Hail to the Chief | Illinois Fighting Illini Dynasty (NCAA 14)

[SilverBullet19]

Good tune up game. Crouch looked to be pretty good behind center with a good completion percentage, but the running game seemed a bit weak. Hopefully that can improve, Brown's 3.3 YPC is not going to cut it, Corbin's 4.0 is decent but could be better.

[slicknick3822]

Yeah. Our run was weak and like last year our pass defense got obliterated. Idk if i have to change the sliders at all because it doesnt stop us from winning games just looks bad on the team stats lol.

[thesportsguru11]

As SB said, nice to get the year started on the right foot with some momentum headed to the big-time neutral site game vs. OU. Crouch with the four TD's and no picks is a good sign as well.

Mike Dudek.. he's one of those guys who feels like he's been around forever already hahah..

[slicknick3822]

Quote: Originally Posted by thesportsguru11

As SB said, nice to get the year started on the right foot with some momentum headed to the big-time neutral site game vs. OU. Crouch with the four TD's and no picks is a good sign as well. Mike Dudek.. he's one of those guys who feels like he's been around forever already hahah..

Thats because its his fifth year lol. So he has been lol.

But i agree we have one more blah game against FCS comp and then we get to perhaps our biggest game of the year outside of Ohio St or Northwestern.

[slicknick3822]

Illini Wipe Out Leathernecks, 52-6

Western Illinois Leathernecks at Illinois Fighting Illini
Sep 13, 2018	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Western Illinois Leathernecks (0-2)	0	3	3	0	6
Illinois Fighting Illini (1-0)	21	3	14	14	52

Team Stats Comparison
	WIU	ILL
Total Offense	204	482
Rushing Yards	20	220
Passing Yards	184	262
First Downs	11	19
Punt Return Yards	15	71
Kick Return Yards	99	39
Total Yards	318	592
Turnovers	5	2
3rd Down Conversion	4-17(23%)	5-14(35%)
4th Down Conversion	0-1(0%)	1-2(50%)
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2-0-2(100%)	6-5-0(83%)
Penalties	4-38	4-19
Possession Time	13:08	22:52

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		WIU	ILL
7:36	(ILL) Austin Roberts, 1 yard run	0	7
5:20	(ILL) Chayce Crouch 13 yard pass to Mike Dudek	0	14
0:49	(ILL) Chayce Crouch 31 yard pass to Griffin Palmer	0	21
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		WIU	ILL
7:48	(WIU) Ericson, 18 yard FG	3	21
3:15	(ILL) Chase McLaughlin 40 yard FG	3	24
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		WIU	ILL
7:37	(ILL) Dre Brown, 4 yard run	3	31
6:28	(ILL) Chayce Crouch 7 yard pass to Griffin Palmer	3	38
1:37	(WIU) Ericson, 26 yard FG	6	38
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		WIU	ILL
5:25	(ILL) Jeff George Jr 12 yard pass to Carmoni Green	6	45
1:28	(ILL) Julian Hylton 23 yard INT return	6	52

Illinois Fighting Illini PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chayce Crouch 12/23 211 3 1 Jeff George Jr. 4/6 51 1 0 Dwayne Lawson 1/2 0 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Reggie Corbin 16 108 6.8 0 Dre Brown 14 74 5.2 1 Ravon Bonner 6 25 4.1 0 Jeff George Jr 4 2 0.5 0 Chayce Crouch 2 3 1.5 0 Ricky Smalling 1 5 5.0 0 Austin Roberts 1 1 1.0 1 Carmoni Green 1 1 1.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Mike Dudek 4 86 21.5 1 Griffin Palmer 3 38 12.6 2 Carmoni Green 3 73 24.3 1 Louis Dorsey 2 23 11.5 0 Ricky Smalling 2 24 12.0 0 Reggie Corbin 1 16 16.0 0 Sam Mays 1 0 0.0 0 Austin Roberts 1 2 2.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Megginson/Reams 2 0 Roberts/Lowe/Allegretti/Kramer Jr 1 0 Palczewski 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Chris James Jr. 6 0 1 0 Owen Carney Jr. 4 1 0 0 Cameron Watkins 4 0 1 0 Jamal Milan 4 2 0 0 Fred Sumpter 3 1 1 0 Ben Smith 2 0 1 0 Sean Adesanya 1 1 0 0 Julian Hylton 0 0 1 1 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Chase McLaughlin 1/2 7/7 10 41 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Ryan Tucker 3 124 41.3 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Sam Mays 2 39 19.5 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Sam Mays 6 71 11.8 0

UP NEXT: AT SOLDIER FIELD

Note: Due to time constraints with school, work, girlfriend, having a life outside of video games (I know it sucks I hate it too.) I'm only going to be doing write ups for big games and only going to be doing the Top 25/Heisman Watch/Recruiting etc. every few weeks. Other than that, hope you guys are enjoying. You guys are in for a treat for the Oklahoma game

[slicknick3822]

Illini Strike at the End, Despite Sooners 4^th Quarter Comeback

The field at kickoff and the final two scoring plays of the game.

