For Immediate Release Sept. 16, 2007 Contact: Mike Kern Illinois State • Indiana State • Missouri State • Northern Iowa Southern Illinois • Western Illinois • Youngstown State 1818 Chouteau Ave. • St. Louis, MO 63103 • (314) 421-2268 • FAX (314) 421-3505 2007 Gateway Football Standings (thru Sept. 15) • • Media Services • • Conference Points Overall Points Players of the Week Team W L For Opp Pct. W L For Opp Pct. Each week a panel will select players of the week for offense, defense, offensive Southern Illinois 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 137 55 1.000 line and special teams. Northern Iowa 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 96 44 1.000 Illinois State 0 0 0 0 .000 2 1 91 65 .667 Gateway Radio Report Missouri State 0 0 0 0 .000 2 1 123 122 .667 Each week’s games are previewed on Western Illinois 0 0 0 0 .000 2 1 98 47 .667 the Gateway Radio Report, produced by Jim Powers. The report can be heard on Youngstown State 0 0 0 0 .000 2 1 71 61 .667 each school’s network affiliate. Indiana State 0 0 0 0 .000 0 3 34 100 .000 VideoStreaming Through its partnership with XOS 2007 Upcoming Schedule, Last Week’s Gateway Results Technologies, the Gateway has a confer- ence-wide subscription service available Upcoming Schedule LastLast Week’s Week’s ResultsResults to view a number of games. Visit the league web site for addtional info. Saturday, Sept. 22 Saturday, Sept. 15 Illinois State at Missouri #15 Illinois State 24 Weekly Coaches Call 4 Columbia, Mo. • 1 p.m. CT #14 Eastern Illinois 21 Teleconferences featuring the First Meeting league’s head coaches are each ISU has lost, 32-21 (Iowa State) and 4Luke Drone - 267 yards on 20-for-31 passing in the air with two TDs Wednesday at 10 a.m. CT. Replays are 24-23 (K-State), in last two vs. Big 12 accessible on the league web site. Eastern Illinois at Indiana State Indiana State 10 Denver Johnson, ILS, 10:05 a.m. 4 Terre Haute, Ind. • 6 p.m. ET Southeast Missouri State 13 Lou West, INS, 10:10 a.m. EIU leads series, 40-37-4 Last Meeting: EIU, 31-21, 2006 4QB Reilly Murphy - 13-of-27 for a sea- Terry Allen, MSU, 10:15 a.m. ISU’s 3rd-straight vs. OVC opponent son-high 203 yards, plus a TD Mark Farley, UNI, 10:20 a.m. Jerry Kill, SIU, 10:25 a.m. Central Arkansas at Missouri State Missouri State 10 Don Patterson, WIU, 10:30 a.m. 4 Springfield, Mo. • 6 p.m. CT Kansas State 61 Jon Heacock, YSU, 10:35 a.m. UCA leads series, 3-2 Last Meeting: UCA, 16-14, 2006 4QB Cody Kirby - 9-of-17 for 62 yards 913-312-6696 Last time Bears entered conference play with 3-1 record was in 2004 #4 Northern Iowa 31 www.gatewayfootball.org Northern Iowa at Drake (Mediacom) South Dakota State 17 4 Des Moines, Iowa • 4 p.m. CT 4RB Corey Lewis - 289 rushing/receiv- Drake leads series, 25-19-1 ing yards and three rushing TDs Last Meeting: UNI, 48-7, 2006 3rd of 4-straight road games for UNI #6 Southern Illinois 44 This Week’s (Sept. 15) Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Southern Illinois Southern Utah 10 4 Carbondale, Ill. • 1:30 p.m. CT Gateway Conference SIU leads series, 1-0 4QB Nick Hill threw for a career-high Players of the Week Last Meeting: SIU, 48-16, 2006 252 yards and four TDs. Gateway is 12-1 vs. SWAC members Offense St. Francis (Ill.) 0 Western Illinois at Stephen F. Austin #21 Western Illinois 69 RB Corey Lewis, UNI 4 Nacogdoches, Texas • 6 p.m. CT Defense SFA leads series, 1-0 4Nine WIU ball carriers combined for a Last Meeting: SFA, 63-36, 2005 school-record 519 rushing yards. FS Dorian Chenault, Youngstown St. WIU is 4-5-1 vs. members of Southland Special Teams Stony Brook 6 Lock Haven at Youngstown State PK Taylor Rowan, Western Illinois 4 Youngstown, Ohio • 4 p.m. ET #6 Youngstown State 42 Offensive Lineman YSU leads series, 2-0 4YSU - a 21-point second quarter and Last Meeting: YSU, 38-7, 2001 four first half interceptions in the win TBA Outscored LHU, 74-13, in 2 meetings 2007 Gateway Football Conference Weekly Release (Sept. 16) Players of the Week (Sept. 15) Panthers, Salukis - Both 3-0 Drake-UNI to Air on Statewide TV UNI and Southern Illinois both won last Mediacom and Drake officials an- Offensive weekend to improve to 3-0 on the season. nounced last week that the in-state foot- The last time the Gateway had two teams ball match-up between Drake and UNI on RB Corey Lewis, UNI perfect