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Nebraska at Illinois play by play — College Football August 28, 2021

Nebraska 22
Illinois 30
Final
Nebraska 1st, 15:00
  1. 15:00 Illinois kicked off, touchback
  2. 15:00 1st & 10 NEB 25 Gabe Ervin Jr. rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain
  3. 15:00 2nd & 9 NEB 26 Adrian Martinez passed to Samori Toure to the right for 16 yard gain
  4. 14:55 1st & 10 NEB 42 Gabe Ervin Jr. rushed to the right for no gain
  5. 14:22 2nd & 10 NEB 42 Adrian Martinez passed to Wyatt Liewer to the left for 6 yard gain
  6. 13:42 3rd & 4 NEB 48 Adrian Martinez incomplete pass to the right
  7. 13:12 4th & 4 NEB 48 Daniel Cerni punted, no return
Illinois 1st, 12:34
  1. 12:34 1st & 10 ILL 26 Brandon Peters passed to Luke Ford to the left for 19 yard gain
  2. 12:27 1st & 10 ILL 45 Mike Epstein rushed up the middle for 2 yard loss
  3. 12:17 2nd & 12 ILL 43 Mike Epstein rushed to the left for 3 yard loss
  4. 11:42 3rd & 15 ILL 40 Brandon Peters passed to Isaiah Williams to the right for 9 yard gain
  5. 11:16 4th & 6 ILL 49 Blake Hayes punted, no return
Nebraska 1st, 10:32
  1. 10:32 1st & 10 NEB 1 Adrian Martinez incomplete pass to the left
  2. 10:04 2nd & 10 NEB 1 Gabe Ervin Jr. rushed to the right for 11 yard gain
  3. 10:01 1st & 10 NEB 12 Gabe Ervin Jr. rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain
  4. 9:52 2nd & 9 NEB 13 Adrian Martinez incomplete pass to the right
  5. 9:20 3rd & 9 NEB 13 Adrian Martinez rushed to the left for 6 yard gain
  6. 8:39 4th & 3 NEB 19 Daniel Cerni punted. Donny Navarro III returned punt for no gain
Illinois 1st, 8:33
  1. 8:33 1st & 10 ILL 37 Mike Epstein rushed to the right for 3 yard gain
  2. 7:49 2nd & 7 ILL 40 Brandon Peters incomplete pass to the left
  3. 7:42 3rd & 7 ILL 40 Brandon Peters passed to Casey Washington to the right for 7 yard gain
  4. 7:08 1st & 10 ILL 47 Isaiah Williams rushed to the right for 1 yard gain
  5. 6:59 2nd & 9 ILL 48 Reggie Love III rushed to the right for 1 yard gain
  6. 6:11 3rd & 8 ILL 49 Brandon Peters sacked for 9 yard loss
  7. 5:42 4th & 17 ILL 40 Blake Hayes punted. Omar Manning returned punt for 1 yard loss
Illinois 1st, 5:12
  1. 5:12 1st & 10 NEB 1 Adrian Martinez rushed up the middle for 1 yard loss. Safety NEB 0, ILL 2
Illinois 1st, 4:07
  1. 4:07 Nebraska kicked off, no return
  2. 4:07 1st & 10 ILL 24 Mike Epstein rushed to the right for 45 yard gain
  3. 4:00 1st & 10 NEB 31 Mike Epstein rushed up the middle for 2 yard gain
  4. 3:35 2nd & 8 NEB 29 Brandon Peters sacked for 6 yard loss
  5. 3:15 3rd & 14 NEB 35 Artur Sitkowski sacked for 2 yard loss
  6. 2:57 4th & 16 NEB 37 James McCourt missed a 55-yard field goal
Nebraska 1st, 1:52
  1. 1:52 1st & 10 NEB 37 Adrian Martinez rushed to the right for 3 yard gain
  2. 1:52 2nd & 7 NEB 40 Adrian Martinez rushed to the left for 1 yard gain. Illinois committed 15 yard penalty (Face Mask)
