Final

Illinois 14
(2-10, 0-8 Big Ten)

Northwestern 50
(9-3, 5-3 Big Ten)
Coverage: Big Ten Network
12:00 PM ET, November 24, 2012
Ryan Field, EVANSTON, IL
1st Quarter Play by Play | ||||
| Northwestern at 15:00 | ILL | NW | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Flaherty kickoff for 51 yards returned by Donovonn Young for 8 yards to the Illin 22, tackled by Tyris Jones. | 0 | 0 | ||
| Illinois at 15:00 | ILL | NW | ||
| 1st and 10 at ILL 22 | Josh Ferguson rush for a loss of 2 yards to the Illin 20, tackled by Tyler Scott. | 0 | 0 | |
| 2nd and 12 at ILL 20 | Nathan Scheelhaase pass incomplete to Darius Millines, ILLINOIS penalty sideline interference declined. | |||
| 3rd and 12 at ILL 20 | Nathan Scheelhaase pass complete to Darius Millines for 12 yards to the Illin 32, tackled by Ibraheim Campbell for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ILL 32 | Nathan Scheelhaase pass complete to Miles Osei for 15 yards to the Illin 47, tackled by Ibraheim Campbell out-of-bounds for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ILL 47 | Donovonn Young rush for no gain to the Illin 47, tackled by Damien Proby. | |||
| 2nd and 10 at ILL 47 | Nathan Scheelhaase pass complete to Darius Millines for 13 yards to the Nwest 40, tackled by David Nwabuisi out-of-bounds for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at NW 40 | Josh Ferguson rush for 9 yards to the Nwest 31, tackled by Chi Chi Ariguzo out-of-bounds. | |||
| 2nd and 1 at NW 31 | Nathan Scheelhaase pass complete to Josh Ferguson for 10 yards to the Nwest 21, tackled by Nick VanHoose for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at NW 21 | Donovonn Young rush for 7 yards to the Nwest 14, tackled by Jared Carpenter and David Nwabuisi. | |||
| 2nd and 3 at NW 14 | ILLINOIS penalty 10 yard holding on N/A accepted, no play. | |||
| 2nd and 13 at NW 24 | Jon Davis rush for 9 yards to the Nwest 15, tackled by Chi Chi Ariguzo. | |||
| 3rd and 4 at NW 15 | Donovonn Young rush for 15 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. | 6 | 0 | |
| 1st and Goal at NW 3 | ILLINOIS penalty 5 yard illegal procedure accepted, no play. | |||
| Nick Immekus extra point GOOD. | 7 | 0 | ||
| Taylor Zalewski kickoff for 58 yards returned by Tony Jones for 51 yards to the Illin 42, tackled by Justin Hardee out-of-bounds. | ||||
| DRIVE TOTALS: ILL drive: 11 plays 78 yards, 06:02 ILL TD | ||||
| Northwestern at 8:58 | ILL | NW | ||
| 1st and 10 at ILL 42 | Venric Mark rush for 6 yards to the Illin 36, tackled by Supo Sanni. | 7 | 0 | |
| 2nd and 4 at ILL 36 | Kain Colter pass complete to Rashad Lawrence for 8 yards to the Illin 28, tackled by Justin Green for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ILL 28 | Kain Colter pass complete to Rashad Lawrence for 3 yards to the Illin 25, tackled by Earnest Thomas. | |||
| 2nd and 7 at ILL 25 | Kain Colter pass complete to Tony Jones for a loss of 2 yards to the Illin 27, tackled by Mike Svetina. | |||
| 3rd and 9 at ILL 27 | Kain Colter pass incomplete to Demetrius Fields. | |||
| 4th and 9 at ILL 27 | Jeff Budzien 44 yard field goal GOOD. | 7 | 3 | |
| Steve Flaherty kickoff for 60 yards returned by Justin Green for 15 yards, fumbled, forced by Trevor Siemian, recovered by Nwest Cameron Dickerson at the Illin 19. | ||||
