Player: Kendrick Foster, RB Outstanding Defensive Player: Carroll Phillips, DE Outstanding Special Teams Player: Chase McLaughlin, PK 2016 Team Captains: Wes Lunt, QB Hardy Nickerson, LB Dawuane Smoot, DE Joe Spencer, OL Newcomer of the Year (Offense): Reggie Corbin, RB Newcomer of the Year (Defense): Stanley Green, S Wright Commitment to Excellence Award: Justin Hardee, WR Bruce Capel Award: Dawuane Smoot, DE Scholar-Athlete Award: Rob Bain, DT Service Above Self Award: Joe Spencer, OL Unsung Hero Award (Offense): Zach Grant, WR & Austin Schmidt, OL) Unsung Hero Award (Defense): Darius Mosely, CB & Hardy Nickerson, LB Off. Scout Team Player of the Year: Christian Bobak, RB Def. Scout Team Player of the Year: Tymir Oliver, DT ST Scout Team Player of the Year: Griffin Palmer, TE

2016 SEASON IN REVIEW 3-9 overall, 2-7 Big Ten (6th – West Division) • Final Drive: The Fighting Illini got wins over Murray State, Rutgers and Michigan State in Lovie Smith’s first season as head coach, but dropped five of their last six games to finish 3-9 overall and 2-7 in the Big Ten West to miss out on a bowl game for the second straight season. • Phillips Breaks Out: Senior DE Carroll Phillips had a monster year, earning first-team All-Big Ten honors after posting 20.0 TFLs and 9.0 sacks on the season, tied for the fifth and seventh-best totals in program history, respectively. He ranked second in the Big Ten sixth in the nation in TFLs per game (1.7), and fourth in the Big Ten and 24th in FBS in sacks per game (0.75).

2016 ILLINOIS SCOREBOARD

Sept. 3 . . . . . . Murray State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 52-3 Sept. 10 . . . . . North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 23-48 Sept. 17 . . . . . Western Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 10-34 Oct. 1 . . . . . . . at #15 Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 16-31 Oct. 8 . . . . . . . Purdue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L (OT), 31-34 Oct. 15 . . . . . . at Rutgers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 24-7 Oct. 22 . . . . . . at #3 Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 8-41 Oct. 29 . . . . . . Minnesota (Homecoming) . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 17-40 Nov. 5 . . . . . . . Michigan State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 31-27 Nov. 12 . . . . . . at #7 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 3-48 Nov. 19 . . . . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 0-28 Nov. 26 . . . . . . at Northwestern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 21-42 Rankings are AP poll on week of game

• TFL U: As a team, the Illini defense made plays in the backfield often in 2016.

» Illinois ranked 10th in the nation and third in the Big Ten in TFLs per game (7.9)

» Senior DE Carroll Phillips averaged 1.7 TFLs per game, sixth-most in FBS and second-most in the Big Ten.

» Senior DE Dawuane Smoot was second in the B1G during conference play, averaging 1.4 TFLs per game

» Phillips (20.0) and Smoot (15.0) combined for 35.0 TFLs, the second-most of any Big Ten duo and seventhmost in FBS behind pairs Indiana (39.0), Arkansas State (38.5), Virginia Tech (37.0), Wake Forest (37.0), Houston (36.5), Boston College (36.5).

• Fourth Down ‘D’: A stop on fourth-and-3 in the final seconds sealed the win over Michigan State. That’s something the Illini defense excelled at all season, as opponents converted just five of 16 fourth-down attempts (.313), best in the Big Ten and 10th-best in FBS.

2016 LETTERWINNERS Fourth Year: Rob Bain Taylor Barton Dillan Cazley Chunky Clements Justin Hardee Darius Mosely Austin Schmidt Dawaune Smoot Joe Spencer D.J. Taylor Tyler White Third Year: James Crawford Christian DiLauro Jaylen Dunlap Nate Echard Zach Grant Wes Lunt Michael Martin Carroll Phillips Mike Svetina Malik Turner Second Year: Nick Allegretti Chayce Crouch Andrew Davis Ryan Frain Julian Hylton Julian Jones Sam Mays Henry McGrew Ke’Shawn Vaughn Tre Watson

First Year: Man Berg Harry Black Conner Brennan Reggie Corbin Kendrick Foster Jeff George Jr. Stanley Green Jake Hansen Dele Harding Ahmari Hayes Kenyon Jackson Chris James Ainslie Johnson Darwyn Kelly Chase McLaughlin Gabe Megginson Jamal Milan Patrick Nelson Hardy Nickerson Tito Odenigbo Gimel President Frank Sumpter Cameron Watkins Justice Williams

• Elementary, Watson: During conference play, sophomore LB Tré Watson averaged 10.3 tackles per game to rank second in the B1G. In the last four games, he made 48 stops (12.0 tpg), including 16 vs. Michigan State and 15 vs. Iowa. For the season, Watson was second on the team and fifth in the Big Ten with 102 stops (8.5 tpg), and tied for the team lead with three forced fumbles. • Tackling Machine: Graduate transfer LB Hardy Nickerson averaged 8.9 tackles/game to rank fourth in the Big Ten. He had 353 career tackles (246 at Cal, 107 at Illinois), sixth-most among active FBS players. • Smoot Point: Senior DE Dawuane Smoot came on strong in conference play, averaging 1.44 TFLs per game to rank third in the Big Ten during league play. He finished his UI career ranked sixth in Illinois history with 36.5 career TFLs. • Jaylen Island: Junior CB Jaylen Dunlap had four PBUs in the win over Michigan State, tied for the fifth-most in a game in program history and the most by an Illini since 2002. He had nine PBUs in the last five games of 2016, 10 during Big Ten play (4th-most in the B1G) and 11 for the season (tied for 10th-most in a season in UI history). • Big Play Run Game: Illinois had five runs of 50+ yards this season, tied for 18th-most in the nation. Kendrick Foster had a pair of 56-yard TD runs against Murray State and added a 64-yard TD run against Michigan State, Ke’Shawn Vaughn had a 65-yard TD scamper vs. UNC and Reggie Corbin busted a 53-yard run at Rutgers. • Dual Threat: Junior RB Kendrick Foster (720 rush, 554 KOR) is one of only four players in the nation with at least 700 rushing yards and 500 kick return yards (Cal’s Khalfani Muhammad, SDSU’s Rashaad Penny & South Alabama’s Xavier Johnson). • Fresh Start: Illinois had 28 first-time starters during the 2016 season, the most in the nation, just ahead of Missouri (27). Included in that number were 13 freshmen (four true-freshmen and nine redshirt-freshmen). • Declining Penalties: The Illini cut down on penalties during the second half of the season, an issue that plagued the team early-on Through six games, Illinois averaged 8.7 penalties/game and 72.5 penalty yards/game, ranking last in the Big Ten in both categories. In the last six games, they averaged just 3.8 penalties/game and 34.0 penalty yards/game. • Hard Knox: Assistant Director of Athletics and Director of Football Operations Tim Knox was named 2016 Operations Director of the Year by Football Scoop, which is selected by prior winners of the award. His broad range of responsibilities includes the overall management of the football budget, team travel, and bowl game coordination. SIX ILLINI GARNER ALL-BIG TEN ACCOLADES Senior defensive end Carroll Phillips earned first-team All-Big Ten accolades from the media, the first Illini firstteamer since Whitney Mercilus and A.J. Jenkins in 2011. Phillip was an honorable mention honoree by the coaches. In addition, senior DE Dawuane Smoot earned third team honor from both voting groups, while four more Illini earned honorable mentioin recognition – senior LB Hardy Nickerson, senior C Joe Spencer, junior WR Malik Turner, and sophomore LB Tré Watson. Spencer also picked up his first Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honor.

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2016 YEAR IN REVIEW FOUR ILLINI PARTICIPATE IN POST-SEASON ALL-STAR GAMES Four Illinois football players participated in senior all-star games – two to the Reese’s Senior Bowl, one to the East West Shrine Game and one to the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl – in late January. The games, and workouts leading up to them, are used as a scouting tool for NFL teams and other professional football leagues.

2016 ILLINOIS HONORS OL Christian DiLauro • Preseason All-Big Ten Third Team (Athlon) RB Kendrick Foster • Dante Hall Award Watch List (Off./ST under 6’ tall)

ILLINI BOAST RECORD NUMBER OF ACADEMIC BIG TEN HONOREES...AGAIN • The Illinois football team set a program record for Academic All-Big Ten honorees for the fifth straight season, as 35 student-athletes were honored by the conference in 2016, the most in the Big Ten just ahead of Northwestern (34). A full list of all 35 Illini honorees can be found on page three. To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, student-athletes must be letterwinners who are in at least their second academic year at their institution and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher. • In addition, eight Fighting Illini – Rob Bain, Zach Grant, Wes Lunt, Michael Martin, David Reisner, Joe Spencer, Mike Svetina and Tyler White – were named to the 2017 Hampshire Honor Society for achieving a 3.2 cumulative grade point average throughout entire course of undergraduate study. Illinois’ eight honorees was the most in the Big Ten in 2017 and the fifth most among all FBS programs.

QB Wes Lunt • Maxwell Award Preseason Watch List (Off. POY) • Davey O’Brien Award Preseason Watch List (QB) • Unitas Golden Arm Preseason Watch List (QB) • Manning Award Preseason Watch List (QB) • Strongest Arm in Big Ten (Lindy’s) • Preseason All-Big Ten Third Team (Phil Steele) S Patrick Nelson • Big Ten All-Freshman Team (ESPN.com & BTN) • Big Ten Freshman of the Week (10/17) LB Hardy Nickerson • All Big Ten Honorable Mention (media & coaches) • Lombardi Award Preseason Watch List (POY) • Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List (Def. POY) • Butkuas Award Preseason Watch List (LB) • Preseason All-Big Ten First Team (Phil Steele) • Preseason All-Big Ten Third Team (Athlon & Lindy’s) DE Carroll Phillips • All Big Ten First Team (media) • All Big Ten Honorable Mention (coaches) • Hendrick’s Award Final Watch List (DE) DE Dawuane Smoot • All Big Ten Third Team (media & coaches) • Hendrick’s Award Final Watch List (DE) • Lombardi Award Preseason Watch List (POY) • Bednarik Award Preseason Watch List (Def. POY) • Hendricks Award Preseason Watch List (DE) • Preseason All-Big Ten Second Team (Phil Steele, Athlon & Lindy’s) OL Austin Schmidt • Preseason All-Big Ten Third Team (Lindy’s) OL Joe Spencer • All Big Ten Honorable Mention (media) • Campbell Award Semifinalist (Scholar-Athlete) • Rimington Award Preseason Watch List (C) • Wuerffel Trophy Preseason Watch List (Community Service) WR Malik Turner • All Big Ten Honorable Mention (media) RB Ke’Shawn Vaughn • Doak Walker Award Preseason Watch List (RB) • Preseason All-Big Ten Third Team (Athlon & Lindy’s) LB Tré Watson • All Big Ten Honorable Mention (media) • Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (11/7)

Senior Bowl (Jan. 28, 2017) – DE Dawuane Smoot, DE Carroll Phillips East-West Shrine Game (Jan. 21, 2017) – QB Wes Lunt NFLPA Collegiate Bowl (Jan. 21, 2017) – LB Hardy Nickerson

NEW KIDS ON THE QUAD • A total of 26 players, including nine true-freshmen, made their Illini debuts in 2016.

True-Freshmen (9): DB Stanley Green, LB Jake Hansen, LB Dele Harding, WR Zarrian Holcombe, DL Kenyon Jackson, OL Darta Lee, RB Tre Nation, DL Tymir Oliver, WR Dominic Thieman. Redshirt-Freshmen (13): RB Reggie Corbin, DB Trenard Davis, QB Jeff George, Jr., OL Matt Long, LB Jimmy Marchese, OL Gabe Megginson, DB Patrick Nelson, TE Caleb Reams, OL Adam Solomon, DB Frank Sumpter, TE Bobby Walker, DB Cameron Watkins, LB Justice Williams Sophomores (1): PK Chase McLaughlin Junior Transfer (1): DB Ahmari Hayes Graduate Transfers (2): LB Hardy Nickerson, DL Gimel President

WALK-ONS EARN THEIR $$$ • Senior walk-on LS Michael Martin was surprised with a scholarship for his final season on Aug. 28. Martin, a Champaign, Illinois, native, earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in Dec. 2015 and is pursuing a master’s degree in the same field during his final year of football eligibility. • In all, three players on the current roster went from walk-on status to scholarship student-athlete – RB Nathan Echard, WR Zach Grant, and LS Michael Martin. LOVIE’S ILLINI • Illinois Director of Athletics Josh Whitman named longtime NFL coach Lovie Smith as head football coach on March 7, 2016. Smith is the 25th head football coach at Illinois and is the first African-American head football coach in program history. • The season-opening victory over Murray State was the first college win as head coach for Smith, who is back in college football for the first time since the 1996 Florida Citrus Bowl, when he was an assistant at Ohio State. Smith is coming off 19 years in the NFL, including the last 11 as head coach of the Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He picked up his first Big Ten victory on Oct. 15 at Rutgers, 24-7 and his first Big Ten home victory on Nov. 5 vs. Michigan State, 31-27. • Smith led the Chicago Bears for nine seasons from 2004-12 and was 81-63 (.563), including three division titles, two NFC Championship Game appearances (2006 and 2010) and a berth in Super Bowl XLI. • The AP Coach of the Year in 2005, Smith’s 81 wins with Chicago are the third-most in Bears history. • Smith spent the past two years as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where the Bucs improved from two victories in 2014 to six wins in 2015. THE LOVIE EFFECT • Arrow Pointing Up: In seven home games, the Illini averaged 45,644 fans per game, an increase of 10.4 percent over 2015. Last season, Illinois averaged 41,342 fans with a high of 51,515 (vs. Ohio State 11/14/15). • Selling Out: Illinois welcomed a sellout crowd of 60,670 against North Carolina on Sept. 10, marking the first sellout crowd at Memorial Stadium since hosting Michigan on Nov. 12, 2011. It was the first non-conference sellout since hosting Arizona State on Sept. 12, 1987 (Capacity at the time was 70,060). • Big Opener: The crowd of 48,644 for the 2016 season-opener against Murray State marked Illinois’ best non-conference attendance since Sept. 17, 2011 against Arizona State (50,669) and was Illinois’ best home-opener attendance since Sept. 11, 2010 against Southern Illinois (52,217).

