Illinois Fighting Illini

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	279	4,169	788	5.3	1,434	422	3.4	2,735	366	7.5
Team Rank		49th	44th	46th	51st	80th	75th	78th	18th	31st	36th
Opponent	11	156	3,138		4.5	1,368	426	3.2	1,770	274	6.5
Opponent Rank		5th	9th		19th	21st	29th	21st	18th	18th	37th
Net		+123	+1,031	+788	+0.8	+66	-4	+0.2	+965	+92	+1.0
Net Rank		17th	13th	46th	22nd	55th	59th	56th	11th	18th	30th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Johnny Johnson J. Johnson	11	180	303	59.4	27.5	2,245	7.4	204.1	15	6	134.0	5.0	2.0
Scott Weaver S. Weaver	11	35	61	57.4	5.5	458	7.5	41.6	4	2	135.5	6.6	3.3
Jeff Hecklinski J. Hecklinski	4	2	2	100.0	0.5	32	16.0	8.0	1	0	399.4	50.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Ty Douthard T. Douthard	10	166	16.6	713	4.3	71.3	9	197	1,067
Robert Holcombe R. Holcombe	9	113	12.6	474	4.2	52.7	4	119	518
Johnny Johnson J. Johnson	11	57	5.2	-11	-0.2	-1.0	0
Damien Platt D. Platt	10	36	3.6	96	2.7	9.6	0	37	99
Kevin Jackson K. Jackson	5	22	4.4	94	4.3	18.8	1	24	118
Steve Mattison S. Mattison	4	17	4.3	61	3.6	15.3	1	22	93
Scott Weaver S. Weaver	11	7	0.6	6	0.9	0.5	0
Rodney Byrd R. Byrd	11	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0
Bobby Sanders B. Sanders	10	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0
Jeff Hecklinski J. Hecklinski	4	1	0.3	-1	-1.0	-0.3	0
Jasper Strong J. Strong	11	1	0.1	-7	-7.0	-0.6	0	40	672

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jason Dulick J. Dulick	11	49	4.5	520	10.6	47.3	5
Ken Dilger K. Dilger	11	41	3.7	547	13.3	49.7	5	41	550
Jasper Strong J. Strong	11	39	3.5	679	17.4	61.7	2	40	672
Ty Douthard T. Douthard	10	31	3.1	354	11.4	35.4	2	197	1,067
Matt Cushing M. Cushing	11	11	1.0	111	10.1	10.1	1
Shane Fisher S. Fisher	11	10	0.9	134	13.4	12.2	2
Jim Klein J. Klein	11	9	0.8	108	12.0	9.8	1
Martin Jones M. Jones	11	8	0.7	115	14.4	10.5	0
Robert Holcombe R. Holcombe	9	6	0.7	44	7.3	4.9	0	119	518
Steve Mattison S. Mattison	4	5	1.3	32	6.4	8.0	0	22	93
Kevin Jackson K. Jackson	5	2	0.4	24	12.0	4.8	0	24	118
Marquis Mosely M. Mosely	6	2	0.3	20	10.0	3.3	0
Theron Harris T. Harris	5	1	0.2	31	31.0	6.2	1
Toriano Woods T. Woods	11	1	0.1	11	11.0	1.0	0
Damien Platt D. Platt	10	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0	37	99
Chris Stelter C. Stelter	10	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	1

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Robert Crumpton R. Crumpton	10	3	-4	-1.3
Dana Howard D. Howard	11	2	63	31.5
Scott Turner S. Turner	11	2	0	0
Kevin Hardy K. Hardy	11	1	19	19
Jason Edwards J. Edwards	11	1	11	11
Tyrone Washington T. Washington	11	1	9	9
Melvin Roberts M. Roberts	4	1	1	1
Trevor Starghill T. Starghill	10	1	0	0
Antwoine Patton A. Patton	11	0	51

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Johnny Johnson J. Johnson	11	0		15			90
Chris Richardson C. Richardson	11				12	31	67
Ty Douthard T. Douthard	10	9	2	11			66
Ken Dilger K. Dilger	11	0	5	5			30
Jason Dulick J. Dulick	11		5	5			30
Robert Holcombe R. Holcombe	9	4	0	4			24
Scott Weaver S. Weaver	11	0		4			24
Shane Fisher S. Fisher	11		2	2			12
Jasper Strong J. Strong	11	0	2	2			12
Matt Cushing M. Cushing	11		1	1			6
Theron Harris T. Harris	5		1	1			6
Jeff Hecklinski J. Hecklinski	4	0		1			6
Kevin Jackson K. Jackson	5	1	0	1			6
Jim Klein J. Klein	11		1	1			6
Steve Mattison S. Mattison	4	1	0	1			6
Chris Stelter C. Stelter	10		1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Martin Jones M. Jones	11	5	87	17.4	23	175	7.6	0
Marquis Mosely M. Mosely	6	3	84	28.0	18	140	7.8	0
Damien Platt D. Platt	10	11	218	19.8
Matt Cushing M. Cushing	11	3	29	9.7
Rodney Byrd R. Byrd	11	2	14	7.0
Robert Holcombe R. Holcombe	9	1	6	6.0
Toriano Woods T. Woods	11	1	4	4.0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Chris Richardson C. Richardson	11	12	16	75.0						31	32	96.9	67
	Bret Scheuplein B. Scheuplein	11	0	2	0.0						0	1	0.0	0

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Brett Larsen B. Larsen	11	61	2,495	40.9
	Chris Richardson C. Richardson	11	1	31	31.0

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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