Illinois Fighting Illini

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	9	53	1,578	556	2.8	945	395	2.4	633	161	3.9
Team Rank		113th	109th	89th	110th	108th	92nd	109th	95th	46th	107th
Opponent	9	289	3,282		5.6	2,138	461	4.6	1,144	124	9.2
Opponent Rank		148th	105th		106th	97th	70th	102nd	96th	11th	109th
Net		-236	-1,704	+556	-2.8	-1,193	-66	-2.2	-511	+37	-5.3
Net Rank		149th	108th	89th	109th	105th	83rd	108th	105th	25th	111th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Dave McGann D. McGann	9	27	49	55.1	5.4	269	5.5	29.9	0	2	93.1	0.0	4.1
Mel Romani M. Romani	9	16	47	34.0	5.2	174	3.7	19.3	1	6	46.6	2.1	12.8
Paul Golaszewski P. Golaszewski	9	11	33	33.3	3.7	94	2.8	10.4	0	3	39.1	0.0	9.1
Ron Fearn R. Fearn	9	7	29	24.1	3.2	73	2.5	8.1	0	0	45.3	0.0	0.0
Mike Taliaferro M. Taliaferro	9	2	2	100.0	0.2	23	11.5	2.6	0	0	196.6	0.0	0.0
Pat Holland P. Holland	9	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Al Wheatland A. Wheatland	9	73	8.1	230	3.2	25.6
Ron Fearn R. Fearn	9	55	6.1	219	4.0	24.3
Ken Zimmerman K. Zimmerman	9	50	5.6	185	3.7	20.6	53	213
Mel Romani M. Romani	9	43	4.8	-47	-1.1	-5.2
Denny Gould D. Gould	9	27	3.0	97	3.6	10.8
Mike Summers M. Summers	9	27	3.0	53	2.0	5.9
Mike Dundy M. Dundy	9	24	2.7	77	3.2	8.6	30	131
Tom McCullum T. McCullum	9	21	2.3	39	1.9	4.3	23	53
Cecil Young C. Young	9	19	2.1	72	3.8	8.0	22	94
Dave McGann D. McGann	9	17	1.9	-4	-0.2	-0.4
Paul Golaszewski P. Golaszewski	9	9	1.0	-26	-2.9	-2.9
Jerry Parola J. Parola	9	8	0.9	28	3.5	3.1
Glenn Glauser G. Glauser	9	8	0.9	22	2.8	2.4	9	17
Douglas Mills D. Mills	9	6	0.7	19	3.2	2.1	7	38
Dick McDade D. McDade	9	4	0.4	28	7.0	3.1
Gary Shields G. Shields	9	1	0.1	-5	-5.0	-0.6
Mike Taliaferro M. Taliaferro	9	1	0.1	-7	-7.0	-0.8
Pat Holland P. Holland	9	1	0.1	-12	-12.0	-1.3

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Dick Newell D. Newell	9	16	1.8	184	11.5	20.4	1
Gary Hembrough G. Hembrough	9	16	1.8	170	10.6	18.9	0
Thurman Walker T. Walker	9	6	0.7	63	10.5	7.0	0
Mike Dundy M. Dundy	9	6	0.7	54	9.0	6.0	0	30	131
Bill Pasko B. Pasko	9	5	0.6	47	9.4	5.2	0
Ken Zimmerman K. Zimmerman	9	3	0.3	28	9.3	3.1	0	53	213
Cecil Young C. Young	9	3	0.3	22	7.3	2.4	0	22	94
Steve Thomas S. Thomas	9	2	0.2	19	9.5	2.1	0
Ken Chalcraft K. Chalcraft	9	2	0.2	18	9.0	2.0	0
Tom McCullum T. McCullum	9	2	0.2	14	7.0	1.6	0	23	53
Douglas Mills D. Mills	9	1	0.1	19	19.0	2.1	0	7	38
Glenn Glauser G. Glauser	9	1	0.1	-5	-5.0	-0.6	0	9	17

	Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	RET	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	SFTY	PTS
	Dick Newell D. Newell	9		1		1					6
	Mel Romani M. Romani	9				1					6

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250