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NCAA & BIG TEN STATS RANKINGS / ALL-BIG TEN TEAMS ILLINI NCAA & B1G RANKINGS (2016) TEAM RANKINGS (128 teams ranked)

CATEGORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA . . . . . . . . . B1G . . . . . . . . . . STAT

3rd Down Conversion Pct . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127th . . . . . . . . . . . 14th . . . . . . . . . . . . ..284 3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense . . . . . . . 107th . . . . . . . . . . . 13th . . . . . . . . . . . . .446 4th Down Conversion Pct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97th . . . . . . . . . . . 11th . . . . . . . . . . . . ..438 4th Down Conversion Pct Defense . . . . . . . . 10th . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st . . . . . . . . . . . . ..313 Blocked Kicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72nd . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Blocked Kicks Allowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29th . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Blocked Punts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A Blocked Punts Allowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70th . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Completion Percentage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120th . . . . . . . . . . . 12th . . . . . . . . . . . . ..511 Fewest Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54th . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Fewest Penalties Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69th . . . . . . . . . . . 10th . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.25 Fewest Penalty Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47th . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639 Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game . . . . . . . . . 61th . . . . . . . . . . . 10th . . . . . . . . . . . 53.25 First Downs Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51st . . . . . . . . . . . 10th . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 First Downs Offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127th . . . . . . . . . . . 14th . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Fumbles Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101st . . . . . . . . . . . 11th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Fumbles Recovered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24th . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Kickoff Return Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117th . . . . . . . . . . . 14th . . . . . . . . . . . 24.14 Kickoff Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108th . . . . . . . . . . . 13th . . . . . . . . . . . 18.85 Net Punting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110th . . . . . . . . . . . 11th . . . . . . . . . . . 35.03 Passes Had Intercepted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37th . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Passes Intercepted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104th . . . . . . . . . . . 13th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Passing Offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109th . . . . . . . . . . . 11th . . . . . . . . . . . 174.6 Passing Yards Allowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17th . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd . . . . . . . . . . . 185.9 Passing Yards per Completion . . . . . . . . . . 97th . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th . . . . . . . . . . . 11.45 Punt Return Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109th . . . . . . . . . . . 14th . . . . . . . . . . . 11.38 Punt Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109th . . . . . . . . . . . 14th . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.39 Red Zone Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102nd . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th . . . . . . . . . . . . ..895 Red Zone Offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109th . . . . . . . . . . . 10th . . . . . . . . . . . . .774 Rushing Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105th . . . . . . . . . . . 12th . . . . . . . . . . . 219.2 Rushing Offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105th . . . . . . . . . . . 13th . . . . . . . . . . . 140.5 Sacks Allowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39th . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.67 Scoring Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94th . . . . . . . . . . . 12th . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.9 Scoring Offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122nd . . . . . . . . . . . 13th . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.7 Tackles for Loss Allowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34th . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.08 Team Passing Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124th . . . . . . . . . . . 13th . . . . . . . . . . 107.23 Team Passing Efficiency Defense . . . . . . . . 72nd . . . . . . . . . . . 11th . . . . . . . . . . 131.77 Team Sacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42nd . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.33 Team Tackles for Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 Time of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121rd . . . . . . . . . . . 14th . . . . . . . . . . . 26:06 Total Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61st . . . . . . . . . . . 11th . . . . . . . . . . . 405.1 Total Offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123th . . . . . . . . . . . 13th . . . . . . . . . . . 315.1 Turnover Margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82nd . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th . . . . . . . . . . . .-0.17 Turnovers Gained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78th . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Turnovers Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68th . . . . . . . . . . . 11th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

NCAA INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS (Top-50)

CATEGORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PLAYER . . . . . . . . . STAT . . . . . . . . . RANK

Combined Kick Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . K. Foster . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 . . . . . . . . . . . . 48th Forced Fumbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Green . . . . . . . . . . . .0.30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 19th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.25 . . . . . . . . . . . . 27th Rush Yards Per Carry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K. Foster . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.71 . . . . . . . . . . . . 41st Sacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.75 . . . . . . . . . . . . 24th Tackles for Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Smoot . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 32nd Total Tackles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. Nickerson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 40th

BIG TEN INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS (Top-10)

CATEGORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PLAYER . . . . . . . . . STAT . . . . . . . . . RANK

All Purpose Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K. Foster . . . . . . . . . . 110.67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th Combined Kick Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . K. Foster . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th Field Goal Percentage . . . . . . . . . . C. McLaughlin . . . . . . . . . . . . .706 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th Field Goals Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . C. McLaughlin . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th Forced Fumbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Green . . . . . . . . . . . .0.30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Kickoff Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K. Foster . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th Punt Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Mosely . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th Punting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. Frain . . . . . . . . . . . 40.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th Receiving Touchdowns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th Receiving Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . 712 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th Receivng Yards Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . M. Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th Receptions Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th Rush Yards Per Carry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K. Foster . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Sacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Tackles for Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Smoot . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Total Tackles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. Nickerson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th

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2016 FINAL BIG TEN STANDINGS WEST DIVISION Wisconsin Iowa Nebraska Minnesota Northwestern ILLINOIS Purdue

BIG TEN W L Pct. 7 2 .778 6 3 .667 6 3 .667 5 4 .556 5 4 .556 2 7 .222 1 8 .111

OVERALL W L 11 3 8 5 9 4 9 4 7 6 3 9 3 9

Pct. .786 .615 .692 .692 .538 .250 .250

EAST DIVISION Penn State Ohio State Michigan Indiana Maryland Michigan State Rutgers

W L 8 1 8 1 7 2 4 5 3 6 1 8 0 9

W L 11 3 11 2 10 3 6 7 6 7 3 9 2 10

Pct. .786 .846 .769 .461 .461 .250 .167

Pct. .889 .889 .778 .444 .333 .111 .000

2016 ALL-BIG TEN TEAMS QB RB RB WR WR C G G T T TE

COACHES FIRST TEAM J.T. Barrett, Ohio State Saquon Barkley, Penn State Corey Clement, Wisconsin Austin Carr, Northwestern Curtis Samuel, Ohio State Pat Elflein, Ohio State Dan Feeney, Indiana Billy Price, Ohio State Erik Magnuson, Michigan Ryan Ramczyk, Wisconsin Jake Butt, Michigan

COACHES SECOND TEAM Trace McSorley, Penn State Justin Jackson, Northwestern Mike Weber, Ohio State Amara Darboh, Michigan R.J. Shelton, Michigan State Mason Cole, Michigan Kyle Kalis, Michigan Beau Benzschawel, Wisconsin Ben Braden, Michigan Jamarco Jones, Ohio State Troy Fumagalli, Wisconsin

COACHES THIRD TEAM Wilton Speight, Michigan Akrum Wadley, Iowa Rodney Smith, Minnesota Jordan Westerkamp, Nebraska DeAngelo Yancey, Purdue Sean Welsh, Iowa James Daniels, Iowa Brian Allen, Michigan State Cole Croston, Iowa Jonah Pirsig, Minnesota Josiah Price, Michigan State

DL DL DL DL LB LB LB DB DB DB DB

Jaleel Johnson, Iowa Taco Charlton, Michigan Chris Wormley, Michigan Tyquan Lewis, Ohio State Jabrill Peppers, Michigan Raekwon McMillan, Ohio State T.J. Watt, Wisconsin Desmond King, Iowa Jourdan Lewis, Michigan Malik Hooker, Ohio State Marshon Lattimore, Ohio State

Ryan Glasgow, Michigan Malik McDowell, Michigan State Ifeadi Odenigbo, Northwestern Garrett Sickels, Penn State Josey Jewell, Iowa Anthony Walker Jr., Northwestern Vince Biegel, Wisconsin Delano Hill, Michigan Channing Stribling, Michigan Godwin Igwebuike, Northwestern G. Conley, OSU/S. Shelton, WIS

Dawuane Smoot, Illinois Steven Richardson, Minnesota Evan Schwan, Penn State Conor Sheehy, Wisconsin Tegray Scales, Indiana Ben Gedeon, Michigan R. Bullough, MSU/J. Cabinda, PSU Rashard Fant, Indiana Nathan Gerry, Nebraska Marcus Allen, Penn State

Emmit Carpenter, Minnesota Kenny Allen, Michigan Desmond King, Iowa

Tyler Durbin, Ohio State Ron Coluzzi, Iowa Parris Campbell, Ohio State

K Tyler Davis, Penn State P Cameron Johnston, Ohio State RET Jabrill Peppers, Michigan

Illinois Honorable Mention: LB Hardy Nickerson, DL Carroll Philliips Illinois Sportsmanship Award Honoree: C Joe Spencer QB RB RB WR WR C G G T T TE

MEDIA FIRST TEAM J.T. Barrett, Ohio State Justin Jackson, Northwestern SAQUON BARKLEY, PENN STATE Austin Carr, Northwestern Curtis Samuel, Ohio State Pat Elflein, Ohio State Dan Feeney, Indiana Billy Price, Ohio State Erik Magnuson, Michigan Ryan Ramczyk, Wisconsin Jake Butt, Michigan

MEDIA SECOND TEAM Trace McSorley, Penn State Mike Weber, Ohio State L Corey Clement, Wisconsin Amara Darboh, Michigan DeAngelo Yancey, Purdue Mason Cole, Michigan Kyle Kalis, Michigan Brian Allen, Michigan State Ben Braden, Michigan Jamarco Jones, Ohio State Mike Gesicki, Penn State

MEDIA THIRD TEAM Wilton Speight, Michigan .J. Scott, Michigan State Rodney Smith, Minnesota Drew Wolitarsky, Minnesota Chris Godwin, Penn State Sean Welsh, Iowa James Daniels, Iowa Beau Benzschawel, Wisconsin Jonah Pirsig, Minnesota Nick Gates, Nebraska Troy Fumagalli, Wisconsin

DL DL DL DL LB LB LB DB DB DB DB

Carroll Phillips, Illinois Taco Charlton, Michigan Ifeadi Odenigbo, Northwestern Tyquan Lewis, Ohio State Jabrill Peppers, Michigan Raekwon McMillan, Ohio State J T.J. Watt, Wisconsin Desmond King, Iowa Jourdan Lewis, Michigan Malik Hooker, Ohio State Sojourn Shelton, Wisconsin

Jaleel Johnson, Iowa Ryan Glasgow, Michigan Chris Wormley, Michigan Evan Malik McDowell, Michigan State Tegray Scales, Indiana osey Jewell, Iowa Ben Gedeon, Michigan Rashard Fant, Indiana Channing Stribling, Michigan Nathan Gerry, Nebraska Marshon Lattimore, Ohio State

Dawuane Smoot, Illinois Steven Richardson, Minnesota Schwan, Penn State Garrett Sickels, Penn State Riley Bullough, Michigan State Anthony Walker Jr., Northwestern Vince Biegel, Wisconsin Godwin Igwebuike, Northwestern Gareon Conley, Ohio State D’Cota Dixon, Wisconsin Leo Musso, Wisconsin

K P RET

Emmit Carpenter, Minnesota Cameron Johnston, Ohio State Jabrill Peppers, Michigan

Tyler Davis, Penn State Kenny Allen, Michigan Desmond King, Iowa

Tyler Durbin, Ohio State Ron Coluzzi, Iowa Solomon Vault, Northwestern

Illinois Honorable Mention: LB Hardy Nickerson, C Joe Spencer, WR Malik Turner, LB Tré Watson Graham-George Off. Player of the Year: Saquon Barkely, Penn State Nagurski-Woodson D. Player of the Year: Jabrill Peppers, Michigan Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year: Mike Weber, Ohio State Dave McClain Coach of the Year (Media): James Franklin, Penn State Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year (Coaches): Paul Chryst, Wisconsin * - Additional honorees due to tie

CAPS - unanimous selection

2016 YEAR IN REVIEW

TEAM STATISTICS The Automated ScoreBook Illinois Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 26, 2016) All games Team Statistics

ILL

SCORING Points Per Game Points Off Turnovers FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average KICKOFFS-Yards Average Per Kick Net kick average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS ATTENDANCE Games/Avg Per Game Neutral Site Games Score by Quarters Illinois Opponents

236 19.7 44 180 73 91 16 1686 1961 275 353 4.8 140.5 14 2095 183-358-9 5.9 11.4 174.6 13 3781 711 5.3 315.1 40-754 23-101 7-133 18.9 4.4 19.0 22-11 75-639 53.2 77-3070 39.9 35.0 51-3164 62.0 39.0 26:07 44/155 28% 7/16 44% 28-151 0 28 12-17 0-0 (24-31) 77% (17-31) 55% (26-26) 100% 319505 7/45644 1st

41 118

2nd

84 74

3rd

4th

54 57 58 130

OT

0 3

OPP

383 31.9 89 258 126 112 20 2630 2967 337 569 4.6 219.2 35 2231 194-308-7 7.2 11.5 185.9 11 4861 877 5.5 405.1 28-676 24-273 9-161 24.1 11.4 17.9 20-11 62-537 44.8 52-2024 38.9 36.2 76-4566 60.1 39.3 33:53 78/175 45% 5/16 31% 20-143 0 47 17-21 0-0 (51-57) 89% (36-57) 63% (46-46) 100% 353479 5/70696 0/0

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS The Automated ScoreBook Illinois Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 26, 2016) All games Rushing

gp

att

gain loss

net avg td

Foster, Kendrick Corbin,Reggie Vaughn,Ke'Shawn Crouch,Chayce Nation,Tre Spencer,Joe Hardee,Justin Turner,Malik Echard,Nathan Team George, Jr., Jeff Lunt,Wes Total Opponents

12 126 748 28 720 5.7 7 12 86 550 27 523 6.1 2 11 60 327 26 301 5.0 3 4 29 194 18 176 6.1 2 3 11 61 2 59 5.4 0 11 0 17 0 17 0.0 0 12 1 12 0 12 12.0 0 11 2 5 0 5 2.5 0 12 2 1 1 0 0.0 0 7 6 0 12 -12 -2.0 0 5 10 13 63 -50 -5.0 0 8 20 33 98 -65 -3.2 0 12 353 1961 275 1686 4.8 14 12 569 2967 337 2630 4.6 35

Passing

gp

Lunt,Wes George, Jr., Jeff Crouch,Chayce Total Opponents Receiving

Turner,Malik Grant,Zach Hardee,Justin Mays,Sam Corbin,Reggie Vaughn,Ke'Shawn Foster, Kendrick Taylor,D.J. Johnson,Ainslie White,Tyler Thieman,Dominic Cain,Desmond Davis,Andrew Echard,Nathan Reams,Caleb Roberts,Austin Total Opponents

8 5 4 12 12

gp

effic comp-att-int

113.36 127-232-3 85.83 38-94-5 125.67 18-32-1 107.23 183-358-9 131.07 194-308-7 no.

yds

11 48 712 12 26 265 12 25 314 9 13 158 12 10 112 11 9 89 12 9 54 10 7 65 12 6 86 12 6 43 8 6 32 5 5 61 12 5 39 12 4 51 5 2 9 3 2 5 12 183 2095 12 194 2231

avg

14.8 10.2 12.6 12.2 11.2 9.9 6.0 9.3 14.3 7.2 5.3 12.2 7.8 12.8 4.5 2.5 11.4 11.5

pct

lg avg/g

64 53 65 28 17 0 12 5 1 0 9 14 65 63

yds td

54.7 1376 8 40.4 470 4 56.2 249 1 51.1 2095 13 63.0 2231 11 td

6 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 11

60.0 43.6 27.4 44.0 19.7 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 -1.7 -10.0 -8.1 140.5 219.2

lg avg/g

68 43 61 68 47

lg avg/g

68 24 37 30 30 61 15 19 56 23 9 30 12 26 5 3 68 47

64.7 22.1 26.2 17.6 9.3 8.1 4.5 6.5 7.2 3.6 4.0 12.2 3.2 4.2 1.8 1.7 174.6 185.9

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172.0 94.0 62.2 174.6 185.9

Punt Returns

no.

