For Immediate Release Oct. 31, 2016 Mike Kern

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2016 Valley Football Standings (thru 10/29) • • Media Services • • MVFC Points Overall Points Players of the Week Team W-L Pct. For Opp W-L Pct. For Opp H A Stk. Each week a panel will select players of the week for offense, defense, newcomer, North Dakota St. 4-1 .800 120 65 7-1 .875 217 147 3-1 4-0 W2 Youngstown State 4-1 .800 87 70 6-2 .750 191 124 5-0 1-2 W1 offensive line and special teams. South Dakota St. 4-1 .800 161 118 5-3 .625 289 243 3-1 2-2 L1 Western Illinois 3-2 .600 136 177 6-2 .750 236 241 2-1 4-1 W1 Valley Football Radio Report South Dakota 3-2 .600 142 144 4-4 .500 259 288 3-1 1-3 L1 Each week’s games are previewed on Missouri State 2-3 .400 128 185 4-4 .500 213 242 2-2 2-2 W1 the Missouri Valley Football Conference Northern Iowa 2-3 .400 158 94 3-5 .375 227 168 2-2 1-3 L1 Radio Report, produced by Jim Pow- Illinois State 2-4 .333 140 161 4-5 .444 220 205 3-2 1-3 W1 ers. The report can be heard on most Indiana State 2-4 .333 155 172 4-5 .444 251 279 2-2 2-3 L1 schools’ network affiliate station. Southern Illinois 0-5 .000 137 178 2-6 .250 247 255 2-2 0-4 L5

Weekly Features The league produces weekly video Results/Schedule Grid Bits segments (Two Minute Drill and The Ex- LAST WEEK: Saturday, Oct. 29 u A league game this week will feature tra Point) and an audio podcast. Each ranked teams playing one another. is available by visiting the league’s web Missouri State 38, Southern Illinois 35 Counting that game this week, there site (valleyfootball.org) Illinois State 38, #7 S. Dakota State 21 #13 Western Illinois 35, #25 S. Dakota 34 have been 150 games in league his- Coaches Calls #14 Youngstown St. 13, Indiana State 10 tory when two top-25 MVFC teams squared off. In the previous 149 Teleconferences featuring the #4 North Dakota State 24, UNI 20 games, the home team is 87-61. The league’s head coaches are on the first higher-ranked team is 89-60. Once, Tuesday of each month during the Saturday, Nov. 5 the teams met in Frisco (neutral site). season at 10 a.m. CT. Replays are ac- cessible on the league web site. u Western won its fourth game this year *RV UNI at Indiana State in a game decided in the final minute 877-393-4731 Terre Haute, IN • 12 p.m. (ESPN3) of play, with three of those occurring Aug. 2 • Sept. 6 • Oct. 4 • Nov. 1 on the road. (at Northern Illinois, Indi- *RV Illinois State at #11 Western Illinois ana State, at Missouri State, at South 10:00 am CT – Mike Sanford, INS Macomb, IL • 1 p.m. (ESPN3) 10:06 am CT – Bo Pelini, YSU Dakota). The Leathernecks improved to 2-2 this year when trailing after the 10:12 am CT – Charlie Fisher, WIU *Missouri State at #13 S. Dakota State third quarter. In the previous three 10:18 am CT – , ILS Brookings, S.D. • 2 p.m. (Midco/E3) 10:24 am CT – , SIU years, Western was just 1-16 when trailing after the third. 10:30 am CT – Dave Steckel, MSU *RV South Dakota at Southern Illinois 10:36 am CT – John Stiegelmeier, SDSU Carbondale, IL • 2 p.m. (ESPN3) u Since the playoff field expanded to its 10:42 am CT – , USD current 24-team format (in 2013), 23 10:48 am CT – , UNI *#13 Youngstown St. at #4 N. Dakota St. teams with 4+ losses, including 17 at- 10:54 am CT – Chris Klieman, NDSU Fargo, N.D. • 2:30 p.m. (NBC ND/E3) large selections, have made the play- offs. In 2014, Indiana State (7-5 at www.valley-football.org the time of selection), became the first Ranking is highest ranking in FCS Coaches, STATS facebook.com/ValleyFootball or HERO Sports top-25 polls. RV=receiving votes 5-loss team to earn an at-large spot. Last year, Western Illinois became the @valleyfootball • @FCS_Insider Times denoted are Central second, earning a spot in the field with @ESPNCFB • @NCAA_FCS *indicates Conference game a 6-5 mark. @FCS_STATS • @HeroSportsNews 2016 Missouri Valley Football Conference Weekly Release (Oct. 31)

Players of the Week This Week in the MVFC 4-0 Starts Bode Well On Nov. 5, the Conference enters its final South Dakota State started the year 4-0 in Offense three weeks of the regular-season slate. MVFC play before falling at Illinois State on QB Brodie Lambert, Missouri State The game with biggest title implications has Oct. 29. A league team has started confer- 6-1, 211, Sr., Arlington (Texas) James Martin North Dakota State hosting Youngstown ence play with a 4-0 record on 34 occasions. Lambert posted career highs for total of- State -- both teams are tied for first place fense (390), completions (25), passing yards All but one of the previous 33 (Western (339) and rushing yards (51) while tossing four in the league race (4-1) with South Dakota Kentucky in 2005) finished second or better passes to lead MSU to a 38-35 State. The Jackrabbits host Missouri State. in the league standings. Twenty seven of the comeback win over Southern Illinois. Lambert The league’s TV Game of the Week fea- threw for three TDs in the second half, helping 33 with 4-0 or better starts earned playoff the Bears rally from a 14-point deficit. He tures South Dakota at Southern Illinois, and berths, while 24 won the league title: ripped off a career-long 46-yard rush to set it will air on Valley Football on ESPN3 (Adam Year Team, Note (* - denotes playoffs) up a touchdown, then tied the game with a Seidel, Danan Hughes and Kelly Burke on 36-yard scoring strike to Zac Hoover with just the call). All five MVFC games this week are 1985 *UNI was 5-0, won league over three minutes remaining in regulation. 1987 *UNI was 6-0, won league Lambert’s 390 yards of offense represent the available on ESPN3. Western Illinois started 5-0, finished 2nd sixth-best single-game total in school history. 