| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Quarter |
| Illinois Touchdown - 15-yard run by Jason Ford. (Derek Dimke kick). 2:06 Remaining. |
| 2nd Quarter |
| Arkansas State Safety - Amos Draper safety. 14:02 Remaining. |
| Arkansas State Field Goal - 49-yarder by Bobby Zalud. 7:29 Remaining. |
| Arkansas State Field Goal - 47-yarder by Brian Davis. 2:50 Remaining. |
| Illinois Touchdown - 45-yard pass from Nathan Scheelhaasse to Darius Millines. (Derek Dimke kick). 1:24 Remaining. |
| Illinois Field Goal - 32-yarder by Derek Dimke. 0:11 Remaining. |
| 3rd Quarter |
| Illinois Touchdown - 72-yard pass from Nathan Scheelhaasse to A.J. Jenkins. (rush failed). 14:37 Remaining. |
| Illinois Touchdown - 3-yard run by Jason Ford. (Derek Dimke kick). 5:44 Remaining. |
| 4th Quarter |
| Illinois Field Goal - 19-yarder by Derek Dimke. 7:20 Remaining. |
| Arkansas State Touchdown - 1-yard run by Frankie Jackson. (Brian Davis kick). 3:20 Remaining. |
| Final Team Statistics |
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| | Arkansas State | Illinois |
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| TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 15 | 24 |
| By Rushing | 3 | 13 |
| By Passing | 12 | 10 |
| By Penalty | 0 | 1 |
| THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 6-14-43.0 | 12-18-67.0 |
| FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY | 0-2-0 | 0-0-0 |
| TOTAL NET YARDS | 350 | 473 |
| Total Off. Plays (inc. times thrown passing) | 64 | 75 |
| Avg. gain per offensive play | 5.5 | 6.3 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 60 | 202 |
| Total Rushing Plays | 32 | 50 |
| Avg. gain per rushing play | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 290 | 271 |
| Times Thrown - yards lost attempting to pass | 2-13 | 3-21 |
| PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED | 32-20-1 | 25-17-0 |
| Avg. gain per pass play (inc. # thrown passing) | 9.1 | 10.8 |
| PUNTS Number and average | 4-43.8 | 4-30.0 |
| TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) | 0 | -2 |
| No. and Yards Punt Returns | 1-0 | 1--2 |
| No. and Yards Kickoff Returns | 4-66 | 2-38 |
| No. and Yards Interception Returns | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| PENALTIES No. and Yards | 2-8 | 0-0 |
| FUMBLES No. and Lost | 4-2 | 2-1 |
| TOUCHDOWNS | 1 | 4 |
| Rushing | 1 | 2 |
| Passing | 0 | 2 |
| EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts | 2-3 | 2-2 |
| SAFETIES | 1 | 0 |
| FINAL SCORE | 15 | 33 |
| TIME OF POSSESSION | 24:17 | 35:43 |
| Final Individual Statistics |
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| Arkansas State | Illinois |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
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| F.Jackson | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 9 | 1 | | J.Robertson | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 | | R.Aplin | 9 | 11 | 1.2 | 9 | 0 | | D.Lawson | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | | TEAM | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | | S.Thornton | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 | | A.Smith | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 32 | 60 | 1.9 | 9 | 1 |
| | RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
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| J.Ford | 22 | 86 | 3.9 | 15 | 2 | | D.Young | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 24 | 0 | | N.Scheelhaase | 12 | 24 | 2.0 | 16 | 0 | | T.Pollard | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 22 | 0 | | J.Ferguson | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 | | M.Osei | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 9 | 0 | | R.O'Toole | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | | Total | 50 | 202 | 4.0 | 24 | 2 |
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| PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK | TD | LG | IN |
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| R.Aplin | 32 | 20 | 290 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 32 | 20 | 290 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 1 |
| | PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK | TD | LG | IN |
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| N.Scheelhaase | 23 | 16 | 267 | 3 | 2 | 72 | 0 | | R.O'Toole | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | | Total | 25 | 17 | 271 | 3 | 2 | 72 | 0 |
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| RECEIVING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
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| D.Frampton | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 65 | 0 | | T.Stockemer | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 35 | 0 | | J.Jarboe | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 22 | 0 | | A.Muse | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 | | A.Kincy | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | | K.Murry | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | | F.Jackson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | | Total | 20 | 290 | 14.5 | 65 | 0 |
| | RECEIVING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
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| A.Jenkins | 11 | 148 | 13.5 | 72 | 1 | | D.Millines | 5 | 119 | 23.8 | 45 | 1 | | J.Ferguson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 17 | 271 | 15.9 | 72 | 2 |
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| INTERCEPTIONS | ATT | YDS | LG | TD |
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| None | | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | INTERCEPTIONS | ATT | YDS | LG | TD |
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| T.Henry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | LG |
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| N.Sullivent | 2 | 114 | 57.0 | 1 | 67 | | R.Wilbourn | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 0 | 31 | | Total | 4 | 175 | 43.8 | 1 | 67 |
| | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | LG |
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| J.DuVernois | 3 | 113 | 37.7 | 0 | 40 | | R.Lankford | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | | Total | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 0 | 40 |
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| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| D.Frampton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| R.Lankford | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
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| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| A.Brown | 2 | 27 | 17 | 0 | | R.Fleming | 1 | 22 | 22 | 0 | | D.Jones | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | | Total | 4 | 66 | 22 | 0 |
| | KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| T.Pollard | 1 | 23 | 23 | 0 | | D.Millines | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | | | | | | | | Total | 2 | 38 | 23 | 0 |
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| KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| B.Davis | 1/1 | 100.0 | 47 | 1/1 | 4 | | B.Zalud | 1/2 | 50.0 | 49 | 0/0 | 3 | | Total | 2/3 | 66.7 | 49 | 1/1 | 7 |
| | KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| D.Dimke | 2/2 | 100.0 | 32 | 3/3 | 9 | | | | | | | | | Total | 2/2 | 100.0 | 32 | 3/3 | 9 |
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