21 1 1 23 24

102 -1 0 101 273

Interceptions

no.

yds avg td

Kick Returns

no.

28 5 3 1 1 1 1 40 28

554 102 58 8 13 13 6 754 676

Fumble Returns

no.

yds avg td

Mosely,Darius Taylor,D.J. Grant,Zach Total Opponents Nickerson,Hardy Mosely,Darius Cazley, Dillan Barton,Taylor Hylton,Julian Total Opponents Foster, Kendrick Echard,Nathan Mosely,Darius Day,Caleb Vaughn,Ke'Shawn Davis,Andrew Johnson,Ainslie Total Opponents Dunlap,Jaylen Mosely,Darius Total Opponents

2 2 1 1 1 7 9

1 1 2 2

yds avg td

33 102 0 0 -2 133 161

4.9 -1.0 0.0 4.4 11.4

16.5 51.0 0.0 0.0 -2.0 19.0 17.9

0 0 0 0 1

0 1 0 0 0 1 0

yds avg td

12 15 27 41

19.8 20.4 19.3 8.0 13.0 13.0 6.0 18.9 24.1 12.0 15.0 13.5 20.5

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

lg

22 0 0 22 55

lg

33 78 0 0 0 78 66

lg

41 30 28 8 13 13 6 41 58

lg

12 15 15 23

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

The Automated ScoreBook Illinois Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 26, 2016) All games

Scoring

McLaughlin, Chase Foster, Kendrick Turner,Malik Vaughn,Ke'Shawn Johnson,Ainslie Crouch,Chayce Corbin,Reggie Grant,Zach Cain,Desmond Mays,Sam Mosely,Darius Smoot,Dawuane George, Jr., Jeff Total Opponents Field Goals

td

fg

- 12-17 9 6 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 - - 28 12-17 47 17-21 fg

kick

26-26 26-26 46-46

-

1 1 2 1

1-1 1-1 2-2 1-1

-

12-17 70.6 0-0

FG Sequence

Illinois

(48) (22) (24),(43),(33) (20),(47),(34),41 51,(37),42 (53) (42) (31),39 52

3-3

4-5

4-6

Opponents

1-3

50,(34) (49),42,(41) 43,(32),(22) 56,(29) (37),(28) (23),(27) (24) (46),(34),(28),(29) (37),(21) -

pts

Total Offense

- 62 - 54 - 38 - 18 - 12 - 12 - 12 8 6 6 6 1 2 0 1 236 1 383

pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99

McLaughlin, Chase Murray State North Carolina Western Michigan Nebraska Purdue Rutgers Michigan Minnesota Michigan State Wisconsin Iowa Northwestern

PAT rush rcv pass dxp saf

lg blk

53

0

g plays

rush pass

total avg/g

Lunt,Wes Foster, Kendrick Corbin,Reggie Crouch,Chayce George, Jr., Jeff Vaughn,Ke'Shawn Nation,Tre Spencer,Joe Hardee,Justin Turner,Malik Team Total Opponents

8 12 12 4 5 11 3 11 12 11 7 12 12

Punting

no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk

Kickoffs

no. yds avg tb ob retn

Frain,Ryan Reisner,David Team Total Opponents McLaughlin, Chase Frain,Ryan Reisner,David Total Opponents

252 -65 1376 1311 163.9 126 720 0 720 60.0 86 523 0 523 43.6 61 176 249 425 106.2 104 -50 470 420 84.0 60 301 0 301 27.4 11 59 0 59 19.7 0 17 0 17 1.5 1 12 0 12 1.0 2 5 0 5 0.5 6 -12 0 -12 -1.7 711 1686 2095 3781 315.1 877 2630 2231 4861 405.1

53 2127 23 934 1 9 77 3070 52 2024

34 2102 10 646 7 416 51 3164 76 4566

40.1 40.6 9.0 39.9 38.9

67 61 9 67 60

61.8 15 64.6 4 59.4 1 62.0 20 60.1 33

4 12 18 7 1 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 18 23 12 2 10 20 5

0 0 1 1 0

net ydln

2 0 0 2 24.1 39.0 2 18.9 39.3

26 25

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS The Automated ScoreBook Illinois Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 26, 2016) All games All Purpose

Foster, Kendrick Turner,Malik Corbin,Reggie Vaughn,Ke'Sha Hardee,Justin Grant,Zach Mosely,Darius Crouch,Chayce Mays,Sam Echard,Nathan Johnson,Ainslie Taylor,D.J. Cain,Desmond Nation,Tre Davis,Andrew White,Tyler Nickerson,Hardy Thieman,Domini Spencer,Joe Reams,Caleb Day,Caleb Roberts,Austin Hylton,Julian Team George, Jr., Jeff Lunt,Wes Total Opponents

g

rush

rcv

12 720 54 11 5 712 12 523 112 11 301 89 12 12 314 12 0 265 12 0 0 4 176 0 9 0 158 12 0 51 12 0 86 10 0 65 5 0 61 3 59 0 12 0 39 12 0 43 12 0 0 8 0 32 11 17 0 5 0 9 2 0 0 3 0 5 12 0 0 7 -12 0 5 -50 0 8 -65 0 12 1686 2095 12 2630 2231

pr

0 0 0 0 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 273

kr

554 0 0 13 0 0 58 0 0 102 6 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 754 676

ir

total avg/g

0 1328 110.7 0 717 65.2 0 635 52.9 0 403 36.6 0 326 27.2 0 265 22.1 102 262 21.8 0 176 44.0 0 158 17.6 0 153 12.8 0 92 7.7 0 64 6.4 0 61 12.2 0 59 19.7 0 52 4.3 0 43 3.6 33 33 2.8 0 32 4.0 0 17 1.5 0 9 1.8 0 8 4.0 0 5 1.7 -2 -2 -0.2 0 -12 -1.7 0 -50 -10.0 0 -65 -8.1 133 4769 397.4 161 5971 497.6

CHARTING THE ILLINI LONGEST DRIVES DRIVES ILLINOIS by # of plays 14 (51 yards, 4:53, downs vs. North Carolina) by # of yards 86 (7 plays, 3:03, TD vs. Purdue) Time of Possession 5:22 (11 plays, 80 yards, TD vs. Murray State) RED ZONE STATS (inside the 20) ILLINOIS OPPONENT Times inside the 20 31 57 Total Scores 24 51 Touchdowns 17 36 Field Goals 7 15 Lost on Downs/Turnover/Punt 6 6 Lost on Missed/Blocked Field Goals 0 0 End of Game or Half 1 0 Scoring Percentage .774 .895 Scoring Percentage (TDs only) .548 .632 Percent of Total Drives .201 .365 HIGHEST SCORING QUARTERS 1ST 2016 season 14, UNC & Murray St.

2ND 21, Murray State

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OPPONENT 18 (75 yards, 10:42, TD) Nebraska 92 (6 plays, 2:28, TD) Northwestern 10:42 (18 plays, 75 yards, TD) Nebraska FIELD POSITION Drives Started Cumulative Starting Yardlines Average Starting Field Position Times Started Inside the 20 Drives Started in Plus Territory

ILLINOIS OPPONENT 154 156 4,512 5,305 29.3 34.0 33 31 13 26

POINTS AFTER TURNOVERS ILLINOIS OPPONENT Turnovers Forced 18 20 Total Scores 8 15 Scoring Percentage .444 .750 Points off Turnovers 44 (5 TD, 3 FG) 93 (12 TD, 3 FG) 3RD 4TH 10, Rutgers & MSU 14, Michigan State

OT 0, Purdue

FINAL 52, Murray State

2016 YEAR IN REVIEW

DEFENSIVE STATISTICS The Automated ScoreBook Illinois Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 26, 2016) All games ## 10 33 21 1 17 91 6 3 14 11 24 2 16 55 12 8 31 95 5 4 94 9 30 40 23 27 39 35 32 45 96 66 19 1G 85 13 7 56 74 87 38 5A 2A 1B 22

Defensive Leaders

Nickerson,Hardy Watson,Tre Nelson,Patrick Dunlap,Jaylen Green,Stanley Smoot,Dawuane Phillips, Carroll Barton,Taylor President,Gimel Clements,Chunky Mosely,Darius Jones,Julian Bain,Rob Milan,Jamal James,Chris Cazley, Dillan Watkins,Cameron Jackson,Kenyon Crawford,James Kelly,Darwyn Odenigbo, Tito Harding,Dele Hylton,Julian Svetina,Mike Sumpter,Frank Hayes,Ahmari Echard,Nathan Hansen,Jake Williams, Justice McGrew,Henry Oliver,Tymir Fagan,Jordan Hardee,Justin Holcombe, Zarrian Roberts, Brandon Frain,Ryan Day,Caleb Martin,Michael Brennan,Connor White,Tyler Reisner,David Vaughn,Ke'Shawn Corbin,Reggie Turner,Malik Foster, Kendrick Total Opponents

gp

12 12 12 12 10 12 12 11 12 11 12 12 11 10 12 7 9 8 8 8 11 9 12 12 9 9 12 12 12 12 12 7 12 7 2 10 2 12 11 12 5 11 12 11 12 12 12

ua

38 38 34 41 30 30 30 13 19 14 19 16 12 11 12 10 11 6 6 11 4 4 8 2 6 7 5 2 3 2 . . 1 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 1 454 318

a

69 64 41 22 32 26 26 27 21 22 13 16 19 16 11 11 10 12 12 6 11 9 3 8 4 2 4 6 3 3 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 . 1 . . 1 . . . 542 431

Tackles tot

107 102 75 63 62 56 56 40 40 36 32 32 31 27 23 21 21 18 18 17 15 13 11 10 10 9 9 8 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 996 749

tfl/yds

5.5-17 4.5-12 2.5-7 4.5-10 . 15.0-52 20.0-89 3.0-6 12.5-46 7.0-28 1.0-3 2.0-8 3.5-7 3.5-6 1.5-7 . 1.0-1 . 1.0-4 . 2.5-7 1.5-2 1.0-5 1.0-1 . . . . 1.0-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95-320 61-227

Sacks no-yds

2.0-9 . 0.5-2 . . 5.0-32 9.0-58 . 4.5-21 3.5-18 . . 1.0-2 1.0-2 0.5-1 . . . . . 1.0-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-151 20-143

Pass defense int-yds brup

2-33 . . . . . . 1-0 . . 2-102 . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . 1--2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-133 9-161

. 1 . 11 . 1 . 1 1 1 2 . . . 3 . 3 . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 42

qbh

1 1 . . . 10 3 . 2 1 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 32

Fumbles rcv-yds

1-0 . 1-0 1-12 1-0 . 1-0 . . . 1-15 . 1-0 1-0 . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . 11-27 11-41

ff

. 3 . . 3 2 1 . 1 1 . . 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 9

blkd kick

. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1

saf

. . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1

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2016 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS TEAM GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

Rushing Passing Passing Total Time Team Score First Downs Att-Yd-TD C-A-Int-TD Yards Offense Punt Fumbles Penalties Poss Illinois 52 21 40-287-4 16-24-0-3 228 515 4-172 1-0 7-55 33:28 vs. Murray State 3 13 26-(-10)-0 21-35-2-0 175 165 7-297 1-1 4-29 26:32 ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinois 23 15 36-182-1 17-35-0 127 309 9-350 6-1 13-99 34:19 vs. North Carolina 48 21 37-197-4 19-25-0 265 462 3-128 1-1 6-46 25:41 ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinois 10 15 15-3-0 29-42-1-1 312 315 8-325 1-1 7-48 25:00 vs. Western Michigan 34 20 54-287-4 9-13-0-0 150 437 5-200 1-0 5-36 35:00 ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinois 16 12 21-124-1 14-23-0-0 146 270 4-166 0-0 7-48 21:59 at Nebraska 31 23 49-203-3 16-23-1-3 220 423 0-0 1-1 3-35 38:01 ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinois 31 24 46-315-3 14-23-0-0 184 499 5-201 2-1 12-125 29:54 vs. Purdue 34 25 41-231-3 23-37-2-1 228 459 4-168 0-0 5-45 30:06 ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinois 24 10 43-228-1 6-14-1-1 92 320 6-243 0-0 6-60 27:12 at Rutgers 7 23 50-203-0 17-30-1-1 182 385 4-162 5-4 4-36 32:48 ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinois 8 6 23-77-0 4-15-1-1 95 172 7-287 2-1 5-45 18:37 at Michigan 41 29 59-270-3 20-28-0-2 291 561 2-65 3-1 5-41 41:23 ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinois 17 17 34-89-1 16-34-0-1 156 245 6-206 5-3 3-33 26:56 vs. Minnesota 40 15 48-171-5 10-19-0-0 112 283 8-260 2-0 6-56 33:04 ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinois 31 14 24-164-2 13-29-0-2 140 304 7-277 0-0 2-10 18:24 vs. Michigan State 27 28 43-175-1 29-47-0-1 315 490 4-146 3-1 10-89 41:36 ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinois 3 11 21-99-0 7-24-4-0 101 200 5-233 0-0 5-46 17:57 at Wisconsin 48 23 64-363-4 8-14-0-2 92 455 4-148 0-0 4-34 42:03 ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinois 0 10 24-61-0 19-41-1-0 137 198 10-364 2-1 2-10 27:39 vs. Iowa 28 16 49-262-3 9-17-1-0 80 342 5-200 2-1 5-40 32:21 ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinois 21 25 26-57-1 28-54-1-2 377 434 6-246 3-3 6-60 30:28 vs. Northwestern 42 22 49-278-5 13-20-0-1 121 399 6-250 1-1 5-50 29:32 ------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ILLINOIS GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS OFFENSIVE STARTERS

GAME T G C G T QB RB WR WR WR / TE TE / FB / WR Murray State DiLauro Lee Allegretti Megginson Schmidt Lunt Vaughn Hardee Turner Reams (TE) Johnson (TE) North Carolina DiLauro Allegretti Spencer Megginson Schmidt Lunt Vaughn Hardee Turner Grant (WR) Johnson (TE) Western Michigan DiLauro Allegretti Spencer Fagan Schmidt Lunt Vaughn Hardee Turner Grant (WR) White (TE) Nebraska DiLauro Allegretti Spencer Lee Megginson Lunt Corbin Hardee Turner Grant (WR) Echard (FB) Purdue DiLauro Allegretti Spencer Megginson Schmidt Lunt Corbin Hardee Turner Grant (WR) White (TE) Rutgers DiLauro Allegretti Spencer Megginson Schmidt Crouch Foster Hardee Turner Grant (WR) White (TE) Michigan DiLauro Allegretti Spencer Brennan Schmidt George Jr. Foster Hardee Turner Johnson (TE) White (TE) Minnesota DiLauro Allegretti Spencer Brennan Schmidt George Jr. Foster Hardee Turner White (TE) Echard (FB) Michigan State DiLauro Allegretti Spencer Brennan Schmidt George Jr. Foster Hardee Grant White (TE) Johnson (TE) Wisconsin DiLauro Allegretti Spencer Brennan Schmidt George Jr. Foster Hardee Grant White (TE) Mayes (WR) Iowa DiLauro Allegretti Spencer Megginson Schmidt Lunt Foster Hardee Grant White (TE) Turner (WR) Northwestern DiLauro Allegretti Spencer Megginson Schmidt Lunt Foster Hardee Grant White (TE) Davis (TE) Consecutive 31 12 11 2 8 2 7 12 4 8 1 Career 31 12 37 6 27 26 7 22 9 11 2

