Western Illinois Leathernecks @ Illinois State Redbirds

Western Illinois LeathernecksW IllinoisWIU

0-3, 0-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
W Illinois WIU	7	14	7	6	34
Illinois St ILST	14	10	14	13	51

Illinois State RedbirdsIllinois StILST

2-1, 1-0 Home

McCoy's 58-yard return of a blocked FG sparks Illinois State past Western Illinois 51-34

— Tommy Rittenhouse threw two touchdown passes and ran for a third and LaVoise-Deontae McCoy returned a blocked field-goal attempt 58 yards for a touchdown as Illinois State posted a 51-34 victory over Western Illinois on Saturday.

Sep 14, 2025, 06:09 pm - AP

Play-By-Play

1st Quarter

Touchdown

13:50 - 1st

WIU

ILST

Xavier Loyd 59 Yd pass from Tommy Rittenhouse (Ian Wagner Kick)

4 plays, 75 yards, 1:10

Touchdown

8:30 - 1st

WIU

ILST

Tommy Rittenhouse 6 Yd Run (Ian Wagner Kick)

6 plays, 46 yards, 2:10

Touchdown

4:26 - 1st

WIU

ILST

Nathan Lamb 6 Yd Run (Antonio Chadha Kick)

9 plays, 75 yards, 4:04

2nd Quarter

Touchdown

12:35 - 2nd

WIU

ILST

Christian Anaya 3 Yd pass from Nathan Lamb (Antonio Chadha Kick)

11 plays, 95 yards, 5:36

Touchdown

10:36 - 2nd

WIU

ILST

Jake Rubley 1 Yd Run (Ian Wagner Kick)

6 plays, 34 yards, 1:58

Touchdown

5:25 - 2nd

WIU

ILST

Nathan Lamb 1 Yd Run (Antonio Chadha Kick)

11 plays, 76 yards, 5:05

Field Goal

2:42 - 2nd

WIU

ILST

Ian Wagner 27 Yd Field Goal

9 plays, 65 yards, 2:43

3rd Quarter

Touchdown

11:55 - 3rd

WIU

ILST

LaVoise-Deontae McCoy 58 Yd Return of Blocked Field Goal (Ian Wagner Kick)

6 plays, 44 yards, 3:05

Touchdown

7:36 - 3rd

WIU

ILST

Nathan Lamb 2 Yd Run (Antonio Chadha Kick)

9 plays, 75 yards, 4:19

Touchdown

3:52 - 3rd

WIU

ILST

Wenkers Wright 3 Yd Run (Ian Wagner Kick)

11 plays, 88 yards, 3:40

4th Quarter

Touchdown

12:28 - 4th

WIU

ILST

Daniel Sobkowicz 23 Yd pass from Tommy Rittenhouse (Ian Wagner PAT failed)

9 plays, 54 yards, 3:06

Touchdown

3:27 - 4th

WIU

ILST

Matt Lawson 4 Yd Run (Ian Wagner Kick)

2 plays, 9 yards, 0:43

Touchdown

0:02 - 4th

WIU

ILST

Elijah Aragon 3 Yd pass from Chris Irvin (Antonio Chadha PAT failed)

13 plays, 65 yards, 3:25

Data is currently unavailable.

WIU

According to ESPN Analytics

FCS

Ohio Valley Conference	CONF	OVR
Charleston Southern	0-0	0-0
Eastern Illinois	0-0	0-0
Gardner-Webb	0-0	0-0
Lindenwood	0-0	0-0
Southeast Missouri State	0-0	0-0
Tennessee State	0-0	0-0
UT Martin	0-0	0-0
Western Illinois	0-0	0-0

Missouri Valley Football Conference	CONF	OVR
Illinois State	0-0	0-0
Indiana State	0-0	0-0
Murray State	0-0	0-0
North Dakota	0-0	0-0
Northern Iowa	0-0	0-0
South Dakota	0-0	0-0
South Dakota State	0-0	0-0
Southern Illinois	0-0	0-0
Youngstown State	0-0	0-0

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