Illinois Fighting Illini @ Northwestern Wildcats — Nov 28, 2026

NCAA Division FBS·Round 1 November 28, 2026
Fighting Illini Illinois ILL 3-3, 1-1 Away
November 28, 2026 6:00 pm
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Wildcats Northwestern NW 5-1, 4-0 Home
Key Players
Illinois
K. Houser QB
1135 PASS
117 RUSH
0 REC
C. Dixon WR
0 PASS
15 RUSH
542 REC
A. Laughery RB
0 PASS
421 RUSH
44 REC
Northwestern
AC
A. Chiles QB
1344 PASS
163 RUSH
0 REC
CK
C. Komolafe SAF
0 PASS
507 RUSH
95 REC
GW
G. Wilde WR
0 PASS
0 RUSH
511 REC
Stats Comparison
Overall Home vs Away
League Percentile Ranking
Illinois
Northwestern
Scoring 0–3
27.3 59th
Points
20th 34.8
27.8 84th
Opp Points
12th 16.3
-0.5 74th
Point Diff
10th 18.5
Offense 0–6
376.0 61st
Total Yds
30th 425.3
218.7 71st
Pass Yds
65th 224.0
157.3 59th
Rush Yds
15th 201.3
21.5 39th
1st Downs
17th 23.7
45.8 27th
3rd Down%
20th 47.2
77.8 109th
Red Zone%
6th 96.3
Kicking & Discipline 3–1
80.0 51st
FG%
73rd 75.0
0.7 16th
Turnovers
7th 0.5
4.2 5th
Penalties
77th 6.8
37.2 10th
Penalty Yds
48th 52.5
Recent Form
Illinois
W vs ORE 21-10
W @ MSU 38-37
L vs PUR 17-24
L @ OSU 19-42
W vs SIU 48-10
Northwestern
W vs RUTG 42-14
W @ MSU 24-21
W vs BALL 45-14
W vs PSU 34-13
L @ IND 23-29
Form Comparison
Illinois vs Northwestern
10 20 50
Win-loss trend: each win +1, each loss −1
League
NCAA Division FBS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
November 28, 2026
Time
6:00 pm