Northwestern Wildcats vs Illinois Fighting Illini

College Football

Northwestern

7-5

45-43

Final

Illinois

5-7

Gies Memorial Stadium

Drive chart

Drives

End of Game
Touchdown
Punt
Downs
Field Goal
Interception

Team	1	2	3	4	T
NU	7	14	7	17	45
ILL	3	17	3	20	43

Who won: Northwestern 45-43

The Northwestern Wildcats beat the Illinois Fighting Illini 45-43 on Saturday, November 25, 2023 at Gies Memorial Stadium. Ben Bryant led the Northwestern in passing yards (24/32, 234 YDS, 2 TD, 2 INT). John Paddock led the Illinois in passing yards (24/34, 334 YDS, 3 TD, 2 INT).

ILL

Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Ben Bryant	24/32	234	7.3	2	2	75.9

Rushing	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Cam Porter	16	69	4.3	0	21
Anthony Tyus III	6	45	7.5	1	18
Ben Bryant	6	15	2.5	1	15
Joseph Himon II	3	9	3.0	0	6
Jack Lausch	2	8	4.0	0	4
AJ Henning	2	3	1.5	0	4
Dom D'Antonio	0	0	0.0	1	0
Team	2	-4	-2.0	0	0

Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Cam Johnson	7	124	17.7	1	42
Bryce Kirtz	4	44	11.0	0	16
AJ Henning	4	20	5.0	1	14
Charlie Mangieri	2	13	6.5	0	8
Cam Porter	2	13	6.5	0	7
Raymond Niro III	1	9	9.0	0	9
Thomas Gordon	2	9	4.5	0	6
Marshall Lang	1	5	5.0	0	5
Joseph Himon II	1	-3	-3.0	0	0

Fumbles	FUM	REC
Anthony Tyus III	1	0
Raymond Niro III	0	1
Garner Wallace	0	1

Defensive	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Rod Heard II	9	5	0	0.5	1
Xander Mueller	9	1	0	0.5	0
Bryce Gallagher	8	6	0	0	0
Devin Turner	6	0	0	0	1
Jaheem Joseph	5	4	0	0	0
Garnett Hollis Jr.	5	2	0	0	0
Ore Adeyi	4	2	0	0.5	0
Michael Kilbane	4	1	0	0.5	0
Richie Hagarty	4	0	0	0	0
Theran Johnson	3	1	0	0	1
P.J. Spencer	3	0	0	0	0
Braden Turner	2	2	0	0	0
Kenny Soares Jr.	2	1	0	1	0
Carmine Bastone	2	1	0	0	0
Aidan Hubbard	2	0	0	0	0
Jaylen Pate	1	1	1	1	0
Anto Saka	1	1	1	1	0
Greyson Metz	1	1	0	0	0
Brendan Flakes	1	1	0	0	0
Braydon Brus	1	1	0	0	0
Evan Smith	1	1	0	0	0
R.J. Pearson	1	1	0	0	0
Najee Story	1	0	0	0	0
Mac Uihlein	1	0	0	0	0
Sean McLaughlin	0	0	0	0	1