1988 *Western Illinois was 6-0, won league Down to the Wire 1989 *MSU started 5-0, won league Defense Four of five league contests were decided 1990 *MSU started 4-0, tied for title 1991 *Western Illinois started 4-0, tied for 2nd FS Tre Dempsey, North Dakota State by a possession last Saturday. Missouri 5-10, 179, Jr., Lakeland (Fla.) Lakeland 1992 Missouri State started 4-0, tied for second Dempsey intercepted two passes including State scored 10 points in the final 3:21, in- 1993 Western Illinois started 4-0, tied for second one on the final drive of the game to clinch cluding the game-winning field goal with :10 1994 *UNI was 6-0, won league North Dakota State’s 24-20 road win over left to beat Southern Illinois, 38-35. West- 1995 *UNI started 5-0, won league Northern Iowa. His on the second 1996 *UNI was 5-0, won league play of the third quarter stopped a drive after ern Illinois scored it’s game-winning TD with 1997 *Western Illinois was 6-0, won league UNI ended the first half with a field goal. :32 remaining to beat South Dakota, 35-34. 1998 *Western Illinois started 5-0, won league Dempsey had four tackles, one for a loss, and NDSU and UNI alternated scores throughout 1999 *Illinois State was 6-0, won league made a pass breakup in the end zone. He is their game, won by the Bison, 24-20. And *Youngstown St. started 4-0, finished 2nd one of eight players in the FCS with at least 2000 *Western Illinois started 4-0, won league five this season. after falling behind 10-0, Youngstown State 2001 *UNI started 4-0, won league scored the final 13 points to win, 13-10. 2003 *UNI started 5-0, won league Special Teams *Southern Illinois started 6-0, won league 2004 *Southern Illinois started 7-0, won league WR/PR Darien Townsend, Youngstown State 1-Point League Games 5-10, 170, Jr., Youngstown (Ohio) Christian Including this past Saturday’s 35-34 West- 2005 Western Ky. started 4-0, finished tied for 4th Youngstown State started 4-0, won league Townsend’s 79-yard punt return in the ern Illinois win at South Dakota, there have fourth quarter was the game-deciding score 2007 *UNI started 6-0, won league in the Penguins’ come-from-behind 13-10 been 38 league games decided by a single 2009 *Southern Illinois started 8-0, won league victory over Indiana State. With around 9:30 point. In league history, UNI has more one- *South Dakota State started 6-0, finished 2nd remaining, Townsend caught a 62-yard punt by point wins (11) in Missouri Valley Football 2011 *North Dakota State started 6-0, won league Indiana State’s Thomas Bouldin. He had two *UNI started 5-0, won league punt returns for 91 yards while catching two Conference games than any other league 2013 *North Dakota State started 8-0, won league passes for 24 yards in the game. member. The most recent one-point game Youngstown State started 5-0, finished 2nd prior to this past weekend was an Indiana 2014 *North Dakota State started 5-0, tied for title Newcomer State 20-19 win vs. UNI in 2014. *Illinois State started 4-0, tied for title 2015 *Illinois State started 5-0, tied for title QB Chris Streveler, South Dakota 2016 South Dakota State started 4-0, ??? 6-2, 220, Jr., Crystal Lake (Ill.) Marian Central One-Point Decisions in MVFC Play Catholic / Minnesota Eastern Illinois (4-6) South Dakota (0-1) ^teams that went undefeated in league play Streveler accounted for 475 yards of total Illinois State (1-4) S. Dakota State (1-0) offense and three against No. Indiana State (4-1) Southern Illinois (6-8) Sir Lance, A Lot 15 Western Illinois. He completed 29 of 40 Missouri State (4-5) Western Illinois (6-3) passes for a career-high 373 yards, becom- Western Illinois’ Lance Lenoir had six ing the program’s first 300-yard passer since N. Dakota State (1-1) Western Kentucky (0-2) catches this past weekend, giving him 255 2013, and ran 21 times for 102 yards for his UNI (11-5) Youngstown State (1-3) for his career, establishing a league all- fourth 100-yard effort this season. Streveler time record, surpassing Tyrone Walker of threw touchdowns of 20 yards to Trystn Ducker and seven yards to Dakarai Allen. His 1-yard TD Road Warriors Illinois State (250). Lenoir has a catch in run gave USD its largest lead at 31-14. Only 19 teams in league history have won 38-straight games, and only two in league five road games in a season and all of them history have bettered that. Offensive Lineman reached the playoffs. This past weekend, Career Receptions, MVFC: OC Mark Spelman, Illinois State North Dakota State (4-0) and Western Illinois 255, Lance Lenoir, Western Illinois, 2013-pres. 6-3, 290, Sr., Brookfield (Wis.) Marquette Univ. HS (4-1) grabbed their fourth road wins of the 250, Tyrone Walker, Illinois State, 2009-12 Spelman graded out at 95 percent and was season as NDSU beat UNI, 24-20, and West- 249, Eddie Berlin, UNI, 1997-00 credited with six knockdowns, while not allow- ern edged South Dakota, 35-34. NDSU has 242, Mike Furrey, UNI, 1997-99 ing a sack against the Jacks. Spelman also 221, MyCole Pruitt, Southern Illinois, 2011-14 opened holes for senior running back Jamal one remaining road game (Nov. 19 at South Towns, who set a career-high with 136 yards Dakota) as does Western Illinois (Nov. 19 at Consecutive Games W/Catch rushing on a career-best 17 carries and scored Southern Illinois). 45, Tyrone Walker, Illinois State, 2009-12 his first touchdown of the season. Towns aver- 44, Eddie Berlin, UNI, 1997-00 aged eight yards per carry as the Redbirds out- rushed the Jackrabbits 209-83 in the contest. 38, Lance Lenoir, Western Illinois, 2013-present 38, Cornell Craig, Southern Illinois, 1996-99 2016 Missouri Valley Football Conference Weekly Release (Oct. 31)

