April 18, 2009
The University of Illinois football team looked sharp in its final tuneup before next week's spring game.
The Illini began the scrimmage with six drives. The offense started off strong, marching the ball 80 yards down the field; the series was capped off by a 7-yard touchdown run for Juice Williams. The defense stepped up and didn't allow another touchdown, forcing the offense to punt three out of the remaining five drives.
During the two-hour scrimmage, the team ran through multiple scenarios including, including third-down, red zone, goal line, four-minute and two-minute situations. The defense shone again on third down sets, only allowing one first down in four opportunities. Red zone action started out with a bang for the offense. On the first pass of the session, Williams threaded the needle to Chris Duvalt, who made a sensational sliding catch in the end zone for a touchdown. The offense went on to post three scores in four chances. Running back Jason Ford took over during the four-minute drill portion of the contest. The Belleville, Ill., native rushed the ball exclusively on during the first drive getting into the secondary twice and posting 43 yards total on the drive. Ford led all Illini rushers on the day with 60 yards and a touchdown. During the two-minute portion of the scrimmage, the longest play of the day came on a 51-yard touchdown strike from Williams to AJ Jenkins. Overall, Williams was stellar passing for 167 yards on 12-of-15 and two passing touchdowns along with a rushing touchdown.
On the defensive side of the ball, everyone seemed to be getting into the act. Safety Garrett Edwards, along with linebackers Ian Thomas and Martez Wilson, led the Orange and Blue with six tackles apiece. The push up front was especially effective with eight sacks for a total loss of 32 yards, including three by Antonio James.
Illinois Football Scrimmage
April 18, 2009 // Memorial Stadium
Scoring Summary
| 1st Drive | Williams 3-yard rush (Eller kick good) |
| 4th Drive | Leshoure rush 4 yards TOUCHDOWN (Dimke PAT good) |
| 5th Drive | Williams complete to Fayson 27 yards TOUCHDOWN |
| (Eller 2 pt conversion no good) |
| Red Zone | Dufrene rush 7 yards TOUCHDOWN (Eller PAT good) |
| Red Zone | Eller 19 yard field goal good |
| Goal line | Leshoure rush 4 yards TOUCHDOWN |
| Goal line | Fayson rush 4 yards TOUCHDOWN |
| Rushing | No. | Yds. | Long | TD |
| Ford | 12 | 60 | 19 | 1 |
| LeShoure | 7 | 37 | 18 | 0 |
| McGee | 12 | 27 | 15 | 0 |
| Williams | 11 | 22 | 7 | 1 |
| Dufrene | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| Fayson | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Pollard | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Charest | 6 | -11 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 155 | 19 | 2 | |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | Long | TD |
| Jenkins | 4 | 66 | 51 | 1 |
| Ramsey | 3 | 43 | 23 | 0 |
| Duvalt | 3 | 24 | 20 | 1 |
| Hoomanawanui | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| LeShoure | 1 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| Cumberland | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| Scott | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Davis | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Fayson | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Sykes | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| James | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 18 | 234 | 51 | 2 |
| Passing | Att. | Comp. | Yds. | Pct. | Long | Int | TD | |
| J.Williams | 15 | 12 | 167 | 80.0 | 51 | 0 | 2 |
| McGee | 9 | 2 | 24 | 22.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Charest | 6 | 5 | 45 | 83.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | 19 | 236 | 88 | 0 | 2 |
| Defense | TT | QBS-Yds | PBU |
| Edwards | 6 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Thomas | 6 | 1-8 | 0 | |