SOLDIER FIELD, CHICAGO, IL – A rainy night in the windy city as the Illinois Fighting Illini got set to take on the #18 ranked Oklahoma Sooners who were coming off of an embarassing loss to the Tennessee Volunteers. This Big Ten-Big 12 matchup was set and the Illini wore the home jerseys even though they're technically listed as the away team.


The Sooners got off to a hot start, stopping the Illini shy of field goal territory on their first drive then throwing a screen pass on their first play from scrimmage that would go 64 yards all the way to the house. Putting them up 7-0 early. The Illini would respond with a field goal and then just 30 seconds later a Crouch touchdown pass to Griffin Palmer. However the Sooners would finish the first quarter with the 14-10 lead after a long drive leading to an Adams two yard touchdown run. Absolutely no defense in the first quarter for either team, but that would soon chage...for one of the teams.


The Illini defense would let up only three points the next two quarters. And the offense would respond as well. Crouch would start the second with a sneak into the endzone at the goal line and also throw a seven yard pass to Mike Dudek late in the second. Making it 24-14 before half. In the third, it was all defense for the Illini, and the Sooners as well. The Sooners would give up a pick six to Chris James Jr. who read a screen play perfectly and jumped and ran it 39 yards to the house. And the three points from the Sooners would come halfway through the third.


This is where things got interesting. The Illini would strike early in the fourth quarter making it an almost insurmountable 38-17 lead. Coach Lovie could be heard on the sidelines saying, “Don't get comfortable. Crazier things have happened. Stay tough and don't let your guard down.” Coach Lovie's former Chicago Bears are of course known for one of the greatest comebacks in NFL history. The “They are who we thought they were” speech by the late Dennis Green was sparked by a 26 point second half comeback almost entirely orchestrated by the Chicago Bears defense and special teams against then-Green's Cardinals. Unfortunately, it seemed as if things might bite Lovie. The defense didn't want to play anymore and the offense spent most of the time just running into three and outs. Oklahoma had a nice drive to make it 38-24. Quickly get the ball back and Rambo would beat a blown coverage for a long 41 yard touchdown bomb to put them within seven. After the Sooners got the ball back with a little less than three minutes left they were more methodical and then would finish the drive with a fourth down and goal fade route to Basquine for the touchdown that went right through the defender Cameron Watkins' hands. The game was tied 38-38 with 59 seconds left to play. Unfortunately for the Sooners, the Illini offense knew it was do or die and quickly drove down the field, centered the ball for kicker Chase McLaughlin to hit an easy 27 yarder as time expired. Giving the Illini the win 41-38. No doubt the Sooners put in a great effort at the end but it was too little, too late.

Illinois Fighting Illini at Oklahoma Sooners
Sep 20, 2018	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Illinois Fighting Illini (2-0)	10	14	7	10	41
#18 Oklahoma Sooners (1-1)	14	0	3	21	38

Team Stats Comparison
	ILL	OKLA
Total Offense	425	574
Rushing Yards	113	89
Passing Yards	312	485
First Downs	23	23
Punt Return Yards	28	36
Kick Return Yards	111	83
Total Yards	564	693
Turnovers	0	2
3rd Down Conversion	6-14(42%)	7-14(50%)
4th Down Conversion	1-1(100%)	1-1(100%)
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	6-4-2(100%)	5-3-1(80%)
Penalties	2-17	1-9
Possession Time	18:16	17:44

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		ILL	OKLA
5:58	(OKLA) Kendall 64 yard pass to Anderson	0	7
3:39	(ILL) Chase McLaughlin, 45 yard FG	3	7
3:05	(ILL) Chayce Crouch 9 yard pass to Griffin Palmer	10	7
0:58	(OKLA) Adams, 2 yard run	10	14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		ILL	OKLA
8:25	(ILL) Chayce Crouch, 1 yard run	17	14
3:06	(ILL) Chayce Crouch 7 yard pass to Mike Dudek	24	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		ILL	OKLA
8:23	(ILL) Chris James Jr. 39 yard INT return TD	31	14
4:08	(OKLA) Pfau, 23 yard FG	31	17
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		ILL	OKLA
8:43	(ILL) Dre Brown, 1 yard run	38	17
7:23	(OKLA) Kendall 14 yard pass to Smith	38	24
5:06	(OKLA) Kendall 41 yard pass to Rambo	38	31
0:59	(OKLA) Kendall 3 yard pass to Basquine	38	38
0:00	(ILL) Chase McLaughlin 27 yard FG	41	38

