Indiana 24, Illinois 14
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 11, 2017
Where: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Illinois
Temperature:
34°
Head Official:
Ron Snodgrass
Attendance:
40195
By The Sports Xchange
Host Indiana sacked Illinois quarterback Jeff George, Jr. seven times, and Richard LaGow threw two touchdown passes as the Hoosiers snapped a six-game losing streak with a 24-14 Big Ten victory over the Fighting Illini.
LaGow, who passed for 289 yards, connected with Ian Thomas for a 4-yard touchdown with 48 seconds left in the second quarter to increase Indiana's lead to 14-0 after Morgan Wilkerson broke a scoreless tie with a 2-yard run with 6:18 remaining in the first half.
Indiana (4-6, 1-6) keeps its chances of a third consecutive bowl game alive if it can beat Rutgers and Purdue in its final two games.
Illinois (2-8, 0-7) cut the deficit to 14-7 on the first play of the second half on George's 77-yard touchdown pass to Louis Dorsey.
A 28-yard Griffin Oakes field goal with 5:13 left in the third period gave the Hoosiers a 17-7 lead.
George countered with a 14-yard touchdown pass to Caleb Reams with 12:53 left in the game to pull the Illini within 17-14.
But LaGow's 5-yard touchdown pass to Simmie Cobbs with only 5:45 left essentially iced it for the Hoosiers.
Indiana had not beaten a Big Ten opponent since Purdue since the 2016 final.
Top Game Performances
Receiving
| Indiana |
|
Illinois |
|
Luke Timian
|
Player |
Louis Dorsey
|
|
5 |
Receptions |
3 |
|
62 |
Yards |
107 |
|
12.4 |
Avg Yards |
35.7 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Indiana
|
428 |
139 |
289 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
7.0 |
1 |
| Illinois
|
294 |
33 |
261 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2.0 |
2 |
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