Michigan vs. Illinois: Box score, stats and summary feat. Luke Altmyer (Week 8)

In a battle of the ranked Big Ten Conference opponents, the 22nd-ranked Illinois Fighting Illini were able to defend Memorial Stadium against the 24th-ranked Michigan Wolverines, 21-7. The difference was the ability to keep possession as the Wolverines turned the ball over three times (two fumbles lost, one interception) while the Fighting Illini did not commit any turnovers.

The Wolverines fall to 4-3 (2-2 Big Ten) while the Fighting Illini remain strong with their 6-1 (3-1) record thus far. Illinois remains in the Big Ten Conference Championship Game conversation with this win while Michigan continues to have the same conversations about the offense. Let's take a closer look at the box scores to discuss how this game unfolded.

Michigan vs. Illinois box score

Team	First Quarter	Second Quarter	Third Quarter	Fourth Quarter	Final Score
Michigan	0	7	0	0	7
Illinois	3	10	8	0	21

Michigan box score

Quarterback:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Passing Completions	Passing Yards	Passing TDs	Interceptions
Jack Tuttle	10	-10	0	20-32	208	0	1

Rushing & Receiving:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Receiving TDs
Martin Klein	0	0	0	1	5	0
Amorion Walker	0	0	0	2	12	0
Tyler Morris	0	0	0	1	22	0
Hogan Hansen	0	0	0	4	50	0
Colston Loveland	0	0	0	7	83	0
Jack Tuttle	10	-10	0	0	0	0
Semaj Morgan	1	-2	0	0	0	0
Benjamin Hall	1	1	0	0	0	0
Donovan Edwards	7	38	0	0	0	0
Kalel Mullings	19	87	1	1	8	0

Kicking:

Player	Extra Points Made/Attempted	Field Goals Made/Attempted	Points
Dominic Zvada	1-1	0-1	N/A

Illinois boxscore

Quarterback:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Passing Completions	Passing Yards	Passing TDs	Interceptions
Luke Altmyer	10	48	1	9-18	80	1	0

Rushing & Receiving:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Receiving TDs
Collin Dixon	0	0	0	1	9	0
Hank Beatty	0	0	0	1	11	0
Zakhari Franklin	0	0	0	2	26	0
Pat Bryant	1	-1	0	4	32	0
Tanner Arkin	1	36	0	1	2	0
Luke Altmyer	10	48	1	0	0	0
Josh McCray	17	50	0	0	0	0
Aidan Laughery	9	54	0	0	0	0

Defense:

Player	Interceptions	Fumble Recoveries
Matthew Bailey	1	0
Malachi Hood	0	1
Miles Scott	0	1

Kicking:

Player	Extra Points Made/Attempted	Field Goals Made/Attempted	Long
David Olano	1-1	2-3	47

Michigan vs. Illinois Game Summary

The offenses were not doing too much in this game for either side as both the Michigan Wolverines and the Illinois Fighting Illini were fighting to keep possessions alive. For the Wolverines, Jack Tuttle looked a lot better under center than we have seen out of Alex Orji or Davis Warren so far this season.

However, the story of the game is the three turnovers as Tuttle turned the ball over twice (one interception, one lost fumble) while also fumbling another time but the team regained possession.

The Fighting Illini were able to run the ball effectively as a team as they were able to run for 187 yards on 38 rushing attempts (4.9 yards per carry) to really get the offense going.

The passing game, led by QB Luke Altmyer, completed just 9 of 18 passes for 80 yards, but he did have two touchdowns (one passing, one rushing) as well as 48 rushing yards. That was enough to win the game as the Illini continue to look sharp as a program.

Below is how the scoring in this game went as Illinois took control from the jump and did not let that go.

12:07 1Q: David Olano 47 Yard Field Goal | 3-0 Illinois
11:35 2Q: David Olano 32 Yard Field Goal | 6-0 Illinois
7:53 2Q: Luke Altmyer 2 Yard Passing TD to Tanner Atkin | 13-0 Illinois
1:40 2Q: Kalel Mullings 1 Yard Rushing TD | 13-7 Illinois
9:16 3Q: Luke Altmyer 1 Yard Rushing TD (2 Point Conversion) | 21-7 Illinois