What’s the Rush? Christion Slings It Tough Against the Rush Western Illinois RB Steve McShane leads QB Taryn Christion threw for 430 yards at Youngstown State has yielded only 1 the MVFC in rushing yards per game this Illinois State on Oct. 29, the second-highest rushing TD this season, which leads all of season, averaging 97.5 through Western’s total in the league this year, trailing only Division I football. In the past 20 years, the first eight contests. Only three times in Christion’s 466-yard performance against only MVFC team to yield fewer than 5 rushing 31 years has a league rushing champion Southern Illinois. Against ISU, he had 63 TDs in an entire season was the 2009 UNI averaged under 100 yards per game, and pass attempts, which ties for third-most in Panthers -- 4, in an 11-game schedule. only once since 1989 has the MVFC rushing league history. The 430-yard total is 14th Fewest Rushing TDs Allowed (FCS), Last 20 Seasons champ not eclipsed 110 ypg. The last sea- best all-time in a game in league history. 1 - Monmouth (2003) 64.3 ypg son in which only one MVFC player eclipsed Most Pass Attempts, Single Game, MVFC History 1 - Penn (2009) 63.2 ypg the 100-yard per-game rushing barrier was 2 - Montana State (2009) 82.5 ypg 69, Ryan Helming, UNI, vs. Western Illinois, 1999 3 - Brown (2008) 77.1 ypg in 1997 (Aaron Stecker of Western Illinois 66, , ILS, vs. Western Illinois, 1997 averaged 176.4 ypg). Here are the last 10 3 - Marist (1997) 39.8 ypg 63, Taryn Christion, SDSU vs. Illinois State, 2016 3 - Yale (2007) 104.8 ypg seasons in the MVFC, indicating number of 63, Mark Iannotti, SIU, vs. Illinois State, 2015 100-yard rushers each year, and the indi- 61, Kevin Glenn, ILS, vs. UNI, 1998 Fewest Rushing TDs Allowed (FCS) vidual MVFC rushing champ. 1. Youngstown State 1 102.9 ypg 2t. Central Arkansas 3 61.0 ypg Number of 100-yard rushers (per game) per season Tough Schedules 2t. Colgate 3 78.1 ypg 2016 - currently zero Four MVFC teams rank among the Top 7 2015 - 2 (Marshaun Coprich, ISU, led at 151.3 ypg) in the FCS, for toughest schedules (based on 2014 - 6 (Marshaun Coprich, ISU, led at 151.6 ypg) cumulative opposition). North Dakota State, The Big D 2013 - 2 (Zach Zenner, SDSU, led at 143.9 ypg) which has played six ranked teams in its first South Dakota State’s Dallas Goedert 2012 - 3 (Zach Zenner, SDSU, led at 157.2 ypg) eight games, leads the league and is ranked leads all Division I tight ends in receiving 2011 - 3 (Shakir Bell, INS, led at 151.8 ypg) No. 2 overall. Meanwhile, the MVFC has yards in 2016, with 937 yards on 62 catch- 2010 - 4 (Kyle Minett, SDSU, led at 120.8 ypg) four of the Top 8 teams in the FCS based on es. His nine TD receptions match Michael 2009 - 4 (Pat Paschall, NDSU, led at 139.7 ypg) Roberts of Toledo for the Division I lead but 2008 - 3 (Herb Donaldson, WIU, led at 162.2 ypg) previous opposition. SDSU leads the league 2007 - 2 (Herb Donaldson, WIU, led at 149.1 ypg) and is 3rd in the FCS with a .690 percentage are the best in the FCS. He is 63 yards away (opponents’ record of 29-13). from becoming the first TE in league history to reach 1,000 receiving yards. Only 3 TEs Top-10 Performance Team (Conference, Cumulative Opposition) Pct. QB Chris Streveler of South Dakota had in the FCS have reached 1,000 yards in the 1. Cal Poly (Big Sky) .667 480 yards of total offense against Western past 20 years, and Brian Forster of Rhode 2. North Dakota State (MVFC) .656 Island holds the all-time FCS record with Illinois on Oct. 29. It marks the second time 3. UNI (MVFC) .641 this season a league QB has reached 475 4. South Dakota (MVFC) .636 1,617 yards in 1985. yards in a game, and the total is ninth best 4. Northern Arizona (Big Sky) .636 2016 Leaders (TEs) Rec. Yds. TD all-time in league history. 6. Samford (Southern) .625 1. Dallas Goedert, SDSU 62 937 9 7. South Dakota State (MVFC) .613 2. Evan Engram, Ole Miss 49 700 6 Most Yards, Total Offense, MVFC History Team (Conference, Past Opposition) Pct. 3. Adam Breneman, UMass 52 622 6 548, Ryan Helming, UNI, vs. Western Illinois, 1999 4. Gerald Everett, S. Alabama 38 616 4 517, Kevin Glenn, ILS, vs. UNI, 1998 1. UC Davis (Big Sky) .724 5. Eric Saubert, Drake 46 580 5 517, Mark Iannotti, SIU, vs. Indiana, 2015 2. Rhode Island (CAA Football) .708 Top Totals (TEs) Since 1997 Rec. Yds. TD 507, Sean Payton, EIU, vs. Saginaw Valley, 1985 3. South Dakota State (MVFC) .690 492, Matt Barr, WIU, vs. Illinois State, 2010 4. Furman (Southern) .686 Mikhael Ricks, SF Austin (97) 47 1358 13 483, Sam Clemons, WIU, vs. Indiana State, 2001 5. North Dakota State (MVFC) .667 Anthony Crissinger-Hill, FAU (03) 74 1134 9 477, Pat Grace, UNI, vs. South Dakota, 2009 6. South Dakota (MVFC) .644 Casey Cramer, Dartmouth (02) 72 1017 7 477, Matt Brown, ILS, vs. UNI, 2012 7. UNI (MVFC) .643 Dallas Goedert, SDSU (2016) 62 937 9 480, Chris Streveler, USD vs. Western Illinois, 2016 7. Western Illinois (MVFC .643 Matt Champa, Dayton (2007) 59 921 9 475, Luke Drone, ILS, vs. Indiana State, 2005 475, Taryn Christion, SDSU vs. Southern Illinois, 2016 Working Overtime South Dakota is just the second MVFC 2016 Valley Football Teams in the Top 25 team to play three overtime games in the Team Pre S5 S12 S19 S26 O3 O10 O17 O24 O31 N7 N14 N21 END same season. The Coyotes are 2-1 this year in those games, all of which went two Illinois State 8 9 5 9 18 22 rv rv rv rv overtimes. Notably, UNI matched an FCS Indiana St. rv rv - rv 24 rv rv - - - record by losing OT games in three succes- Missouri St. - - - rv - rv rv rv - - sive weeks in 2013 (Oct. 12-19-26). NDSU 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 In the league’s 31-plus year history, only UNI 4 3 9 14 12 11 19 rv rv rv S. Dakota rv - rv - - rv rv rv 25 rv seven league teams (UNI-2005) (Indiana SDSU 8 9 9 15 15 12 11 7 7 13 State-2002 and 2004) (Illinois State-2012) S. Illinois rv - rv rv rv - - - - - (Western Illinois-2015) (North Dakota W. Illinois 20 17 15 12 7 13 12 12 13 11 State-2016) (South Dakota-2016) have won Youngstown 24 20 20 16 15 13 12 12 14 13 two OT games in the same year. *Rank represents highest position in the three polls (STATS, HERO or FCS Coaches polls) 2016 Missouri Valley Football Conference Weekly Release (Oct. 31)

