Regular season ·

Illinois beat Rutgers

Illinois1-323
Rutgers1-320Final
Sat, Nov 14 · SHI Stadium, Piscataway, N.J. · 52°, partly cloudyBTN

Records are after this game.

Illinois beat Rutgers by 3 points.

How the game turned

Illinois aheadRutgers aheadBiggest swingLow: 14%
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Q4 1:17 Illinois 20, Rutgers 20

Illinois 67% to win

Vedral intercepted by Hobbs, returned 26 yards

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 13:03 · Illinois 0, Rutgers 7Illinois's win chance fell from 26% to 22%.Vedral 29-yd TD pass to Melton, Rutgers goes ahead 7-0
  2. 2Q3 4:54 · Illinois 17, Rutgers 20Illinois's win chance rose from 16% to 29%.Epstein 1-yd TD run, cuts it to 20-17
  3. 3Q4 13:02 · Illinois 20, Rutgers 20Illinois's win chance rose from 32% to 45%.McCourt 23-yd field goal, ties it 20-20
  4. 4Q4 1:17 · Illinois 20, Rutgers 20Illinois's win chance rose from 28% to 67%.Vedral intercepted by Hobbs, returned 26 yards
  5. 5Q4 0:03 · Illinois 23, Rutgers 20Illinois's win chance rose from 70% to 72%.McCourt 47-yd field goal, Illinois goes ahead 23-20

Illinois's lowest chance to win was 14 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

The biggest swing

With 1:17 left in the 4th quarter, Illinois's chance to win went from 28 percent to 66 percent on an interception.

The score stayed Illinois 20, Rutgers 20.

The play: Vedral intercepted by Hobbs, returned 26 yards.

What happened next

  1. Illinois's next game: W 41-23 at Nebraska, Nov 21

    7 days later

  2. Rutgers's next game: L 42-48 vs Michigan, Nov 21

    7 days later

  3. The teams' next meeting after Nov 14, 2020: Rutgers 20, Illinois 14, Oct 30, 2021

    about 11 months later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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