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Game Day Vitals:
--Illinois Fighting Illini (2-3, 0-1 Big Ten / Leaders) vs. Wisconsin Badgers (3-2, 0-1 Big Ten / Leaders)
--Camp Randall Stadium;, Sat., Oct. 6, 2012, 2:30 p.m. CT
--TV: ESPN2/ABC
--Tickets: B5Q's TiqIQ Store
Opponent Vitals:
--Illinois Fighting Illini, Champaign, Ill., Big Ten, FightingIllini.com
--Returning Starters: 15 (7 offense, 8 defense)
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | RECORD |
| Sat., Sept. 1 | Western Michigan | W, 24-7 | 1-0 |
| Sat., Sept. 8 | @ Arizona State | L, 45-14 | 1-1 |
| Sat., Sept. 15 | Charleston Southern | W, 44-0 | 2-1 |
| Sat., Sept. 22 | Louisiana Tech | L, 52-24 | 2-2 |
| Sat., Sept. 29 | Penn State | L, 35-7 | 2-3 (0-1 Big Ten) |
Illinois Coaches:
--Head Coach: Tim Beckman
--Co-Offensive Coordinator/Receivers: Billy Gonzales
--Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks: Chris Beatty
--Defensive Coordinator: Tim Banks
Illinois Breakdown:
OVERALL:
| Passing | Rushing | Total Offense | First Downs | Penalties | Turnovers | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split | G | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | Pass | Rush | Pen | Tot | No. | Yds | Fum | Int | Tot |
| Offense | 5 | 22.6 | 33.2 | 68.1 | 219.2 | 1.8 | 36.8 | 130.6 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 70.0 | 349.8 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 0.6 | 17.6 | 6.0 | 47.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
| Defense | 5 | 17.8 | 29.0 | 61.4 | 221.4 | 1.8 | 35.4 | 118.8 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 64.4 | 340.2 | 5.3 | 9.2 | 6.8 | 1.2 | 17.2 | 4.8 | 30.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| Difference | +4.8 | +4.2 | +6.7 | -2.2 | 0.0 | +1.4 | +11.8 | +0.1 | -0.8 | +5.6 | +9.6 | -0.3 | +0.8 | +0.2 | -0.6 | +0.4 | +1.2 | +16.6 | 0.0 | +0.8 | +0.8 | |
PASSING:
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Nathan Scheelhaase | 47 | 75 | 62.7 | 481 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 2 | 4 | 114.7 |
| 2 | Reilly O'Toole | 57 | 73 | 78.1 | 514 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 6 | 2 | 158.9 |
| 3 | Miles Osei | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | 79 | 4.6 | -0.6 | 0 | 2 | 62.6 |
| 4 | Josh Ferguson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 42.0 | 1 | 0 | 614.8 |
RUSHING & RECEIVING:
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Donovonn Young | 55 | 222 | 4.0 | 2 | 21 | 112 | 5.3 | 1 | 76 | 334 | 4.4 | 3 |
| 2 | Josh Ferguson | 37 | 170 | 4.6 | 0 | 17 | 133 | 7.8 | 0 | 54 | 303 | 5.6 | 0 |
| 3 | Reilly O'Toole | 35 | 68 | 1.9 | 1 | 35 | 68 | 1.9 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Nathan Scheelhaase | 20 | 11 | 0.6 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 0.6 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | Dami Ayoola | 16 | 76 | 4.8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 22 | 79 | 3.6 | 1 |
| 6 | Miles Osei | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 0 | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Jon Davis | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 1 | 12 | 104 | 8.7 | 1 |
| 8 | Ryan Lankford | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 23 | 347 | 15.1 | 4 | 26 | 347 | 13.3 | 4 |
| 9 | Zach Becker | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 |
| 10 | Justin Hardee | 10 | 148 | 14.8 | 0 | 10 | 148 | 14.8 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | Spencer Harris | 10 | 121 | 12.1 | 2 | 10 | 121 | 12.1 | 2 | ||||
| 12 | Kenny Knight | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 0 | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Fritz Rock | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | Eddie Viliunas | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 1 | ||||
| 15 | Matt Lacosse | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | Darius Millines | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | Evan Wilson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | ||||
DEFENSE:
| Tackles | Def Int | Fumbles | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Solo | Ast | Tot | Loss | Sk | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | FF |
| 1 | Ashante Williams | 21 | 13 | 34 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 2 | Jonathan Brown | 14 | 15 | 29 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Mason Monheim | 12 | 16 | 28 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 4 | Akeem Spence | 9 | 13 | 22 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1 | ||||||||
| 5 | Earnest Thomas | 15 | 5 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 6 | Patrick Nixon-Youman | 13 | 7 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 7 | Michael Buchanan | 7 | 12 | 19 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 8 | Terry Hawthorne | 11 | 5 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5 | ||||||||
| 9 | Justin Green | 8 | 6 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 10 | Darrius Caldwell | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1 | ||||||||
| 11 | Tommy Davis | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 12 | Jack Ramsey | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 13 | Houston Bates | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 14 | Supo Sanni | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 15 | Ralph Cooper | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 16 | Glenn Foster | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 17 | Tim Kynard | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | |||||||||
| 18 | Mike Svetina | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 19 | Austin Teitsma | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | |||||||||
| 20 | Eaton Spence | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 21 | Steve Hull | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 22 | Justin Staples | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||||||
| 23 | Zepheniah Grimes | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 24 | Justin Hardee | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 25 | John Valentine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 26 | V'Angelo Bentley | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | ||||||||
| 27 | Jon Davis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 28 | Josh Ferguson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 29 | Matt Lacosse | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 30 | Kenny Nelson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 31 | Zach Becker | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 32 | Spencer Harris | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 33 | Ted Karras | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 34 | Ben Mathis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Darius Millines | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 36 | Miles Osei | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 37 | Zak Pedersen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 38 | Hugh Thornton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 39 | Taylor Zalewski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||