Indiana Dominates Illinois Behind Mendoza's Efficient Passing
Indiana overwhelmed Illinois 63-10 on Saturday, with the Hoosiers' offense generating explosive plays throughout the contest. Fernando Mendoza led Indiana's passing attack with 267 yards, connecting with receivers for multiple touchdowns in a dominant performance. Elijah Sarratt was Indiana's top receiver with 92 yards, while running back Kaelon Black added 89 yards and a 40-yard touchdown run.
Illinois managed only 10 points, scoring a touchdown in the first quarter when Luke Altmyer connected with Collin Dixon for 59 yards, followed by a David Olano extra point. The Illini also benefited from a blocked punt return for a touchdown by D'Angelo Ponds in the opening period.
Indiana's offense was relentless, with Mendoza throwing touchdown passes to Riley Nowakowski and E.J. Williams Jr. in the second quarter, then Black scoring on a rushing touchdown in the third. The Hoosiers controlled the game from start to finish, scoring consistently in all four quarters and never trailing. Indiana covered the 6.5-point spread and pushed the game over the 51-point over-under line.
AI-generated recap · Aug 14, 2026
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Illinois | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
 Indiana | 14 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 63 |
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Box Score
| Statistic | Illinois | Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| Passing | 16-25 | 21-23 |
| Pass Yards | 159 | 267 |
| Rush Yards | 2 | 312 |
| Total Yards | 161 | 579 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| 3rd Down | 1-10 | 8-11 |
| Penalties | 4-23 | 2-10 |
| Possession | 20:18 | 39:42 |
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Play-by-Play
Luke Altmyer pass complete to Hudson Clement for 4 yds to the ILL 29
Luke Altmyer pass complete to Hudson Clement for 11 yds to the ILL 40 for a 1ST down
Luke Altmyer pass incomplete to Hank Beatty
Kaden Feagin run for 5 yds to the ILL 45
Luke Altmyer sacked by Rolijah Hardy for a loss of 7 yards to the ILL 38
Keelan Crimmins punt for 43 yds, fair catch by Jonathan Brady at the IU 19
Roman Hemby run for 7 yds to the IU 26
Fernando Mendoza sacked by Leon Lowery Jr. for a loss of 9 yards to the IU 17
Roman Hemby run for 4 yds to the IU 21
Quinn Warren punt for 52 yds , Hank Beatty returns for 9 yds to the ILL 36
Luke Altmyer pass complete to Ca'Lil Valentine for a loss of 4 yards to the ILL 32
Kaden Feagin run for 1 yd to the ILL 33
Luke Altmyer pass incomplete to Hudson Clement
D'Angelo Ponds 11 Yd Return of Blocked Punt (Nico Radicic Kick)
Luke Altmyer pass complete to Hank Beatty for 3 yds to the ILL 28
Luke Altmyer run for 13 yds to the ILL 41 for a 1ST down
Luke Altmyer pass complete to Collin Dixon for 59 yds for a TD (David Olano KICK)
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Elijah Sarratt for 14 yds to the IU 39 for a 1ST down
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to E.J. Williams Jr. for 3 yds to the IU 42
Roman Hemby run for 4 yds to the IU 46
Fernando Mendoza run for 2 yds to the IU 48
Kaelon Black run for 2 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Omar Cooper Jr. for 39 yds to the ILL 11 for a 1ST down
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Omar Cooper Jr. for 11 yds for a TD (Nico Radicic KICK)
Kaden Feagin run for 3 yds to the ILL 28
Luke Altmyer sacked by Tyrique Tucker for a loss of 4 yards to the ILL 24
Luke Altmyer sacked by Isaiah Jones for a loss of 7 yards to the ILL 17
Keelan Crimmins punt for 45 yds , Jonathan Brady returns for no gain to the IU 17 Illinois Penalty, Defensive Holding (TJ McMillen) to the IU 48
Fernando Mendoza pass incomplete to Elijah Sarratt
Kaelon Black run for a loss of 2 yards to the IU 46
Fernando Mendoza pass incomplete to Omar Cooper Jr.
