Illinois Fighting Illini

15thin Big Ten · 2-1

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Illinois Fighting Illini beat the Southern Illinois Salukis

2-2 10 – 48

2-1

Final · Sat, Sep 19

Game Details

Gies Memorial Stadium (Champaign) · 60,670 fans · Peacock

Recap

Collin Dixon catches two more TD passes, Illinois beats Southern Illinois 48-10

Katin Houser threw two second-quarter touchdown passes to Collin Dixon to lead Illinois past Southern Illinois 48-10 on Saturday.

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Gies Memorial Stadium · Champaign

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
SIU	7	3	0	0	10
ILL	14	17	0	17	48

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Game Leaders

Southern Illinois Salukis

DJ Williams · 20/38, 182 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Jake Curry · 4 CAR, 22 YDSRushing Yards
Kyle Thomas · 6 REC, 77 YDSReceiving Yards
Lance Bassett · 1Sacks
Te'Nerrean Jackson · 8Tackles

Illinois Fighting Illini

Katin Houser · 23/29, 305 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Aidan Laughery · 4 CAR, 93 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Collin Dixon · 8 REC, 131 YDS, 2 TDReceiving Yards
Joe Barna · 0.5Sacks
Juice Clarke · 7Tackles

2026 Missouri Valley Football Conference Standings

Team
North Dakota
South Dakota State
Northern Iowa
Youngstown State
South Dakota
Southern Illinois
Illinois State
Indiana State
Murray State

2026 Big Ten Conference Standings

Team
Indiana
Nebraska
UCLA
Minnesota
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Oregon
USC
Iowa
Northwestern
Purdue
Michigan
Penn State
Washington
Illinois
Maryland
Michigan State
Rutgers

Scoring

Q4 8:38

TD Javari Barnett 5 Yd Run (Ethan Moczulski Kick)10–48

Q4 13:03

TD Matthew Bailey 88 Yd Interception Return (Ethan Moczulski Kick)10–41

Q4 14:56

FG Ethan Moczulski 42 Yd Field Goal 10–34

Q2 0:00

FG Ethan Moczulski 36 Yd Field Goal 10–31

Q2 2:18

FG Weston Schofield 27 Yd Field Goal 10–28

Q2 9:44

TD Collin Dixon 27 Yd pass from Katin Houser (Ethan Moczulski Kick)7–28

Q2 14:22

TD Collin Dixon 45 Yd pass from Katin Houser (Ethan Moczulski Kick)7–21

Q1 2:57

TD Aidan Laughery 77 Yd Run (Ethan Moczulski Kick)7–14

Q1 3:46

TD Allen Middleton 8 Yd pass from DJ Williams (Weston Schofield Kick)7–7

Q1 9:25

TD Jordan Anderson 1 Yd Run (Ethan Moczulski Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Southern Illinois SalukisIllinois Fighting Illini

Offense

257 Total Yards 503

228 Passing Yards 305

29 Rushing Yards 198

18 First Downs 21

Efficiency

3-15 3rd Down 4-10

1-4 4th Down 1-1

22/42 Completions 23/29

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 1

5-35 Penalties 5-44

34:06 Possession 25:54

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
DJ Williams	20/38	182	4.8	1	1	--
Kyle Thomas	1/1	37	37.0	0	0	--
Jake Curry	1/3	9	3.0	0	0	--
Team	22/42	228	5.4	1	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Jake Curry	4	22	5.5	7
Markell Quick	1	9	9.0	9
DJ Williams	7	7	1.0	10
Chandler Chapman	6	6	1.0	3
Quade Chatmon	2	4	2.0	3
ET Harris	1	1	1.0	1
Edward Robinson	2	0	0.0	2
Lem Wash	2	-2	-1.0	0
Jayden McCaster	1	-2	-2.0	0
Team	1	-16	-16.0	-16
Team	27	29	1.1	10