2016 Vs. Non-League (19-11) Two Over 3,000 Yards 4 MVFC Teams in Top 14 When Western Illinois faced South Dakota Four MVFC teams are ranked this week, Home: 12-3 / Away: 7-8 / Neut: 0-0 State on Oct. 1, it marked the first time in led by North Dakota State, No. 4 in all NCAA FCS Teams (14-5) league history that two 3,000-yard receiv- three polls. North Dakota State has been ers appeared in the same MVFC game (Jake ranked in 89-straight top-25 regular-season Big Sky...... 3-4 polls, the league’s best active streak. Cal Poly...... 0-1 Wieneke of SDSU and Lance Lenoir of WIU). Eastern Washington...... 1-1 Wieneke is the only in the MVFC to record Team FCS STATS HERO Montana...... 0-1 two seasons of 1,400 or more receiving North Dakota State 4 4 4 North Dakota...... 0-1 yards (2014, 2015). They rank 2nd and 3rd, Western Illinois 14 12 11 Northern Arizona...... 1-0 respectively, among current receivers in the South Dakota State 15 13 13 Weber State...... 1-0 Youngstown State 13 15 14 Big South...... 1-0 NCAA for career yards. Charleston Southern...... 1-0 All-Time Leaders, MVFC Career Receiving Yards Northeast...... 2-0 Duquesne...... 1-0 3,876, Dedric Ward, UNI, 1993-96 Sagarin Conference Rankings Robert Morris...... 1-0 3,785, Jake Wieneke, S. Dakota State, 2014-pres. The MVFC is the top-rated FCS conference, Ohio Valley...... 5-1 3,735, Eddie Berlin, UNI, 1997-00 according to the Sagarin rankings. Notably, 3,634, Lance Lenoir, Western Illinois, 2013-present Eastern Illinois...... 1-1 the league ranks ahead of the FBS Sun Belt, Murray State...... 2-0 3,565, Tyrone Walker, Illinois State, 2009-12 Southeast Missouri State...... 2-0 3,544, Mike Furrey, UNI, 1997-99 Conference USA (West and East Divisions), Pioneer Football...... 3-0 the MAC (East Division) and the Mountain Active Career Leaders, NCAA FCS Butler...... 1-0 West (West Division). Drake...... 1-0 5,770, Cooper Kupp, Eastern Washington, 2013-pres. Four MVFC schools are among the Top 6 Valparaiso...... 1-0 3,785, Jake Wieneke, S. Dakota State, 2014-pres. in the FCS rankings and seven are among 3,634, Lance Lenoir, Western Illinois, 2013-present NCAA FBS Teams (4-6) 3,545, Brian Brown, Richmond, 2013-present the Top 26 FCS schools ranked in Sagarin. 3,379, Karel Hamilton, Samford, 2013-present Sagarin Rankings, Leaders (FCS) Big 12...... 1-3 Iowa State...... 1-0 1. MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL Kansas State...... 0-1 TD Receptions Record 2. Southern TCU...... 0-1 Wieneke, meanwhile, matched the league 3. Big Sky West Virginia...... 0-1 career record this past week as he reached 4. CAA Football Big Ten...... 2-1 5. Ohio Valley Iowa...... 1-0 41 TDs for his career. Anthony Warrum of Minnesota...... 0-1 Illinois State and Lance Lenoir of Western Sagarin Rankings, Leaders (FCS, Overall Rank) Northwestern...... 1-0 Illinois each have 26 to tie for ninth-best all- 1. North Dakota State (56) Conference USA...... 0-1 time in Conference history. 2. Eastern Washington (77) Florida Atlantic...... 0-1 3. UNI (83) Mid-American...... 1-0 Career TD Receptions, MVFC: 4. Jacksonville State (86) Northern Illinois...... 1-0 41, Dedric Ward, UNI, 1993-96 5. South Dakota State (93) Mountain West...... 0-1 41, Jake Wieneke, South Dakota State, 2014-pres. 6. Youngstown State (95) New Mexico...... 0-1 37, Cornell Craig, Southern Illinois, 1996-99 34, Eddie Berlin, UNI, 1997-00 includes 253 Division I schools ranked by Sagarin Non-Division I Teams (1-0) 32, Tyrone Walker, Illinois State, 2009-12 Southwestern (Kan.) College...... 1-0 29, Laurént Robinson, Illinois State, 2003-06 Against the FCS | Breakdowns 28, Zach Vraa, North Dakota State, 2011-15 Here’s a breakdown of what MVFC schools 27, Mike Furrey, UNI, 1997-99 have done vs. FCS schools (league and non- league), vs. FBS schools, and vs. the Top 25 Cole Eclipses 400 Tackles (league and non-league FCS schools). vs. Ranked (FCS) Teams (3-2) LB Dylan Cole had 19 tackles in the Bears’ Team All vs. FCS vs. FBS Top 25 A27 -- NDSU vs. #6 Chas. Southern, W, 24-17 (ot) win against Southern Illinois and became the S10 -- NDSU vs. #6 E. Washington, W, 50-44 (ot) sixth MSU player to surpass 400 in his ca- Illinois State 4-5 3-5 1-0 1-2 Indiana State 4-5 4-4 0-1 1-2 S10 -- W. Illinois vs. #17 N. Arizona, W, 34-20 reer. His 414 stops are second-best among S10 -- UNI vs. #14 Montana, L, 14-20 Missouri State 4-4 3-3 0-1 1-2 S17 -- UNI at #7 E. Washington, L, 30-34 active FCS players, and he should crack the North Dakota State 7-1 6-1 1-0 4-1* league’s all-time Top 10. UNI 3-5 2-5 1-0 0-4 South Dakota 4-4 4-3 0-1 1-2 vs. Ranked (FBS) Teams (1-1) Career Tackles, MVFC: South Dakota State 5-3 5-2 0-1 3-0* Southern Illinois 2-6 2-5 0-1 0-2 S3 -- South Dakota State at #13 TCU, L, 59-41 580, Boomer Grigsby, Illinois State, 2001-04 Western Illinois 6-2 5-2 1-0 2-2 S17 -- North Dakota State at #11 Iowa, W, 23-21 565, Tim Carver, Eastern Illinois, 1992-95 528, Galen Scott, Illinois State, 1997-00 Youngstown State 6-2 6-1 0-1 2-1 500, P.J. Jones, Missouri State, 1998-01 NON-MVFC ONLY 19-11 14-5 4-6 3-2 487, Corky Martin, Missouri State, 1997-00 ALL GAMES 45-37 40-31 4-6 15-18 475, Lee Russell, Western Illinois, 2000-03 *South Dakota State fell to No. 13 FBS TCU Sept. 3; 472, Edgerton Hartwell, Western Illinois, 1998-00 and North Dakota State beat No. 11 FBS Iowa Sept. 17. 470, Wilbert Brown, Illinois State, 1988-91 Those games are not included. 453, Ryan Doak, UNI, 1997-00 443, Chris Stevens, Illinois State, 1992-95 426, Jeff Mills, Eastern Illinois, 1985-86, 1988-89 426, Richard Moss, Indiana State, 1993-96 426, Matt Pedersen, UNI, 1996-99 2016 Missouri Valley Football Conference Weekly Release (Oct. 31)

Notable Player of the Week Submissions 2016 Players of the Week

