Nov. 20, 1999

? 1. The last time Illinois had seven wins in a season was in 1990 when the team posted an 8-4 record (8-3 record in the regular season).

? 2. Illinois' jump from three wins in 1998 to seven in 1999 represents the largest jump in win totals since the 1980 team also jumped from three wins to seven. That swing also represents the Illinois school record for win turnaround between two seasons.

? 3. The 1999 Illinois team scored 325 points in the regular season, the second highest total in school history to the 1983 team's 338 points. Illinois scored 30 or more points in seven games this year (a school record). Illinois averaged 29.18 points per game this year, the highest average since the 1982 team averaged 30.7 points (338 in 11 games).

? 4. Illinois freshman wide receiver Brandon Lloyd set an Illinois freshman receiving record for yards in a season. His 454 receiving yards in 1999 eclipse Ty Douthard's old record of 406 receiving yards by a freshman.

? 5. Harold Blackman's interception in the first quarter broke Kittner's streak of 174 attempts without throwing an interception. Kittner's last interception came Oct. 16 against Minnesota. Kittner's two interceptions today equal the number he had thrown all season coming into today's game. This is only the second game all season Kittner did not throw a touchdown pass.

? 6. Senior Steve Havard's fourth-quarter touchdown gives him eight rushing TD's this season. Havard had only seven career rushing TD's prior to 1999.

? 7. Danny Clark's one sack moves him into a fifth place tie on Illinois' all-time tackles for loss list. He is tied with Scott Davis with 35 career tackles for loss.

? 8. Robert Franklin's interception on the final play of the first half was his second career interception and first since 1997 against Ohio State.

? 9. Senior Neil Rackers saw his streak of nine-consecutive field goals made snapped after he missed a 42-yard kick at the 4:23 mark in the second quarter.

? 10. Today's attendance was 50, 137, the second largest total of the season and third crowd of over 50,000 in 1999. 11,000 tickets for today's game were sold in the last two days, including 6,000 at the ticket office on Friday, 400 on the lawn of WDWS and 4,500 in walk-up sales on Saturday.

? 11. With Illinois' 29-7 win, Illinois holds onto the Sweet Sioux trophy, a prize passed to the winner of the Illinois-NU game since 1945.

? 12. With his 123-yard performance today, Damien Anderson moved into seventh place on NU's all-time rushing list. The redshirt sophomore now has 1,128 total career yards.

? 13. Damien Anderson has now rushed for more than 100 yards in five games this season and six in his career.

? 14. Northwestern's two interceptions today marked a season-high for the club.

? 15. True freshman Louis Ayeni had a career-high rushing day with 64 yards.