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AP Top 25 Scores: Illinois Scores Upset of #5 Wisconsin Badgers, Improves to 3-0 in Big Ten

Atlanta, Ga. 10/7/2007 2:52:29 AM

Rashard Mendenhall rushed for 160 yards and finished with three touchdowns while Juice Williams passed for 121 yards and rushed for another 92 yards as the Illinois Fighting Illini knocked off the #5 Wisconsin Badgers 31-26 on Saturday to improve to 5-1 on the year and 3-0 in the Big Ten.

 

Mendenhall put Illinois in front in the first quarter with a 32-yard touchdown run and the junior running back put the Illini in front 17-0 in the second quarter with a 5-yard TD reception from Williams.

 

Wisconsin could manage just two field goals in the first half as they went into the break facing a 17-6 deficit.

 

The second half looked a little more promising for the Badgers as quarterback Tyler Donovan connected with Kyle Jefferson on a 43-yard touchdown pass in their opening drive. Illinois countered with Mendenhall’s third touchdown of the game as he punched one past the goal line from 5 yards out to make the score 24-13.

 

P.J. Hill brought the Badgers back to within five with a 1-yard touchdown run with under two minutes remaining in the third quarter but once again the Illini were able to answer the Wisconsin score with one of their own. This time around it was Eddie McGee who ran it in from five yards out with just over five minutes remaining in the game.

 

Donovan pulled the Badgers back into the game with a 9-yard touchdown pass to Garrett Graham with 1:31 left on the clock but Illinois was able to convert a 3rd and short to gain a fresh set of downs and ran out the clock for the win.

 

The loss ended Wisconsin’s 14-game winning streak and dropped them to 5-1 on the year and 2-1 in the Big Ten.

 

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