OFFENSE A27/Sept. 1/3 RB/WR Michael Malloy, UNI -- Malloy had 125 all-purpose yards against #4 North Dakota State with 63 Offense -- RB Steve McShane, Western Illinois receiving yards, 18 rush yards and 44 yards on kickoff returns. Offense -- WR Jake Wieneke, South Dakota State Defense -- LB Jared Farley, UNI QB Chris Streveler, USD -- earned MVFC Newcomer of the Week Special Teams -- RS/WR Deion Holliman, MSU QB Josh Straughan, SIU -- Went 29-for-39 for 315 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions in SIU’s 38- Newcomer -- QB Josh Straughan, Southern Illinois 35 loss at Missouri State. Straughan spread the ball around to 12 different receivers and hit four sepa- Offensive Lineman -- LG Zack Johnson, NDSU rate receivers for connections of at least 25 yards. He recorded his fourth 300-yard game of the season. Sept. 10 Offense -- QB Chris Streveler, South Dakota WR Jake Wieneke, SDSU -- Wieneke caught 10 passes for 173 yards and two touchdowns in a losing ef- Defense -- LB Nick DeLuca, North Dakota State fort Oct. 29 at Illinois State. His two touchdowns gave him 41 career TD receptions, tying the MVFC career Special Teams -- P/K Miles Bergner, South Dakota record and also set the SDSU career yardage record in the game, upping his career total to 3,785. Newcomer -- QB Chris Streveler, South Dakota RB Jamal Towns, ILS -- Towns set a career-high with 136 yards rushing on a career-best 17 carries and Offensive Lineman -- RG Cameron Lee, Illinois State scored his first TD of the season to help the Redbirds topple the MVFC-leading Jacks. He averaged eight Sept. 17 yards per carry and posted nine runs of seven yards or more. Offense -- QB Isaac Harker, Indiana State Defense -- LB MJ Stumpf, North Dakota State TB Martin Ruiz, YSU -- Ruiz had a season-high 151 yards on 22 carries to highlight YSU’s offense in a 13- Special Teams -- K Cam Pedersen, N. Dakota State 10 win over Indiana State. Newcomer -- QB Josh Straughan, Southern Illinois RB Lance Dunn, NDSU -- Dunn had a career-high 23 carries for 118 yards in North Dakota State’s 24-20 Offensive Lineman -- RT Landon Lechler, NDSU road win at Northern Iowa. He averaged 5.1 yards per carry and took the bulk of the carries after an early Sept. 24 second-quarter injury to starter King Frazier. *Offense -- QB Sean McGuire, Western Illinois Defense -- LB Brett Taylor, Western Illinois RB Steve McShane, WIU -- McShane hit the 100-yard mark for the third time this year, gaining a game- Special Teams -- PK Jerry Nunez, Indiana State high 112 yards on just 13 attempts (8.6 ypc). He broke through for a 55-yard TD run in the first quarter. Newcomer -- WR/RS Bob Pugh, Indiana State Offensive Lineman -- OL Matt Zobrist, W. Illinois DEFENSE Oct. 1 LB Brett Taylor, WIU -- Taylor added to his MVFC-leading solo tackles total, recording a season-high 15 *Offense -- TE Dallas Goedert, South Dakota State stops (including 11 solos). The junior was the one who recovered the USD fumble in the endzone late in *Defense -- LB Dylan Cole, Missouri State Special Teams -- PK Zak Kennedy, Youngstown St. the game to set up Western’s game winning drive. Newcomer -- LB Christian Rozeboom, SDSU LB Dylan Cole -- Cole’s season-high 19 stops is the most for a Bear defender since his own 23-tackle Offensive Lineman -- RG Sam Ellifrits, Missouri St. performance vs. UNI on Nov. 14, 2015, and marked his 13th double-digit tackle total in the Bears’ last 15 Oct. 8 games. He also logged 1.5 tackles for loss and broke up a pass. *Offense -- QB Taryn Christion, South Dakota State CB Danny Rambo, USD -- Rambo notched his second interception of the season Saturday against No. 15 Defense -- DE Derek Rivers, Youngstown State Western Illinois. His pick and subsequent 26-yard return to the WIU 10 setup a short touchdown drive that Special Teams -- P Mark Schuler, Youngstown State Newcomer -- QB Chris Streveler, South Dakota gave USD a 24-10 lead. Rambo also had five tackles (four solo) and two PBUs. Lineman -- LG Sepestiano Pupungatoa, SDSU DE Avery Moss, YSU -- Moss had three sacks, including two on Indiana State’s final drive to help seal the Oct. 15 Penguins’ 13-10 come-from-behind win. Moss had five total tackles, four solos and an assist, a forced *Offense -- QB Taryn Christion, South Dakota State fumble and a pass breakup and two QB hurries in the game. Defense -- DT Dalton Keene, Illinois State DB DraShane Glass, ILS -- Glass recorded a career-high 11 tackles, eight of which were solo stop, and was *Special Teams -- PK/P Miles Bergner, S. Dakota credited with two pass breakups. Glass was also responsible for one of three ISU interceptions. Newcomer -- LB Christian Rozeboom, S. Dakota St. Lineman -- OL James Torgerson, Western Illinois SS Damon Hendrix, UNI -- Hendrix recorded 12 total tackles, a career-high for the Phoenix, Ariz., native. Oct. 22 His 12 tackles were comprised of a career-high eight solo tackles, adding in three assisted for his total. *Offense -- QB Eli Dunne, UNI Craig James, SIU -- Had five tackles and scored a defensive touchdown in SIU’s 38-35 loss at Missouri Defense -- DT Kellen Soulek, South Dakota State State. James picked off a third-quarter pass and returned it 43 yards for a score. Special Teams -- PK/P Miles Bergner, S. Dakota Newcomer -- QB Austin Simmons, South Dakota LB Jonas Griffith, INS -- Griffith led ISU in tackles with nine total stops, and added a leaping interception Lineman -- OL Jacob Appleman, UNI during a 10-0 Sycamore run in the first quarter – his first career pick. Oct. 29 Offense -- QB Brodie Lambert, Missouri State SPECIAL TEAMS Defense -- FS Tre Dempsey, North Dakota State *Special Teams -- WR/PR Darien Townsend, YSU LB Justin Hornsby, INS -- Hornsby broke through and blocked a Zac Kennedy field goal that was returned Newcomer -- QB Chris Streveler, South Dakota 10 yards by DB Kevin Beacham. Lineman -- OC Mark Spelman, Illinois State K/P Zach Drake, MSU -- Drake drilled a game-winning 32-yard field goal with just 10 seconds remaining in * - denotes National Player of the Week regulation to lift MSU to a 38-35 victory over Southern Illinois. In addition to his game-winning field goal, he boomed a personal-best 69-yard punt in the opening quarter. PK Austin Errthum, UNI -- Errthum was perfect from field goal range and in PATs, scoring eight of UNI’s 20 points. He started the game with a 30-yard field goal in the second quarter, cutting the Bison lead to 7-3. P Jackson Koonce, NDSU -- Koonce averaged 42.7 yards on seven punts at Northern Iowa. He had three touchbacks including a long of 52 yards and also booted a 49-yarder from his own end zone. P/K Nathan Knuffman, WIU -- Knuffman hit all five extra point attempts, the final one proving to be the game-winner with :32 left on the clock. He averaged 36.5 yards on eight punts.

