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2025 · Non-playoff Bowls · neutral site

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-16.8-8.40+8.4+16.8Tennessee — Off. field pos.: -2.7-2.7Illinois — Off. field pos.: -3.2-3.2Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.Tennessee — Off. scoring eff.: +14.2+14.2Illinois — Off. scoring eff.: +14.6+14.6Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.Tennessee — Def. field pos.: +3.2+3.2Illinois — Def. field pos.: +2.7+2.7Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.Tennessee — Def. scoring eff.: -14.6-14.6Illinois — Def. scoring eff.: -14.2-14.2Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.Tennessee — Possessions: -2.1-2.1Illinois — Possessions: +2.1+2.1PossessionsValue of having more or fewer real possessions than the opponent this game (onside kicks, half-opening/closing clock timing, etc.) — not offense or defense skill.
TennesseeIllinoisBreaks the final margin of victory down into where it came from, compared to what an average FBS team would do in an average game — the five bars per team always add up to the real final margin. Click a bar for detail.

Running score

01733Q1Q2Q3FinalTennessee 28Illinois 30
TennesseeIllinoishover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

TennesseeIllinois
Total yards278417
Rushing yards157221
Rushing attempts3739
Yds / rush4.25.7
Passing yards121196
Passing attempts1834
Yds / pass6.75.8
First downs1827
Turnovers10
Penalties44
Penalty yards4620
Sacks14
Time of possession24:1435:46

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

Tennessee
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(13)38% / 62%46%5.9
Q2(14)43% / 57%50%3.9
Q3(19)37% / 63%53%7.0
Q4(8)38% / 63%38%4.8
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 9th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(6)9.733%4.2
2nd(8)7.838%5.3
3rd(7)8.043%5.7
All (21)—38%5.1
Rushing by down(offense 6th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(18)9.856%6.9
2nd(10)6.040%4.7
3rd(3)5.067%5.7
4th(2)1.0100%3.0
All (33)—55%5.9
Illinois
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(17)65% / 35%59%7.2
Q2(20)55% / 45%40%4.2
Q3(13)38% / 62%69%6.8
Q4(23)35% / 65%48%5.4
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 16th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(15)10.347%5.5
2nd(11)8.064%8.6
3rd(7)6.014%2.3
4th(2)4.50%0.0
All (35)—43%5.5
Rushing by down(offense 21st on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(18)9.956%5.6
2nd(13)6.354%7.0
3rd(6)3.583%3.3
4th(1)1.0100%13.0
All (38)—61%5.9

Drive-by-drive — expected vs. actual points, each possession

1Drive 1: own 25 → Downs3Drive 3: own 25 → TD5Drive 5: own 29 → Downs7Drive 7: own 21 → FG10Drive 10: own 19 → Punt13Drive 13: own 32 → TD15Drive 15: own 25 → FG17Drive 17: own 25 → FGown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
Illinois drives by field position

Each bar is a drive, from where it started to where it ended. Green = scored, red = turnover/downs/safety.

#StartTimePlaysYdsResultExpPts+/−
1own 25Q1 15:00932Downs1.90-1.9
3own 25Q1 6:161290TD1.97+5.1
5own 29Q2 14:43944Downs2.10-2.1
7own 21Q2 3:281440FG1.73+1.3
10own 19Q3 13:14620Punt1.70-1.7
11—Q3 11:4810TD—7—
13own 32Q3 7:25968TD2.37+4.7
15own 25Q4 11:401365FG1.93+1.1
17own 25Q4 4:581760FG1.93+1.1
9 drives7741715.430+14.6

Exp = points an average offense scores from that starting spot. +/− = actual minus expected.