Illinois at California

Saturday, September 17, 2005 Share

No. 15 California beat Illinois 35–⁠20. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 7–⁠3.

AwayIllinois2–⁠9 in 2005

Home15California8–⁠4 in 2005

Final at California Memorial Stadium, BerkeleyAttendance 57,657

At kickoff: 65°F, partly cloudy, wind 14 mph from the westWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Metro Oakland International Airport (KOAK), 17 km from the stadium, seven minutes before kickoff

Scoring by quarter

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Illinois	7	10	0	3	20
California	7	0	7	21	35

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IllinoisCalifornia

Passing	C/Att	Yds	TD	Int
Tim Brasic	21/37	228	0	0

Rushing	Car	Yds	TD	Long
Pierre Thomas	12	57	1	10
Tim Brasic	18	29	1	16
Jason Davis	4	11	0	4
Franklin Payne	1	5	0	5

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Long
Pierre Thomas	2	59	52
Kendrick Jones	6	56	23
Jason Davis	1	27	27
Melvin Bryant II	1	19	19

Passing	C/Att	Yds	TD	Int
Joe Ayoob	8/17	121	1	0
DeSean Jackson	0/1	0	0	0

Rushing	Car	Yds	TD	Long
Justin Forsett	16	187	2	45
Marcus O’Keith	12	66	1	25
Lavelle Hawkins	2	25	0	15
Joe Ayoob	3	8	0	5

Receiving	Rec	Yds	TD	Long
Justin Forsett	3	43	0	22
Marcus O’Keith	1	26	1	26
DeSean Jackson	1	21	0	21
Robert Jordan	2	17	0	15

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Our ratings going in

California 83% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Illinois leads 7–⁠4 in 11 meetings, counting the one since this game.