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BOXSCORE | RECAP

Illinois 30, Nebraska 22

When: 1:20 PM ET , Saturday, August 28, 2021
Where: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Illinois
Attendance: 41064

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Nebraska	0	9	7	6	22
Illinois	2	14	14	0	30

SCORING

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter - 4:07
Illinois	S	Illinois 2 - Nebraska 0 Cam Taylor-Britt tackled in end zone for a safety
2nd Quarter - 14:25
Nebraska	TD	Illinois 2 - Nebraska 6 Markese Stepp 2 yd. run (kick failed)
2nd Quarter - 9:15
Nebraska	FG	Illinois 2 - Nebraska 9 Connor Culp 27 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 2:51
Illinois	TD	Illinois 9 - Nebraska 9 Mike Epstein 1 yd. run (James McCourt kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:37
Illinois	TD	Illinois 16 - Nebraska 9 Calvin Hart Jr. 41 yd. fumble recovery (James McCourt kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:56
Illinois	TD	Illinois 23 - Nebraska 9 Luke Ford 2 yd. pass from Artur Sitkowski (James McCourt kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:01
Illinois	TD	Illinois 30 - Nebraska 9 Isaiah Williams 1 yd. pass from Artur Sitkowski (James McCourt kick)
3rd Quarter - 3:48
Nebraska	TD	Illinois 30 - Nebraska 16 Adrian Martinez 75 yd. run (Connor Culp kick)
4th Quarter - 2:41
Nebraska	TD	Illinois 30 - Nebraska 22 Oliver Martin 4 yd. pass from Adrian Martinez (kick failed)

TEAMS

Team Records

	Nebraska	Illinois
W‑L	0 - 1 - 0	1 - 0 - 0
Conference	0 - 1 - 0	1 - 0 - 0

Team Stats

	Nebraska	Illinois
Score	22	30
1st Downs	19	18
3rd Down Efficiency	5-for-14 36%	6-for-13 46%
4th Down Efficiency	1-for-2 50%	0-for-0 0%
Total Yards	392	326
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards	39-160	48-167
Average/Rush	4.1	3.5
Passing
Comp-Att	16-32	15-19
Passing Yards	232	159
Average/Pass Play	6.3	7.2
Penalties-Yards	5-67	3-40
Fumbles-Lost	1-1	1-1
Interceptions Thrown	0	0
Time of Possession	25:05	34:55

PLAYER STATS

Nebraska (0 - 1)

Passing
	COMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
A. Martinez	16/32	232	1	0

Illinois (1 - 0)

Passing
	COMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
A. Sitkowski	12/15	124	2	0
B. Peters	3/4	35	0	0

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
A. Martinez	17	111	6.5	1
G. Ervin Jr.	12	33	2.8	0
R. Johnson	4	11	2.8	0
M. Stepp	3	10	3.3	1
S. Toure	2	9	4.5	0

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
M. Epstein	16	75	4.7	1
R. Love III	12	45	3.8	0
C. Brown	5	24	4.8	0
J. Norwood	3	16	5.3	0
C. Hayden	4	12	3.0	0
I. Williams	2	8	4.0	0
A. Sitkowski	3	4	1.3	0
B. Peters	2	-15	-7.5	0

Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
O. Martin	6	103	17.2	1
S. Toure	3	37	12.3	0
M. Stepp	1	30	30.0	0
O. Manning	2	26	13.0	0
A. Allen	2	23	11.5	0
W. Liewer	2	13	6.5	0

Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
D. Spann	1	45	45.0	0
I. Williams	6	41	6.8	1
L. Ford	3	30	10.0	1
D. Navarro III	1	21	21.0	0
C. Washington	2	13	6.5	0
J. Norwood	1	7	7.0	0
M. Epstein	1	2	2.0	0

Interceptions
	NO.	YDS	TD
No interceptions

Interceptions
	NO.	YDS	TD
No interceptions

Sacks
	NO.	YDS
P. Payne	2.0	11.0
G. Nelson	0.5	3.0
D. Thomas	0.5	3.0

Sacks
	NO.	YDS
J. Newton	1.0	11.0
C. Hart Jr.	1.0	7.0
S. Coleman	1.0	7.0
R. Perry II	1.0	6.0
K. Randolph Jr.	1.0	4.0

Tackles
	Tk	Ast
N. Henrich	4	7
Q. Newsome	3	2
G. Nelson	3	3
D. Daniels	3	3
D. Williams	3	3
L. Reimer	3	5
C. Taylor-Britt	2	0
M. Farmer	2	0
C. Tannor	2	1
C. Kolarevic	2	2
B. Stille	2	2
P. Payne	2	3
I. Gifford	1	0
D. Jackson	1	0
G. Tagge	1	0
J. Domann	1	0
D. Thomas	1	2
T. Robinson	1	3
M. Dismuke	1	5
J. Riley	0	1

Tackles
	Tk	Ast
T. Adams	10	1
S. Brown	6	3
D. Witherspoon	4	0
K. Joseph	3	0
P. Hudson	2	0
T. Barnes	2	0
R. Perry II	2	1
S. Coleman	2	1
J. Newton	2	3
J. Martin	2	3
C. Hart Jr.	2	4
J. Woods	1	0
K. Randolph Jr.	1	1
C. Avery	0	1
I. Gay	0	1
D. Smith	0	1
O. Carney Jr.	0	3
J. Hansen	0	5

Tackles For Loss
	NO.	YDS
G. Nelson	2.5	9.0
P. Payne	2.0	11.0
C. Tannor	1.0	2.0
D. Daniels	1.0	1.0
D. Williams	1.0	1.0
D. Thomas	0.5	3.0
N. Henrich	0.5	1.0
L. Reimer	0.5	0.0

Tackles For Loss
	NO.	YDS
C. Hart Jr.	1.5	8.0
K. Randolph Jr.	1.5	4.0
J. Newton	1.0	11.0
S. Coleman	1.0	7.0
R. Perry II	1.0	6.0

Fumbles
	NO.
A. Martinez	1

Fumbles
	NO.
D. Navarro III	1