Eastern Illinois at Minnesota 2026: Final Score & Stats

OVC · Week 2

UTM @ WVUSat, Sep 12 · 1:00 PM EDT GWEB @ LIBSat, Sep 12 · 6:00 PM EDT LIN @ MOSTSat, Sep 12 · 6:00 PM CDT WIU @ WISSat, Sep 12 · 6:15 PM CDTBTN

All scores

7@FINAL

591–0

Thu, Sep 3, 2026Huntington Bank StadiumMinneapolis, MN

The Story

Minnesota rolls past Eastern Illinois 59–7.

SeriesMinnesota leads 2–0 · Minnesota won the last meeting, 42–20 · 2014

ClosingClosing Minnesota −42.5 · O/U 52.5 · final margin 52Minnesota covered · Over hit

BOX SCORE

Week 1 · 2026

	1	2	3	4	T
Eastern Illinois	0	7	0	0	7
Minnesota	14	21	10	14	59

PLAYER STATS

Week 1 · 2026

Passing

Eastern IllinoisEIU	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Cole Lacrue	7/12	51	4.3	1
Jeremiah Salem	2/3	8	2.7	0
Totals	9/15	59	3.9	1

MinnesotaMinnesota	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Drake Lindsey	19/24	264	11.0	1
Max Shikenjanski	3/3	50	16.7	0
Brady Palmer	4/6	34	5.7	0
Totals	26/33	348	10.5	1

Rushing

Eastern IllinoisEIU	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Cole Lacrue	5	22	4.4	17
Charles Kellom	7	20	2.9	7
Jacarre Fleming	1	8	8.0	8
Zeke Lewis	5	2	0.4	5
Tyren Buggs	6	2	0.3	4
Devin Whitlock	3	-1	-0.3	3
Team	1	-2	-2.0	2
Totals	28	51	1.8	17

MinnesotaMinnesota	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Darius Taylor	14	56	4.0	3	27
TJ Thomas Jr.	7	52	7.4	0	20
Xavier Ford	3	15	5.0	1	10
Ryan Estrada	3	10	3.3	0	10
Brady Palmer	2	8	4.0	0	8
Drake Lindsey	2	6	3.0	0	4
Jaron Thomas	1	5	5.0	0	5
Max Shikenjanski	1	2	2.0	1	2
Niko Castillo	4	2	0.5	0	1
Team	1	-9	-9.0	0	9
Totals	38	147	3.9	5	27

Receiving

Eastern IllinoisEIU	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Tyren Buggs	2	38	19.0	1	30
Zeke Lewis	1	10	10.0	0	10
Charles Kellom	4	7	1.8	0	5
Devin Whitlock	2	4	2.0	0	6
Totals	9	59	6.6	1	30

MinnesotaMinnesota	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Javon Tracy	5	98	19.6	0	55
Noah Jennings	3	57	19.0	0	28
Hayden Moore	2	42	21.0	0	33
Darius Taylor	3	31	10.3	0	19
Pierce Walsh	2	28	14.0	1	27
Jalen Smith	3	26	8.7	0	15
TJ Thomas Jr.	2	23	11.5	0	18
Quayd Hendryx	1	13	13.0	0	13
Ryan Estrada	2	12	6.0	0	11
Zion Steptoe	1	6	6.0	0	6
Bradley Martino	1	6	6.0	0	6
George Rohl	1	6	6.0	0	6
Totals	26	348	13.4	1	55

Fumbles

Eastern IllinoisEIU	FUM	REC
Zeke Lewis	1	0
Nick Vecchiarelli	0	1
Team	1	0
Totals	2	1

MinnesotaMinnesota	FUM	LOST
TJ Thomas Jr.	1	1
Team	1	0
Totals	2	1

Kick Returns

Eastern IllinoisEIU	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jacarre Fleming	2	31	15.5	17	0

MinnesotaMinnesota	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Ryan Estrada	1	11	11.0	11	0

