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South Dakota State JACKRABBIT ATHLETICS NEWS RELEASE Jackrabbit Sports Information • 2820 HPER Center • Brookings, SD 57007-1497 Sports Information Director: Jason Hove Phone: (605) 688-4623 E-mail: [email protected] Assistant: Ryan Sweeter Phone: (605) 688-4822 E-mail: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/jackrabbit.nation Twitter: @SDSU_Jacks Website: www.GoJacks.com 2011 FOOTBALL INFORMATION Jacks open league slate in Illinois THIS WEEK’S MATCHUP SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (1-2, 0-0 MVFC) at ILLINOIS STATE (1-2, 0-1 MVFC) 6 p.m. Saturday Hancock Stadium; Normal, Ill. SERIES NOTES 2010 RECORD: 5-6 (4-4 • Fourth meeting (South Dakota State leads series, 2-1) 2010 RECORD: 6-5 (4-4 in MVFC) MEDIA INFORMATION in MVFC) HEAD COACH: John • Pre-game radio show begins at 4:30 p.m. Central Time on WNAX 570 AM, with HEAD COACH: Brock Spack Stiegelmeier (SDSU, 1979) additional coverage at 5:30 p.m. on the following Jackrabbit Sports Network stations: (Purdue (Ind.), 1984) • 89-68 record in 15 KJJQ 910 AM-Brookings KGFX 1060 AM-Pierre KOLY 1300 AM-Mobridge • 13-12 record in three seasons (all at South KRKI 99.1 FM-Rapid City KBFS 1450 AM-Belle Fourche KSDR 1480 AM-Watertown seasons (all at Illinois Dakota State) • Audio streaming available through Jackrabbit Extra subscription service at GoJacks.com State) LAST WEEK: lost at Cal • Video streaming available through GoRedbirds.com LAST WEEK: lost at Poly, 14-48 Youngstown State, 27-34 2011 SCHEDULE Sports Information Contact: Jason Hove September 20, 2011 BROOKINGS, S.D. — The South Dakota State University football team will attempt to SEPTEMBER end a two-game losing streak as it opens Missouri Valley Football Conference play 3 SOUTHERN UTAH [Cereal Bowl] W, 29-28 10 at Illinois L, 3-56 Saturday night at Illinois State. 17 at Cal Poly L, 14-48 Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. at Hancock Stadium on the Illinois State campus in Normal. 24 *at Illinois State 6 p.m. Both teams enter the matchup with 1-2 overall records. The Jackrabbits held on to win their season opener, 29-28 over Southern Utah, before suffering through a pair of lopsided OCTOBER road losses at Illinois and Cal Poly the past two weeks. Saturday’s game ends a three- 1 *INDIANA STATE [Beef Bowl] 6 p.m. 8 *at Youngstown State 4 p.m. ET game road swing for the Jackrabbits, who haven’t played at home since the Sept. 3 season 15 *NORTHERN IOWA [Hall of Fame Game] 6 p.m. opener. 22 *NORTH DAKOTA STATE [Dakota Marker] 2 p.m. Illinois State, meanwhile, already has a conference game under its belt, opening the 29 *at Missouri State 2 p.m. league slate Sept. 17 with a 34-27 loss at Youngstown State. The Redbirds began the 2011 season with a 33-26 loss at in-state rival Eastern Illinois, followed by a 52-21 win NOVEMBER in their home opener against Morehead State (Ky.). 5 *SOUTHERN ILLINOIS [Hobo Day] 2 p.m. 12 *at Western Illinois 1 p.m. ONLINE COVERAGE: Audio coverage of Saturday’s game is scheduled to be available * denotes Missouri Valley Football Conference game via the Jackrabbit Extra subscription service at GoJacks.com, the official website of SDSU All times Central Time unless noted athletics. Monthly subscriptions for the Jackrabbit Extra, which includes live audio and video streaming are available for $11.95 per month or $99.95 for an entire year of coverage. Video coverage will be available at GoRedbirds.com. 2010 RESULTS Local radio coverage Saturday begins on Jackrabbit Sports Network flagship station WNAX 570 AM at 4:30 p.m., with an expanded pre-game show. Tyler Merriam will call the SEPTEMBER play-by-play, with former Jackrabbit player Mike Struck providing color commentary and 11 at Delaware L, 3-26 Scotty Kwas providing sideline updates. 18 *ILLINOIS STATE [Cereal Bowl] L, 14-24 Coverage across the Jackrabbit Sports Network begins at 5:30 p.m. Network affiliates 25 *at Nebraska L, 3-17 include: OCTOBER • KJJQ 910 AM-Brookings • KRKI 99.1 FM-Rapid City 2 *at Northern Iowa L, 14-24 • KGFX 1060 AM-Pierre • KOLY 1300 AM-Mobridge 9 *WESTERN ILLINOIS [Beef Bowl] W, 33-29 • KBFS 1450 AM-Belle Fourche • KSDR 1480 AM-Watertown 16 *at Southern Illinois W, 31-10 THE SERIES: Saturday’s game will mark the fourth meeting on the gridiron between 23 *YOUNGSTOWN STATE [Hobo Day] W, 30-20 30 *at Indiana State L, 30-41 South Dakota State and Illinois State. The series dates back to the 2008 season, when the Jackrabbits joined the Missouri Valley Football Conference, with SDSU holding a 2-1 NOVEMBER series advantage. The Jackrabbits won the first two meetings before Illinois State claimed 6 *MISSOURI STATE [Hall of Fame Game] W, 31-10 a 24-14 victory at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium last season. 