Illini ends skid at seven games with win vs. Hoosiers

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Kelvin Hayden's interception set up Jon Beutjer's short touchdown pass with 30 seconds remaining, and Illinois rallied from a 19-point deficit to beat Indiana 26-22 Saturday, ending a 14-game Big Ten losing streak.

Hayden grabbed the ball from the arms of Jahkeen Gilmore and ran it back 33 yards to Indiana's 30 with just under 4 minutes left. The Illini handed the ball to Pierre Thomas seven consecutive times and moved the ball to the 2 before Beutjer found Kendrick Jones wide open in the end zone.

Illinois (3-7, 1-6) snapped a seven-game slide and won a conference game for the first time since the end of the 2002 season. Indiana (3-6, 1-5) lost its 12th straight Big Ten road game and its bowl hopes disappeared.

The Illini trailed 19-0 before coming back with two touchdown passes from Brad Bower in the first quarter and a 44-yard TD run by Thomas, who carried 21 times for 185 yards.