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Kyle Thomas	6	77	12.8	0	41
Edward Robinson	1	37	37.0	0	37
Allen Middleton	5	33	6.6	1	9
Karsen Konkel	2	28	14.0	0	21
Kam White	2	21	10.5	0	12
Miles Marshall	3	19	6.3	0	12
Traivon Dyson	1	7	7.0	0	7
Markell Quick	1	6	6.0	0	6
Quade Chatmon	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	22	228	10.4	1	41

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Team	1	0	0
Quade Chatmon	1	0	0
Team	2	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Te'Nerrean Jackson	8	6	0	0	0
Andrew Behm	6	4	0	0	0
Chris Presto	6	3	0	0	0
Ben Fiegel	6	2	0	0	0
Vinny Pierre Jr.	5	3	0	0	0
Cameron Cason	4	4	0	0	0
Gavin Shepard	4	2	0	0	0
Matthew McClelland	3	0	0	0	0
Kaden Lewis	2	1	0	0	0
Sam Farmer	2	1	0	0	0
Charles Whelpley	2	0	0	0	0
Lance Bassett	1	1	1	1	0
Ibrahim Sanogo	1	1	1	1	0
Naz Hill	1	1	0	0	0
Amir Dwight	1	1	0	0	0
Sebastian Vargas	1	1	0	1	0
Joshua Newkirk	1	1	0	0	0
David Obadein	1	1	0	0	0
Alex Broshears	1	1	0	0	0
Jake Parrella	0	0	0	0	1
Team	56	34	2	3	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Sebastian Vargas	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Markell Quick	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	1	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Weston Schofield	1/1	100.0	27	1/1	4
Team	1/1	100.0	27	1/1	4

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Elijah Gorman	7	289	41.3	1	1	57
Team	7	289	41.3	1	1	57

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Katin Houser	23/29	305	10.5	2	1	75.2
Team	23/29	305	10.5	2	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Aidan Laughery	4	93	23.3	1	77
Javari Barnett	8	50	6.3	1	18
Ca'Lil Valentine	9	33	3.7	0	8
Jordan Anderson	3	11	3.7	1	9
Carson Boyd	1	8	8.0	0	8
Katin Houser	3	3	1.0	0	9
Team	28	198	7.1	3	77

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Collin Dixon	8	131	16.4	2	45
Hudson Clement	5	69	13.8	0	23
Brayden Trimble	5	57	11.4	0	15
Ty Robinson	1	21	21.0	0	21
Davin Stoffel	1	12	12.0	0	12
Kaden Feagin	2	9	4.5	0	5
Christian Abney	1	6	6.0	0	6
Team	23	305	13.3	2	45

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Juice Clarke	7	5	0	0	2	0	0
Jack Paris	5	4	0	0.5	0	0	0
Ismael Kante	5	2	0	0.5	0	1	0
Tanner Heckel	4	3	0	1	0	0	0
James Kreutz	4	1	0	0.5	1	0	0
Mac Resetich	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Xavier Scott	3	2	0	0.5	0	0	0
Joe Barna	3	2	0.5	1.5	0	0	0
Darrell Prater	3	1	0.5	0.5	0	0	0
Cameron Thomas	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tywan Cox	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Matthew Bailey	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
Carter Janki	2	1	0	0.5	0	1	0
Jakwon Morris	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Clawson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Demetrius John	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Edmonson	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Deuce Fillmore	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ean Rhea	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Mason Muragin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Thomison	1	0	0	0.5	0	0	0
Grant Beerman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Xanai Scott	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Hankins Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Will Holmes	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Kayden Bennett	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team	57	35	1	6	4	6	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Matthew Bailey	1	88	1
Team	1	88	1

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Ethan Moczulski	2/2	100.0	42	6/6	12
Team	2/2	100.0	42	6/6	12

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Lars Rau	3	130	43.3	0	1	49
Team	3	130	43.3	0	1	49

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