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September 6, 2014 • Eastern Illinois vs. Southern Illinois • Page 1 • www.eiupanthers.com • #EIUBleedBlue EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER FOOTBALL Contact: Rich Moser • [email protected] • (217) 581-7480 • Fax (217) 581-7001 • www.EIUpanthers.com GAME 2 No. 14 Panthers Face Nationally Ranked Southern Illinois In 2014 Home Opener Saturday Night No. 14 Eastern Illinois vs. No. 25 Southern Illinois O’Brien Field (10,000) • Charleston, Ill. September 6, 2014 • 6 p.m. • TV: WEIU COACHES: THE GAME Kim Dameron (Arkansas, 1983) Eastern Illinois and Southern Illinois meet on Saturday night in the home opener EIU Record ........................ 0-1 (1st year) for the Panthers. EIU will honor its 2014 Athletic Hall of Fame Class at halftime of the OVC Record ............................... 1st year game. The Panthers and Salukis are both nationally ranked heading into the contest. vs. Southern Illinois .......... First meeting EIU is No. 14 in the FCS Coaches poll and No. 16 in the Sports Network rankings. SIU climbed into the FCS Coaches poll at No. 25 this week and is the first team also receiving Dale Lennon (North Dakota, 1983) votes in the Sports Network rankings. SIU Record ....................43-28 (7th year) Eastern Illinois lost its season opener at Minnesota last Thursday falling to 0-7 all- MVC Record .................31-17 (7th year) Overall Record ........ 145-61 (18th years) time against the Big Ten Conference. The Panthers did finish with more total offense vs. Eastern Illinois ............................. 2-2 than the Gophers but two fumbles and a blocked punt proved costly during the 42-20 loss. Adam Drake was named the OVC Offensive Player of the Week following an 11 catch SERIES effort for 109 yards with one score. 69th meeting (SIU leads 41-26-1) Southern Illinois ran over NAIA member Taylor University of Indiana in its home EIU won 40-37 (2OT) on Sept. 7, 2013 opener last Thursday. The Salukis led 35-0 at the half as they rushed for 284 yards while passing for 262. SIU did turn the ball over three times in the contest as two quarterbacks RANKINGS split time under center in the win. Eastern Illinois ............................ 16 / 14 Southern Illinois ......................... RV / 25 THE SERIES .............................. Sports Network/FCS Coaches This will be the 69th meeting between Eastern Illinois and Southern Illinois and the final game in a four-game series between the two schools. SIU leads the all-time series RADIO Panther Radio Network 41-26-1 which dates back to 1913. EIU has won the last two meetings in the series Hit Mix 88.9 FM, WSVZ 98.3 FM, including a 40-37 double overtime victory in Carbondale last season. This will mark the WHOW 1520 AM & WMKR 94.3 FM first time the two schools have met in the regular season when both have been nationally www.network1sports.com/station/wsvz ranked. EIU and SIU have met three times in the FCS playoffs with both teams in the top www.weiu.net/hitmix/ 25, SIU won all three of those in 2005, 2007 and 2009. Play-by-Play ........................ Mike Bradd Analyst ............................. Jack Ashmore Eastern Illinois (0-1, 0-0 OVC) Southern Illinois (1-0, 0-0 MVC) TELEVISION Date Opponent Score/Time Date Opponent Score/Time WEIU-TV Aug. 28 at Minnesota L 20-42 Aug. 28 TAYLOR W 45-0 Play-by-Play ........................ Mike Bradd Sept. 6 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 6 pm Sept. 6 at Eastern Illinois 6 pm Analyst ............................. Jack Ashmore Sept. 13 at Illinois State 12 pm Sept. 13 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 6 pm Sept. 20 • AUSTIN PEAY 1:30 pm Sept. 20 at Purdue TBA Sept. 27 at Ohio TBA Sept. 27 • WESTERN ILLINOIS 6 pm FOLLOW-US Oct. 11 • at Eastern Kentucky 5 pm Oct. 4 • SOUTH DAKOTA 6 pm Live Stats ...................... eiupanthers.com Oct. 18 • at Southeast Missouri 1 pm Oct. 11 • at North Dakota State 1 pm Live Video ..... OVCDigitalNetwork.com Oct. 25 • TENNESSEE STATE (HC) 1:30 pm Oct. 18 • at Youngstown State 3 pm Facebook ........................... /EIUPanthers Nov. 1 • at Tennessee Tech 1:30 pm Oct. 25 • INDIANA STATE 6 pm Twitter ...........................