No. 25 SEMO (0-0) at No. 24 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (0-0) Carbondale, Ill
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GAME 1 | October 30, 2020 | 6 PM CT No. 25 SEMO (0-0) AT No. 24 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (0-0) Carbondale, Ill. | Saluki Stadium (15,000) Series: Salukis trail, 42-37-8 (H: 18-22-4, A: 18-20-4, N: 1-0) Follow The Game War For The Wheel 80). He also has 34.5 tackles for loss in his Watch: KFVS-12, ESPN+, Connor Onion, Connor James, The game will be the 88th meeting career, which is sixth all-time at SIU. Adam King all-time between the schools in a series Saluki Radio: Mike Reis, Gene Green that dates back to 1909 when the teams QB Karé Lyles among national leaders WCIL-FM 101.5 Carbondale (Flagship) had to cross the Mississippi River by boat in completion %, yards per attempt KATZ-AM 1600 St. Louis, Mo., Tune-In Radio to play. The rivalry is branded the “War For After taking over at quarterback SIUSalukis.com Live Stats: The Wheel” in reference to the ship’s wheel in game three last season, Karé Lyles Twitter: SIU_Football | Facebook: SalukiFootball Instagram: @SIUSalukis | Website: SIUSalukis.com trophy that goes to the winner. SEMO is (6-0, 210, Sr.) went on to rank among currently in possession of the wheel after the nation’s leaders in pass completion 2019 MVFC Standings last year’s 44-26 win in Cape Girardeau. percentage (.629/23rd) and yards per MVFC ALL Coaches Stats However, SIU has won 10 of the last 14 attemtp (7.7/32nd). A junior college transfer North Dakota State 8-0 16-0 1 1 meetings. who began his career at Wisconsin, Lyles Northern Iowa 6-2 10-5 5 3 sparked the team to a five-game winning Illinois State 5-3 10-5 7 9 streak during conference play. South Dakota State 5-3 8-5 12 5 Salukis ranked in preseason for first Southern Illinois 5-3 7-5 RV 24 time since 2011 South Dakota 4-4 5-7 — — For the first time since 2011, the Salukis WR Landon Lenoir closing in on 100 Indiana State 3-5 5-7 — — enter the season nationally ranked, coming career catches Youngstown State 2-6 6-6 — — in at No. 24. Last year, SIU spent one week WR Landon Lenoir (6-1, 192, Sr.) has Missouri State 1-7 1-10 — — in the polls when they were No. 25 on Nov. 98 career catches for 1,149 receiving yards. Western Illinois 1-7 1-11 — — 23, 2019. That marked the first entry into An honorable mention All-MVFC performer Southern Illinois Schedule the Top 25 since 2014. The 2020 season the last two seasons, he needs two more Oct. 30 SEMO KFVS-12 6 PM opener features a pair of ranked teams for catches to become only the 14th player Feb. 20 South Dakota State* TBA the first time in school history. in school history with 100 receptions. Feb. 27 Indiana State* TBA Lenoir has two relatives who played in the Mar. 6 at Youngstown State* TBA Five Salukis active in the NFL NFL. Brother Lance Lenoir, who holds the Mar. 14 at Missouri State* TBA With the addition of 2019 All-American Western Illinois school record for career Mar. 20 Northern Iowa* TBA S Jeremy Chinn (Carolina Panthers) and touchdown catches (28), played for the Mar. 27 — BYE WEEK — Apr. 3 at North Dakota* TBA CB Madre Harper (New York Giants), the Dallas Cowboys last year. Cousin Laquon Apr. 10 Western Illinois* TBA Salukis have five active players in the NFL. Treadwell is a WR for the Atlanta Falcons. Apr. 17 at Illinois State* TBA They joined MyCole Pruitt (Tennessee All times Central Titans) Craig James (Philadelphia Eagles), WR Avante Cox led team in receiving and Ryan Neal (Seattle Seahawks). Chinn WR Avante Cox (5-10, 170, Jr.) led Returning 2019 Statistical Leaders is leading the NFL in tackles by a rookie. last year’s team with 47 catches for 617 Rushing Att Yds Avg. TD Long Saluki Football has produced 42 players yards and five TDs. The Wyoming transfer Javon Williams Jr. 162 1,038 6.4 17 64 Romeir Elliott 81 476 5.9 3 74 who have gone on to play in the NFL. was named 2nd Team All-MVFC and All- Avante Cox 21 212 10.1 3 65 Newcomer team. He also earned both the Touchdown leader Javon Williams Jr. MVFC Player of the Week and Newcomer Receiving Rec Yds Avg. TD Long ln 2019, RB Javon Williams Jr. (6-2, of the Week vs. South Dakota (113 receiving Avante Cox 47 617 13.1 5 62 245, So.) led the MVFC and all Division I yards, 80 rushing yards, 3 TDs) and Landon