13 *at North Dakota State [Dakota Marker] L, 24-31 Following are the results from the three previous matchups: 21 NORTH DAKOTA [Military Appreciation] W, 21-0 2008: South Dakota State 52, Illinois State 21 (at Brookings, S.D.) * denotes Missouri Valley Football Conference game 2009: South Dakota State 38, Illinois State 17 (at Normal, Ill.) 2010: Illinois State 24, South Dakota State 14 (at Brookings, S.D.) LAST MEETING COACH TO CURE MD: South Dakota State University head coach John Stiegelmeier and his coaching staff will join college football coaches from around the country in the VERSUS ILLINOIS STATE fight against a common opponent — Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy — when the Jackrabbits play at Illinois State on Saturday night SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Illinois State (2-1, 1-0) 7 10 7 0 24 By wearing an armband with the Coach to Cure MD insignia, coaches will show their South Dakota State (0-2, 0-1) 0 0 0 14 14 support for Coach to Cure MD, the American Football Coaches Association’s (AFCA) SCORING SUMMARY newest charitable project. 1st 3:18 ILS Ashton Leggett 2 yd run (Steven Fetzer kick) Football fans will be able to donate to muscular dystrophy research either online at 2nd 9:33 ILS Fetzer 36 yd field goal 00:30 ILS Tyrone Walker 23 yd pass from Matt Brown CoachToCureMD.org or by texting the word “CURE” to 90999 to automatically donate $5 (Fetzer kick) from their mobile phones. 3rd 2:33 ILS Marvon Sanders 13 yd pass from Brown (Fetzer kick) Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is the most common fatal genetic disorder diagnosed 4th 14:21 SDSU Tyler Duffy 3 yd run during childhood. Because the Duchenne gene is found on the X-chromosome, it primari- (Kyle Minett pass from Thomas O’Brien) ly affects boys and occurs across all races and cultures. Boys and young men with 7:50 SDSU Brandon Hubert 5 yd pass from O’Brien (rush failed) Duchenne lack dystrophin, a protein critical to the structural stability of muscle fibers. TEAM STATISTICS ILS SDSU Patients develop progressive muscle weakness that eventually causes loss of mobility, FIRST DOWNS 22 21 wheelchair dependency and a decline in respiratory and cardiac function. Currently, there RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 46-192 26-129 PASSING YDS (NET) 172 245 is no cure for Duchenne and limited therapeutic options exist. Passes Att-Comp-Int 29-20-0 42-24-2 The AFCA is joining with the Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) to make TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 75-364 68-374 Coach to Cure MD a reality and generate support for research using the nationwide, one- Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-1 4-20 day, game-day event. Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-73 5-117 Interception Returns-Yards 2-0 0-0 LAST MEETING: South Dakota State dug itself an early hole and couldn’t recover, Punts (Number-Avg) 7-35.0 4-35.8 falling 24-14 to Illinois State in the 2010 home and Missouri Valley Football Conference Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 opener Sept. 18 before a Cereal Bowl crowd of 12,425 at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium. Penalties-Yards 11-76 7-83 Possession Time 35:22 24:38 The 20th-ranked Jackrabbits fell to 0-2 overall, while Illinois State improved to 2-1 on Third-Down Conversions 6 of 15 3 of 13 the season, including a 1-0 mark in league play. Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3 of 3 2 of 4 SDSU missed out on a couple scoring chances in the first quarter. On the opening Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-15 1-6 drive, the Jackrabbits moved the ball into Illinois State territory only to have a dropped RUSHING LEADERS: ILS - Ashton Leggett 20-100, Erik Smith 18-79. pass on a third-and-7 play stall the drive. SDSU - Kyle Minett 18-120, Tyler Duffy 4-20. PASSING LEADERS: The Redbirds broke into the scoring column with a methodical 17-play, 82-yard drive ILS - Matt Brown 20-29-0 172. SDSU - Thomas O’Brien 24-42-2 245. RECEIVING LEADERS: ILS - Marvon Sanders 10-82, Tyrone Walker 2- that chewed up more than seven minutes. Sophomore quarterback Matt Brown was 34, Ben Erickson 2-16, Erik Smith 2-15, Matt Mose 2-13. SDSU - 5-for-6 passing on the drive for 53 yards and running back Ashton Leggett added 26 Aaron Rollin 6-74, Brandon Hubert 6-54, Kyle Minett 5-32, Tyrel Kool 3-35. INTERCEPTIONS: ILS - Austin Davis 1-0, E.J.