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Kafka, 'Cats squash Illini's bowl dreams

Mike Kafka threw for 305 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score and Sherrick McManis made a last-minute interception to preserve Northwestern's 21-16 win Saturday over Illinois.

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All Times ET
Nov. 20   Iowa @ Illinois 8:00p
Nov. 21   Wisconsin @ Illinois 8:00p
Nov. 21   Presbyterian @ Illinois 8:00p Big Ten Network
Nov. 22   Bradley @ Illinois 2:00p BigTenNetwork.com
Nov. 24   Illinois @ Illinois State 8:05p
Nov. 24   Wofford @ Illinois 9:30p ESPNU
Nov. 25   Illinois @ Northwestern 8:00p Big Ten Network
Nov. 27   Illinois @ Cincinnati 12:00p ABC
Nov. 27   Utah @ Illinois 10:30p HoopTV.net
Nov. 28   Illinois @ Cal Poly 5:00p
Nov. 28   Illinois @ Minnesota 8:00p
Nov. 29   Illinois @ Alabama 5:00p
Dec. 2   Illinois @ Wake Forest 7:00p
All Scores  |   All Stats  |   All Rankings
Standings Big Ten Overall
School W L W L Streak Points For Points Against
Minnesota 0 0 3 0 W3 245 143
Illinois 0 0 2 0 W2 176 130
Michigan State 0 0 2 0 W2 172 129
Wisconsin 0 0 2 0 W2 133 88
Michigan 0 0 1 0 W1 97 50
Purdue 0 0 1 0 W1 89 64
Ohio State 0 0 2 1 L1 245 181
Indiana 0 0 2 1 L1 223 210
Penn State 0 0 2 1 L1 219 196
Northwestern 0 0 1 1 L1 131 122
Iowa 0 0 0 2 L2 100 114
Standings Big Ten Overall
School W L W L Streak Points For Points Against
Ohio State 6 1 9 2 W4 330 136
Iowa 5 2 9 2 L2 265 186
Penn State 5 2 9 2 W1 314 128
Wisconsin 5 2 8 2 W3 311 226
Northwestern 4 3 7 4 W2 269 249
Michigan State 4 3 6 5 W2 341 259
Minnesota 3 4 6 5 W1 259 283
Purdue 3 4 4 7 L1 296 328
Illinois 2 6 3 7 L1 202 260
Michigan 1 6 5 6 L4 344 309
Indiana 1 6 4 7 L4 261 316
Standings Big Ten Overall
School W L W L Streak Points For Points Against
Ohio State 0 0 4 0 W4 362 264
Michigan 0 0 3 0 W3 245 171
Penn State 0 0 3 0 W3 227 180
Indiana 0 0 3 0 W3 217 183
Wisconsin 0 0 2 0 W2 132 98
Northwestern 0 0 1 0 W1 73 64
Purdue 0 0 1 0 W1 70 37
Illinois 0 0 2 1 W2 240 194
Iowa 0 0 2 1 L1 197 184
Minnesota 0 0 1 1 L1 143 105
Michigan State 0 0 1 2 L1 212 207

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