Illinois State Redbirds

FCS Championship · Semifinals

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Illinois State Redbirds beat the Villanova Wildcats

12-4 30 – 14

12-3

Final · Sat, Dec 20

Game Details

Villanova Stadium (Philadelphia) · 4,133 fans · ESPN2 View tournament bracket →

Highlights

Illinois State beats Villanova 30-14 to advance to FCS title game against Montana State

Tommy Rittenhouse threw two touchdown passes to Daniel Sobkowicz and Victor Dawson rushed for 155 yards and a score to lead Illinois State to a 30-14 victory over Villanova in a FCS semifinal on Saturday night at Villanova Stadium.

Recap via ESPN

1:19 Illinois State Redbirds vs. Villanova Wildcats: Full Highlights

0:28 Tommy Rittenhouse fires a dime to Daniel Sobkowicz for an Illinois State TD

0:14 Jack Barnum makes 23-yard field goal

0:24 Victor Dawson plows across the goal line for a Illinois State TD

Clips play on ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
ILST	7	14	6	3	30
VILL	0	6	0	8	14

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Game Leaders

Illinois State Redbirds

Tommy Rittenhouse · 18/38, 251 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Victor Dawson · 34 CAR, 155 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Daniel Sobkowicz · 7 REC, 97 YDS, 2 TDReceiving Yards
Dexter Niekamp · 1Sacks
Solomon Oduma · 6Tackles

Villanova Wildcats

Pat McQuaide · 13/30, 199 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Ja'briel Mace · 11 CAR, 59 YDSRushing Yards
Luke Colella · 4 REC, 58 YDSReceiving Yards
Shane Hartzell · 1Sacks
Richie Kimmel · 9Tackles

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 Patriot League Standings

Team
Lehigh
Richmond
Colgate
Holy Cross
Villanova
Fordham
William & Mary
Bucknell
Lafayette
Georgetown

Scoring

Q4 3:18

TD Antonio Johnson 16 Yd pass from Pat McQuaide (Pat McQuaide Pass to Braden Reed for Two-Point Conversion)30–14

Q4 5:10

FG Michael Cosentino 30 Yd Field Goal 30–6

Q3 0:02

FG Michael Cosentino 29 Yd Field Goal 27–6

Q3 11:03

FG Michael Cosentino 35 Yd Field Goal 24–6

Q2 3:49

TD Daniel Sobkowicz 8 Yd pass from Tommy Rittenhouse (Michael Cosentino Kick)21–6

Q2 4:51

FG Jack Barnum 35 Yd Field Goal 14–6

Q2 8:43

TD Victor Dawson 1 Yd Run (Michael Cosentino Kick)14–3

Q2 14:56

FG Jack Barnum 23 Yd Field Goal 7–3

Q1 2:36

TD Daniel Sobkowicz 53 Yd pass from Tommy Rittenhouse (Michael Cosentino Kick)7–0

Team Stats

Illinois State RedbirdsVillanova Wildcats

Offense

426 Total Yards 300

251 Passing Yards 199

175 Rushing Yards 101

26 First Downs 15

Efficiency

11-20 3rd Down 1-10

1-1 4th Down 1-2

18/38 Completions 13/30

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 1

2-20 Penalties 6-46

39:43 Possession 20:17

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Tommy Rittenhouse	18/38	251	6.6	2	1
Team	18/38	251	6.6	2	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Victor Dawson	34	155	4.6	1	26
Tommy Rittenhouse	8	20	2.5	0	10
Seth Glatz	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	43	175	4.1	1	26

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Daniel Sobkowicz	7	97	13.9	2	53
Seth Glatz	1	68	68.0	0	68
Scotty Presson Jr.	3	26	8.7	0	11
Dylan Lord	3	20	6.7	0	12
Luke Mailander	1	12	12.0	0	12
Javon Charles	1	10	10.0	0	10
Victor Dawson	1	10	10.0	0	10
Eddie Kasper	1	8	8.0	0	8
Team	18	251	13.9	2	68

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Mar'Quan Gary	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Solomon Oduma	6	0	0.5	0.5	0	0
Reese Edwards	5	2	0	0	0	0
Tye Niekamp	5	2	0	1	2	0
Patrick Bauer	4	4	0	0	1	0
Mason Kaplan	4	3	0	1	1	1
CJ Richard Jr.	4	3	0	0	0	0
La'Shavion Brown	4	3	0	0	0	0
Nate Kraus	4	1	0	0	0	0
Garret Steffen	4	0	0.5	0.5	0	0
Dexter Niekamp	2	1	1	1	0	0
Cam Wilson	2	1	0	0	1	0
Aidan Crews	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jacob Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shadwel Nkuba II	1	0	0	0	1	0
Anthony Corona	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nio Espinoza	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	49	21	2	4	6	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
CJ Richard Jr.	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Mar'Quan Gary	1	20	20.0	20
Chris Taylor	1	19	19.0	19
Team	2	39	19.5	20

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Eddie Kasper	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team	1	8	8.0	8	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Michael Cosentino	3/3	100.0	35	3/3	12
Team	3/3	100.0	35	3/3	12

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Hayden Futch	2	65	32.5	0	1	34
Team	2	65	32.5	0	1	34

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Pat McQuaide	13/30	199	6.6	1	1
Team	13/30	199	6.6	1	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Ja'briel Mace	11	59	5.4	13
Isaiah Ragland	5	34	6.8	16
Braden Reed	1	12	12.0	12
David Avit	2	4	2.0	4
Team	1	-1	-1.0	1
Pat McQuaide	4	-7	-1.8	1
Team	24	101	4.2	16

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Luke Colella	4	58	14.5	0	40
Braden Reed	3	56	18.7	0	39
Lucas Kopecky	2	44	22.0	0	37
AJ Johnson	3	43	14.3	1	16
Isaiah Ragland	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Team	13	199	15.3	1	40

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Ja'briel Mace	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Richie Kimmel	9	2	0	0.5	0	0
Christian Sapp	8	5	0	0	0	0
Shane Hartzell	7	4	1	2	0	3
Anthony Hawkins	5	3	0	0.5	1	0
Omari Bursey	5	3	0	0	0	0
Capri Martin	4	2	0	0	0	1
Ayden Howard	4	1	0	0	0	0
Jason Hall Jr.	4	1	0	0	0	0
Jamie Tyson	3	3	0	0	0	0
Newton Essiem	3	3	0	0	1	0
Zahmir Dawud	3	2	0	0	1	0
Julian Talley	2	1	0	0	0	0
Josh Oluremi	2	1	0	0	0	0
Garrett Rogan	2	1	0	0	0	0
Ratu Delano Navoti	2	1	0	1	0	2
Julian Glantz	1	1	0	0	0	0
Damill Bostic Jr.	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kaleb Moody	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jayvont Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0
AJ Koukou	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brenden Toppin	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	69	35	1	4	3	6

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Zahmir Dawud	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Ja'briel Mace	3	61	20.3	29
Julian Glantz	1	12	12.0	12
Jason Hall Jr.	2	4	2.0	9
Team	6	77	12.8	29

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Jack Barnum	2/2	100.0	35	0/0	6
Team	2/2	100.0	35	0/0	6

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Luke Larsen	3	116	38.7	0	1	41
Team	3	116	38.7	0	1	41

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