DEFENSIVE STARTERS

GAME DE DT DT DE WLB Murray State Smoot Bain Clements Phillips Crawford North Carolina Smoot Bain Clements Phillips Crawford Western Michigan Smoot Bain Milan Phillips Crawford Nebraska Smoot Bain Clements Phillips Watson Purdue Smoot Jackson Clements Phillips Watson Rutgers Smoot Jackson Clements President Watson Michigan Smoot Odenigbo Milan Phillips Watson Minnesota Smoot Jackson Milan Phillips Hansen Michigan State Smoot Jackson Milan Phillips Watson Wisconsin Smoot Jackson Clements Phillips Watson Iowa Smoot Bain Clements Phillips Watson Northwestern Smoot Bain Milan Phillips Watson Consecutive 24 2 1 6 4 Career 24 24 5 14 8

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MLB SLB / Nickel Nickerson James (Nickel) Nickerson James (Nickel) Nickerson James (Nickel) Nickerson Jones (SLB) Nickerson James (Nickel) Nickerson Mosely (Nickel) Nickerson Jones (SLB) Nickerson Mosely (Nickel) Nickerson Cazley (Nickel) Nickerson Jones (SLB) Nickerson Jones (SLB) Nickerson Cazley (Nickel) 12 1 39* 2

CB SS / LB FS CB / LB Dunlap Hylton Barton Mosely Dunlap Hylton Barton Mosely Dunlap Hylton Barton Mosely Dunlap Nelson Barton Mosely Dunlap Nelson Barton Mosely Dunlap Nelson Green Hayes Dunlap Crawford (LB) Green Mosely Dunlap Nelson Green Sumpter Dunlap Nelson Green Sumpter Dunlap Nelson Green Watkins Dunlap Barton Green Williams (LB) Dunlap Barton Green Watkins 12 2 7 1 12 35 7 2

2016 YEAR IN REVIEW

2016 KEY PLAYER QUICK FACTS KEY PLAYER QUICK FACTS – OFFENSE QB

12

Wes Lunt (Sr., 6-5, 225)

Missed four games with an injury ... 36 TDs, 12 INT in his Illinois career (28 G) ... Seventh in passing yards in Illinois history

QB

3

Jeff George Jr. (r-Fr., 6-3, 205)

Four starts (first at Michigan) ... Father is former Illini and No. 1 pick Jeff George

RB

22

Kendrick Foster (Jr., 5-9, 200)

Led the team in rushing yards (720), touchdowns (9) and all-purpose yards (1,328) ... Third in the Big Ten in yards per carry (5.71)

RB

2

Reggie Corbin (r-Fr., 5-10, 185)

14th in the nation in yards/carry among freshmen (6.08), best by an Illini freshman since at least 2000 ... 86 carries, 523 yards, 2 TDs

RB

5

Ke’Shawn Vaughn (So., 5-10, 210)

Second career 100-yard game vs. UNC ... Led team with 723 rush yards & 6 rush TDs as a true freshman in 2015

FB

39

Nathan Echard (Jr., 6-2, 235)

Career-long 26-yard catch at Nebraska ... Former linebacker ... Brother and uncle played football at Mizzou and grandfather played at USC

WR

11

Malik Turner (Jr., 6-3, 205)

All-Big Ten honorable mention (media) ... Sixth in the Big Ten in receptions per game (4.4) during the regular season

WR

19

Justin Hardee (Sr., 6-1, 200)

Second on the team with 314 receiving yards ... Career highs in receptions (9) and receiving yards (125) at Northwestern

WR

88

Zach Grant (Sr., 6-0, 195)

18 of 27 career receptions have come in the last six games ... Career highs in receptions (8) and receiving yards (65) vs. Iowa

WR

9

Sam Mays (So., 6-3, 200)

Game-winning TD vs. Michigan State with 1:35 remaining ... Career-high 39 receiving yards vs. Minnesota and Michigan State

TE

87

Tyler White (Sr., 6-5, 255)

Six receptions for 43 yards ... Played in all 12 games with nine starts ... Primarily used as a blocking tight end

TE

80

Ainslie Johnson (Sr., 6-2, 230)

TDs vs. WMU (56 yd), MSU (1 yd) ... Career highs in receptions (3) and receiving yards (65) vs. WMU ... Father played 7 years for LA Rams

TE

89

Andrew Davis (Sr., 6-6, 230)

Career-long 12-yard reception vs. Murray State ... JUCO transfer ... First career TD catch vs. MIN ... No. 1 ranked JUCO TE by Rivals in 2014

T

57

Austin Schmidt (Sr., 6-6, 300)

Started 27 of the last 28 games ... 19 straight starts before missing the Nebraska game with an injury

G

74

Connor Brennan (Sr., 6-5, 300)

Played in 11 games with four starts at guard ... First career start at guard at Michigan

G

72

Gabe Megginson (r-Fr., 6-5, 300)

Six starts at guard, one start at tackle ... Consensus four-star recruit ... Ranked as the No. 1 offensive lineman in Illinois

C

71

Joe Spencer (Jr., 6-4, 300)

All-Big Ten honorable mention (media) ... 37 career starts at center and guard ... Campbell Trophy semifinalist (top student-athlete)

G

53

Nick Allegretti (So., 6-4, 315)

Started all 12 games, 11 at guard and one at center ... First career start vs. Murray State at center for injured Joe Spencer

T

67

Christian DiLauro (Jr., 6-5, 300)

Started last 31 games at tackle dating back to 2014 ... ESPN.com Big Ten All-Freshman team in 2014 ... Majoring in agri-accounting

KEY PLAYER QUICK FACTS – DEFENSE DE

91

Dawuane Smoot (Sr., 6-3, 255)

All-Big Ten third team (media and coaches) ... Sixth in Illini history with 38.5 career TFLs ... Eighth in Illini history with 16.5 career sacks

DT

95

Kenyon Jackson (Fr., 6-0, 290)

Eight games played with five starts at defensive tackle ... Started five of six games before getting injured ... 18 tackles (six solo)

DT

11

Chunky Clements (Sr., 6-3, 295)

36 tackles, 7.0 TFLs, career-best 3.5 sacks ... 11 games played with seven starts ... 1.5 sacks and forced fumble vs. Michigan State

DT

94

TIto Odenigbo (So., 6-3, 290)

First career start at Michigan ... 15 tackles (4 solo), 2.5 TFLs, 1.0 sacks ... Father graduated from the Illinois’ College of Engineering

DT

55

Jamal Milan (r-Fr., 6-2, 300)

10 games with five starts ... 27 tackles (11 solo), 3.5 TFLs, 1.0 sack, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, two QB hurries

DT

16

Rob Bain (Sr., 6-3, 295)

Two-time Academic All-District ... Four-time Academic All-Big Ten ... 31 tackles, 3.5 TFLs, 1.0 sack, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery

DE

6

Carroll Phillips (Sr., 6-3, 240)

All-Big Ten first team (media), the first Illinois first-team selection since 2011 ... Seventh in the nation in TFLs per game (1.7)

DE

14

Gimel President (Sr., 6-4, 275)

Third on the team with 12.5 TFLs ... Career highs in TFLs (3.0) and sacks (2.0) vs. Murray State and Northwestern

WLB 33

Tré Watson (So., 6-2, 235)

All-Big Ten honorable mention (media) ... Tied for the Big Ten lead in tackles during conference games (93), with Iowa’s Josey Jewell

MLB

10

Hardy Nickerson (Sr., 6-0, 230)

All-Big Ten honorable mention (coaches and media) ... Led Illinois with 107 tackles (38 solo) ... Fourth in the Big Ten in tackles/game (8.9)

SLB

9

Dele Harding (Fr., 6-1, 230)

Nine games played ... Career-high seven tackles and 0.5 TFL vs. Michigan State ... Missed the final three games with an injury

LB

2

Julian Jones (So., 6-2, 215)

32 tackles (16 solo), 2.0 TFLs ... Third on the team with seven special teams tackles ... Career-high 11 tackles (five solo) at Michigan

LB

5

James Crawford, Jr. (Jr., 6-2, 220)

Eight games played with three starts ... Starting linebacker for the first three games ... Missed the last four games with an injury

CB

1

Jaylen Dunlap (Jr., 6-1, 190)

Started all 12 games ... 11 PBUs tied for the 10th most in an Illini single season ... Fourth on the team with 63 tackles

SS

17

Stanley Green (Fr., 5-11, 195)

10 games with seven starts ... Fifth on the team with 62 tackles ... 10+ tackles in three games (Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan)

SS

3

Taylor Barton (Jr., 6-1, 215)

Started 20 of the last 25 games ... 40 tackles, 3.0 TFLs, two PBUs ... Seventh career interception against Murray State

FS

21

Patrick Nelson (r-Fr., 6-0, 210)

ESPN.com and Big Ten Network All-Freshman Team ... Third on the team with 75 tackles ... Tied Illini season-high 16 tackles at Nebraska

CB

24

Darius Mosely (Sr., 5-11, 190)

48 career games played, 15 starts ... 78-yard INT return for TD at Rutgers ... First career interception at Nebraska

CB

12

Chris James (So., 5-11, 190)

12 games with four starts ... 23 tackles, 1.5 TFLs, three PBUs ... Career-high six tackles against North Carolina and Western Michigan

KEY PLAYER QUICK FACTS – SPECIAL TEAMS K

43

Chase McLaughlin (So., 6-1, 175)

12-17 on field goals, 26-26 PAT ... 53-yard FG vs. Minnesota is fourth longest in Illini history ... Mechanical engineering major ... Walk-on

P

13

Ryan Frain (Sr., 6-2, 220)

Missed two games with injury this season ... Illinois record 58.0 yards per punt vs. Purdue in 2015 ... Career-long 72-yard punt vs. Ohio State in 2015

LS

56

Michael Martin (Sr., 6-4, 225)

Long snapper for kicks and punts ... Awarded scholarship in Aug. 2016 ... Champaign, Illinois, native ... Mechanical engineering major 2017 ILLINOIS FOOTBALL RECORD BOOK // 79

2016 YEAR IN REVIEW 2016 ILLINOIS BIG PLAYS

(Rush/Pass/Rec/PR over 20 yds & KOR/Def over 40 yds) Player . . . . . . . . . . . . Run . .Pass . . Rec . . Def . . . ST ��Tot Lunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . .16 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . 16 Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 . . . . .0 . . . 12 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . 12 Corbin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . .3 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . 8 Foster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . .0 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . 1 . . . . . 7 George Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . .7 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . 7 Vaughn . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 . . . . .0 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . 5 Hardee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . .0 . . . . 5 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . 5 Crouch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . .1 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . 3 Mosely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . .0 . . . . 0 . . . . 1 . . . . 2 . . . . . 3 Cain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . .0 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . 1 Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . .0 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . 1 Echard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . .0 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . 1 Nickerson . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . .0 . . . . 0 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . . 1 Mays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . .0 . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . 2 Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . .0 . . . . 2 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . 2 White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . .0 . . . . 1 . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . . . . 1 TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . .27 . . . 27 . . . . 2 . . . . 3 . . . . 48 MURRAY STATE (7) 1Q 68 . . . . . Turner TD reception (from Lunt) 1Q 22 . . . . . Mosely punt return 2Q 31 . . . . . Hardee reception (from Lunt) 2Q 56 . . . . . Foster TD rush 2Q 56 . . . . . Foster TD rush 3Q 30 . . . . . Cain TD reception (from Lunt) 3Q 32 . . . . . Corbin rush NORTH CAROLINA (2) 1Q 65 . . . . . Vaughn TD rush 3Q 25 . . . . . Foster rush WESTERN MICHIGAN (3) 2Q 56 . . . . . Johnson reception (from Lunt) 3Q 25 . . . . . Turner reception (from Lunt) 4Q 21 . . . . . Turner rececption (from Lunt)

ILLINOIS SCORING DRIVES MURRAY STATE 1st. . . . . . . 10:09. . . . TD. . . . . . 1st. . . . . . . 7:47. . . . . TD. . . . . . 2nd. . . . . . 9:36. . . . . TD. . . . . . 2nd. . . . . . 4:26. . . . . TD. . . . . . 2nd. . . . . . 0:26. . . . . TD. . . . . . 3rd. . . . . . . 5:51. . . . . TD. . . . . . 4th. . . . . . . 14:13. . . . TD. . . . . . 4th. . . . . . . 8:44. . . . . FG. . . . . .

Turner, Malik 5 yard pass from Lunt (McLaughlin kick)�� 8 plays, 37 yards, 4:14 Turner, Malik 68 yard pass from Lunt (McLaughlin kick)�� 1 play, 68 yards, 0:12 Vaughn, Ke’Shawn 2 yard run (McLaughlin kick)�� 4 plays, 39 yards, 1:58 Foster, Kendrick 56 yard run (McLaughlin kick)�� 4 plays, 68 yards, 2:00 Foster, Kendrick 56 yard run (McLaughlin kick)�� 3 plays, 65 yards, 0:22 Cain, Desmond 30 yard pass from Lunt (McLaughlin kick)�� 11 plays, 80 yards, 5:22 Corbin, Reggie 1 yard run (McLaughlin kick)�� 8 plays, 75 yards, 4:16 McLaughlin, Chase 48 yard field goal�� 7 plays, 35 yards, 4:00

NORTH CAROLINA 1st. . . . . . . 13:35. . . . TD. . . . . . 1st. . . . . . . 2:55. . . . . TD. . . . . . 2nd. . . . . . 5:23. . . . . SAF.. . . . . 4th. . . . . . . 14:55. . . . TD. . . . . .

Vaughn, Ke’Shawn 65 yard run (McLaughlin kick)�� 3 plays, 80 yards, 1:25 Foster, Kendrick 15 yard pass from Lunt (McLaughlin kick)�� 5 plays, 30 yards, 5:17 Smoot, Dawuane Safety��N/A Turner, Malik 7 yard pass from Lunt (McLaughlin kick)�� 8 plays, 57 yards, 3:05

WESTERN MICHIGAN 2nd. . . . . . 6:39. . . . . TD. . . . . . Johnson, Ainslie 56 yard pass from Lunt (McLaughlin kick) �� 3 plays, 74 yards, 1:26 3rd. . . . . . . 10:36. . . . FG. . . . . . McLaughlin, Chase 22 yard field goal�� 10 plays, 61 yards, 4:24 NEBRASKA 2nd. . . . . . 10:11. . . . TD. . . . . . 2nd. . . . . . 1:01. . . . . FG. . . . . . 2nd. . . . . . 0:00. . . . . FG. . . . . . 3rd. . . . . . . 7:40. . . . . FG. . . . . .