| Wilson | 6 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Bellamy | 5 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Bussey | 5 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Ellington | 5 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Frierson | 5 | 1-7 | 0 |
| Gress | 4 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Flowers | 3 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Staples | 3 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Youman | 3 | 0-0 | 0 |
| A. James | 2 | 3-9 | 0 |
| Sanni | 2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| A. Williams | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Ellis | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Mercilus | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Nurse | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Palmer | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Pilcher | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Smith | 1 | 1-5 | 0 |
| Liuget | 1 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Perkins | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | |
| Total | 64 | 8-32 | 1 |
PLAY-BY-PLAY
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Drives
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| 1st Drive |
| 1-10-20 | Rush by LeShoure for 4 yards |
| 2-6-24 | Williams pass complete to Jenkins for 9 yards |
| 1-10-33 | Rush by Fayson for 6 yards (Tackle by Edwards) |
| 2-6-39 | Rush by Leshoure for no gain (Tackle by S. Williams) |
| 3-6-39 | Rush by Williams for 4 yards (Tackle by Ellington) |
| 1-10-43 | Rush by Ford for 3 yards (Tackle by Wilson and Thomas) |
| 2-7-46 | Pass incomplete intended for Benn |
| 3-7-46 | Pass incomplete to Cumberland for 17 yards (Tackle out of bounds by Flowers) |
| 1-10-36 | Rush by LeShoure for 18 yards (Tackled by Wilson) |
| 1-10-18 | Rush by LeShoure for 3 yards (Tackle by Thomas) |
| 2-7-15 | Rush by Williams for 2 yards (Tackle by Edwards) |
| 3-5-13 | Rush by Ford for 4 Yards (Tackle by Bellamy) |
| 1- Goal -7 | Rush by Williams for a Touchdown (7yds) |
| Extra Point good by Eller |
| 2nd Drive |
| 1-10-34 | Rush by Dufrene for 1 yard gain (Tackle by Frierson) |
| 2-10-35 | Rush by Dufrene for 5 yards (Tackle by Bussey) |
| 3-4-40 | Rush by McGee for 4 yards (Tackle by Bussey) |
| 1-10-44 | Delay of Game penalty |
| 1-15-39 | Pass incomplete by McGee |
| 2-15-39 | Pass complete to Ramsey for 10 yards (Tackle by Bussey) |
| 3-5-49 | False Start penalty |
| 3-10-44 | McGee Pass incomplete |
| 4-10-44 | Punt by Santella (41 yards) |
| 3rd Drive |
| 1-10-19 | Williams pass complete to Hoomananwanui for 21 yards (Tackle by Bellamy) |
| 1-10-41 | Rush by Williams for 2 yards (Tackle by Nurse) |
| 2-8-43 | Williams pass complete to AJ Jenkins for 4 yards (Tackle by Edwards) |
| 3-4-47 | Rush by Williams for 4 yards (Tackle Edwards) |
| 1-10-49 | Rush by Dufrene for 5 yards (Tackle by Wilson) |
| 2-5-44 | Williams pass incomplete |
| 3-5-44 | Rush by Williams for 1 yard (Tackle by Ellington); Personal foul by Def |
| 1-10-28 | Rush by Williams for 1 yard (Tackle by Wilson) |
| 2-9-27 | Rush by Dufrene for no gain (Tackle Smith) |
| 3-9-27 | Williams pass complete to Fayson for 8 yards (Tackle by Bellamy) |
| 4-1-19 | Field Goal is NO good by Eller |
| 4th Drive - 2 Off. Vs. 2 Def. |
| 1-10-20 | Pass complete by Charest to Davis for 11 yards (Tackle by Staples) |
| 1-10-31 | Rush by Ford for 1 yard (Tackle by Youman) |
| 2-9-32 | Rush by Charest for -2 yards (Tackle by Staples) |
| 3-11-30 | Rush by Charest -5 (Sacked by Brown) |
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| 1-10-21 | Rush by Charest for 3 yards (Tackled by Gully) |
| 2-7-24 | Charest pass complete to James for 4 yards (Tackle by Thomas) |
| 3-2-28 | Rush by Pollard for 6 yards (Tackle by Staples) |
| 1-10-34 | Rush by Pollard for 1 yard (Tackle by A. Williams) |
| 2-9-35 | Charest pass incomplete (broke up by Perkins) |
| 3-9-35 | Rush by Charest for -8 (Sack by Thomas) |
| 4-9-28.1 | Punt by Santella for 53 yards |
| 5th Drive |
| 1-10-17 | Rush by Leshoure for 10 yards (Tackled by Pilcher) |