Lenoir 41 616 15.0 3 53 freshmen with 19 touchdowns (17 rushing, Newcomer of the Week against Arkansas Romeir Elliott 13 48 3.7 1 17 Javon Williams Jr. 10 200 22.2 2 85 2 receiving). The total was a conference State (142 receiving yards). Jacob Garrett 5 101 20.2 2 41 freshman record. He also threw two TD passes. In the game against Youngstown Saluki Sack Attack Passing Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds TD State, Williams Jr. became the first player SIU’s defense ranked 6th in the nation, Karé Lyles 127-202-8 63.0 1569 12 in school history to rush for a TD, catch at averaging 3.25 sacks per game in 2019. Stone Labanowitz 37-57-1 64.9 493 4 TD and pass for a TD in the same game. Twelve different recorded sacks. Southern Frequently operating out of the Wildcat tied a school record with nine sacks versus Defense Tackles TFL Sack INT PBU Cody Crider 90 12.0-26 2.0-10 - 2 formation, Williams totaled 1,038 rushing Youngstown State. Bryson Strong 61 4.5-16 2.0-12 - 2 yards and average3 6.4 yards per carry. Makel Calhoun 45 11.5-60 7.0-54 - 1 OLB Makel Calhoun with breakout year Joe Patterson 40 6.0-17 1.0-6 - 1 DE Anthony Knighton eyes sack record OLB Makel Calhoun (6-2, 220, Jr.) had Jonathan Thompson 39 0-0 0-0 - 3 DE Anthony Knighton (6-4, 251, Sr.) a breakout season in 2019, leading the Anthony Knighton 33 10.5-56 6.0-46 - - has started every game (34) of his Saluki team in sacks (7.0) and ranking 39th in the Luke Giegling 29 7.0-38 5.0-34 - - career and is third all-time in sacks at SIU nation, despite missing the Missouri State Jordan Berner 26 7.0-20 3.0-11 - 1 Chucky Sullivan 24 6.0-48 4.5-45 - - with 21.0. He had 6.0 sacks in 2019 season. game with a concussion. Calhoun recorded Keenan Agnew 23 2.5-17 2.0-16 - - Knighton is 3.0 sacks shy of breaking the 2.0 sacks in both the Youngstown State school record held by James Phillips (1977- and Indiana State games. 1983 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 2007 FINAL FOUR 1 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Southern Illinois Team Rankings FB Jacob Garrett a key to SIU’s running game 2019 Statistics (124 Teams Ranked) Nation MVFC Value The Salukis had two 1,000-yard rushers in the same season for the first time 3rd Down Conversion Pct 72 5 0.370 in school history last year, and lead-blocking FB Cody Crider (6-2, 245, Jr.) was 3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense 13 2 0.327 a big reason why the ground game was so successful. An MVFC All-Academic 4th Down Conversion Pct 47 2 0.500 Team selection with 4.00 GPA, Garrett also caught five passes for 101 yards on 4th Down Conversion Pct Defense 28 6 0.417 the season and two TDs. Blocked Kicks 24 2 4 Blocked Kicks Allowed 17 4 1 Salukis are Strong times two Blocked Punts 34 4 1 Brothers Bryson and Justin Strong are now on opposite sides of the ball. ILB Blocked Punts Allowed 56 7 1 Completion Percentage 21 4 0.631 Bryson Strong (5-10, 230, Jr.) ranked fourth on the team in tackles (61) a year Fewest Penalties 34 3 63 ago and averaged eight tackles per game in the second half of the season. RB Fewest Penalties Per Game 29 4 5.25 Justin Strong (6-0, 215, So.) flips over to offense from his safety spot a year ago. Fewest Penalty Yards 50 3 627 He played in all 12 games last year and was a top special teams tackler. At Althoff Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game 52 6 52.25 High School, Justin played both sides of the ball. As a running back he averaged First Downs Defense 39 5 228 12.9 yards per carry. First Downs Offense 54 4 239 Fumbles Lost 55 3 8 The Agnew family legacy Fumbles Recovered 29 4 10 DT Keenan Agnew (6-0, 275, Jr.) is third Agnew brother to play at SIU. Kickoff Return Defense 4 1 15.18 Fullback Ray Agnew (2010-13) played one season in the NFL for the Cleveland Kickoff Returns 101 8 17.67 Browns. Running back Malcolm Agnew (2013-14) rushed for 1,708 yards and Net Punting 36 6 36.75 scored 19 touchdowns in two seasons. He is currently the running backs coach Passes Had Intercepted 45 5 10 Passes Intercepted 72 6 9 for North Dakota. The Agnews’ father is Ray Agnew, who was the 10th overall pick Passing Offense 93 7 185.2 in the 1990 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots and played six seasons in the Passing Yards Allowed 33 7 200.6 NFL at defensive tackle.