  3. 1:45 1st & 10 ILL 44 Adrian Martinez passed to Markese Stepp to the left for 30 yard gain
  4. 1:18 1st & 10 ILL 14 Markese Stepp rushed to the left for 1 yard gain
  5. 1:09 2nd & 9 ILL 13 Markese Stepp rushed to the right for 7 yard gain
  6. End of 1st Quarter
  7. 15:00 3rd & 2 ILL 6 Samori Toure rushed to the left for 4 yard gain
  8. 15:00 1st & 2 ILL 2 Markese Stepp rushed to the left for 2 yard touchdown NEB 6, ILL 2
  9. 14:25 Connor Culp missed PAT
Illinois 2nd, 14:25
  1. 14:25 Nebraska kicked off, touchback
  2. 14:25 1st & 10 ILL 25 Mike Epstein rushed to the left for 6 yard gain
  3. 14:25 2nd & 4 ILL 31 Mike Epstein rushed to the left for 3 yard gain
  4. 14:18 3rd & 1 ILL 34 Mike Epstein rushed to the left for 1 yard loss
  5. 13:32 4th & 2 ILL 33 Blake Hayes punted. Cam Taylor-Britt returned punt for 2 yards
Nebraska 2nd, 12:54
  1. 12:54 1st & 10 NEB 31 Adrian Martinez passed to Oliver Martin down the middle for 43 yard gain
  2. 12:16 1st & 10 ILL 26 Gabe Ervin Jr. rushed to the left for 1 yard gain
  3. 12:08 2nd & 9 ILL 25 Nebraska timeout
  4. 11:37 2nd & 9 ILL 25 Gabe Ervin Jr. rushed to the right for 6 yard gain
  5. 11:37 3rd & 3 ILL 19 Adrian Martinez rushed to the right for 5 yard gain
  6. 11:27 1st & 10 ILL 14 Adrian Martinez incomplete pass to the left
  7. 10:32 2nd & 10 ILL 14 Samori Toure rushed to the right for 5 yard gain
  8. 9:57 3rd & 5 ILL 9 Adrian Martinez incomplete pass to the left
  9. 9:49 4th & 5 ILL 9 Connor Culp kicked a 27-yard field goal NEB 9, ILL 2
Illinois 2nd, 9:15
  1. 9:15 Nebraska kicked off, touchback
  2. 9:15 1st & 10 ILL 25 Chase Brown rushed to the left for 4 yard gain
  3. 9:15 2nd & 6 ILL 29 Jakari Norwood rushed to the left for 12 yard gain
  4. 9:07 1st & 10 ILL 41 Jakari Norwood rushed to the left for 3 yard gain
  5. 8:32 2nd & 7 ILL 44 Chase Brown rushed up the middle for no gain
  6. 8:01 3rd & 7 ILL 44 Nebraska committed 15 yard penalty (Roughing the Passer)
  7. 7:20 1st & 10 NEB 41 Nebraska committed 17 yard penalty (Unsportsmanlike Conduct)
  8. 6:38 1st & 10 NEB 24 Mike Epstein rushed up the middle for 5 yard gain
  9. 6:38 2nd & 5 NEB 19 Mike Epstein rushed to the left for 3 yard gain
  10. 6:28 3rd & 2 NEB 16 Mike Epstein rushed to the left for 4 yard gain
  11. 5:51 1st & 10 NEB 12 Artur Sitkowski passed to Mike Epstein to the left for 2 yard gain
  12. 5:14 2nd & 8 NEB 10 Reggie Love III rushed up the middle for 2 yard gain
  13. 4:34 3rd & 6 NEB 8 Artur Sitkowski passed to Jakari Norwood to the right for 7 yard gain
  14. 4:01 4th & 1 NEB 1 Mike Epstein rushed up the middle for 1 yard touchdown NEB 9, ILL 8
  15. 2:51 James McCourt made PAT NEB 9, ILL 9
  16. 2:51 1st & 1 ILL 35 Illinois committed 15 yard penalty (Unnecessary Roughness)
Nebraska 2nd, 2:51
  1. 2:51 Illinois kicked off, touchback
  2. 2:51 1st & 10 NEB 25 Adrian Martinez rushed to the right for 5 yard gain
  3. 2:51 2nd & 5 NEB 30 Adrian Martinez passed to Oliver Martin down the middle for 9 yard gain