| 1-10-27 | Rush by McGee for -2 yards (Sacked by Liuget) |
| 2-12-25 | Rush by McGee for -5 yards (Sacked by Smith) |
| 3-17-20 | Rush by McGee for 11 yards (Tackle by Flowers) |
| 4-6-41 | Punt by Santella for 30 yards |
| 6th Drive |
| 1-10-39 | Rush by Ford to 4 yards (Tackle by Bussey) |
| 2-6-43 | Rush by Charest for 1 yard (Tackle by Thomas) |
| 3-5-44 | Chares pass complete to Ramsey for 23 (Tackle by Ellington) |
| 1-10-33.1 | Charest pass to Sykes for 7 yards (Tackle by A. Williams) |
| 2-3-26 | Charest pass complete Duvalt for no gain (Tackle by Thomas) |
| 3-3-26 | Rush by Charest for no gain (Tackle by Thomas) |
| 4-3-26 | 43 yard field goal NO good by Dimke |
| 3rd Downs |
| 3-1-39 | Rush by Ford for 3 yards (Tackle by Wilson) |
| 3-3-37 | Rush by Fayson for no gain (Tackle by Thomas) |
| 3-5-35 | Williams pass complete to Duvalt for 4 yards (Tackle by Bellamy) |
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| 3-1-39 | Rush by McGee for 4 yards (Tackle by Frierson) |
| 3-3-37 | Rush by Ford for -1 yards (Tackle by Mercelius and Frierson) |
| 3-5-35 | McGee pass complete to Scott for 14 yards (Tackle by Sanni) |
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| 3-2-38 | Rush Williams for 4 yards (Tackle by Bellamy) |
| 3-4-36 | Williams pass complete to Leshoure for 19 yards (Tackle by Flowers) |
| 4-2-38 | Rush by Williams for -2 yards (Tackle by Liuget) |
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| 3-2-38 | Rush Dufrene for -1 yard (Tackle by Gress) |
| 3-4-36 | Rush by Pollard for 1 yard (Tackle by A. James) |
| 4-2-38 | Rush by Pollard for -4 yards (Tackle by Gress) |
| Red Zone |
| 1-10-20 | Williams pass complete to Duvalt for a TOUCHDOWN |
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| 1-10-20 | Rush by McGee for -7 yards (Sack by Frierson) |
| 2-17-27 | Rush by McGee for 6 yards (Tackle by Edwards) |
| 3-11-21 | Rush by McGee for 9 yards (Tackle by Wilson) | |
| 4-2-12 | 29-yard field goal attempt is NO good by Eller |
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| 1-10-16 | Williams pass incomplete |
| 2-10-16 | Rush by Williams for no gain (Tackle by Gress) |
| 3-10-16 | Williams pass complete to Jenkins for 2 yards (Tackle by Frierson) |
| 4-8-14 | 31 yard field goal is GOOD by Dimke |
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| 1-10-16 | McGee pass incomplete |
| 2-10-16 | Rush McGee for -1 yards (Sack by Edwards) |
| 3-11-17 | Rush by McGee for -2 yards (Sack by A. James) |
| 4-11-17 | 36-yard field goal is GOOD by Eller |
| Goal line |
| 1-10-4 | Rush by LeShoure for no gain (Tackle by A. James) |
| 2-10-4 | Rush by LeShoure for 2 yards (Tackle by Edwards) |
| 3-G-2 | McGee pass incomplete |
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| 1-G-4 | Rush by Williams for 1 yard (Tackle by Palmer) |
| 2-G-3 | Rush by Ford for a TOUCHDOWN |
| 4-Minute Situation |
| 1-10-21 | Rush by Ford for 6 yards (Tackle by Frierson) |
| 2-4-27 | Rush by Ford for 19 yards (Tackle by Youman) |
| 1-10-45 | Rush by Ford for 1 yard (Tackle by Gress) |
| 2-10-46 | Rush by Ford for 18 yards (Tackle by Youman) |
| 1-10-34 | Rush by ford for -1 yard (Tackled by Ellis) |
| 2-11-35 | Rush by Williams for no gain (Tackled by Bussey) |
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| 1-10-22 | Rush by Dufrene for 3 yards (Tackled by Ellington) |
| 2-7-25 | Rush by McGee for 1 yard (Tackled by Ellington) |
| 3-6-26 | Rush by McGee for 1 yard (Tackled by Sanni) |
| 2-Minute Situation |
| 1-10-39 | William pass complete to Ramsey for 10 yards |
| 1-10-49 | Wiliams' pass complete to Jenkins for a TOUCHDOWN (51yds) |
| 2Pt. Conversion | Williams' rush for two yards is good |
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| 1-10-39 | McGee pass incomplete |
| 2-10-39 | McGee rush for 15 yards |
| 1-10-42 | McGee rush for -2 yards (Sacked by A. James); Penalty |
| 2-10- | McGee incomplete pass |
| 3-10-40 | Rush by McGee for -5 yards (Sacked by A. James) |
| 4-10-35 | McGee pass incomplete |
