In a battle of bowl-eligible groups, No. 25 Illinois rallied on a last-second 40-yard move from QB Luke Altmyer to Pat Bryant to assert a formidable win.
Altmyer threw a pair of touchdowns and ran for an additional rating as Illinois rallied late to put up a formidable 38-31 victory.
Illinois (8-3, 5-3 in Massive Ten) might be the league’s prime crew outdoors the quartet of seemingly School Soccer Playoff picks. The Illini got here in off a win over Michigan State and now might handle a 9-3 season with a visit to Northwestern coming subsequent. Rutgers (6-5, 3-5 in Massive Ten) defeated Maryland final week to realize bowl eligibility, however misplaced a recreation through which they led for a lot of the manner.
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The groups traded scores all through the primary half, however a missed further level by Illinois and a 75-yard drive by Rutgers to shut out the second quarter (ending in a Kaliakmanis TD move to Ian Robust) gave Rutgers a 17-9 lead.
Illinois scored on a four-yard TD run mid-third quarter by missed a two-point conversion to tie the sport. The groups traded fourth-quarter touchdowns earlier than Illinois’s Luke Altmyer broke off a 30-yard scoring run to present Illinois its first lead of the sport, 30-24.
Rutgers answered with a 10-play, 65-yard drive culminating in a 13-yard scoring move to working again Kyle Monangai from Kaliakmanis to retake a 31-30 benefit with 1:08 to play.
It wasn’t sufficient as Altmyer’s 40-yard bomb to Bryant delivered the profitable rating with simply 4 seconds left.
- Rutgers: 34-yard subject objective by Jai Patel, 3-0, 5:52 remaining in 1st quarter
- Illinois: 29-yard subject objective by David Olano, 3-3, 14:56 remaining in 2nd quarter
- Rutgers: 12-yard TD run by Athan Kaliakmanis (Patel XPT), 10-3, 9:20 remaining in 2nd quarter
- Illinois: 18-yard TD move to Hank Beatty from Luke Altmeyer (Olano XPT missed), 10-9, 5:32 remaining in 2nd quarter
- Rutgers: 2-yard TD move to Ian Robust from Athan Kaliakmanis (Patel XPT), 17-9, 0:06 remaining in 2nd quarter
- Illinois: 4-yard TD run by Josh McCray (Two level conversion failed), 17-15, 6:36 remaining in third quarter
- Rutgers: 1-yard TD run by Athan Kaliakmanis (Patel XPT), 24-15, 14:51 remaining in 4th quarter
- Illinois: 8-yard TD run by Aidan Laughery (Olano XPT), 24-22, 13:48 remaining in 4th quarter
- Illinois: 30-yard TD run by Luke Altmeyer (Altmeyer to McCray for two-point conversion), 30-24, 3:07 remaining in 4th quarter
- Rutgers: 13-yard TD move to Kyle Monangai from Athan Kaliakmanis (Patel XPT), 31-30, 1:08 remaining in 4th quarter
- Illinois: 40-yard TD move to Pat Bryant from Luke Altmyer (Two level conversion failed), 36-31, 0:04 remaining in 4th quarter
- Illinois: Security on kickoff, 38-31, remaining.
Illinois finishes the common season with a visit to Northwestern, whereas Rutgers closes the common season by touring to Michigan State. Each groups are bowl-eligible and could have postseason play forward.
Edited by Joe Cox