  4. 2:46 1st & 10 NEB 39 Adrian Martinez incomplete pass to the right
  5. 2:15 2nd & 10 NEB 39 Adrian Martinez sacked for 7 yard loss
  6. 1:59 3rd & 17 NEB 32 Illinois timeout
  7. 1:51 3rd & 17 NEB 32 Adrian Martinez incomplete pass to the right
  8. 1:51 4th & 17 NEB 32 Daniel Cerni punted. Donny Navarro III returned punt for 7 yards
Illinois 2nd, 1:45
  1. 1:45 1st & 10 ILL 29 Mike Epstein rushed to the left for 5 yard gain
  2. 1:34 2nd & 5 ILL 34 Artur Sitkowski passed to Casey Washington to the left for 6 yard gain
  3. 1:25 1st & 10 ILL 40 Artur Sitkowski incomplete pass to the left
  4. 1:11 2nd & 10 ILL 40 Artur Sitkowski passed to Donny Navarro III down the middle for 21 yard gain. Donny Navarro III fumbled. Myles Farmer recovered fumble for no gain
Nebraska 2nd, 1:07
  1. 1:07 1st & 10 NEB 39 Adrian Martinez incomplete pass to the left
  2. 0:58 2nd & 10 NEB 39 Adrian Martinez passed to Omar Manning to the right for 8 yard gain
  3. 0:53 3rd & 2 NEB 47 Adrian Martinez sacked for 5 yard loss. Adrian Martinez fumbled. Calvin Hart Jr. recovered fumble and returned for 42 yard touchdown NEB 9, ILL 15
  4. 0:37 James McCourt made PAT NEB 9, ILL 16
Nebraska 2nd, 0:37
  1. 0:37 Illinois kicked off, Zavier Betts returned kickoff for 17 yards
  2. 0:37 1st & 10 NEB 19 Gabe Ervin Jr. rushed up the middle for 4 yard gain
  3. 0:31 2nd & 6 NEB 23 Adrian Martinez sacked for 11 yard loss
Illinois 3rd, 15:00
  1. 15:00 Nebraska kicked off, touchback
  2. 15:00 1st & 10 ILL 25 Chase Brown rushed to the left for 3 yard gain
  3. 15:00 2nd & 7 ILL 28 Artur Sitkowski passed to Isaiah Williams to the right for 12 yard gain
  4. 14:53 1st & 10 ILL 40 Chase Brown rushed up the middle for 15 yard gain
  5. 14:17 1st & 10 NEB 45 Isaiah Williams rushed to the left for 7 yard gain
  6. 13:44 2nd & 3 NEB 38 Artur Sitkowski rushed to the right for 3 yard loss
  7. 13:05 3rd & 6 NEB 41 Artur Sitkowski rushed up the middle for 9 yard gain
  8. 12:35 1st & 10 NEB 32 Reggie Love III rushed to the right for 7 yard gain
  9. 11:44 2nd & 3 NEB 25 Artur Sitkowski passed to Isaiah Williams to the left for 2 yard gain
  10. 11:13 3rd & 1 NEB 23 Mike Epstein rushed to the left for 2 yard gain
  11. 10:32 1st & 10 NEB 21 Chase Brown rushed to the right for 2 yard gain
  12. 10:01 2nd & 8 NEB 19 Artur Sitkowski passed to Isaiah Williams to the left for 14 yard gain
  13. 9:32 1st & 5 NEB 5 Reggie Love III rushed up the middle for 3 yard gain
  14. 8:58 2nd & 2 NEB 2 Reggie Love III rushed up the middle for no gain
  15. 8:18 3rd & 2 NEB 2 Artur Sitkowski passed to Luke Ford down the middle for 2 yard touchdown NEB 9, ILL 22
  16. 6:56 James McCourt made PAT NEB 9, ILL 23
Nebraska 3rd, 6:56
  1. 6:56 Illinois kicked off, Rahmir Johnson returned kickoff for 13 yards
  2. 6:56 1st & 10 NEB 20 Adrian Martinez incomplete pass to the left
  3. 6:52 2nd & 10 NEB 20 Adrian Martinez rushed to the right for 7 yard gain
  4. 6:45 3rd & 3 NEB 27 Nebraska committed 10 yard penalty (Holding)
