College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Illinois 48, Northwestern 27
When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, November 20, 2010
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 43°
Head Official: Todd Geerlings
Attendance: 41058

Mikel LeShoure rushed for 330 yards on 30 carries and scored a pair of touchdowns as Illinois dominated on the ground en route to a 48-27 victory over Northwestern at Wrigley Field on Saturday.

The novelty of both teams aiming toward the same end zone due to the cramped dimensions of the old baseball field clearly had no affect on LeShoure, who gave the Fighting Illini (6-5, 4-4 Big Ten) the lead with a pair of first quarter scores and continued to gash for chunks of yardage for the rest of the game.

Quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase passed for 40 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 97 yards while Jason Ford added 86 rushing yards and three touchdowns for Illinois, which finished with 520 rushing yards and became bowl eligible with the victory.

Northwestern tied it in the second quarter at 24-24 but the Fighting Illini tacked on a field goal to take the lead in the half and extended it on Sheelhaase’s touchdown pass in the third before breaking it open with two more rushing scores in the fourth.

Mike Trumpy rushed for 126 yards and two touchdowns for the Wildcats (7-4, 3-4).
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Illinois   Northwestern
Mikel LeShoure Player Mike Trumpy
33 Attempts 13
330 Yards 129
10.0 Avg Yards 9.9
2 Touchdowns 2
0 Long 0
Receiving
Illinois   Northwestern
A.J. Jenkins Player Tony Jones
4 Receptions 2
24 Yards 51
6.0 Avg Yards 25.5
1 Touchdowns 0
0 Long 0
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Illinois 559 519 40 6 2 1 3.0 2
Northwestern 318 183 135 2 2 2 0.0 0