Illinois @ #19 Northwestern
2018
Land of Lincoln
Final
Illinois
Fighting Illini
4-7 / 2-6
16
24
#19 Northwestern
Wildcats
7-4 / 7-1
2018 Season

Ryan Field
Evanston, IL
Capacity: 47,130
Attendance: 37,124

Series Stats

Illinois
Northwestern
Tie
55
52
5
112th
meeting
More Games

Last Meeting

7-42 Northwestern
Memorial Stadium (IL)
Nov 25, 2017
Illinois

West Division
Head Coach
Lovie Smith
Schedule
vs Kent State W 24-31 9/1/2018
vs Western Illinois W 14-34 9/8/2018
@ South Florida L 25-19 9/15/2018
vs Penn State L 63-24 9/21/2018
@ Rutgers W 17-38 10/6/2018
vs Purdue L 46-7 10/13/2018
@ Wisconsin L 49-20 10/20/2018
@ Maryland L 63-33 10/27/2018
vs Minnesota W 31-55 11/3/2018
@ Nebraska L 54-35 11/10/2018
vs Iowa L 63-0 11/17/2018
@ Northwestern L 24-16 11/24/2018
Illinois
has been outscored by their opponents
449 to 296
this season
Lovie Smith's record
at Illinois
9 - 26 - 0
vs Northwestern
0 - 2 - 0
Longest Winning Streak
Illinois
7 game(s)
from 1913
to 1928
Northwestern
6 game(s)
from 2015
to 2020
Stats
Northwestern

West Division
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Schedule
@ Purdue W 27-31 8/30/2018
vs Duke L 21-7 9/8/2018
vs Akron L 39-34 9/15/2018
vs Michigan L 20-17 9/29/2018
@ Michigan State W 19-29 10/6/2018
vs Nebraska W 31-34 10/13/2018
@ Rutgers W 15-18 10/20/2018
vs Wisconsin W 17-31 10/27/2018
vs Notre Dame L 31-21 11/3/2018
@ Iowa W 10-14 11/10/2018
@ Minnesota W 14-24 11/17/2018
vs Illinois W 16-24 11/24/2018
@ Ohio State L 45-24 12/1/2018
@ Utah W 20-31 12/31/2018
Northwestern
has outscored their opponents
260 to 244
this season
Pat Fitzgerald's record
at Northwestern
94 - 69 - 0
vs Illinois
8 - 4 - 0
Latest Winning Streak
Illinois
1 game(s)
from 2024
to 2024
Northwestern
1 game(s)
from 2023
to 2023
Notes

Northwestern 2018 Season

Northwestern comes in to the season unranked and wins the Big Ten West by Nov 10, beating Iowa