Foster, Kendrick 31 yard run (McLaughlin kick)�� 8 plays, 60 yards, 3:57 McLaughlin, Chase 24 yard field goal�� 10 plays, 69 yards, 4:58 McLaughlin, Chase 43 yard field goal�� 3 plays, 21 yards, 0:28 McLaughlin, Chase 33 yard field goal�� 8 plays, 74 yards, 3:45

PURDUE 1st. . . . . . . 8:58. . . . . FG. . . . . . 2nd. . . . . . 14:56. . . . FG. . . . . . 2nd. . . . . . 5:11. . . . . TD. . . . . . 2nd. . . . . . 0:29. . . . . FG. . . . . . 3rd. . . . . . . 3:20. . . . . TD. . . . . . 4th. . . . . . . 12:34. . . . TD. . . . . .

McLaughlin, Chase 20 yard field goal�� 7 plays, 78 yards, 3:16 McLaughlin, Chase 47 yard field goal�� 6 plays, 31 yards, 2:06 Crouch, Chayce 26 yard run (McLaughlin kick)�� 11 plays, 77 yards, 4:48 McLaughlin, Chase 34 yard field goal�� 7 plays, 49 yards, 2:38 Crouch, Chayce 3 yard fun (McLaughlin kick)�� 7 plays, 86 yards, 3:03 Foster, Kendrick 3 yard fun (Turner pass from Crouch) �� 8 plays, 75 yards, 3:04

RUTGERS 2nd. . . . . . 8:47. . . . . TD. . . . . . 3rd. . . . . . . 11:48. . . . TD. . . . . . 3rd. . . . . . . 7:54. . . . . FG. . . . . . 4th. . . . . . . 9:32. . . . . TD. . . . . .

Foster, Kendrick 5 yard pass from Crouch (McLaughlin kick) �� 5 plays, 73 yards, 2:35 Foster, Kendrick 5 yard run (McLaughlin kick) �� 6 plays, 77 yards, 3:07 McLaughlin, Chase 37 yard field goal �� 5 plays, 35 yards, 2:31 Mosely, Darius 78 yard interception return (McLaughlin kick) ��N/A

NEBRASKA (4) 1Q 25 . . . . . 2Q 31 . . . . . 3Q 31 . . . . . 3Q 26 . . . . .

Turner reception (from Lunt) Foster rush TD Corbin rush Echard reception (from Lunt)

PURDUE (8) 1Q 46 . . . . . 1Q 21 . . . . . 2Q 33 . . . . . 2Q 29 . . . . . 2Q 26 . . . . . 3Q 38 . . . . . 3Q 30 . . . . . 4Q 24 . . . . .

Corbin rush Turner reception (from Lunt) Nickerson interception Vaughn rush Crouch rush Turner reception (from Crouch) Corbin reception (from Crouch) Turner reception (from Crouch)

RUTGERS (6) 1Q 26 . . . . . 2Q 61 . . . . . 3Q 53 . . . . . 3Q 28 . . . . . 3Q 20 . . . . . 4Q 78 . . . . .

Foster rush Vaughn reception (from Crouch) Corbin rush Crouch rush Mosely punt return Mosely INT TD

MINNESOTA 1st. . . . . . . 5:11. . . . . TD. . . . . . Vaughn, Ke’Shawn 3 yard run (McLaughlin kick) �� 7 plays, 69 yards, 3:08 3rd. . . . . . . 5:24. . . . . TD. . . . . . Grant, Zach 16 yard pass from George, Jr., Jeff (McLaughlin kick) � 9 plays, 63 yards, 3:58 4th. . . . . . . 5:08. . . . . FG. . . . . . McLaughlin, Chase 53 yard field goal�� 10 plays, 30 yards, 2:35

MICHIGAN (4) 2Q 45 . . . . . 3Q 43 . . . . . 4Q 43 . . . . . 4Q 41 . . . . .

Vaughn rush Turner reception (from George, Jr.) Turner TD reception (from George, Jr.) Foster kick return

MICHIGAN STATE 2nd. . . . . . 0:14. . . . . TD. . . . . . Foster, Kendrick 19 yard run (McLaughlin kick) �� 11 plays, 73 yards, 2:21 3rd. . . . . . . 9:59. . . . . TD. . . . . . Foster, Kendrick 64 yard run (McLaughlin kick) �� 4 plays, 78 yards, 1:26 3rd. . . . . . . 8:56. . . . . FG. . . . . . McLaughlin, Chase 42 yard field goal �� 4 plays, 2 yards, 0:53

MINNESOTA (3) 3Q 28 . . . . . Vaughn rush 3Q 23 . . . . . White reception (from George, Jr.) 4Q 30 . . . . . Mays reception (from George, Jr.) MICHIGAN STATE (3) 2Q 64 . . . . . Foster rush TD 3Q 23 . . . . . Hardee reception (from George, Jr.) 4Q 22 . . . . . Grant reception (from George, Jr.) WISCONSIN (1) 2Q 35 . . . . . Hardee reception (from George, Jr.) NORTHWESTERN (7) 2Q 35 . . . . . Hardee reception (from Lunt) 2Q 20 . . . . . Turner reception (from Lunt) 3Q 29 . . . . . Turner reception (from Lunt) 3Q 25 . . . . . Mays reception (from Lunt) 3Q 24 . . . . . Grant reception (from Lunt) 4Q 37 . . . . . Hardee reception (from Lunt) 4Q 36 . . . . . Turner reception (from Lunt)

MICHIGAN 4th. . . . . . . . 10:22. . . . . . TD. . . . . . Turner, Malik 43 yard pass from George, Jr., Jeff (Grant pass from George, Jr.) ��1 play, 43 yards, 0:08

4th. . . . . . . . 12:37. . . . . . TD. . . . . . Johnson, Ainslie 1 yard pass from George Jr., Jeff (McLaughlin kick) ��9 plays, 70 yards, 3:21

4th. . . . . . . 1:35. . . . . TD. . . . . . Mays, Sam 16 yard pass from George, Jr., Jeff (McLaughlin kick) �� 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:17 WISCONSIN 1st. . . . . . . 3:22. . . . . FG. . . . . . McLaughlin, Chase 31 yard field goal �� 9 plays, 65 yards, 3:32 IOWA None NORTHWESTERN 2nd. . . . . . 7:29. . . . . TD. . . . . . Turner, Malik 19 yard pass from Lunt, Wes (McLaughlin kick) �� 11 plays, 78 yards, 5:11 2nd. . . . . . 0:27. . . . . TD. . . . . . Corbin, Reggie 8 yard run (McLaughlin kick) �� 10 plays, 83 yards, 3:14 3rd. . . . . . . 4:33. . . . . TD. . . . . . Turner, Malik 9 yard pass from Lunt, Wes (McLaughlin kick) �� 4 plays, 24 yards, 1:26

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2016 YEAR IN REVIEW The Automated ScoreBook SUPERLATIVE STATISTICSIllinois Game Superlatives (as of Nov 26, 2016) All games

ILLINOIS TEAM GAME HIGHS Rushes Yards Rushing Yards Per Rush TD Rushes Pass attempts Pass completions Yards Passing Yards Per Pass TD Passes Total Plays Total Offense Yards Per Play Points Sacks By First Downs Penalties Penalty Yards Turnovers Interceptions By Punts Punting Avg Long Punt Punts inside 20 Long Punt Return

46 315 7.2 4 54 29 377 9.5 3 80 515 8.0 52 6 25 13 125 4 4 2 2 10 46.6 67 3 3 22

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

TEAM GAME HIGHS vs Purdue (Oct 08, 2016) vs Purdue (Oct 08, 2016) vs Murray State (Sep 03, 2016) vs Murray State (Sep 03, 2016) at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) vs Western Michigan (Sep 17, 2016) at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) vs Murray State (Sep 03, 2016) vs Murray State (Sep 03, 2016) at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) vs Murray State (Sep 03, 2016) vs Murray State (Sep 03, 2016) vs Murray State (Sep 03, 2016) vs Murray State (Sep 03, 2016) at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) vs North Carolina (Sep 10, 2016) vs Purdue (Oct 08, 2016) at Wisconsin (Nov 12, 2016) at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) vs Murray State (Sep 03, 2016) vs Purdue (Oct 08, 2016) vs Iowa (Nov 19, 2016) at Wisconsin (Nov 12, 2016) at Michigan (Oct 22, 2016) vs Iowa (Nov 19, 2016) at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) vs Murray State (Sep 03, 2016)

Rushes Yards Rushing Yards Per Rush TD Rushes Pass attempts Pass completions Yards Passing Yards Per Pass TD Passes

Total Plays Total Offense Yards Per Play Points Sacks By First Downs Penalties Penalty Yards Turnovers Interceptions By Punts Punting Avg Long Punt Punts inside 20 Long Punt Return

The Automated ScoreBo Illinois Game Superlatives (as of N All games

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIG 64 363 5.7 5 5 47 29 315 11.5 2 2 2 90 561 7.5 48 48 4 29 10 89 5 4 8 42.7 60 4 55

at Wisconsin (Nov 12, 2016) at Wisconsin (Nov 12, 2016) at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) vs Minnesota (Oct 29, 2016) at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) vs Michigan State (Nov 05, 2016) vs Michigan State (Nov 05, 2016) vs Michigan State (Nov 05, 2016) vs Western Michigan (Sep 17, 2016) vs North Carolina (Sep 10, 2016) at Michigan (Oct 22, 2016) at Wisconsin (Nov 12, 2016) vs Michigan State (Nov 05, 2016) at Michigan (Oct 22, 2016) vs North Carolina (Sep 10, 2016) vs North Carolina (Sep 10, 2016) at Wisconsin (Nov 12, 2016) vs Western Michigan (Sep 17, 2016) at Michigan (Oct 22, 2016) vs Michigan State (Nov 05, 2016) vs Michigan State (Nov 05, 2016) at Rutgers (Oct 15, 2016) at Wisconsin (Nov 12, 2016) vs Minnesota (Oct 29, 2016) vs North Carolina (Sep 10, 2016) at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) vs Minnesota (Oct 29, 2016) vs Iowa (Nov 19, 2016)

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2016 YEAR IN REVIEW The Automated ScoreBook SUPERLATIVE STATISTICS Illinois Game Superlatives (as of Nov 26, 2016)

The Automated ScoreBook Illinois Game Superlatives (as of Nov 26, 2016) All games

All games

ILLINOIS INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Rushes Yards Rushing TD Rushes

Long Rush Pass attempts Pass completions Yards Passing TD Passes Long Pass Receptions Yards Receiving TD Receptions Long Reception Field Goals Long Field Goal Punts Punting Avg Long Punt Punts inside 20 Long Punt Return Long Kickoff Return Tackles Sacks

Tackles For Loss Interceptions

21 21 146 2 2 2 65 54 29 377 3 68 11 164 2 2 68 3 3 53 9 48.0 67 3 3 22 41 16 16 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.5 2

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Foster, Kendrick at Rutgers (Oct 15, 2016) Corbin,Reggie at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) Foster, Kendrick vs Michigan State (Nov 05, 2016) Foster, Kendrick vs Murray State (Sep 03, 2016) Crouch,Chayce vs Purdue (Oct 08, 2016) Foster, Kendrick vs Michigan State (Nov 05, 2016) Vaughn,Ke'Shawn vs North Carolina (Sep 10, 2016) Lunt,Wes at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) Lunt,Wes vs Western Michigan (Sep 17, 2016) Lunt,Wes at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) Lunt,Wes vs Murray State (Sep 03, 2016) Lunt,Wes vs Murray State (Sep 03, 2016) Turner,Malik at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) Turner,Malik at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) Turner,Malik vs Murray State (Sep 03, 2016) Turner,Malik at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) Turner,Malik vs Murray State (Sep 03, 2016) McLaughlin, Chase at Nebraska (Oct 01, 2016) McLaughlin, Chase vs Purdue (Oct 08, 2016) McLaughlin, Chase vs Minnesota (Oct 29, 2016) Reisner,David vs North Carolina (Sep 10, 2016) Reisner,David at Wisconsin (Nov 12, 2016) Frain,Ryan at Michigan (Oct 22, 2016) Frain,Ryan vs Iowa (Nov 19, 2016) Frain,Ryan at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) Mosely,Darius vs Murray State (Sep 03, 2016) Foster, Kendrick at Michigan (Oct 22, 2016) Nelson,Patrick at Nebraska (Oct 01, 2016) Watson,Tre vs Michigan State (Nov 05, 2016) President,Gimel vs Murray State (Sep 03, 2016) Phillips, Carroll vs Western Michigan (Sep 17, 2016) President,Gimel at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) Smoot,Dawuane at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) Phillips, Carroll vs North Carolina (Sep 10, 2016) Nickerson,Hardy vs Purdue (Oct 08, 2016)

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Rushes Yards Rushing TD Rushes Long Rush Pass attempts Pass completions Yards Passing TD Passes Long Pass Receptions Yards Receiving TD Receptions

Long Reception Field Goals Long Field Goal Punts Punting Avg Long Punt Punts inside 20 Long Punt Return Long Kickoff Return Tackles Sacks Tackles For Loss

Interceptions

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27 189 3 3 63 35 35 23 265 265 2 2 47 7 99 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 47 4 49 8 42.7 60 4 55 58 14 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Newby, Terrell, at Nebraska (Oct 01, 2016) BOGAN, Jamauri, vs Western Michigan (Sep 17, 2016) Clement, Corey, at Wisconsin (Nov 12, 2016) Jackson, Justin, at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) Newby, Terrell, at Nebraska (Oct 01, 2016) Blough, David, vs Purdue (Oct 08, 2016) O'Connor, Tyler, vs Michigan State (Nov 05, 2016) O'Connor, Tyler, vs Michigan State (Nov 05, 2016) Trubisky, M, vs North Carolina (Sep 10, 2016) O'Connor, Tyler, vs Michigan State (Nov 05, 2016) Trubisky, M, vs North Carolina (Sep 10, 2016) Speight, Wilton, at Michigan (Oct 22, 2016) O'Connor, Tyler, vs Michigan State (Nov 05, 2016) Shelton, R.J., vs Michigan State (Nov 05, 2016) Darboh, Amara, at Michigan (Oct 22, 2016) Logan, T, vs North Carolina (Sep 10, 2016) Hollins, M, vs North Carolina (Sep 10, 2016) Foster, Trey, at Nebraska (Oct 01, 2016) Kimbrough, vs Purdue (Oct 08, 2016) Arcidiacono, N., at Rutgers (Oct 15, 2016) Wheatley, T., at Michigan (Oct 22, 2016) Butt, Jake, at Michigan (Oct 22, 2016) Shelton, R.J., vs Michigan State (Nov 05, 2016) Peavy, Jazz, at Wisconsin (Nov 12, 2016) Penniston, Kyle, at Wisconsin (Nov 12, 2016) Dickerson, G., at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) Corley, Donnie, vs Michigan State (Nov 05, 2016) Geiger, Michael, vs Michigan State (Nov 05, 2016) Weiler, N, vs North Carolina (Sep 10, 2016) Santoso, Ryan, vs Minnesota (Oct 29, 2016) Sheldon, T, vs North Carolina (Sep 10, 2016) Niswander, H., at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) Santoso, Ryan, vs Minnesota (Oct 29, 2016) McCarron, Riley, vs Iowa (Nov 19, 2016) Logan, T, vs North Carolina (Sep 10, 2016) Smith, A, vs North Carolina (Sep 10, 2016) JACKSON, Jonath, vs Murray State (Sep 03, 2016) JACKSON, Jonath, vs Murray State (Sep 03, 2016) Jones, N, vs North Carolina (Sep 10, 2016) BROWN, Asantay, vs Western Michigan (Sep 17, 2016) ASSUOA, Eric, vs Western Michigan (Sep 17, 2016) ADAMS, Keion, vs Western Michigan (Sep 17, 2016) Edwards, T.J., at Wisconsin (Nov 12, 2016) Walker, Jr. A., at Northwestern (Nov 26, 2016) Musso, Leo, at Wisconsin (Nov 12, 2016)

