It's Illinois vs Nebraska in Week 4 of the 2024 college football season. Here is the final score and highlights as the Fighting Illini and Cornhuskers open Big Ten play.

Nebraska is on an early three minute scoring drought, luckily Illinois is also 1 of their last 8 from the floor. The Fighting Illini have a four point lead with 4:49 left in the first.

Illinois has an elite third-down defense, with opponents converting just 26.53%. The one team that converted more than half against the Illini, Indiana, has an offense somewhat similar to Nebraska.

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Without that flag, that would have set up Illinois for third-and-6 from the Nebraska 42-yard line. Instead, Illinois got a fresh set of downs and eventually made a field goal to go up, 23-9.

Illinois' Tre White (22) and Nebraska's Andrew Morgan (23) wrestle for the ball during the first half of a college men's basketball game at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025.

Series History Illinois has won 9 out of their last 10 games against Nebraska. Mar 16, 2024 - Illinois 98 vs. Nebraska 87 Feb 04, 2024 - Illinois 87 vs. Nebraska 84 Jan 31, 2023 - Illinois 72 vs ...

No. 7 Illinois (21-9, 11-8) let up another late-game comeback, this time against No. 10 Nebraska (21-10, 11-8). The short-handed Illini couldn’t keep up with a much deeper Cornhuskers team and fell 72 ...