| DRIVE TOTALS: NU drive: 6 plays 15 yards, 01:59 NU FG | ||||
| Northwestern at 6:59 | ILL | NW | ||
| 1st and 10 at ILL 19 | Kain Colter rush for 17 yards to the Illin 2, tackled by Terry Hawthorne out-of-bounds for a 1ST down. | 7 | 3 | |
| 1st and Goal at ILL 2 | Kain Colter rush for 2 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. | 7 | 9 | |
| Jeff Budzien extra point GOOD. | 7 | 10 | ||
| Steve Flaherty kickoff for 65 yards returned by Josh Ferguson for 25 yards to the Illin 13, tackled by Cameron Dickerson, ILLINOIS penalty 12 yard personal foul on N/A accepted. | ||||
| DRIVE TOTALS: NU drive: 2 plays 19 yards, 00:25 NU TD | ||||
| Illinois at 6:27 | ILL | NW | ||
| 1st and 10 at ILL 13 | Josh Ferguson rush for 6 yards to the Illin 19, tackled by David Nwabuisi. | 7 | 10 | |
| 2nd and 4 at ILL 19 | Nathan Scheelhaase pass complete to Miles Osei for 12 yards to the Illin 31, tackled by Ibraheim Campbell for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ILL 31 | Nathan Scheelhaase pass incomplete to Darius Millines. | |||
| 2nd and 10 at ILL 31 | Nathan Scheelhaase pass complete to Donovonn Young for 3 yards to the Illin 34, tackled by Drew Smith. | |||
| 3rd and 7 at ILL 34 | ILLINOIS penalty 15 yard personal foul on Ted Karras accepted, no play. | |||
| 3rd and 22 at ILL 19 | Nathan Scheelhaase pass complete to Josh Ferguson for 13 yards to the Illin 32. | |||
| 4th and 9 at ILL 32 | Justin DuVernois punt for 50 yards, downed at the Nwest 18. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: ILL drive: 5 plays 19 yards, 00:00 ILL PUNT | ||||
| Northwestern at 6:27 | ILL | NW | ||
| 1st and 10 at NW 18 | Kain Colter rush for 9 yards to the Nwest 27, tackled by Mike Svetina. | 7 | 10 | |
| 2nd and 1 at NW 27 | Tyris Jones rush for 4 yards to the Nwest 31, tackled by Mike Svetina for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at NW 31 | Venric Mark rush for 10 yards to the Nwest 41, tackled by Ashante Williams for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at NW 41 | Venric Mark rush for 6 yards to the Nwest 47, tackled by Akeem Spence and Ashante Williams. | |||
| 2nd and 4 at NW 47 | Venric Mark rush for 1 yard to the Nwest 48, tackled by Akeem Spence. | |||
| 3rd and 3 at NW 48 | Kain Colter rush for 4 yards to the Illin 48, tackled by Terry Hawthorne for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at ILL 48 | Kain Colter rush, fumbled, recovered by Nwest Kain Colter at the Nwest 48, Kain Colter for 2 yards, to the 50 yard line, tackled by Tim Kynard. | |||
| 2nd and 12 at NW 50 | Trevor Siemian pass intercepted by Terry Hawthorne at the Illin 38, returned for no gain to the Illin 38, tackled by Dan Vitale out-of-bounds. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: NU drive: 8 plays 32 yards, 00:00 NU INT | ||||
| Illinois at 3:28 | ILL | NW | ||
| 1st and 10 at ILL 38 | Nathan Scheelhaase pass intercepted by David Nwabuisi at the Illin 37, returned for 9 yards to the Illin 12, tackled by Nathan Scheelhaase, ILLINOIS penalty 16 yard sideline interference accepted. | 7 | 10 | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: ILL drive: 1 play 0 yards, 00:00 ILL INT | ||||
| Northwestern at 0:09 | ILL | NW | ||
| 1st and 10 at ILL 12 | Venric Mark rush for 3 yards to the Illin 9, tackled by Michael Buchanan. | 7 | 10 | |
| End of 1st Quarter | ||||