NEWCOMER RB Jamie Gilmore, WIU -- Gilmore rushed for a third quarter touchdown to help Western’s comeback. He gained 26 yards on eight carries and caught three passes for 17 yards. KR Ty Brooks, NDSU -- Brooks averaged 23.5 yards on four kickoff returns in North Dakota State’s 24-20 win at Northern Iowa. His 43-yard kickoff return late in the third quarter was NDSU’s longest return of the season and set up a field goal drive that gave NDSU a two-possession lead early in the fourth quarter. P Mark Schuler, YSU -- Schuler had five punts for an average of 46.4 yards per kick. He had a career-long 62-yard boot in the game. LB Jonas Griffith, INS -- Also nominated at Defense K/P Zach Drake, MSU -- Also nominated at Special Teams QB Josh Straughan, SIU -- Also nominated at Offense Quick Start Redbirds For the second time in as many weeks, the Redbirds scored a touchdown on their first possession of the game when Jake Kolbe ran into the end zone untouched against South Dakota State. However, unlike the previous week, ISU followed up the touchdown on the first drive with another on the second drive of the game to take a 14-0 lead over the Jackrabbits. It marked the first time all season the Redbirds had scored more than one touchdown in the opening quarter of play and the 14 points were the most for the Red- ILLINOIS STATE birds through the first 15 minutes of action in a game this season. REDBIRDS Take it to the House (4-5, 2-4 MVFC) For the second time this season, a Redbird defender took an interception the other way for a touchdown when La’Darius Newbold put his name on the S3 Valparaiso W 50-13 scoresheet against the Jackrabbits. Newbold snagged the Taryn Christion S10 at Northwestern W 9-7 pass and ran 92 yards up the sideline to ice the game for the Redbirds and S17 Eastern Illinois L 21-24 give them the win over the No. 7 ranked Jackrabbits. Newbold was one of S24 *at Indiana State L 31-34 three Redbirds to intercept Christion on the day, who had just three intercep- O1 *at #1 N. Dakota State L 10-31 tions all season prior to the game, and joined teammate Alejandro Rivera as O8 *#13 Youngstown State L 6-20 Redbirds to score off an interception return this season. O15 *Southern Illinois W 31-28 O22 *at South Dakota L 24-27 Kolbe Connects O29 *#7 South Dakota St. W 38-21 Jake Kolbe completed 15 of his 25 pass attempts for 138 yards and N5 *at Western Illinois 1:00 p.m. threw a pair of touchdowns to senior Anthony Warrum. Kolbe also scored N12 *Missouri State 12:00 p.m. the first touchdown of the game, an 18-yard run, to account for three scores *MVFC game; Times Central for the Redbirds. Even more important, he did not commit a turnover as the Redbird rushing attack sealed the victory against the Jacks.

2,000-Yard Club With 40 yards and one touchdown on five catches at No. 14 Youngstown State, Robert Tonyan Jr. became just the second Sycamore receiver to ever eclipse the 2,000-yard mark over a career. At 2,026 career yards, Tonyan also stands within reason of the all-time record, sitting just 22 yards off Terry Bell’s second place mark of 2,048 and 359 yards off Sam Logan’s record of 2,385. This latest milestone adds to others from this season, such INDIANA STATE as breaking the all-time career receiving TD record of 15 at Western Illinois (currently at 20 career scores) and tying and breaking the single-season SYCAMORES receiving TD record of eight at Southern Illinois (currently at 10 this season). (4-5, 2-4 MVFC) All-MVFC Resume S3 Butler W 41-25 Senior LB Jameer Thurman has an incredible line of 74 tackles, 9.0 TFL, S10 at Minnesota L 28-58 1.0 sacks, two interceptions for 47 yards and one touchdown, four forced S17 at SE Missouri State W 27-24 fumbles and two fumble recoveries. Thurman ranks eighth in the Valley in total tackles (8.2/game), fourth in TFL and leads the conference in forced S24 *#9 Illinois State W 34-31 fumbles – the latter also ranking seventh in the FCS. Thurman has also had O1 *Missouri State L 24-45 double-digit tackles in four of nine games this season, a year in which he O8 *at #13 Western Illinois L 35-36 became the 16th member of ISU’s 300-tackle club. O15 *South Dakota L 30-33 (2ot) O22 *at Southern Illinois W 22-14 O29 *at #14 Youngstown St. L 10-13 Mess With The Bull N5 *UNI 1:00 p.m. And get the Hornsby. At Southern Illinois on Oct. 22, JUCO transfer LB N12 *at North Dakota State 3:30 p.m. Justin Hornsby had a monster day with 4.0 TFL and 2.5 sacks, and this past *MVFC game; Times Eastern week Hornsby came up with a huge blocked field goal – the first blocked field goal by a Sycamore since 2012 when Johnny Towalid did so at Indiana. Closing Time Missouri State’s come-from-behind win over SIU was made possible by a dominant second-half performance by its defense, which limited the Salukis to 146 yards of offense after intermission. The Bears’ run defense has been particularly effective in the second half all season and was a key factor again, holding SIU to 112 rushing yards for the day and just 22 combined yards in the third and fourth quarters. MSU permitted just one offensive TD and six first downs after halftime, while forcing five punts to allow the Bears offense time to MISSOURI STATE overcome a 14-point deficit. For the year, MSU has allowed just an average of just 55.8 rush yards and 10.6 points in the second half, with the Bears offense BEARS outscoring the opposition by a 73-38 margin in the fourth quarter alone. (4-4, 2-3 MVFC) Lambert in Control S1 Southwestern (Kan.) W 57-0 Senior QB Brodie Lambert posted career highs for total offense (390), S10 at Murray State W 28-22 passing yards (339) and rushing yards (51) while tossing four touchdown passes to lead MSU’s comeback against Southern Illinois Saturday. Lam- S24 at Kansas State L 0-35 bert, who earned MVFC Offensive Player of the Week honors for the first O1 *at #24 Indiana State W 45-24 time Sunday as a result, threw for three TDs in the second half, helping the O8 *#1 North Dakota State L 3-27 Bears rally from a 14-point deficit. Lambert’s 390 yards of offense represent O15 *#12 Western Illinois L 35-38 the sixth-best single-game total in school history, and the most by a Missouri O22 *at UNI L 7-61 State player since Kierra Harris’s 397 yards at Central Arkansas in 2014. O29 *Southern Illinois W 38-35 N5 *at South Dakota State 2:00 p.m. Thank Me Later N12 *at Illinois State 12:00 p.m. Redshirt freshman kicker/punter Zach Drake continues to ease into his N19 *Youngstown State 2:00 p.m. role as the Bears special teams utility man. This past Saturday, Drake drilled *MVFC game; Times Central the deciding 32-yard field goal with just 10 seconds remaining in regulation to lift MSU past Southern Illinois.