after three games was in 2003 Sept. 22 will be televised live throughout Jr., 6-0, 197, St. Paul (Neb.) High (SIU and Western Kentucky). That year, the state on the Mediacom with a 4 p.m. Lewis caught 10 passes for 164 yards, SIU was 10-0 before losing the season kick-off time at Drake Stadium. rushed 18 times for 125 yards and scored finale at UNI. Western Kentucky lost its three touchdowns in leading UNI to a 31-17 fourth game (at Auburn). In 2003, the Blank Stares victory at South Dakota State. Lewis tallied Gateway set an FCS record by sending four Western Illinois shut out St. Francis (Ill.), career-bests in receptions, receiving yards, to the playoffs (UNI, SIU, WIU, WKU). 69-0, on Saturday. Gateway teams have all-purpose yards (289) and touchdowns. In recorded a minimum of three shutouts two career games against SDSU, Lewis has Two Gateway Teams at 4-0? each of the past seven years (2006-3; rushed 34 times for 321 yards (9.4 avg.) In the 23-year history of the Gateway, 2005-4; 2004-4; 2003-4; 2002-6; 2001- and five touchdowns. two different league teams have not won 3; 2000-4). There have been a total of 15 their first four games in a season. South- shutouts in league games: ern Illinois (3-0) hosts Ark.-Pine Bluff, and Team Last Shutout Recorded UNI (3-0) is at Drake on Sept. 22. Defensive ILS Sept. 24, 2005 (42-0 vs. Murray State) INS Aug. 29, 1996 (48-0 vs. Mars Hill) FS Dorian Chenault, Youngstown State Best Starts in League History MSU Sept. 18, 2004 (45-0 vs. Union) Sr., 6-1, 200, Canton (Ohio) McKinley In Gateway history, six teams have UNI Sept. 11, 2004 (40-0 vs. Minn. State) SIU Nov. 18, 2006 (59-0 vs. Southern Utah) Chenault was credited with five tackles, started the season 6-0. All six went on to postseason play. SIU’s 10-0 beginning in WIU Sept. 15, 2007 (69-0 vs. St. Francis) but had a forced fumble and an intercep- YSU Oct. 8, 2005 (45-0 vs. Indiana State) tion in the 42-6 victory over Stony Brook. 2003 established a league record for best Entering the contest, the Seawolves aver- starts to a season by a Gateway member. Gateway vs. Ohio Valley aged more than 40 points a game and had Start Team Year Since 1985, the Gateway has compiled scored 12 touchdowns. However, the YSU 10-0 *Southern Illinois 2003 (lost at UNI) a 95-47-1 record against the Midwest- defensive unit limited them to just two field 9-0 *Western Illinois 1988 (lost at N. Illinois) based rival Ohio Valley Conference, goals. 8-0 *UNI 1992 (lost at E. Illinois) including a 1-1 record last week. Indiana 6-0 *Youngstown St. 2000 (lost at W. Illinois) State hosts Eastern Illinois this Saturday. 6-0 *Youngstown St. 1997 (lost at UNI) The Gateway has a streak of five-straight Special Teams 6-0 *Missouri State 1989 (lost at Western Ky.) winning seasons against the OVC, and the GFC is 3-2 against the OVC this year. No- * FCS playoff participant that season PK Taylor Rowan, Western Illinois tably, the Gateway has won seven-straight Jr., 6-0, 185, Melbourne (Fla.) High playoff meetings against OVC members, Rowan scored 15 points in the Leather- Sanders Hits 19 Straight dating back to 2001. QB Eric Sanders of UNI completed 19- necks’ easy win against visiting St. Francis. straight passes in the Panthers’ victory at He was 2-for-3 on field goals, including a South Dakota State on Saturday, Sept. 15. Long-Time Rivals long of 52, just one yard shy of his career It is one completion shy of the league and Indiana State faces Eastern Illinois on high. And nailed all nine extra points, FCS record for consecutive completions. Sept. 22 in one of the most-played rival- extending his PAT streak to an even 100, ries in the Gateway. Here are the longest remaining perfect on his career. The league *20, Austin Moherman, MSU, vs. Indiana St., 2000 rivalries involving GFC members and any record is 103, held by Western Kentucky’s 19, Eric Sanders, UNI, vs. S. Dakota State, 2007 opponent: Chris James (2004-06). 17, Sean Payton, EIU, vs. Western Kentucky, 1986 Most Played Rivalries, by number of games 17, Sam Clemons, WIU, vs. Indiana State, 2001 15, Tom Zetts, YSU, vs. Western Kentucky, 2004 *96 - Illinois State vs. Eastern Illinois (series began in 1901) * NCAA FCS record *88 - Illinois State vs. Western Illinois (began in 1904) *81 - Indiana State vs. Eastern Illinois (began in 1901) 78 - Illinois State vs.