Brandon Peters threw for 242 yards and a touchdown and Chase Brown rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown in the Illini’s 47-14 victory Saturday.
CHAMPAIGN — Even with only five victories, the Illini harbor hopes of going to a bowl game. They certainly earned some style points with a rousing 47-14 victory Saturday over Northwestern to snap a six-game skid in the Land of Lincoln Trophy game.
Brandon Peters threw for 242 yards and a touchdown, Chase Brown rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown and Isaiah Williams had 113 receiving yards and a touchdown catch. Josh McCray, Daniel Barker and Williams also scored rushing touchdowns for Illinois.
With 42 bowl games and 84 spots to fill, the Illini (5-7, 4-5 Big Ten) could benefit if there aren’t enough six-win teams, which are guaranteed a bowl bid. Teams with five wins are selected in order of their Academic Progress Rate.
Illinois dominated the Wildcats from the beginning and scored more points (37) in the first half than it did in any one full game all season (30 against Nebraska and UTSA).
The Illini took control early, scoring midway through the first quarter after Isaiah Gay recovered an Evan Hull fumble on the Wildcats’ 8-yard line. Barker punched it in for a touchdown, followed two minutes later by another score on Peters’ 39-yard pass to Williams for a 14-0 lead.
After Peters hit Casey Washington with a 56-yard pass, Brown scampered one yard for the Illini’s third touchdown of the half. Williams then ran 21 yards for another Illinois touchdown. Three James McCourt field goals gave the Illini a 37-7 lead at the half.
Northwestern (3-9, 1-8) got on the board with 6:58 left in the first half on a one-yard run by quarterback Ryan Hilinski, capping an 11-play, 75-yard drive to make the score 28-7. Hilinski passed for 123 yards, Hull rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown and Malik Washington had 83 receiving yards.
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