Quinn Warren punt for 52 yds, downed at the ILL 2
Ca'Lil Valentine run for 1 yd to the ILL 3
Ca'Lil Valentine run for a loss of 1 yard to the ILL 2
Altmyer, Luke pass complete to Feagin, Kaden for 12 yards to the ILL14, PENALTY ILL holding (Priestly, Melvin) 1 yards to the ILL1, NO PLAY.
Luke Altmyer pass complete to Collin Dixon for 8 yds to the ILL 9
Keelan Crimmins punt for 47 yds, downed at the IU 44
Roman Hemby run for 4 yds to the IU 48
Roman Hemby run for 2 yds to the 50 yard line
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Roman Hemby for 26 yds to the ILL 24 for a 1ST down
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Omar Cooper Jr. for 9 yds to the ILL 15 for a 1ST down Illinois Penalty, Personal Foul (Miles Scott) to the ILL 8 for a 1ST down
Kaelon Black run for 2 yds to the ILL 6
Fernando Mendoza run for no gain to the ILL 6
Indiana Penalty, False Start (Carter Smith) to the ILL 11
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to E.J. Williams Jr. for 11 yds for a TD (Nico Radicic KICK)
Luke Altmyer pass complete to Hudson Clement for 12 yds to the ILL 37 for a 1ST down
Kaden Feagin run for 3 yds to the ILL 40
Luke Altmyer sacked by Mario Landino and Stephen Daley for a loss of 5 yards to the ILL 35
Luke Altmyer run for 7 yds to the ILL 42
Keelan Crimmins punt for 58 yds for a touchback
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Elijah Sarratt for 11 yds to the IU 31 for a 1ST down
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Elijah Sarratt for 21 yds to the ILL 48 for a 1ST down
Roman Hemby run for 10 yds to the ILL 38 for a 1ST down
Indiana Penalty, False Start (Drew Evans) to the ILL 43
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Riley Nowakowski for 43 yds for a TD (Nico Radicic KICK)
Luke Altmyer pass complete to Tanner Arkin for 3 yds to the ILL 28
Ca'Lil Valentine run for 2 yds to the ILL 30
Luke Altmyer sacked by Kellan Wyatt and Mario Landino for a loss of 8 yards to the ILL 22
Keelan Crimmins punt for 43 yds, fair catch by Jonathan Brady at the IU 35
Kaelon Black run for 2 yds to the IU 37
Kaelon Black run for 4 yds to the IU 41
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Omar Cooper Jr. for 6 yds to the IU 47 for a 1ST down
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Elijah Sarratt for 6 yds to the ILL 47
Kaelon Black run for 23 yds to the ILL 24 for a 1ST down
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Omar Cooper Jr. for 8 yds to the ILL 16
Roman Hemby run for 4 yds to the ILL 12 for a 1ST down
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to E.J. Williams Jr. for 3 yds to the ILL 9
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Elijah Sarratt for 9 yds for a TD (Nico Radicic KICK)
Luke Altmyer pass incomplete to Hudson Clement
Luke Altmyer pass complete to Cole Rusk for 7 yds to the ILL 32
Luke Altmyer pass complete to Hank Beatty for 10 yds to the ILL 42 for a 1ST down
Luke Altmyer pass complete to Cole Rusk for 14 yds to the IU 44 for a 1ST down
Luke Altmyer pass complete to Collin Dixon for 16 yds to the IU 28 for a 1ST down
Luke Altmyer pass incomplete to Collin Dixon
Luke Altmyer pass incomplete to Hank Beatty
David Olano 46 yd FG GOOD
End of 2nd Quarter
Roman Hemby run for 2 yds to the IU 27
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Elijah Sarratt for 10 yds to the IU 37 for a 1ST down