Illinois Fighting Illini PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chayce Crouch 23/36 312 2 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Dre Brown 19 56 2.9 1 Reggie Corbin 9 37 4.1 0 Chayce Crouch 6 19 3.1 1 Austin Roberts 1 2 2.0 0 Mike Dudek 1 -1 -1.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Mike Dudek 5 75 15.0 1 Carmoni Green 4 34 8.5 0 Griffin Palmer 4 84 21.0 1 Louis Dorsey 3 41 13.6 0 Ricky Smalling 3 32 10.6 0 Sam Mays 2 32 16.0 0 Dre Brown 2 14 7.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Vederian Lowe 2 1 Gabe Megginson 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Tre Watson 9 1 0 0 Patrick Nelson 8 0 0 0 Tony Adams 7 1 0 0 Del'Shawn Phillips 6 1 0 0 Cameron Watkins 5 0 1 0 Chris James Jr. 5 0 1 0 Tito Odenigbo 4 1 0 0 Sean Adesanya 3 3 0 0 Jamal Milan 2 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Chase McLaughlin 2/2 5/5 11 45 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Ryan Tucker 6 259 43.1 2 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Sam Mays 4 111 27.7 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Sam Mays 3 28 9.3 0

Oklahoma Sooners PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Kendall 31/41 485 4 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Kendall 17 50 2.9 0 Anderson 12 36 3.0 0 Adams 2 3 1.5 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Rambo 9 195 21.6 1 Anderson 6 129 21.5 1 Ivey 5 39 7.8 0 Andrews 4 25 6.2 0 Brown 3 58 19.3 0 Basquine 1 3 3.0 1 Sermon 1 10 10.0 0 Smith 1 14 14.0 0 Jones 1 12 12.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Humphrey 1 1 Anderson 0 1 Evans 0 3 Powers 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Murray 10 0 0 0 Sylvie 8 0 0 0 Parker 7 0 0 0 Gallimore 4 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Pfau 1/1 5/5 8 23 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Seibert 4 172 43.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Lamb 3 57 19.0 0 Anderson 1 26 26.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Lamb 2 36 18.0 0

[gsutiger]

Huge win against OU..great to see you start the season 2-0

[slicknick3822]

Illini Have Two Big Second Halves against Maryland and Rutgers to Start Season 5-0

Dudek ran over that guy and Brown fumbled at the goal line which might have been the last straw for him and Smalling continues to make nice catches.

Illinois Fighting Illini at Maryland Terrapins
Sep 27, 2018	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#19 Illinois Fighting Illini (3-0)	7	3	21	7	38
Maryland Terrapins (1-2)	10	6	7	6	29

Team Stats Comparison
	ILL	MD
Total Offense	560	383
Rushing Yards	171	101
Passing Yards	388	282
First Downs	22	19
Punt Return Yards	64	56
Kick Return Yards	40	72
Total Yards	664	511
Turnovers	2	0
3rd Down Conversion	6-13(46%)	8-16(50%)
4th Down Conversion	3-3(100%)	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-1(0%)
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	5-2-1(60%)	5-3-2(100%)
Penalties	4-35	2-10
Possession Time	24:20	15:14

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		ILL	MD
6:12	(MD) Burnette 34 yard FG	0	3
3:00	(MD) Henderson 16 yard run	0	10
1:17	(ILL) Chayce Crouch 57 yard pass to Mike Dudek	7	10
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		ILL	MD
7:21	(ILL) Chase McLaughlin 21 yard FG	10	10
2:27	(MD) Burnette 28 yard FG	10	13
0:38	(MD) Burnette 45 yard FG	10	16
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		ILL	MD
6:14	(MD) Henderson 10 yard run	10	23
5:40	(ILL) Chayce Crouch 20 yard pass to Ricky Smalling	17	23
2:21	(ILL) Chayce Crouch 43 yard run	24	23
1:00	(ILL) Reggie Corbin 7 yard run	31	23
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		ILL	MD
8:39	(MD) Henderson 17 yard pass to Comma (2-pt failed)	31	29
5:09	(ILL) Chayce Crouch 22 yard pass to Ricky Smalling	38	29

