TAMPA, Fla. -- Quinton Flowers threw for 280 yards and four touchdowns and No. 21 USF returned from a Hurricane Irma-imposed layoff to rout Illinois 47-23 on Friday night.
Flowers moved ahead of Matt Grothe and B.J. Daniels into second place on USF's career touchdown pass list with 53. The 2016 American Athletic Conference offensive player of the year also scored his 32nd rushing touchdown, tying Marlon Mack's school record.
The Bulls (3-0) beat a Big Ten opponent for the first time on a night USF honored first responders who worked the past week to help victims of the massive storm that impacted the entire state of Florida.