2016 YEAR IN REVIEW

GAME SUMMARIES GAME 1

GAME 2

GAME 3

MURRAY STATE��3 ILLINOIS��52

NORTH CAROLINA��48 ILLINOIS��23

WESTERN MICHIGAN ��34 ILLINOIS��10

SCORING BY QUARTER

SCORING BY QUARTER

SCORING BY QUARTER

SEP. 3, 2016 MEMORIAL STADIUM // CHAMPAIGN, ILL. // 48,644

Team Murray State Illinois

1 2 3 4 F 0 3 0 0 3 14 21 7 10 52

SEP. 10, 2016 MEMORIAL STADIUM // CHAMPAIGN, ILL. // 60,670

Team North Carolina Illinois

1 2 3 4 F 17 7 7 17 48 14 2 0 7 23

SEP. 17, 2016 MEMORIAL STADIUM // CHAMPAIGN, ILL. // 40,954

Team Western Michigan Illinois

1 2 3 4 F 14 10 3 7 34 0 7 3 0 10

SCORING SUMMARY

SCORING SUMMARY

SCORING SUMMARY

First Quarter ILL: Turner 5 yard pass from Lunt (McLaughlin kick), 10:09 (8-37, 4:14) ILL: Turner 68 yard pass from Lunt (McLauglin kick), 7:74 (1-68, 0:12)

First Quarter ILL: Vaughn 65 yard run (McLaughlin kick), 13:35 (3-80, 1:25) UNC: Trubisky 1 yard run (Weiler kick), 8:52 (6-68, 2:32) ILL: Foster 15 yard pass from Lunt (McLaughlin kick), 2:55 (5-30, 3:17) UNC: Weiler 49 yard field goal, 1:30 (4-4, 1:25) UNC: Trubisky 6 yard run (Weiler kick), 0:30 (2-19, 0:22)

First Quarter WMU: Bogan 1 yard run (Hampton kick), 3:15 (5-60, 1:44) WMU: Bogan 36 yard run (Hampton kick), 0:23 (2-81, 0:44)

Second Quarter ILL: Vaughn 2 yard run (McLaughlin kick), 9:36 (4-39, 1:58) ILL Foster 56 yard run (McLaughlin kick) 4:26 (4-68, 2:00) MUR: Mitchell 34 yard field goal, 0:48 (10-64, 3:38) ILL: Foster 56 yard run (McLaughlin kick) 0:26 (3-65, 0:22) Third Quarter ILL: Cain 30 yard pass from Lunt (McLaughlin kick) 5:51 (11-80, 5:22) Fourth Quarter ILL: Corbin 1 yard run (McLaughlin kick) 14:13 (8-75, 4:16) ILL: McLaughlin 48 yard field goal, 8:44 (7-35, 4:00)

TEAM STATISTICS Category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MUR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ILL First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Rushes-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-(-10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-287 Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Comp-Att-Int. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-35-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-24-0 Total Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 Punts-Avg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42.4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43.0 Kickoff Returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-68. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-578 Penalties-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55 Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 Sacks By. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29 Third-down Conv.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12 Time of Possession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26:32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33:28

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING (Carries-Yards-TD): MUR - Dodson 4-16, Hartz 1-6, McGraw 2-6. ILL - Foster 4-118-2, Corbin 7-71-1, Vaughn 17-49-1 PASSING (Comp-Att-INT-TD-Yds): MUR - Humphries 18-31-2-0-163, Birse 2-3-00-18, Hartz 1-1-0-0--6. ILL - Lunt 15-21-0-3-226, Crouch 1-3-0-0-2 RECEIVING (Rec-Yards-TD): MUR - Johnson 5-26-0, Blackburn 4-48-0, Stults 3-12-0. ILL - Turner 3-83-2, Cain 2-37-1, Mays 2-27-0 TACKLE LEADERS (Tackles, TFL-Yds): MUR - Crittendon 8, 1.0-3; Boone 7; Jackson 5, 2.0-11; ILL - Nickerson 11, 1.0-1; Crawford 7; Jones 6, 1.0-6; Phillips 4, 3.0-16; President 4, 3.0-8.

GAME NOTES • Illinois opened its 127th season with a 52-3 win over Murray State. The Illini are 598-566-51 all-time and 80-42-5 in openers. • The crowd marked Illinois’ best nonconference attendance since Sept. 17, 2011 against Arizona State (52, 217). • Illinois’ best home-opener attendance since Sept. 11, 2010 against Southern Illinois (52,217). • Illinois head coach Lovie Smith returned to college football for the first time since the 1996 Florida Citrus Bowl, when he was an assistant at Ohio State.

Second Quarter UNC: Logan 24 yard pass from Trubisky (Weiler kick), 9:10 (10-72, 4:23) ILL: Smot Safety, 5:23 Third Quarter UNC: Hollins 20 yard pass from Trubisky (Weiler kick), 8:25 (4-57, 1:09) Fourth Quarter ILL: Turner 7 yard pass from Lunt (McLaughlin kick), 14:55 (8-57, 3:05) UNC: Hood 7 yard run (Weiler kick), 12:22 (6-58, 2:33) UNC: Hood 62 yard run (Weiler kick), 6:49 (2-76, 0:40) UNC: Weiler 41 yard field goal, 1:14 (5-13, 2:58)

TEAM STATISTICS Category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UNC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ILL First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Rushes-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37-197. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-182 Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Comp-Att-Int. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-25-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-35-0 Total Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Punts-Avg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-128. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-350 Kickoff Returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-70 Penalties-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-46. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-99 Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 Sacks By. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7 Third-down Conv.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18 Time of Possession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25:41. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34:19

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING (Carries-Yards-TD): UNC - Hood 15-88-2, Logan 9-54-0, Trubisky 9-422. ILL - Vaughn 15-116-1, Foster 12-54-0, Nation 2-14-0. PASSING (Comp-Att-INT-TD-Yds): UNC - Trubisky 19-24-0-2-265. ILL - Lunt 17-35-0-2-127. RECEIVING (Rec-Yards-TD): UNC - Switzer 5-68-0, Howard 3-60-0, Hollins 3-441. ILL - Vaughn 4-14-0, Turner 3-33-1, Johnson 2-21-0 TACKLE LEADERS (Tackles, TFL-Yds): UNC - Smith 14, 1.0-1; Miles 9, 0-0, Jones 7, 2.0-3. Nickerson 11, 2.0-6; Dunlap 8, 1.0-3; Crawford 7, 0.5-4.

RUSHING (Carries-Yards-TD): WMU - Bogan 24-189-2, Franklin 17-78-1, Terrell 11-21-1. ILL - Vaughn 8-22-0, Foster 2-3-0. PASSING (Comp-Att-INT-TD-Yds): WMU- Terrell 9-13-0-0-150 ILL - Lunt 29-421-1-312 RECEIVING (Rec-Yards-TD): WMU - Davis 4-97-0, Thompson 3-27-0, Henry 1-00. ILL - Turner 9-107-0, Hardee 5-49-0, Johnson 3-64-1 TACKLE LEADERS (Tackles, TFL-Yds): WMU - Phillips 12, 1.0-1; Spillane 11, 1.02; Brown 8, 2.0-9. ILL - Smoot 8, 0.5-1; Phillips 8, 2.5-12; Milan 7, 2.5-4.

GAME NOTES • Illinois dropped to 1-2 this season.

• Illinois had 10 receivers catch a pass against Western Michigan, eight were targeted more than once. Illinois has had 10 or more receivers catch a pass in three consecutive games.

the 2007 season. • Illinois welcomed a sellout crowd of 60,670 fans, marking the first sellout crowd since hosting Michigan in 2011. It is the first nonconference sellout since Arizona State on Sept. 12, 1987 (Capacity at the time was 70,060). • Illinois’ safety in the second quarter was the first since Sept. 13, 2014 at Wash-

• Illinois recorded more than 10 tackles for a loss for the second consecutive game. The Illini had 12 compared to UNC’s eight.

behind Florida (27), Oklahoma State (21) and Wisconsin (20).

• Sophomore RB Ke’Shawn Vaughn rushed for 65 yards in the first quarter for

• Illinois held Murray State to -10 yards rushing, the best mark in the nation.

Illinois’ first touchdown of the game. Vaughn rushed for over 100 yards for the

times.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

• The Illini are 23-3 in August/September home games dating back to the start of

• Illinois has 19 consecutive home-opening wins, the fourth longest active streak

targeted twice or more, while only TE Caleb Reams was targeted as many as five

Category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WMU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ILL First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Rushes-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-287. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-3 Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 Comp-Att-Int. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-42-1 Total Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Punts-Avg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-200. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-325 Kickoff Returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-98. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-146 Penalties-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48 Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Sacks By. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16 Third-down Conv.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Time of Possession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35:00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25:00

• Illinois leads the all-time series against Western Michigan, 4-2.

• Eleven Illini caught at least one pass, nine were targeted twice or more.

• Ten Illinois players caught a pass and six Illini rushed the ball. Seven Illini were

TEAM STATISTICS

• Illinois fell to 1-1 overall and North Carolina earned its first victory of the season.

ington.

was longer than 2:00 and only one was more than four plays.

Fourth Quarter WMU: Franklin 1 yard run (Hampton kick), 8:37 (6-65, 3:14)

• The Illini are 23-4 in August and September home games dating back to the start of the 2007 season.

• Illinois is 57-27-4 when opening at home. The Illini have won their last 11 season-

• Illinois scored on five of its seven first-half drives. Only one first-half scoring drive

Third Quarter ILL: McLaughlin 22 yard field goal, 10:36 (10-61, 4:24) WMU: Hampton 22 yard field goal, 3:19 (7-62, 2:52)

GAME NOTES

• Lovie Smith earned his first victory as an Illini head coach.

openers at Memorial Stadium dating back to 1997.

Second Quarter WMU: Terrell 3 yard run (Hampton kick), 14:56 (2-5, 0:14) ILL: Johnson 56 yard pass from Lunt (McLaughlin kick), 6:39 (3-74, 1:26) WMU: Hampton 32 yard field goal, 1:14 (11-65, 5:25)

second time in his career, finishing with 116 yards on 15 carries. • Senior LB Hardy Nickerson has recorded 10+ tackles in eight of his last 10 games (including games at California). He finished with 11 Saturday. • Junior WR Malik Turner scored his seventh career touchdown in the third quarter, a seven-yard touchdown on his first catch of the day.

• Junior G Jordan Fagan made his first career start in place of redshirt-freshman Gabe Megginson, who is injured. • Senior QB Wes Lunt went 17-22 for 206 yards and a touchdown marking the second-most first-half yards of his career (240 vs. WIU in 2015). He went 10-13 in the first quarter, the third time in his career making 10 + completions in the first quarter. • Lunt went 29-42, for 312 yards and a touchdown to mark his fifth career 300+ yard game. • Lunt threw 95 passes this season before getting intercepted, a fourth-quarter interception today. • Senior TE Ainslie Johnson scored his first career touchdown on a career-long 56yard reception. • Senior DL Carroll Phillips recorded 2.0 sacks and 2.5 TFLs against WMU. He is up to 9.0 TFLs this season, currently behind Jabrill Peppers (Mich) for the Big Ten lead (9.5 TFLs). • Senior WR Zach Grant had a career long 19-yard reception on the first play of the game. He had three receptions for 32 yards after entering the day with three receptions for 22 yards in his career.

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2016 YEAR IN REVIEW

GAME SUMMARIES GAME 4

GAME 5

GAME 6

ILLINOIS��16 #15/15 NEBRASKA��31

PURDUE��34 ILLINOIS��31

ILLINOIS��24 RUTGERS��7

SCORING BY QUARTER

SCORING BY QUARTER

SCORING BY QUARTER

OCT. 1, 2016 MEMORIAL STADIUM // LINCOLN, NEB. // 90,374

Team Illinois Nebraska

1 2 3 4 F 0 13 3 0 16 7 3 0 21 31

OCT. 8, 2016 MEMORIAL STADIUM // CHAMPAIGN, ILL. // 42,912

Team Purdue Illinois

1 7 3

2 14 13

3 3 7

4 OT F 7 3 34 8 0 31

OCT. 15, 2016 HIGH POINT SOLUTIONS STADIUM // PISCATAWAY, N.J. // 42,640

Team Illinois Rutgers

1 2 3 4 F 0 7 10 7 24 0 0 0 7 7

SCORING SUMMARY

SCORING SUMMARY

SCORING SUMMARY

First Quarter NEB: Armstrong 1 yard run (Brown kick), 8:23 (13-75, 6:37)

First Quarter ILL: McLaughlin 20 yard field goal, 8:58 (7-78, 3:16) PUR: Blough 8 yard run (Dellinger kick), 2:02 (9-49, 3:45)

Second Quarter ILL: Foster 5 yard pass from Crouch (McLaughlin kick), 8:47 (5-73, 2:35)

Second Quarter ILL: Foster 31 yard run (McLaughlin kick), 10:11 (8-60, 3:57) NEB: Brown 29 yard field goal, 5:59 (10-53, 4:12) ILL: McLaughlin 24 yard field goal, 1:01 (10-69, 4:58) ILL: McLaughlin 43 yard field goal, 0:00 (3-21: 0:28) Third Quarter ILL: McLaughlin 33 yard field goal, 7:40 (8-74, 3:45) Fourth Quarter NEB: Newby 3 yard run (Brown kick), 11:58 (18-75, 10:42) NEB: Foster 6 yard pass from Armstrong (Brown kick), 4:32 (11-59, 5:49) NEB: Newby 63 yard run (Brown kick), 2:03 (2-70, 0:54)

TEAM STATISTICS Category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ILL First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Rushes-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-203. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-124 Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Comp-Att-Int. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-23-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-23-0 Total Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Punts-Avg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41.5 Kickoff Returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-384. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-254 Penalties-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48 Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Sacks By. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Third-down Conv.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9 Time of Possession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38:01. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21:59

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING (Carries-Yards-TD): NEB - Newby 27-143-2, Ozigbo 10-35-0, Armstrong 8-12-1. ILL Corbin 9-72-, Foster 7-31-1, Lunt 2-14. PASSING (Comp-Att-INT-TD-Yds): NEB - Armstrong 16-23-1-1-220 ILL - Lunt 13-22-0-0-133 RECEIVING (Rec-Yards-TD): NEB - Westerkamp 4-65, Morgan 3-39, Newby 2-26 ILL - Turner 5-57, Corbin 3-18, Hardee 3-17. TACKLE LEADERS (Tackles, TFL-Yds): NEB - Young 6, 0-0; Rose-Ivey 6, 1-1; Gerry 5, 0-0 ILL - Nelson 16, 0-0; Nickerson/Watson 10; Smoot 8, 2-3.