Illinois Fighting Illini PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chayce Crouch 19/31 388 3 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Reggie Corbin 18 75 4.1 1 Ravon Bonner 9 29 3.2 0 Dre Brown (FUM) 7 13 1.8 0 Chayce Crouch 7 55 7.8 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Carmoni Green 6 107 17.8 0 Griffin Palmer 6 94 15.6 0 Ricky Smalling 4 107 26.7 2 Mike Dudek 2 72 36.0 1 Reggie Corbin 1 8 8.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Nick Allegretti 2 0 Boyd/Lowe/Roberts (each) 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Owen Carney Jr. 6 0 0 0 Stanley Green 6 0 0 0 Jamal Milan 6 1 0 0 Sean Adesanya 2 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Chase McLaughlin 1/1 5/5 8 21 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Ryan Tucker 3 139 46.3 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Sam Mays 2 40 20.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Sam Mays 5 64 12.8 0

Maryland Terrapins PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Henderson 29/47 282 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD McFarland 12 43 3.5 0 Henderson 10 58 5.8 2 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Comma 9 92 10.2 1 Edwards 7 63 9.0 0 Capehart 7 71 10.1 0 McFarland 3 19 6.3 0 Turner 2 40 20.0 0 Harrison III 1 -3 -3.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Gray 5 0 Christie 3 0 Prince 2 1 Moore 1 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Savage Jr. 11 1 1 0 Bell 8 0 0 0 Daniels 8 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Burnette 3/4 2/2 11 46 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Lees 5 223 44.6 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Harrison III 2 37 18.5 0 Turner 2 35 17.5 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Harrison III 3 56 18.6 0

The team struggled early but fought back but not before Rutgers made a few nice plays of their own

Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Illinois Fighting Illini
Oct 4, 2018	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Rutgers Scarlet Knights (2-2)	3	0	0	14	17
#15 Illinois Fighting Illini (4-0)	0	3	10	14	27

Team Stats Comparison
	RUTG	ILL
Total Offense	495	414
Rushing Yards	150	180
Passing Yards	345	234
First Downs	26	16
Punt Return Yards	0	3
Kick Return Yards	38	55
Total Yards	533	472
Turnovers	2	3
3rd Down Conversion	8-16(50%)	5-13(38%)
4th Down Conversion	1-1(100%)	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3-2-0(66%)	5-3-0(60%)
Penalties	3-25	4-28
Possession Time	19:05	16:55

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		RUTG	ILL
2:02	(RUTG) Haggerty 53 yard FG	3	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		RUTG	ILL
0:56	(ILL) Chase McLaughlin 48 yard FG	3	3
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		RUTG	ILL
6:05	(ILL) Chayce Crouch 7 yard pass to Mike Dudek	3	10
2:56	(ILL) Chase McLaughlin 49 yard FG	3	13
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		RUTG	ILL
8:12	(ILL) Chayce Crouch 13 yard pass to Ricky Smalling	3	20
4:27	(RUTG) Lewis 17 yard pass to Washington	10	20
1:41	(RUTG) Lewis 3 yard pass to Jabbie	17	20
0:46	(ILL) Austin Roberts 2 yard run	17	27

Rutgers Scarlet Knights PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Lewis 29/45 345 2 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Sneed 24 108 4.5 0 Lewis 15 40 2.6 0 Snorweah 1 2 2.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Melton 13 137 10.5 0 Sneed 5 49 9.8 0 Washington 4 58 14.5 1 Jabbie 3 37 12.3 1 Bailey 2 43 21.5 0 Parks 1 14 14.0 0 Barrett 1 7 7.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Washington/C;ark 5 0 Krimin 5 1 Seymour 4 0 Howson 3 1 Jackson 1 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Roberts 8 0 0 0 Lopez 6 0 1 0 Madox-Williams 3 1 0 0 Morris 3 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Haggerty 1/4 2/2 5 53 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Walker 4 183 45.7 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Austin 1 20 20.0 0 Bailey 1 18 18.0 0

Illinois Fighting Illini PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chayce Crouch 17/31 234 2 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Reggie Corbin 15 58 3.8 0 Ravon Bonner 8 85 10.6 0 Chayce Crouch (FUM) 4 25 6.2 0 Cameron Thomas 2 10 5.0 0 Austin Roberts 1 2 2.0 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Griffin Palmer 5 133 26.6 0 Reggie Corbin 5 13 2.6 0 Mike Dudek 4 24 6.0 1 Ricky Smalling 2 59 29.5 1 Carmoni Green 1 5 5.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Gabe Megginson 1 1 Vederian Lowe 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Jamal Milan 10 2 0 0 Tony Adams 9 0 0 0 DelShawn Phillips 8 1 0 0 Tre Watson 7 0 0 0 Cameron Watkins 6 0 1 0 Patrick Nelson 5 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Chase McLaughlin 2/3 3/3 9 49 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Ryan Tucker 3 140 46.6 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Sam Mays 2 56 28.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Sam Mays 2 3 1.5 0