Illinois Fighting Illini NCAA Football News

TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 14 -- North Dakota State University issued the following news release: The NCAA Division I FCS' leading rusher Pat Paschall ran 16 times for 129 yards and a career-high four touchdowns and North Dakota State rolled up 294 yards on the ground as the Bison defeated Indiana State 56-17 in a Missouri Valley Football Conference ...

The legend of Matt Perez continues to grow. Maine South's dynamic 5-11, 205-pound running back/defensive end plays five games with a broken hand and rushes for more than 300 yards in two of them.

Desperation settled upon Illinois in the fourth quarter Saturday as the likelihood of a second consecutive season without a bowl game inched closer to reality.

When Illinois runs Just when it looked like Mikel Leshoure had taken over the No.

To attend his son's football games, Samuel Asamoah would lug so much medical equipment with him that his hotel rooms looked like hospital rooms.

Northwestern's Sherrick McManis runs past Illinois' Jarred Fayson with what was later ruled to be an interception in the fourth quarter of the game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Nov.

Referee Dan Capron says that Illini receiver Jarred Fayson never had possession of the ball Wildcat corner Sherrick McManis pulled off his chest to seal Northwestern's 21-16 win.

Along with playing for the win, in-state bragging rights and a chance to go to a bowl game, the Illini players will be playing for something else on Saturday - a hat.

The Buckeyes led 6-3 in the fourth quarter, but the turnover had given the Nittany Lions the break they needed.

ILLINOIS: The Fighting Illini have their first win streak of the season after holding off Minnesota in Minneapolis over the weekend, 35-32. Young QB Jacob Charest threw for a career-high 185 yards and a TD after replacing Juice Williams, who left in the first quarter with an ankle injury.

Illinois quarterback Juice Williams left the game against Minnesota with an apparent left leg injury.

When Illinois runs If the Illini can find the spark that led to 312 rushing yards in the second half against Michigan, they'll be in good shape.

What's happened to the University of Illinois offense is more than just a passing fancy.

Illinois' Juice Williams escapes the Michigan defense Saturday October 4th at Michigan Stadium.

Each week, AnnArbor.com will chat with a beat writer/radio personality from the team Michigan is facing.

Illinois is 1-6 overall and 0-5 in Big Ten play - the only winless team in conference.

Game tied, 7-7, 3:39 left in the first quarter. Free Press special writer Nick Meyer is live-blogging today's Michigan-Illinois game.

Michigan takes a huge step backward. Think at least a few Wolverines fans who used to bash Lloyd Carr are missing him now? As bad as last season's 3-9 fiasco was for coach Rich Rodriguez and Michigan, rock bottom for the Wolverines came Saturday in Champaign, Ill.: a 38-13 loss to an Illinois team that had not beaten a major college football ...

To signify the rarity of Illinois' victory, rather than fans storming the field, players rushed the stands.

If there's one holiday the Illinois football team should appreciate, it's Halloween.