Roman Hemby run for 4 yds to the IU 41
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Roman Hemby for 11 yds to the ILL 48 for a 1ST down
Fernando Mendoza run for 5 yds to the ILL 43
Kaelon Black run for 3 yds to the ILL 40
Kaelon Black run for 40 yds for a TD (Nico Radicic KICK)
Luke Altmyer pass incomplete to Collin Dixon
Luke Altmyer pass complete to Collin Dixon for 3 yds to the ILL 28
Luke Altmyer sacked by Mario Landino for a loss of 9 yards to the ILL 19
Keelan Crimmins punt for 57 yds , Jonathan Brady returns for 27 yds to the ILL 46 Illinois Penalty, Illegal Procedure (Tyler Strain) to the ILL 44
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Elijah Sarratt for 5 yds to the ILL 39
Roman Hemby run for 6 yds to the ILL 33 for a 1ST down
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Omar Cooper Jr. for 5 yds to the ILL 28
Roman Hemby run for 1 yd to the ILL 27
Fernando Mendoza run for 5 yds to the ILL 22 for a 1ST down
Roman Hemby run for 9 yds to the ILL 13
Roman Hemby run for 5 yds to the ILL 8 for a 1ST down
Roman Hemby run for 3 yds to the ILL 5
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Elijah Sarratt for 5 yds for a TD (Nico Radicic KICK)
Ca'Lil Valentine run for a loss of 1 yard to the ILL 24
Luke Altmyer pass incomplete to Collin Dixon
Luke Altmyer pass incomplete to Hank Beatty
Keelan Crimmins punt for 45 yds, fair catch by Jonathan Brady at the IU 31
Kaelon Black run for 11 yds to the IU 42 for a 1ST down
Fernando Mendoza run for 6 yds to the IU 48
Fernando Mendoza sacked by Joe Barna for a loss of 5 yards to the IU 43
Fernando Mendoza pass complete to Elijah Sarratt for 11 yds to the ILL 46 for a 1ST down
Kaelon Black run for 4 yds to the ILL 42
Khobie Martin run for 7 yds to the ILL 35 for a 1ST down
Khobie Martin run for 4 yds to the ILL 31
Khobie Martin run for 31 yds for a TD (Nico Radicic KICK)
Brendan Franke kickoff for 65 yds , Ca'Lil Valentine return for 22 yds to the ILL 22
Kaden Feagin run for 6 yds to the ILL 28
Luke Altmyer pass complete to Hudson Clement for no gain to the ILL 28
Luke Altmyer sacked by Tyrique Tucker for a loss of 7 yards to the ILL 21
Keelan Crimmins punt for 46 yds, fair catch by Jonathan Brady at the IU 33
Khobie Martin run for 12 yds to the IU 45 for a 1ST down
Khobie Martin run for 9 yds to the ILL 46
Khobie Martin run for 7 yds to the ILL 39 for a 1ST down
Solomon Vanhorse run for 8 yds to the ILL 31
Solomon Vanhorse run for 4 yds to the ILL 27 for a 1ST down
Khobie Martin run for 2 yds to the ILL 25
Khobie Martin run for 17 yds to the ILL 8 for a 1ST down
Khobie Martin run for 8 yds for a TD (Nico Radicic KICK)
Ethan Hampton pass complete to Malik Elzy for 6 yds to the ILL 31
Ca'Lil Valentine run for 4 yds to the ILL 35 for a 1ST down
Ethan Hampton pass complete to Malik Elzy for 7 yds to the ILL 42
Ca'Lil Valentine run for 6 yds to the ILL 48 for a 1ST down
Ethan Hampton pass intercepted Amare Ferrell return for no gain to the IU 30
Khobie Martin run for 2 yds to the IU 32
Khobie Martin run for 3 yds to the IU 35
Solomon Vanhorse run for 12 yds to the IU 47 for a 1ST down
Alberto Mendoza run for 14 yds to the ILL 39 for a 1ST down
Solomon Vanhorse run for 3 yds to the ILL 36
Khobie Martin run for 5 yds to the ILL 31
Grant Wilson run for 6 yds to the ILL 25 for a 1ST down