Bison Host Penguins in Harvest Bowl North Dakota State hosts Youngstown State in the 43rd annual Harvest Bowl, celebrating excellence in agriculture, education and athletics. NDSU will wear its alternate gold jersey and green “Harvest Helmet” with green pants this week. NDSU is 22-0 in the gold jersey since its debut in 2011 and the Bison went 3-0 in last year’s debut of the green helmets. NDSU is 37-2-2 all-time in the Harvest Bowl (one game was snowed out) and the Bison have won six straight Harvest Bowl games including last year’s 59-7 NORTH DAKOTA STATE victory over Western Illinois. BISON Dempsey Leads MVFC in Picks (7-1, 4-1 MVFC) NDSU junior free safety Tre Dempsey leads the Missouri Valley Football Conference with five interceptions after making two picks in last week’s A27 #6 Charleston Southern W 24-17 (ot) 24-20 win at Northern Iowa and being named MVFC Defensive Player of the S10 #6 Eastern Washington W 50-44 (ot) Week. Dempsey is one of eight players in the FCS with at least five intercep- S17 at #11 Iowa W 23-21 tions. He is tied for second in the MVFC with 10 passes defended behind O1 *#18 Illinois State W 31-10 Davontae Harris of Illinois State (11). O8 *at Missouri State W 27-3 O15 *#11 S. Dakota State L 17-19 O22 *at #12 Western Illinois W 21-13 Something Has to Move Youngstown State (15.5) and North Dakota State (18.4) have the top two O29 *at UNI W 24-20 scoring defenses in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, but this week N5 *Youngstown State 2:30 p.m. also features the league’s top two rushing offenses and rushing defenses. N12 *Indiana State 2:30 p.m. YSU leads the league in rushing with 237.8 yards per game, while NDSU N19 *at South Dakota 2:00 p.m. is holding opponents to 93.8 per game. NDSU is second in rushing with *MVFC game; Times Central 223.4 yards per game, but YSU is allowing only 102.9. First Start In his first-career start, Damon Hendrix racked up a career-high 12 tack- les, leading both UNI and NDSU in the category. He finished the game with nine solo and three assisted tackles. All-Purpose Michael Malloy finished UNI’s game against North Dakota State with a NORTHERN IOWA game-high 125 all-purpose yards. He recorded 63 receiving yards, 18 on the PANTHERS ground and 44 kickoff return yards. (3-5, 2-3 MVFC) College First Briley Moore scored his first-collegiate touchdown against the Bison, S3 at Iowa State W 25-20 punching in a four-yard reception to put UNI within four points in the fourth S10 #14 Montana L 14-20 quarter. S17 at #7 Eastern Washington L 30-34 O1 *Southern Illinois W 42-21 O8 *at South Dakota L 25-28 O15 *at #11 Youngstown St. L 10-14 O22 *Missouri State W 61-7 O29 *#4 North Dakota St. L 20-24 N5 *at Indiana State 12:00 p.m. N12 *at Western Illinois 1:00 p.m. N19 *South Dakota State at UNI 4:00 p.m. *MVFC game; Times Central

Rubber Match in Carbondale South Dakota and Southern Illinois are meeting for the third consecutive season and the home team has won each of the prior two meetings. South- ern Illinois won 41-10 in Carbondale in 2014 and South Dakota won 34-31 last season in Vermillion.

SOUTH DAKOTA Starting to Become Routine Six of South Dakota’s seven games against FCS opponents have been determined by three points or less. South Dakota’s 35-34 loss to Western COYOTES Illinois Saturday was the first one-point decision of the season with five oth- (4-4, 3-2 MVFC) ers decided by three points. USD is 4-2 in those games. S1 at New Mexico L 21-48 Streveler Returns to the Lineup S10 Weber State W 52-49 (2ot) Coyote Chris Streveler accounted for 480 yards of total S17 at North Dakota L 44-47 (2ot) offense last week after missing the prior three halves of the season due O1 *at #15 Youngstown St. L 20-30 to a head injury. He passed for a career-high 378 yards and became the O8 *#11 UNI W 28-25 program’s first 300-yard passer since 2013. He also recorded his fourth O15 *at Indiana State W 33-30 (2ot) 100-yard rushing effort in seven games this season. O22 *Illinois State W 27-24 O29 *#13 Western Illinois L 34-35 N5 *at Southern Illinois 2:00 p.m. Seven Games with an INT N12 *at South Dakota State 2:00 p.m. South Dakota’s defense has intercepted a pass in all seven games N19 *North Dakota State 2:00 p.m. against FCS opponents this season totaling 10 in all. Danny Rambo’s sec- *MVFC game; Times Central ond interception of the season led to a 10-yard touchdown drive for USD last weekend against Western Illinois. Christion Racking Up the Yards QB Taryn Christion completed a memorable month of October with three games of 400-plus yards of total offense. Christion now holds the top three single-game total offense outputs in program history — all of which have come in the Jackrabbits’ last three road games: • 475 yards (school-record 466 passing, 9 rushing) at SIU, 10-8-16 • 456 yards (430 passing, 26 rushing) at Illinois State, 10-29-16 • 444 yards (303 passing, career-high 141 rushing) at NDSU, 10-15-16 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE Christion’s 2,814 yards of total offense (2,558 passing, 256 rushing) so far this season are the sixth most in program history. JACKRABBITS (5-3, 4-1 MVFC) Two for 1,000 S3 at #13 TCU L 41-59 The South Dakota State receiving tandem of Dallas Goedert and Jake S10 Drake W 56-28 Wieneke will attempt to accomplish a program first by having two players top S17 Cal Poly L 31-38 1,000 yards for receiving in the same season. A tight end, Goedert enters O1 *#7 Western Illinois W 52-14 Saturday’s game with team highs of 62 receptions and 937 receiving yards. O8 *at Southern Illinois W 45-39 Also a junior, Wieneke has tallied 54 catches for 909 yards as he is poised O15 *at #1 N. Dakota State W 19-17 to become the first Jackrabbit to record three separate 1,000-yard seasons. O22 *#12 Youngstown State W 24-10 Goedert and Wieneke have each recorded 100 receiving yards in the same game five times this season. O29 *at Illinois State L 21-38 N5 *Missouri State 2:00 p.m. N12 *South Dakota 2:00 p.m. Novembers to Remember N19 *at UNI 4:00 p.m. Since joining the MVFC in 2008, SDSU has compiled a 17-6 record *MVFC game; Times Central against league foes in the month of November, including a 2-0 mark in 2011 and 3-0 record in 2013.