  5. 6:37 3rd & 13 NEB 17 Adrian Martinez sacked for 7 yard loss
  6. 6:10 4th & 20 NEB 10 Daniel Cerni punted. Donny Navarro III returned punt for no gain
Illinois 3rd, 5:52
  1. 5:52 1st & 10 NEB 47 Jakari Norwood rushed to the left for 1 yard gain
  2. 5:11 2nd & 9 NEB 46 Artur Sitkowski passed to Deuce Spann to the left for 45 yard gain
  3. 5:05 1st & 1 NEB 1 Artur Sitkowski passed to Isaiah Williams down the middle for 1 yard touchdown NEB 9, ILL 29
  4. 4:01 James McCourt made PAT NEB 9, ILL 30
Nebraska 3rd, 4:01
  1. 4:01 Illinois kicked off, touchback
  2. 4:01 1st & 10 NEB 25 Adrian Martinez rushed up the middle for 75 yard touchdown NEB 15, ILL 30
  3. 3:48 Connor Culp made PAT NEB 16, ILL 30
Illinois 3rd, 3:48
  1. 3:48 Nebraska kicked off, Carlos Sandy returned kickoff for no gain
  2. 3:48 1st & 10 ILL 25 Chase Hayden rushed to the left for 2 yard gain
  3. 3:48 2nd & 8 ILL 27 Artur Sitkowski passed to Luke Ford to the left for 9 yard gain
  4. 3:41 1st & 10 ILL 36 Chase Hayden rushed to the left for 1 yard gain
  5. 3:14 2nd & 9 ILL 37 Chase Hayden rushed to the left for 5 yard gain
  6. 2:48 3rd & 4 ILL 42 Illinois timeout
  7. 1:28 3rd & 4 ILL 42 Artur Sitkowski incomplete pass to the left
  8. 1:28 4th & 4 ILL 42 Blake Hayes punted. Oliver Martin returned punt for no gain
Nebraska 3rd, 1:25
  1. 1:25 1st & 10 NEB 21 Adrian Martinez passed to Omar Manning to the left for 18 yard gain
  2. 1:17 1st & 10 NEB 39 Adrian Martinez rushed up the middle for 7 yard gain
  3. 1:10 2nd & 3 NEB 46 Gabe Ervin Jr. rushed up the middle for 5 yard gain
  4. 0:52 1st & 10 ILL 49 Nebraska committed 15 yard penalty (Pass Interference)
  5. 0:33 1st & 25 NEB 36 Gabe Ervin Jr. rushed up the middle for 1 yard loss
  6. End of 3rd Quarter
  7. 15:00 2nd & 26 NEB 35 Adrian Martinez passed to Oliver Martin to the right for 28 yard gain
  8. 15:00 1st & 10 ILL 37 Nebraska committed 10 yard penalty (Holding)
  9. 14:52 1st & 20 ILL 47 Adrian Martinez sacked for 6 yard loss
  10. 14:23 2nd & 26 NEB 47 Adrian Martinez passed to Oliver Martin to the right for 10 yard gain
  11. 14:13 3rd & 16 ILL 43 Adrian Martinez incomplete pass to the right
  12. 13:40 4th & 10 ILL 37 Daniel Cerni punted. Donny Navarro III returned punt for no gain
Illinois 4th, 13:16
  1. 13:16 1st & 10 ILL 24 Reggie Love III rushed to the left for 5 yard gain
  2. 13:09 2nd & 5 ILL 29 Reggie Love III rushed to the left for 7 yard gain
  3. 13:02 1st & 10 ILL 36 Reggie Love III rushed to the left for 7 yard gain
  4. 12:24 2nd & 3 ILL 43 Reggie Love III rushed to the left for 4 yard gain
  5. 11:45 1st & 10 ILL 47 Mike Epstein rushed up the middle for 1 yard loss
  6. 11:03 2nd & 11 ILL 46 Artur Sitkowski passed to Isaiah Williams to the right for 3 yard gain
  7. 10:28 3rd & 8 ILL 49 Artur Sitkowski incomplete pass to the right
  8. 10:03 4th & 8 ILL 49 Blake Hayes punted. Oliver Martin returned punt for no gain
Nebraska 4th, 9:30