Second Quarter ILL: McLaughlin 47 yard field goal, 14:56 (6-31, 2:06) PUR: Lankford-Johnson 32 yard run (Dellinger kick), 9:59 (10-81, 4:57) ILL: Crouch 26 yard run (McLaughlin kick), 5:11 (11-77, 4:48) PUR: Kimbrough 45 yard pass from Blough (Dellinger kick), 3:07 (6-75, 2:04) ILL: McLaughlin 34 yard field goal, 0:29 (7-49, 2:38) Third Quarter ILL: Crouch 3 yard run (McLaughlin kick), 3:20 (7-86, 3:03) PUR: Dellinger 37 yard field goal, 0:38 (7-41, 2:42) Fourth Quarter ILL: Foster 3 yard run (Turner pass from Crouch), 12:34 (8-75, 3:04) PUR: Worship 8 yard run (Dellinger kick), 9:55 (6-69, 2:39) Overtime PUR: Dellinger 28 yard field goal (5-14)

TEAM STATISTICS Category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PUR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ILL First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Rushes-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-231. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-315 Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Comp-Att-Int. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-37-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-23-0 Total Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499 Punts-Avg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40.2 Kickoff Returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-106. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-92 Penalties-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-125 Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Sacks By. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Third-down Conv.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11 Time of Possession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30:06. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:54

Third Quarter ILL: Foster 5 yard run (McLaughlin kick), 11:48 (6-77, 3:07) ILL: McLaughlin 37 yard field goal, 7:54 (5-35, 2:31) Fourth Quarter RU: Rescigno 3 yard pass from Arcidiacono (Bonagura kick), 14:56 (7-86, 2:30) ILL: Mosely 78 yard interception return (McLaughlin kick), 9:32

TEAM STATISTICS Category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ILL First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Rushes-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-203. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-228 Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Comp-Att-Int. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-30-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14-1 Total Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Punts-Avg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40.5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40.5 Kickoff Returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15 Penalties-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-60 Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Sacks By. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10 Third-down Conv.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13 Time of Possession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32:48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27:12

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING (Carries-Yards-TD): RUT - Martin 16-95-0, Goodwin 13-51-0, Rescigno 12-37-0. ILL - Foster 21-108-1, Corbin 8-90-0, Crouch 11-25-0. PASSING (Comp-Att-INT-TD-Yds): RUT - Rescigno -10-18-1-1-120, Laviano 7-120-062. ILL - Crouch 6-14-1-1-92 RECEIVING (Rec-Yards-TD): RUT - Patton 5-90-1, Tsirnis 5-39-0, Harris 3-9-0. ILL - Turner 2-18-0, Foster 2-8-1, Vaughn 1-61-0. TACKLE LEADERS (Tackles, TFL-Yds): RUT - Roberts 9; Cioffi/Morris 7; Davis 6, 1.0-9. ILL - Nelson 14, 1.5-5, Nickerson 11, 0.5-1, Watson 9, 1.0-3.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

GAME NOTES • Illinois and Rutgers met for the first time as Big Ten Conference opponents.

• Illinois faced its first Associated Press Top 25-ranked opponent of the season. Nebraska is No. 15 in this week’s AP poll and also is No. 15 in the current USA Today Coaches Poll.

RUSHING (Carries-Yards-TD): PUR - Lankford-Johnson 18-127-1, Worship 13-601, Blough 7-40-1. ILL - Crouch 17-137-2, Corbin 11-92-0, Foster 16-55-1. PASSING (Comp-Att-INT-TD-Yds): PUR - Blough 22-35-2-1-220. ILL - Crouch 10-14-0-0-142, Lunt 4-9-0-0-42. RECEIVING (Rec-Yards-TD): PUR - Young 6-59-0, Kimbrough 3-51-1, Yancey 3-33-0. ILL - Turner 9-129-0, White 2-13-0, Corbin 1-30-0. TACKLE LEADERS (Tackles, TFL-Yds): PUR - Mosely 13; Clark and Bailey 11; Herman 7. ILL - Watson 13; Dunlap 11, 1-1.0; Nickerson 8.

• The Illini are 1-8 in Lincoln with the loan win coming in 1924 (9-6). Illinois made its third trip to Lincoln in the last four years.

GAME NOTES

• Illinois won on the road for the first time this season. The Illini’s only previous road game was a 31-16 loss at Nebraska Oct. 1.

GAME NOTES

• The Illini have lost 14 straight and 23 of their last 25 against foes ranked in the AP poll since beating No. 1 Ohio State 28-21 on Nov. 10, 2007. The lone win during that span came on Sept. 17, 2011, over No. 22 Arizona State, 17-14. • Illinois is 0-4 against Nebraska with the cornhuskers are ranked in the AP poll with losses in 1985, 1986 and 2014. • Despite careers in both the NFL and college head coaching, Illinois’ Lovie Smith and Nebraska’s Mike Riley faced each other for the first time. • Nebraska’s 18-play, 75-yard drive that lasted 10:42 and gave the Cornhuskers a 17-16 lead in the fourth quarter was the longest drive allowed by the Illini this season in terms of plays and time elapsed. • Redshirt-freshman DB Patrick Nelson made his first career start. It took him just one quarter to tie his career high in tackles (6), before finishing the game with 16 tackles, the most by an Illini this season. • Senior CB Darius Mosely had his first career interception followed by a 24-yard return with 0:28 left in the second quarter.

• Purdue regained the Cannon rivalry trophy. The Boilermakers lead the traditional trophy series by a 34-28-2 mark. • Illinois leads the overall series 44-42-6. • The Illini are 23-21- 2 all-time against Purdue in Champaign, but the Boilermakers have won five of the last six at Memorial Stadium. • The Illini are averaging 48,285 fans per game in 2016. In 2015, Illinois averaged 41,342 fans per game with a high of 51,515 (vs. Ohio State Oct. 14, 2015). • The Illini competed in their first overtime game since Nov. 22, 2013 against Penn State. Today’s game was the first overtime contest in Memorial Stadium since Sept. 3, 2005 against Rutgers. • Illinois rushed for a season-high 315 yards, surpassing their previous season high of 287 against Western Michigan on Sept. 3. • Illinois’ 24 first downs were a season high.

• Sophomore LB Tre Watson made his first career start. He had a career-high 10 tackles and forced a fumble for the first time in his career.

• Sophomore QB Chayce Crouch had a career high two rushing touchdowns. His only previous touchdown was Sept. 19, 2015 at North Carolina.

• Redshirt-freshman DB Reggie Corbin made his first career start. Before today, Reggie Corbin had 0 career first-half carries. Today he had 6 carries for 38 yards (6.3 avg) in the first half. Corbin had career highs in carries (9), rushing yards (72) and all-purpose yards (101).

• Crouch is the first Illinois QB with 100+ rushing yards since Reilly O’Toole had 147 at Northwestern on Nov. 29, 2014. • Crouch’s 137 rushing yards is the fourth-most ever by an Illinois quarterback. • Hardy Nickerson had the second and third interceptions of his career.

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• Illinois leads the all-time series against Rutgers, 2-1. The Illini and Rutgers split games in 2005 and 2006. • Illinois won for the first time in Piscataway, New Jersey. Rutgers beat the Illini, 33-0, in Illinois’ previous trip to Piscataway Sept. 9, 2006. • The 24-7 win was the first Big Ten and road win for head coach Lovie Smith.

• Illinois held Rutgers scoreless for the first three quarters. The Scarlet Knights did not score for 11 straight quarters, the longest streak in FBS in 10 years. • With five forced turnovers at Rutgers, the Illini forced five or more turnovers for the first time since Nov. 29, 2014 at Northwestern. • Illinois had 9.0 TFLs. • With 203 rushing yards, the Illini have a two-game rushing total of 518 yards. • Hardy Nickerson is averaging 9.7 tackles per game, the most in the Big Ten. • Darius Mosely’s pick-six was the first for the Illini since Mason Monheim on Nov. 28, 2015 vs. Northwestern at Soldier Field. • Sophomore QB Chayce Crouch made his first career start. • Senior QB Wes Lunt missed the game with an injury, snapping a streak of 17 consecutive starts. • Nelson had a career-high 10 solo tackles. • Freshman DB Stanley Green and junior DB Ahmari Hayes made their first career starts. Redshirt • Freshman RB Reggie Corbin in Big Ten play (3 games) has 302 all-purpose and 254 rushing yards on 28 carries.

2016 YEAR IN REVIEW

GAME SUMMARIES GAME 7

GAME 8

GAME 9

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MINNESOTA ��40 ILLINOIS��17

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OCT. 22, 2016 MICHIGAN STADIUM // ANN ARBOR, MICH. // 111,103

OCT. 29, 2016 MEMORIAL STADIUM // CHAMPAIGN, ILL. // 40,090

NOV. 5, 2016 MEMORIAL STADIUM // CHAMPAIGN, ILL. // 47,144

SCORING BY QUARTER Team Illinois Michigan

SCORING BY QUARTER 1 2 3 4 F 0 0 0 8 8 21 10 3 7 41

Team Minnesota Illinois

SCORING BY QUARTER 1 2 3 4 F 14 0 7 3 40 7 0 7 19 17

Team Michigan State Illinois

1 2 3 4 F 3 3 11 10 27 0 7 10 14 31

SCORING SUMMARY

SCORING SUMMARY

SCORING SUMMARY

First Quarter MICH: Butt 3 yard pass from Speight (Allen kick), 10:23 (10-75, 4:37) MICH: Wheatley 21 yard pass from Speight (Allen kick), 7:52 (3-44, 0:47) MICH: Hill 1 yard run (Allen kick), 1:01 (10-81, 4:51)

First Quarter MINN: Brooks 9 yard run (Carpenter kick), 12:49 (1-9, 0:07) ILL: Vaughn 3 yard run (McLaughlin kick), 5:11 (7-69, 3:08) MINN: Smith 20 yard run (Carpenter kick), 2:16 (1-20, 0:07)

First Quarter MSU: Geiger 46 yard field goal, 10:57 (8-30, 3:03)

Second Quarter MICH: Smith 4 yard run (Allen kick), 11:00 (8-62, 3:50) MICH: Allen 23 yard field goal, 0:00 (6-20, 2:17)

Third Quarter MINN: Smith 9 yard run (Carpenter kick), 12:11 (5-49, 1:57) ILL: Grant 16 yard pass from George, Jr. (McLaughlin kick), 5:24 (9-63, 3:58)

Third Quarter MICH: Allen 27 yard field goal, 0:43 (10-60, 4:19)

Fourth Quarter MINN: Leidner 5 yard run (Carpenter kick), 14:56 (12-70, 5:28) MINN: Jackson safety, 12:13 MINN: Carpenter 24 yard field goal, 7:43 (4-5, 1:51) ILL: McLaughlin 53 yard field goal, 5:08 (10-30, 2:35) MINN: McCrary 5 yard run (Carpenter kick), 3:41 (2-10, 0:33)

Fourth Quarter ILL: Turner 43 yard pass from George Jr. (Grant pass from George Jr.), 10:22 (1-43, 0:08) MICH: Higdon 45 yard run (Tice kick), 8:48 (3-61, 1:34)

TEAM STATISTICS Category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ILL First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Rushes-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59-270. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-77 Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Comp-Att-Int. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-28-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15-0 Total Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Punts-Avg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32.5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41.0 Kickoff Returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-58. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-107 Penalties-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45 Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Sacks By. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17 Third-down Conv.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10 Time of Possession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41:23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:37

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING (Carries-Yards-TD): MICH - Higdon 8-106-1, Smith 18-76-1, Isaac 10-35-0. ILL - Foster 8-45-0, Vaughn 7-43-0, Corbin 4-3-0. PASSING (Comp-Att-INT-TD-Yds): MICH - Speight 16-23-0-0-253, O’Korn 4-5-00-38. ILL - George, Jr. 4-15-1-1-95 RECEIVING (Rec-Yards-TD): MICH - Darboh 5-99-0, Chesson 3-44-0, Butt 3-401. ILL - Turner 2-86-1, Grant 2-9-0 TACKLE LEADERS (Tackles, TFL-Yds): MICH - Gedeon 5, 1.0-5; Charlton 5; Wornley 3. ILL - Nickerson 14, 1.0-8; Green 11; Jones 11.

GAME NOTES •Illinois and Michigan met for the first time in four years, the longest hiatus in the series since 1919. •For the first time ever, two former Super Bowl head coaches faced off as college football head coaches. Lovie Smith guided the Chicago Bears to Super Bowl XLI and Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh coached the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII.

TEAM STATISTICS Category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MINN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ILL First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Rushes-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-171. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-89 Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Comp-Att-Int. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-34-0 Total Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Punts-Avg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32.5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34.3 Kickoff Returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53 Penalties-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-56. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33 Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 Sacks By. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22 Third-down Conv.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15 Time of Possession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33:04. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26:56

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING (Carries-Yards-TD): MINN - Smith 20-100-2, Brooks 12-59-1, McCrary 4-14-1. ILL - Corbin 14-85-0, Vaughn 7-34-1, Foster 7-21-0. PASSING (Comp-Att-INT-TD-Yds): MINN - Leidner 10-19-0-0-112. ILL - George, Jr. 16-34-0-1-156. RECEIVING (Rec-Yards-TD): MINN - Wolitarsky 3-64-0, Smith 2-19-0, Wozniak 2-14-0. ILL - Thieman 4-29-0, Grant 3-31-0, Mays 2-39-0. TACKLE LEADERS (Tackles, TFL-Yds): MINN - Winfield 7; Travis 6; Hardin 5. ILL Green 9; Smoot 8, 1.0-11; Nelson 6, 0.5-1.

GAME NOTES

Second Quarter MSU: Geiger 34 yard field goal, 2:35 (9-46, 3:57) ILL: Foster 19 yard run (McLaughlin kick), 0:14 (11-73, 2:21) Third Quarter MSU: Geiger 28 yard field goal, 11:25 (8-64, 3:35) ILL: Foster 64 yard run (McLaughlin kick), 9:59 (4-78, 1:26) ILL: McLaughlin 42 yard field goal, 8:56 (4-2, 0:53) MSU: Holmes 6 yard run (Shelton pass from O’Connor), 0:58 (10-84, 4:08) Fourth Quarter ILL: Johnson 1 yard pass from George Jr. (McLaughlin kick), 12:37 (9-70, 3:21) MSU: Geiger 29 yard field goal, 6:45 (15-57, 5:52) MSU: Shelton 13 yard pass from Damion (Geiger kick), 2:52 (6-52, 2:15) ILL: Mays 16 yard pass from George Jr. (McLauglin kick), 1:35 (4-75, 1:17)

TEAM STATISTICS Category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MSU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ILL First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Rushes-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-175. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-164 Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Comp-Att-Int. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-47-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-29-0 Total Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Punts-Avg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36.5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39.6 Kickoff Returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-53 Penalties-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-89. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10 Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Sacks By. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12 Third-down Conv.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14 Time of Possession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41:36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:24

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING (Carries-Yards-TD): MSU - Holmes 12-78-1, Scott 14-50-0, Terry 3-140. ILL - Foster 17-146-2, Corbin 4-10-0, George Jr. 1-9-0. PASSING (Comp-Att-INT-TD-Yds): MSU - 23-35-0-0-265. ILL - George, Jr. 13-29-0-2-140. RECEIVING (Rec-Yards-TD): MSU - Shelton 7-80-1, Price 6-65-0, Davis 6-56-0. ILL - Mays 4-39-1, Grant 3-37-0, Hardee 1-17-0, Cain 2-17-0. TACKLE LEADERS (Tackles, TFL-Yds): MSU - Bullough 11, 1.0-1; Frey 9; Morrissey 8. ILL - Watson 16, 1.5-2; Nickerson 10, 1.0-1; Nelson 9.

