Postgame Audio: Creighton. Glass. Ryland.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University football team is leaving a Big Ten Conference stadium with a win for the third consecutive season after beating the University of Illinois, 34-31, today, Sept. 14, at historic Memorial Stadium.
A back-and-forth contest, the game was tied with three seconds on the clock when sophomore kicker Chad Ryland (Lebanon, Pa.-Cedar Crest) drilled a 24-yard, game-winning field goal to down the Illini.