  1. 9:30 1st & 10 NEB 9 Adrian Martinez passed to Austin Allen to the right for 9 yard gain
  2. 9:23 2nd & 1 NEB 18 Adrian Martinez passed to Wyatt Liewer to the left for 7 yard gain
  3. 9:14 1st & 10 NEB 25 Adrian Martinez rushed up the middle for 2 yard gain
  4. 8:58 2nd & 8 NEB 27 Rahmir Johnson rushed to the right for 2 yard gain
  5. 8:33 3rd & 6 NEB 29 Adrian Martinez passed to Samori Toure down the middle for 16 yard gain
  6. 8:08 1st & 10 NEB 45 Rahmir Johnson rushed up the middle for 2 yard gain
  7. 7:40 2nd & 8 NEB 47 Adrian Martinez passed to Oliver Martin to the left for 9 yard gain
  8. 7:26 1st & 10 ILL 44 Rahmir Johnson rushed to the right for 7 yard gain
  9. 7:08 2nd & 3 ILL 37 Rahmir Johnson rushed up the middle for no gain
  10. 6:55 3rd & 3 ILL 37 Adrian Martinez rushed to the left for 10 yard gain
  11. 6:37 1st & 10 ILL 27 Player rushed up the middle for 14 yard loss. Player fumbled. Rahmir Johnson recovered fumble for no gain
  12. 6:05 2nd & 24 NEB 41 Illinois timeout
  13. 5:23 2nd & 24 NEB 41 Adrian Martinez rushed up the middle for 26 yard gain
  14. 5:23 1st & 10 ILL 15 Adrian Martinez passed to Samori Toure to the right for 5 yard gain
  15. 5:05 2nd & 5 ILL 10 Adrian Martinez incomplete pass to the left
  16. 4:41 3rd & 5 ILL 10 Gabe Ervin Jr. rushed to the left for 5 yard gain
  17. 4:27 1st & 5 ILL 5 Adrian Martinez rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain
  18. 4:11 2nd & 4 ILL 4 Gabe Ervin Jr. rushed to the right for no gain
  19. 3:52 3rd & 4 ILL 4 Gabe Ervin Jr. rushed up the middle for no gain
  20. 3:33 4th & 4 ILL 4 Adrian Martinez passed to Oliver Martin to the left for 4 yard touchdown NEB 22, ILL 30
  21. 2:41 Connor Culp missed PAT
Illinois 4th, 2:41
  1. 2:41 Nebraska kicked off, touchback
  2. 2:41 1st & 10 ILL 25 Reggie Love III rushed to the left for 9 yard gain
  3. 2:41 2nd & 1 ILL 34 Chase Hayden rushed to the left for 4 yard gain
  4. 2:33 1st & 10 ILL 38 Reggie Love III rushed to the left for 1 yard loss
  5. 1:49 2nd & 11 ILL 37 Nebraska timeout
  6. 1:11 2nd & 11 ILL 37 Mike Epstein rushed to the left for 3 yard gain
  7. 1:11 3rd & 8 ILL 40 Nebraska timeout
  8. 1:05 3rd & 8 ILL 40 Reggie Love III rushed to the left for 1 yard gain
  9. 1:05 4th & 7 ILL 41 Nebraska timeout
  10. 1:00 4th & 7 ILL 41 Blake Hayes punted. Oliver Martin returned punt for no gain
Nebraska 4th, 1:00
  1. 1:00 1st & 10 NEB 13 Adrian Martinez incomplete pass to the left
  2. 0:54 2nd & 10 NEB 13 Adrian Martinez passed to Austin Allen to the right for 14 yard gain
  3. 0:48 1st & 10 NEB 27 Adrian Martinez incomplete pass to the left
  4. 0:42 2nd & 10 NEB 27 Adrian Martinez incomplete pass to the right
  5. 0:31 3rd & 10 NEB 27 Adrian Martinez incomplete pass to the left
  6. 0:25 4th & 10 NEB 27 Adrian Martinez incomplete pass to the left
Illinois 4th, 0:19
  1. 0:19 1st & 10 NEB 27 Player rushed up the middle for 2 yard loss
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