Illinois Rolls Southern Illinois 48-10 on Collin Dixon's Two Scores
Aidan Laughery had four carries, and 77 of his 93 yards came on one of them. That was the kind of day Illinois had against Southern Illinois, a 48-10 win in which the game was tied for 49 seconds.
Illinois scored first on Jordan Anderson's one-yard run, and Allen Middleton caught an eight-yard pass from DJ Williams to tie it at 7 with 3:46 left in the first quarter. Illinois answered 49 seconds later when Laughery went 77 yards, and it never trailed or tied again. Katin Houser then threw to Collin Dixon from 45 yards early in the second quarter and from 27 yards at 9:44, for a 28-7 lead. Weston Schofield's 27-yard field goal cut it to 28-10, and Ethan Moczulski's 36-yarder as time expired in the half made it 31-10.
Neither team scored in the third quarter, after a first half in which Illinois had four touchdowns and a field goal to the visitors' touchdown and field goal. In the fourth, Moczulski added a 42-yard field goal, Matthew Bailey returned an interception 88 yards for a score, and Javari Barnett ran in from five yards for the final. Take away the pick-six and it is still 41-10.
Illinois piled up 503 yards (305 passing and 198 rushing on 28 carries) and threw one interception of its own. The Illini are 2-1, and Southern Illinois is 0-1. For fantasy, Dixon's 33.1 points led everyone on either side, with Houser next at 24.5.