• The Illini are 17-16-1 against Minnesota in Champaign.

GAME NOTES

• Illinois is 45-59-2 all-time in Homecoming games.

• Illinois beat Michigan State for the first time since 2006. The Illini snapped a three-game losing streak against the Spartans.

• Illinois is 9-8-1 all-time in Homecoming games against the Gophers. • Illinois started two players for the first time in their careers today. The Illini have had 25 first-time starters this season, including 11 freshmen (four true-freshmen and seven redshirt-freshmen).

• Michigan State leads the all-time series against Illinois, 27-17-2.

•The attendance of 111,103 was the second second-largest the Illini have played in front of. The 2010 game at Michigan drew 111,441 fans (L, 67-65 3OT).

• Illinois wore its “Gray Ghost” alternate uniforms for the third time (Homecoming 2014-16), including blue helmets with gray decals for the first time.

• The win was the 600th victory in program history.

•Illinois ran for 77 yards, the second most against Michigan this season.

• Minnesota was 0-1 on fourth down attempts today, opponent offenses are now 2-9 (.222) against the Illini defense on fourth down. Illinois came into the game ranked 2nd in the Big Ten and 4th in the nation in fourth-down defense.

•Illinois held Michigan’s Jabrill Peppers to nine yards on five carries (1.8 yards per carry) after he averaged 19.6 yards per carry (5 for 98) with two touchdowns in the first six games. Defensively, Peppers had two tackles without a TFL. He came into the game as Michigan’s second-leading tackler and has 10.0 TFLs. •Redshirt-freshman QB Jeff George Jr. made his first career start. George and his father, former Illinois QB Jeff George became the first father/son duo to start at quarterback for the Fighting Illini. • Quarterbacks Wes Lunt and Chayce Crouch missed the game with injuries. •Junior WR Malik Turner caught a 43-yard pass in the third quarter and a 43-yard TD in the fourth quarter, the first completion of Jeff George Jr.’s career. Turner entered the game with 39.2-percent of Illinois’ receiving yards, the second highest percentage among Power 5 players, and had 90.5-percent vs. Michigan.

• The Illini had a season-low three penalties against Minnesota. • Illinois held Minnesota to a season-low 112 passing yards, also good for the Illini’s fewest passing yards allowed this season. • Redshirt-freshman PK Chase McLaughlin kicked a career-long 53-yard field goal. The field goal is tied for the fourth-longest in school history and the longest since Taylor Zalewski kicked a 54-yard score against Purdue on Nov. 17, 2012. • Freshman DB Stanley Green led the team with nine tackles. Green is the first true freshman to lead the Illini in tackles since Mike Svetina had 9.5 tackles against Northwestern on Nov. 24, 2012. • Junior DB Jaylen Dunlap had a career-high three pass breakups. Dunlap is the first player since Eaton Spence had three PBUs in a game on Nov. 15, 2014 vs. Iowa.

• Illinois beat Michigan State in Champaign for the first time since 1992. The Illini snapped a seven-game losing streak against the Spartans in Champaign.

• Freshman DB Stanley Green had a career-high two forced fumbles. Green is the first Illini with two forced fumbles in a Big Ten game since Whitney Mercilus at Indiana, 10/8/2011 • Junior CB Jaylen Dunlap had a career-high four PBUs. The four PBUs in a game is the most by an Illini since Alan Ball on Oct. 14, 2002 against Indiana. • Sophomore DB Tre Watson had a career-high 16 tackles. Watson’s previous careerhigh was 13 tackles against Purdue on Oct. 8. The 16 total tackles is tied for the most by an Illini this season. • Junior RB Kendrick Foster ran for a career-long 64-yard touchdown. The run was the second-longest of the season for the Illini behind Vaughn’s 65-yard run against North Carolina. • Foster ran for a career-high 146 rushing yards. He is the Ilini’s first 100-yard rusher against Michigan State since 2006. • With 2.5 TFLs, senior DL Duwaune Smoot moved into No. 8 in the Illini record book with 35.0 career TFLs.

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2016 YEAR IN REVIEW

GAME SUMMARIES GAME 10

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IOWA ��28 ILLINOIS��0

ILLINOIS��21 NORTHWESTERN��42

NOV. 12, 2016 CAMP RANDAL STADIUM // MADISON, WIS. // 79,340

NOV. 19, 2016 MEMORIAL STADIUM // CHAMPAIGN, ILL. // 39,091

NOV. 26, 2016 RYAN FIELD // EVANSTON, ILL. // 30,022

SCORING BY QUARTER Team Illinois Wisconsin

SCORING BY QUARTER 1 2 3 4 F 3 0 0 0 3 21 10 3 14 48

Team Iowa Illinois

SCORING BY QUARTER 1 2 3 4 F 0 7 7 14 28 0 0 0 0 0

Team Illinois Northwestern

1 2 3 4 F 0 14 7 0 21 14 7 14 7 42

SCORING SUMMARY

SCORING SUMMARY

SCORING SUMMARY

First Quarter WIS: Clement 2 yard run (Endicott kick), 9:25 (4-51, 1:49) WIS: Clement 4 yard run (Endicott kick), 6:59 (2-8, 0:44) ILL: McLaughin 31 yard field goal, 3:22 (9-65, 3:32) WIS: Peavy 8 yard pass from Hornibrook (Endicott kick), 0:13 (6-78, 3:04)

Second Quarter IOWA: McCarron 55 yard punt return (Duncan kick), 4:33

First Quarter NU: Moten IV 9 yard run (Mitchell kick), 8:20 (8-59, 3:16) NU: Moten IV 43 yard run (Mitchell kick), 2:22 (6-92, 2:28)

Second Quarter WIS: Penniston 7 yard pass from Houston (Endicott kick), 12:24 (7-43, 2:42) WIS: Endicott 37 yard field goal, 0:04 (4-(-9), 1:11)

Fourth Quarter IOWA: Daniels 50 yard run (Duncan kick), 7:17 (2:53, 0:47) IOWA: Wadley 2 yard run (Duncan kick), 4:41 (5-26, 2:36)

Third Quarter WIS: Endicott 21 yard field goal, 7:10 (11-58, 6:22)

TEAM STATISTICS

Fourth Quarter WIS: Clement 2 yard run (Endicott kick), 14:18 (11-70, 6:09) WIS: Shaw 3 yard run (Endicott kick), 5:01 (12-75, 7:53)

TEAM STATISTICS Category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ILL First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Rushes-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64-363. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-99 Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Comp-Att-Int. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24-4 Total Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Punts-Avg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46.6 Kickoff Returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-47. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43 Penalties-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46 Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Sacks By. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 Third-down Conv.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-9 Time of Possession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42:03. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17:57

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING (Carries-Yards-TD): WIS - Clement 25-123-3, Ogunbowale 7-103-0, Shaw 19-80-1. ILL - Foster 15-75-0, Corbin 3-21-0, George Jr. 1-2-0. PASSING (Comp-Att-INT-TD-Yds): WIS - Hornibrook 7-12-0-1-85. ILL - George, Jr. 5-16-4-0-79, Lunt 2-8-0-0-22 RECEIVING (Rec-Yards-TD): WIS - Peavy 3-29-1, Clement 1-24-0, Ingold 1-15-0. ILL - Hardee 2-47-0, Mays 2-16-0, Grant 1-15-0, Turner 1-12-0 TACKLE LEADERS (Tackles, TFL-Yds): WIS - Connelly 6, 1.5-4; Edwards 5, 2.0-3; Biegel 4, 1.0-1. ILL - Green/Nelson 11; Watson 10; Phillips 7, 2.0-8.

Third Quarter IOWA: Daniels 1 yard run (Duncan kick), 7:51 (12-77, 6:12)

Category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IOWA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ILL First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Rushes-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-262. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-61 Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Comp-Att-Int. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-41-1 Total Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Punts-Avg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36.4 Kickoff Returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39 Penalties-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10 Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Sacks By. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Third-down Conv.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18 Time of Possession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32:21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27:39

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING (Carries-Yards-TD): IOWA - Daniels 26-159-2, Wadley 13-82-1, Beathard 3-10-0. ILL - Foster 16-50-0, Corbin 5-11-0, Lunt 3-(-3)-0. PASSING (Comp-Att-INT-TD-Yds): IOWA - Beathard 9-17-1-0-80. ILL - Lunt 19-41-1-0-137. RECEIVING (Rec-Yards-TD): IOWA - Fant 3-25, Smith 2-33, Wadley 2-3. ILL Grant 8-65, Corbin 2-18, Taylor 2-18. TACKLE LEADERS (Tackles, TFL-Yds): IOWA - Jewell 10, 0.5-1; Gair 8, 0.5-1, Rugamba 7. ILL - Watson 15, 0.5-1, Green 12, Nickerson 11.

GAME NOTES • Illinois has started 28 players for the first time in their careers during 2016. The Illini entered the game tied for the national lead with 27. • Illinois held its second straight opponent under 100 yards passing, as Iowa was 9-of-17 passing for 80 yards.

Second Quarter NU: Jackson 3 yard run (Mitchell kick), 12:45 (3-45, 0:47) ILL: Turner 19 yard pass from Lunt (McLaughlin kick), 7:29 (11-78, 5:11) ILL: Corbin 8 yard run (McLaughlin kick), 0:27 (10-83, 3:14) Third Quarter NU: Jackson 54 yard run (Mitchell kick), 9:24 (3-84, 0:52) ILL: Turner 9 yard pass run Lunt (McLaughlin kick), 4:33 (4-24, 1:26) NU: Dickerson 9 yard pass from Thorson (Mitchell kick), 1:32 (5-49; 1:28) Fourth Quarter NU: Jackson 4 yard run (Mitchell kick), 9:24 (3-5, 1:25)

TEAM STATISTICS Category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ILL First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Rushes-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-278. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-75 Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Comp-Att-Int. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-20-0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-54-1 Total Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Punts-Avg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41.7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41.0 Kickoff Returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-424. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-260 Penalties-Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-60 Fumbles-Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Sacks By. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33 Third-down Conv.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15 Time of Possession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30:28

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING (Carries-Yards-TD): NU -Jackson 21-173-3, Moten 14-128-2, Anderson 2-5-0. ILL - Corbin 21-70-1, Hardee 1-12-0, Foster 1-(-1)-0. PASSING (Comp-Att-INT-TD-Yds): NU - Thorson 13-20-0-1-121. ILL - Lunt 28-54-1-2-377. RECEIVING (Rec-Yards-TD): NU - Carr 4-26, Nagel 3-37, Dickerson 3-32. ILL Turner 11-164-2, Hardee 9-125, Mays 2-32. TACKLE LEADERS (Tackles, TFL-Yds): NU - Walker 6, 2.0-11; Hall 8, 0.5-0, Hartage 7. ILL - Watson 7, Kelly 6, Phillips 6, 3.0-12.

GAME NOTES

• Senior WR Zach Grant had career highs in receptions (8) and receiving yards (65).

GAME NOTES

• Illinois is 36-40-7 all-time against Wisconsin and 16-22-4 against the Badgers in Madison.

• Senior QB Wes Lunt, who had been sidelined with an injury until last week, started for the first time since Oct. 8.

• Illinois had 28 first-time starters this season. The mark entered this week as the most in college football.

• Illinois faced its third AP-ranked opponent of the season (Nebraska, Michigan, Wisconsin).

• Junior WR Malik Turner has at least one catch in 26 of his last 27 games.

Illinois set season highs in pass attempts (54), passing yards (377), total plays (80) and first downs (25).

• Illinois has lost six straight games in Madison, dating back to 2002. • Illinois has used 27 first-time starters in 2016 after redshirt freshman CB Cameron Watkins made his first career start today. The Illini entered the game tied for the nation in first-time starters. • The Illini defense held Wisconsin to 92 passing yards, the second-fewest in a game by the Badgers this season. The last time the Illini held an opponent to less than 100 yards passing was on Nov. 21, 2015 against Minnesota.

• Redshirt-freshman LB Justice Williams made his first career start and recorded his first career tackles (6) and TFL (1.0). • Senior DB Dillan Cazley had his first career interception during the second quarter. • Senior S Taylor Barton started for the first time in six games. It was his 35th career start. • Consecutive starts extended dating back to 2015: Christian DiLauro 30, Dawuane Smoot 23

• Senior DEs Carroll Phillips and Duwuane Smoot combined for 3.0 TFLs in the game pushing their combined season total to 29.5. The duo entered the game with a combined 26.5 TFLs, the most of any duo in the FBS. • Senior QB Wes Lunt returned from an injury to start for the first time since Oct. 8. Lunt started the second half and finished the game 2-for-8 for 22 yards. • Illinois started four freshmen on defense: DT Kenyon Jackson, FS Stanley Green, SS Patrick Nelson, CB Cameron Watkins Green and Nelson led the Illini with 11 tackles each. Green’s 11 tackles ties his career-high. • Junior WR Malik Turner returned after missing the Michigan State game with an injury. He caught one pass for 12 yards and has at least one catch in 25 of his last 26 games.

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• Senior QB Wes Lunt completed 28 passes for 377 yards, the second-most of his career, and two touchdowns. He finished his Illini career ranked seventh in passing yards (5,900), seventh in completions (550) and eighth in TD passes (36). • Junior WR Malik Turner had 11 receptions (tied career high) for 164 yards (career high), his fourth career 100-yard game, and two touchdowns (tied career high). Turner has at least one catch in 27 of his last 28 games. Turner’s 164 receiving yards are the Illini’s third-most against Northwestern since 1945. • Senior WR Justin Hardee had career highs in receptions (9) and receiving yards (125) in his second career 100-yard game. • Senior DE Dawuane Smoot finished his career eighth in Illinois history with 16.5 career sacks. He tied his career high with 2.0 sacks today. • Senior DE Carroll Phillips tied for the fifth-most TFLs in a single season in Illinois history (20.0), just 3.0 away from Simeon Rice (1995) and Mike Poloskey (1991) record-setting seasons. • Senior DE Gimel President tied career highs with 3.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks, both previously set vs. Murray State. • Redshirt freshman RB Reggie Corbin had his second career rushing touchdown. He had a career-high 21 carries, tied for the most by an Illini this season.

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