Punt Returns

MinnesotaMinnesota	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Javon Tracy	4	167	41.8	87	2
Braiden Stevens	1	26	26.0	26	0
Totals	5	193	38.6	87	2

Kicking

Eastern IllinoisEIU	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Drew Schiller	0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1

MinnesotaMinnesota	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Daniel Jackson	1/1	100.0	31	7/7	10
Beckham Sunderland	0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1
Totals	1/1	100.0	31	8/8	11

Punting

Eastern IllinoisEIU	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Cade Cox	10	445	44.5	0	0	55

MinnesotaMinnesota	NO	YDS	AVG	In 20	LONG
Tom Weston	1	37	37.0	0	37
Zachary Robbins	1	33	33.0	1	33
Totals	2	70	35.0	1	37

Defense

Eastern IllinoisEIU	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Lonnie Burt	6	4	2.5	0	0
Josh Brown	5	4	0	0	0
Christopher Sharp	5	3	0	0	0
Micah Valenzuela	5	3	0	0	0
Nasir Maryland	4	3	0	0	0
Noah Williams	4	3	0	0	0
Saipeti Maiava Jr	4	2	0	0	0
Erik Hehl	4	1	1.5	0	0
Nick Vecchiarelli	3	3	0	0	0
Dillon Conway	3	3	0	0	0
Jordyn Stewart	3	2	0	0	0
Brandon Worsley	3	2	0	0	0
Jerry Addo-Boateng	3	1	0	0	0
Isaac Engle	2	2	1	0	0
Mafileo Tupou	2	2	0	0	0
Premiere Whitley	2	1	0	0	0
Collin Henry	2	1	0	0	0
James Collins	1	1	0	0	0
Dajon Doss	1	1	0	0	0
Adam Kaminski	1	1	0	0	0
Aidan Archibald	1	1	0	0	1
Ja'Wuan Nickson	1	1	1	0	0
Cale Kimbro	1	1	0	0	0
Davian Humphrey	1	1	0	0	0
Barron Sholl	1	1	1	0	0
Kaleb Lyons	1	0	0	0	0
Daniel Viramontes	1	0	0	0	0
Bruce Mitchell	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	70	48	7	1	1

MinnesotaMinnesota	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Maverick Baranowski	6	1	0	1	0	0	0
T.J. Bush	4	2	1	1.5	0	1	0
Zack Harden	4	2	0	1.5	0	1	0
Karter Menz	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
Naiim Parrish	3	2	0	1	0	0	0
Mekhai Smith	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
Emmanuel Karmo	3	1	0	0.5	0	0	0
Matt Kingsbury	2	2	0	0	2	1	0
Joey Gerlach	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kerry Brown	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sid Kaba	2	1	0	0.5	0	0	0
Theorin Randle	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Mason Carrier	2	0	0	0.5	0	0	0
Naquan Crowder	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rhyland Kelly	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Nestor	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jaylin Hicks	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nate Cleveland	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Aydan West	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Aaden Aytch	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Smith	1	0	0	0.5	0	0	0
Sam Macy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adam Kissayi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Javon Tracy	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Garrison Monroe	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Xion Chapman	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	49	23	1	9	2	5	2

Eastern Illinois vs Minnesota Team StatsEIU vs Minnesota Team Stats

Week 1 · 2026

Eastern IllinoisEIU		MinnesotaMINN
4	1ST DOWNS	24
3-13	3RD DOWN	10-15
0-0	4TH DOWN	1-1
110	TOTAL YDS	495
59	PASS YDS	348
9-15	COMP/ATT	26-33
3.9	YDS/PASS	10.5
51	RUSH YDS	147
28	RUSH ATT	38
1.8	YDS/RUSH	3.9
6-35	PENALTIES	2-10
0	TURNOVERS	1
0	FUMBLES LOST	1
0	INT THROWN	0
23:39	POSSESSION	36:21

WHAT IT MEANS

Eastern Illinois

Record0–1

Minnesota

Record1–0

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