BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Follow along below for live updates from Indiana football’s week four game against Illinois at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington.
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Indiana and Illinois kick at 7:50 p.m. ET. The game will be televised on NBC.
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FIRST QUARTER
TOUCHDOWN ILLINOIS: Altmyer 59-yard pass to Dixon. It’s 7-7 with 8:24 left in the first.
TOUCHDOWN INDIANA: D’Angelo Ponds blocks a punt and returns the ball 11 yards for a TD. It’s 7-0 Indiana with 9:26 left in the first.
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Indiana punts on their first drive. Illinois ball at their own 36. It’s 0-0 with 10:43 left.
Illinois punts on their first drive. IU ball on their own 19. 12:40 left.
Opening kickoff out of the end zone. Illinois ball 1st down at their own 25.
IU won the toss and deferred.
PREGAME NOTES
Kickoff has been bumped to 7:50.
The game may start out streaming on Peacock due to the delayed Notre Dame vs. Purdue game on NBC. Radio stream is here.
Injury report: Byron Baldwin (OUT), Bryson Bonds (OUT), Lee Beebe, Jr. (OUT)
Punter Mitch McCarthy is BACK.
Illinois All-Big Ten CB Xavier Scott is OUT
Essentials:
No. 8/9 ILLINOIS (3-0, 0-0) at No. 17/19 INDIANA (3-0, 0-0)
- Kickoff: 7:50 p.m. ET, Saturday
- Location: Bloomington, Ind., Memorial Stadium (52,626; field turf)
- Television: NBC – Noah Eagle (pbp), Todd Blackledge (color), Kathryn Tappen (sideline)
- Stream: Peacock
- Radio: IU Football radio network
- Odds: Indiana is around a 6.5-point favorite
- Weather at kickoff: 79 degrees, partly/mostly cloudy, wind 3 mph, 15% chance of precipitation.
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