Minnesota 25, No. 24 Illinois 17

Minnesota 3 10 3 9 — 25 Illinois 0 10 0 7 — 17

First quarter

MIN — FG Kesich 20, 6:21.

Second quarter

ILL — FG Olano 25, 10:08.

MIN — Taylor 29 run (Kesich kick), 6:55.

ILL — McCray 42 run (Olano kick), 3:28.

MIN — FG Kesich 45, :19.

Third quarter

MIN — FG Kesich 38, 4:36.

Fourth quarter

ILL — Franklin 21 pass from Altmyer (Olano kick), 9:03.

MIN — Geers 1 pass from Brosmer (pass failed), 5:14.

MIN — FG Kesich 46, 1:52.

MIN ILL

First downs 21 20

Total net yards 361 352

Rushes-yards 32-148 29-126

Passing 213 226

Punt returns 0-0 3-18

Kickoff returns 1-18 0-0

Interceptions ret 0-0 0-0

Comp-att-int 22-37-0 20-33-0

Sacked yds lost 2-11 4-21

Punts 3-48.0 4-36.75

Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-2

Penalties-yards 7-45 2-13

Time of poss 34:59 25:01

INDIVIDUAL Stats

Rushing — Minnesota, Taylor 22-131, Major 5-20, Crawford 1-10, (Team) 1-(minus 2), Brosmer 3-(minus 11). Illinois, McCray 7-72, Laughery 5-19, Valentine 5-12, Altmyer 10-12, P.Bryant 1-6, Anderson 1-5.

Passing — Minnesota, Brosmer 22-37-0-213. Illinois, Altmyer 20-33-0-226.

Receiving — Minnesota, Taylor 9-58, Spencer 6-67, Jackson 5-74, Geers 2-14. Illinois, P.Bryant 5-72, Franklin 5-71, Goda 2-27, Beatty 2-17, Laughery 2-14, Dixon 2-13, Wilcher 2-12.

Missed field goals — Illinois, Moczulski 55.