Illinois vs. Nebraska: Box score, stats and summary feat. Dylan Raiola (Week 4)

The 24th-ranked Illinois Fighting Illini and the 24th-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers are battling it out on Friday night in Big Ten Conference action. The game has been as exciting as anticipated as we saw a back-and-forth game that wound up going to overtime.

However, the Fighting Illini would dominate in the overtime period as they scored a touchdown right away and recorded three sacks on defense to secure a 31-24 road win to improve to 4-0 (1-0 Big Ten). Let's take a deeper dive into the box score and statistics to decide how things wound up going this way for both teams.

Illinois vs. Nebraska box score

Team	First Quarter	Second Quarter	Third Quarter	Fourth Quarter	Overtime	Final Score
Illinois	7	3	7	7	7	31
Nebraska	10	7	0	7	0	24

Illinois box score

Quarterback:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Pass Completions	Passing Yards	Passing TDs	Interceptions
Luke Altmyer	10	21	0	21-27	215	4	0

Receiving & Rushing:

Player	Rushing Attempts	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Receiving TDs
Brandon Henderson	0	0	0	1	6	1
Malik Elzy	0	0	0	1	15	0
Ca'Lil Valentine	3	10	0	0	0	0
Kaden Feagin	12	69	0	0	0	0
Luke Altmyer	10	21	0	0	0	0
Josh McCray	9	38	0	1	6	0
Pat Bryant	0	0	0	5	74	2
Zakhari Franklin	0	0	0	5	50	0
Hank Beatty	0	0	0	1	14	0
Tanner Arkin	0	0	0	4	28	1
Collin Dixon	0	0	0	2	25	0
Aidan Laughery	4	30	0	1	-3	0

Defense:

Player	Interceptions	Fumble Recoveries
Torrie Cox Jr	1	0

Kicking:

Player	Extra Points Made/Attempted	Field Goals Made/Attempted	Long
David Olano	4-4	1-1	26

Nebraska box score

Quarterback:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Pass Completions	Passing Yards	Passing TDs	Interceptions
Dylan Raiola	5	-23	0	23-35	284	3	1

Receiving & Rushing:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Receiving TDs
Janirian Bonner	0	0	0	1	1	1
Jaylen Lloyd	0	0	0	1	17	0
Dante Dowdell	20	72	0	2	10	0
Isaiah Neyor	1	13	0	4	90	2
Rahmir Johnson	4	17	0	2	14	0
Dylan Raiola	5	-23	0	0	0	0
Jahmal Banks	0	0	0	7	81	0
Jacory Barney Jr	0	0	0	4	25	0
Thomas Fidone II	0	0	0	2	46	0

Defense:

Player	Interceptions	Fumble Recoveries
Makai Gbayor	0	1
DeShon Singleton	0	1

Kicking:

Player	Extra Points Made/Attempted	Field Goals Made/Attempted	Long
John Hohl	3-3	1-2	21

Illinois vs. Nebraska Game Summary

These teams were able to play an extremely close game and this game lived up to the hype surrounding it. Both quarterbacks stepped up against strong defenses. The Illinois defense was able to step up in overtime in order to secure a win as they were able to record back-to-back sacks to make things difficult. Raiola was not able to get anything going in overtime as he took three sacks in the drive.

This game was an outstanding start to the week but Indiana was able to keep the game close and took advantage of Raiola's lack of experience later in the game. Below is the scoring summary for how the game wound up going:

1Q 11:54: Luke Altmyer 27-Yard Passing TD to Pat Bryant | 7-0 Illinois
1Q 3:15: John Hohl 21-Yard Field Goal | 7-3 Illinois
1Q 0:32: Dylan Raiola 6-Yard Passing TD to Isaiah Neyor | 10-7 Nebraska
2Q 11:37: David Olano 26-Yard Field Goal | 10-10
2Q 0:16: Dylan Raiola 11-Yard Passing TD to Isaiah Neyor | 17-10 Nebraska
3Q 1:44: Luke Altmyer 3-Yard Passing TD to Tanner Arkin | 17-17
4Q 14:57: Dylan Raiola 1-Yard Passing TD to Janirian Bonner | 24-17 Nebraska
4Q 10:36: Luke Altmyer 6-Yard Passing TD to Brandon Henderson | 24-24
OT: Luke Altmyer 4-Yard Passing TD to Pat Bryant | 31-24 Illinois