Straughan Still on Track With only three games to go, SIU quarterback Josh Straughan is still on pace to break SIU’s single-season passing record. In fact, he’s on pace to shatter it. Straughan has 2,429 yards through eight games, an average of more than 300 per game. The top two passing yardage seasons in SIU his- tory are by Nick Hill (3,175 yards in 2007) and Nick Hill’s first quarterback protege, Mark Iannotti (3,195 yards last season), so potentially Hill would SOUTHERN ILLINOIS have a hand in the three most prolific passing seasons in program history. SALUKIS Young Guns The Salukis are among the youngest teams in the league, especially on (2-6, 0-5 MVFC) defense. Last week at Missouri State, the Salukis’ top three tacklers were all first-year players—Kyron Watson, Cody Crider and Jeremy Chinn. Another S3 at Florida Atlantic L 30-38 first year player, transfer corner Craig James), returned an interception for a S10 SE Missouri State W 30-22 touchdown. The Salukis had two other interceptions, one by a sophomore S17 Murray State W 50-17 (Jefferson Vea) and one by a junior (Ryan Neal). On offense, four starters on O1 *at #12 UNI L 21-42 the offensive line are slated to return next season, and some of the biggest O8 *#12 South Dakota St. L 39-45 playmakers on the team (Daquan Isom, Jimmy Jones, Darrell James, Jona- O15 *at Illinois State L 28-31 than Mixon, and D.J. Davis) are freshmen or sophomores. O22 *Indiana State L 14-22 O29 *at Missouri State L 35-38 N5 *South Dakota 2:00 p.m. N12 *at Youngstown State 11:00 a.m. N19 *Western Illinois 2:00 p.m. *MVFC game; Times Central Lenoir is the One Lance Lenoir broke the MVFC record for most receptions, and fittingly he tied and broke the mark on memorable plays. He tied the record during the first quarter on a 7-yard touchdown catch to give WIU a 14-10 lead. His breaking catch came during the opening TD drive of the third quarter on a 3-8 which he caught and ran 35 yards. Lenoir finished with six catches for 111 yards, now 255 catches in his career. He also moved into fourth place WESTERN ILLINOIS all-time in MVFC history with 3,634 yards. Solo Act LEATHERNECKS Brett Taylor continues his impressive junior year, recording 11 solo tackles (6-2, 3-2 MVFC) at South Dakota (season-high 15 in the game). For the third time this year, he recorded double-digits in solo tackles as the 11 were the third-most for S1 at Eastern Illinois W 38-21 him in 2016. Taylor jumped to eighth all-time in WIU history with 169 solos. S10 #17 Northern Arizona W 34-20 S24 at Northern Illinois W 28-23 O1 *at #15 S. Dakota State L 14-52 More Milestones Joey Borsellino moved into third place all-time in receiving yards in WIU O8 *Indiana State W 36-35 history (2,277)... Sophomore Sean McGuire surpassed 3,000 career pass- O15 *at Missouri State W 38-35 ing yards (3,182), the majority coming in his 12 starts... McGuire’s sixth O22 *#4 North Dakota St. L 13-21 career rushing TD moved him into a tie for fourth place for rushing TDs by a O29 *at #25 South Dakota W 35-34 QB ... Lance Lenoir became the only WIU player to rank among the season N5 *Illinois State 1:00 p.m. ‘Top 10’ in both receptions and yards three different years in his career. N12 *UNI 1:00 p.m. N19 *at Southern Illinois 2:00 p.m. *MVFC game; Times Central

3,848 is the Number Entering this Saturday’s contest at North Dakota State, quarterback Hunter Wells and tailback Martin Ruiz have each accumulated 3,848 yards in their YSU careers. Ruiz has that total rushing while Wells has that number as his career passing yardage. Ruiz is bidding to become the third running back in school history to amass 4,000 yards while Wells is bidding to become the 11th player in YSU history to eclipse the 4,000-yard mark. YOUNGSTOWN STATE Fourth-Quarter Comebacks The Penguins have rallied for fourth-quarter wins in each of their last three PENGUINS victories. YSU beat Illinois State 20-6 after trailing 6-3 in the fourth, the Pen- (6-2, 4-1 MVFC) guins beat UNI 14-10 after trailing 10-0 in the final period and against Indiana State the Guins overcame a 10-6 deficit to win 13-10. While the comebacks S1 Duquesne W 45-10 have been ones to remember, YSU had three different play in S10 at West Virginia L 21-38 the fourth quarters of those games. (Ricky Davis vs. Illinois State, Nathan S17 Robert Morris W 38-6 Mays vs. UNI and Hunter Wells vs. Indiana State). O1 *South Dakota W 30-20 O8 *at #22 Illinois State W 20-6 O15 *#19 UNI W 14-10 Sack Attack YSU has registered 33 sacks on the season following a seven-sack effort O22 *at #12 S. Dakota State L 10-24 against Indiana State. Impressively 12 different players have at least one sack O29 *Indiana State W 13-10 while six have at least two. DE Avery Moss leads the Penguins with nine sacks N5 *at North Dakota State 3:30 p.m. while preseason All-American Derek Rivers has eight. DT Savon Smith is third N12 *Southern Illinois 12:00 p.m. on the team with five sacks while LB Armand Dellovade, LB Jamar Pinnock N19 *at Missouri State 3:00 p.m. and DT Donald Mesier each have two. *MVFC game; Times Eastern