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No. 2 Oregon 34, No. 7 Illinois 17
2001 Virtual Championship Series

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ILLINOIS        10  0  7  0 -  17
OREGON          24  0  7  3 -  34

OREGON-      10:30 OF 1ST - 30 FG BY J.SIEGAL
OREGON-       8:22 OF 1ST - 74 PASS BY J.HARRINGTON TO K.ALLEN
                 (KICK BY J.SIEGAL)
ILLINOIS-     3:38 OF 1ST - 44 FG BY CHRISTOFILAK
OREGON-       2:55 OF 1ST - 46 RUN BY O.SMITH
                 (KICK BY J.SIEGAL)
ILLINOIS-     0:47 OF 1ST - 30 PASS BY K.KITTNER TO W.YOUNG
                 (KICK BY J.J.TUBBS)
OREGON-       0:33 OF 1ST - 61 RUN BY O.SMITH
                 (KICK BY J.SIEGAL)
ILLINOIS-     9:07 OF 3RD - 8 RUN BY C.DAVIS
                 (KICK BY CHRISTOFILAK)
OREGON-       8:16 OF 3RD - 10 PASS BY J.HARRINGTON TO J.WILLIS
                 (KICK BY J.SIEGAL)
OREGON-       7:09 OF 4TH - 48 FG BY J.SIEGAL

                TEAM STATISTICS
  ILLINOIS                           OREGON
     23          FIRST DOWNS           19 
  42 - 70        RUSHING YDS        30 - 233 
    330          PASSING YDS          273 
    400           TOTAL YDS           506 
24 - 44 - 0        PASSES          13 - 30 - 0 
  7 - 47.3         PUNTS             5 - 42 
   0 - 0          FUM/LOST           0 - 0 
   5 - 45        PENALTIES          16 - 111 
   0 - 0           SACKED            2 - 17 
   36:23      TIME OF POSSESSION     23:37
  11 - 22      THIRD DOWN EFF        7 - 14 

                RUSHING STATISTICS
ILLINOIS          TC   YDS   AVG   LG   TD
A.HARRIS          13     4   0.3    4    0
R.HARVEY          18    36   2.0   11    0
C.DAVIS            8    16   2.0    8    1
K.KITTNER          3    14   4.7         0

OREGON            TC   YDS   AVG   LG   TD
O.SMITH           11   176  16.0   61    2
M.MORRIS          15    68   4.5   14    0
J.HARRINGTON       4   -11  -2.8         0

                RECEIVING
ILLINOIS          TC    YDS    AVG   LG    TD
L.BRANDON          8    144   18.0   30     0
W.YOUNG            7     99   14.1   30     1
A.MOOREHEAD        1     27   27.0   27     0
G.LEWIS            1      4    4.0    4     0
R.HARVEY           1     10   10.0   10     0
C.DAVIS            4     36    9.0   22     0
A.MCCLELLAN        2     11    5.5    7     0

OREGON            TC    YDS    AVG   LG    TD
S.PARKER           1     32   32.0   32     0
K.ALLEN            1     74   74.0   74     1
J.LINE             1     13   13.0   13     0
O.SMITH            2     70   35.0   59     0
K.HOWRY            5     68   13.6   21     0
J.WILLIS           3     16    5.3   10     1

                PASSING
ILLINOIS          ATT  COM COM %  YDS  Y/A  Y/C  TD  TD%  I    I%  LG
K.KITTNER          44   24  54.5  330  7.5 13.8   1  2.3  0   0.0  30

OREGON            ATT  COM COM %  YDS  Y/A  Y/C  TD  TD%  I    I%  LG
J.HARRINGTON       30   13  43.3  273  9.1 21.0   2  6.7  0   0.0  74

                KICKOFF RETURNS
ILLINOIS          KR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
E.WILSON           4    86  21.5   23   0
C.MORTON           1     9   9.0    9   0

OREGON            KR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
A.AMUNDSON         2    62  31.0   32   0
O.SMITH            2    51  25.5   29   0


                PUNT RETURNS
ILLINOIS          PR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
E.WILSON           2    16   8.0    9   0

OREGON            PR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
K.HOWRY            4    47  11.8   23   0

                PUNTING
ILLINOIS          PNT   AVG  LG  TB  BLK  20
S.FITTS             7  47.3  61   1    0   3  

OREGON            PNT   AVG  LG  TB  BLK  20
J.ARROYO            5  42.0  51   1    0   3  

                KICKING
ILLINOIS          EPM EPA   EP% FGM FGA   FG% LG  0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49  50+
CHRISTOFILAK        1   1 100.0   1   1 100.0 44  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  1- 1  0- 0
J.J.TUBBS           1   1 100.0 

OREGON            EPM EPA   EP% FGM FGA   FG% LG  0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49  50+
J.SIEGAL            4   4 100.0   2   2 100.0 48  0- 0  0- 0  1- 1  1- 1  0- 0

SACKS
ILLINOIS           NO.   YDS LOST
M.O'BRIEN           1       10
M.HALL              1        7

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