@EIU_Panthers Nov. 8 • MURRAY STATE 12 pm Nov. 8 • at Missouri State 2 pm Instagram ......................eiupanthernation Nov. 15 • at Jacksonville State 3 pm Nov. 15 • NORTHERN IOWA 2 pm Nov. 22 • UT MARTIN 12 pm Nov. 22 • at Illinois State 1 pm • Ohio Valley Conference Game • Missouri Valley Conference Game #EIUBleedBlue All Times Central All Times Central EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL • 15 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2013, 2012, 2009, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 September 6, 2014 • Eastern Illinois vs. Southern Illinois • Page 2 • www.eiupanthers.com • #EIUBleedBlue FCS TOP 25 2014 SPORTS NETWORK (WEEK 1) Rk. Team 2014 Record • Wide receiver Adam Drake was named the OVC Offensive Player of the Week following 1. North Dakota State (93) 1-0 2. Eastern Washington (63) 2-0 the Panthers season opening loss at Minnesota. Drake finished the game with 11 catches 3. Southeastern Louisiana 1-0 for 109 yards and a touchdown. Drake moved into 10th place on the EIU career receptions 4. Montana 0-1 (120) and receiving yards (1,767) as he posted his seventh 100-yard career receiving day. 5. Coastal Carolina 1-0 6. New Hampshire 0-1 7. McNeese State 0-0 • Adam Drake has become one of the Panthers most consistent receivers over the past two 8. Northern Iowa 0-1 seasons. Entering the Southern Illinois game, Drake ranks sixth among active FCS players 9. Jacksonville State 0-1 in career yards per catch with an average of 14.7 yards per reception. Drake is 10th on the 10. Villanova 0-1 Panthers career list for average yards per catch, the Panthers career leader is Frank Cutolo who 11. Fordham 1-0 12. South Dakota State 0-1 averaged 18.34 yards per reception. 13. Chattanooga 0-1 14. Tennessee State 1-0 • Walter Payton Award candidate Shepard Little was limited in touches in the season opener 15. Sam Houston State 1-1 at Minnesota. Little rushed three times for 16 yards while hauling in two passes for 22 yards. 16. EASTERN ILLINOIS 0-1 17. Richmond 1-0 Last season Little rushed for 1,551 yards and finished the year with 2,192 all-purpose yards. 18. Bethune-Cookman 1-0 19. Furman 1-0 • Andrew Manley passed for 200 yards against Minnesota on Thursday night going 18-of-34 20. Montana State 0-1 with two touchdown passes. It marked the second time in his career Manley had passed for 21. William & Mary 0-1 22. Towson 0-1 200 or more yards against Minnesota. While a quarterback at New Mexico State, Manley 23. Youngstown State 0-1 passed for 288 in the Aggies upset win over the Gophers. 24. Maine 1-0 25. Northern Arizona 0-1 • Despite splitting time in the quarterback role, Andrew Manley leads the OVC in passing Receiving Votes (OVC & 2014 EIU opponents): yards following the first week of the 2014 season. Manley’s 200 yards passing ranks 31st in Southern Illinois, Illinois State, Eastern Kentucky, the nation. He is ranked 15th in the nation in points responsible for as Manley passed for two Southeast Missouri, Murray State touchdowns and rushed for another. • Andrew Manley and Jalen Whitlow, the Panthers quarterback tandem, combined for 402 2014 FCS COACHES yards of total offense. As an individual they would rank in the top five in the FCS this season. (WEEK 1) Despite their split numbers both do rank in the top five in the OVC in total offense. Manley is Rk. Team 2014 Record third in the OVC with 215 yards while Whitlow is fourth with 187 yards. 1. North Dakota State (24) 1-0 2. Eastern Washington (2) 2-0 • Jalen Whitlow earned the start at quarterback for the Panthers in the opener at Minnesota. 3. Southeastern Louisiana 1-0 The transfer from Kentucky rushed for 77 yards while passing for 110 (14-of-23). The 77 4. Coastal Carolina 1-0 5. Montana 0-1 yards rushing led the Panthers ground game and was the highest total by an EIU quarterback 6. McNeese State 0-0 since Joe Davis set the school record with 134 yards rushing against Bradley in 1968. 7. Villanova 0-1 8. New Hampshire 0-1 • Transfer wide receiver Stephen Bravo-Brown was one of the Panthers favorite targets on 9. Jacksonville State 0-1 10. Fordham 1-0 Thursday as he hauled in six passes for 66 yards. Bravo-Brown caught a total of seven passes 11. South Dakota State 0-1 in ten games last season at South Florida. He earned his undergraduate degree from USF in 12. Northern Iowa 0-1 December and is currently in the master’s program for sports administration at EIU. 13. Sam Houston State 1-1 14. EASTERN ILLINOIS 0-1 15. Chattanooga 0-1 • Eleven different players caught a pass on Thursday at Minnesota as the Panthers spread the 16. Tennessee State 1-0 ball around to the offense. Catching his first career pass for the Panthers was tight end Nico 17. Furman 1-0 Shepherd who had one catch for seven yards. Last season Shepherd played a blocking role in 18. Bethune-Cookman 1-0 the EIU offense. 19. Towson 0-1 20. Richmond 1-0 21. Youngstown State 0-1 • Saturday’s game between EIU and SIU will feature two of the top offensive tight ends at the 22. Maine 1-0 FCS level. Eastern Illinois Jeff LePak was a second team All-American last season catching 23. Montana State 0-1 51 passes for 723 yards and eight touchdowns.