Illinois 25, Minnesota 14 October 6, 2001 - Memorial Stadium - Champaign, IL

NCAAF   FINAL               1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL
                            ---  ---  ---  ---     -----
        MINNESOTA             0    0   14    0      14
        ILLINOIS             10    3   12    0      25   FINAL

        SCORING SUMMARY

        1ST QTR: ILL  - FG, PETER CHRISTOFILAKOS 20 YD, 7:19
                 ILL  - TD, BRANDON LLOYD 28 YD PASS FROM KURT KITTNER
                            (PETER CHRISTOFILAKOS KICK), 12:33
        2ND QTR: ILL  - FG, PETER CHRISTOFILAKOS 22 YD, 13:45
        3RD QTR: ILL  - FG, PETER CHRISTOFILAKOS 20 YD, 2:44
                 MINN - TD, MARION BARBER 7 YD RUN (DAN NYSTROM KICK), 7:06
                 ILL  - FG, JOHN GOCKMAN 51 YD, 10:25
                 MINN - TD, ANTOINE BURNS 16 YD PASS FROM TRAVIS COLE (DAN
                            NYSTROM KICK), 12:44
                 ILL  - TD, BRANDON LLOYD 59 YD PASS FROM KURT KITTNER
                            (PAT FAILED), 13:23
        4TH QTR: NONE
                                                                        

Extended Box

NCAAF                 1  2  3  4   F 
                      -  -  -  -  -- 
Minnesota             0  0 14  0  14 
Illinois             10  3 12  0  25  FINAL 

 Illinois-FG Christofilako 20
 Illinois-Lloyd 28 pass from Kittner (Christofilako kick)
 Illinois-FG Christofilako 22
 Illinois-FG Christofilako 20
 Minnesota-Barber 7 run (Nystrom kick)
 Illinois-FG Gockman 51
 Minnesota-A Burns 16 pass from Cole (Nystrom kick)
 Illinois-Lloyd 59 pass from Kittner (kick failed)

                      Minnesota    Illinois 
First downs                  20          25 
Rushed-yards             38-149      48-198 
Passing yards               242         239 
Sacked-yards lost          4-33         0-0 
Return yards                 10          22 
Passes                  20-34-1     16-28-1 
Punts                    6-32.8      3-41.3 
Fumbles-lost                0-0         1-0 
Penalties-yards            6-55        6-73 
Time of possession        28:23       31:37 

Individual Statistics 
RUSHING: Minnesota-T Redmon 23-96, Barber 7-58, Henderson 1-4,
Abdul-khaliq 3-0, Cole 4-minus 9. Illinois-A Harris 18-65, R
Harvey 17-65, C Davis 12-65, Kittner 1-3.


PASSING: Minnesota-Cole 16-28-1-189, Abdul-khaliq 4-4-0-53, R
Johnson 0-1-0-0, Team 0-1-0-0. Illinois-Kittner 16-28-1-239.

RECEIVING: Minnesota-R Johnson 8-99, A Burns 4-50, Henderson
4-38, Utecht 2-47, T Redmon 2-8. Illinois-Lloyd 9-168, A
Moorehead 2-28, C Davis 2-15, Young 1-12, R Harvey 1-9, Smith
1-7.

Att: 53,225
                                                                        


Game Story

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois (Ticker) -- Kurt Kittner passed for 239
yards and threw two touchdowns to Brandon Lloyd as Illinois
rebounded from its first loss to record a 25-14 Big Ten
Conference victory over Minnesota. 

Kittner, who completed 16-of-28, tossed a 28-yard TD pass to
Lloyd with 2:27 remaining in the first period. Peter
Christofilakos kicked field goals of 20, 22 and 20 yards to give
the Fighting Illini (4-1, 1-1 Big 10) a 16-0 lead early in the
third quarter. 

Illinois suffered a 45-20 loss to Michigan last week, denying
the Illini their first 4-0 start in 50 years. 

Minnesota (1-3, 0-2) tried to rally in the second half, closing
to 19-14 on Marrion Barber's seven-yard TD run and Travis Cole's
16-yard TD pass to Antoine Burns with 2:16 left in the third
period. 


But Illinois marched 72 yards in just 39 seconds, taking a 25-14
lead on Kittner's 59-yard TD to Lloyd. 

Antoineo Harris and Rocky Harvey each rushed for 65 yards for
the Illini. 

Travis Cole completed 16-of-28 for 189 yards and an interception
for the Golden Gophers. Tellis Redmon paced Minnesota on the
ground with 96 yards on 23 attempts.