Highlights
YOUTUBEWin probability
EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODELKICKOFF: ILST 56% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 13 PTS
Scoring plays
10 SCORES
Anthony Warrum 58 Yd pass from Jake Kolbe (Sean Slattery Kick)
7-0
Anthony Fowler 15 Yd pass from Jake Kolbe (Sean Slattery Kick)
14-0
Nathan Knuffman 36 Yd Field Goal
14-3
Lance Lenoir 54 Yd Punt Return (Nathan Knuffman Kick)
14-10
Anthony Warrum 50 Yd pass from Jake Kolbe (Sean Slattery Kick)
21-10
Jamie Gilmore 13 Yd pass from Sean McGuire (Nathan Knuffman PAT blocked)
21-16
Nathan Knuffman 30 Yd Field Goal
21-19
Christian Gibbs 7 Yd pass from Jake Kolbe (Sean Slattery Kick)
28-19
Sean Slattery 21 Yd Field Goal
31-19
Stacey Smith 16 Yd pass from Sean McGuire (Nathan Knuffman Kick)
31-26
What happened
ESPN RECAPKolbe's 4 TDs help Illinois St. top W. Illinois 31-26
MACOMB, Ill. -- Jake Kolbe threw a career-best four touchdown passes and Anthony Warrum had two TD catches for the second consecutive game, helping Illinois State outlast Western Illinois 31-26 on Saturday. After an opening three-and-out, Kolbe found Warrum, who had seven receptions for 152 yards, for a 58-yard score. Later he connected with Anthony Fowler from 15 yards out as the Redbirds (5-5, 3-4 Missouri Valley) led 14-0 after the first quarter. Western Illinois (6-3, 3-3) scored on Lance Lenoir 's 54-yard punt return and a Sean McGuire TD pass to Jamie Gilmore in the second, sandwiched between Warrum's second TD catch, this one for 50 yards. After a Western Illinois field goal cut Illinois State's lead to 21-19, Kolbe's fourth TD pass -- a 7-yarder to Christian Gibbs with 3:20 left in the third -- increased the Redbirds' cushion to 28-19.
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Team stats
ILST · WIUHANSON FIELD, MACOMB · ATTENDANCE 3,589
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