#6 North Dakota State University versus Southern Illinois.
Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at Saluki Stadium (15,000) in Carbondale, Ill.
TELEVISION: Live statewide coverage in HD begins at 2 p.m. on NBC North Dakota, ESPN3 and ESPN College Extra with Brian Shawn calling the play-by-play, Lee Timmerman color analyst, and Beth Hoole on the sideline.
Here is more information regarding the game.
http://www.gobison.com/news/2015/10/...026151133.aspx
http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.co...es.pdf?id=1353
THE SERIES: This is the 10th meeting between North Dakota State and Southern Illinois dating back to 1963. NDSU leads the series 6-3 and has won five straight including last year's 38-10 victory in Fargo. The Bison are 4-0 at home and have won two straight in Carbondale.
NDSU-SIU Series
1963 - in Carbondale, SIU 20-15
2005 - in Carbondale, SIU 9-0
2008 - in Fargo, NDSU 35-27
2009 - in Carbondale, SIU 24-14
2010 - in Fargo, NDSU 20-6
2011 - in Carbondale, NDSU 9-3
2012 - in Fargo, NDSU 23-17
2013 - in Carbondale, NDSU 31-10
2014 - in Fargo, NDSU 38-10
LAST YEAR: North Dakota State scored three second-half touchdowns to beat Southern Illinois 38-10 in Fargo last year. NDSU totaled 293 yards of offense in the second half and got a pair of explosive plays in the fourth quarter to put away the Salukis. Carson Wentz connected with Trevor Gebhart on a 75-yard passing play for a 31-10 lead and Chase Morlock rumbled 48 yards for the final score of the game. Wentz was 7 of 13 passing for 174 yards with John Crockett making a team-high three catches for 52 yards. Crockett ran 22 times for 99 yards to lead the NDSU rushing game. Jordan Champion was in on seven tackles and had two pass breakups, and the Bison had three sacks including one by Greg Menard. SIU quarterback Mark Iannotti was 18 of 33 passing for 146 yards and Malcolm Agnew ran 21 times for 117 yards.
TOP DEFENSE VS. TOP OFFENSE: One week after a stifling defensive performance at Indiana State, North Dakota State's league-leading defense will have its hands full with the top rushing and passing offense in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Southern Illinois is averaging 531.6 yards per game, 111 yards more than second-ranked NDSU's 420 ypg. SIU leads the conference in scoring (41.1 ppg), rushing (222.7) and passing (308.9). Eastern Michigan transfer Mark Iannotti is in his second year as the starting quarterback and leads the Salukis in both rushing (64.7 ypg) and passing (296.3 ypg).
Here is an article from the Fargo Forum about Caleb Butler and how he played quite a bit last weekend at Indiana State and will start this weekend if Greg Menard can't go.
http://www.inforum.com/sports/387088...re-against-siu
Here is a Bison Media Blog post about the new up tempo offense at SIU.
http://bisonmedia.areavoices.com/the...gone-up-tempo/
Here is a paragraph from that post.
The results are high numbers, both offensively and defensively. The Salukis lead the Missouri Valley averaging 41.1 points. Defensively they’ve given up a boatload also at 31.6 a game and the result has been four losses by a combined eight points and a 3-4 record. The defensive number, Lennon said, is a reflection of the offense running so many plays. The defense is on the field a lot, too, and the SIU defense has taken 139 more snaps than the NDSU offense. “That’s where you get some inflated numbers sometimes,” he said.
Here is a Bison Media Blog video on the upcoming game with Southern Illinois.
http://bisonmedia.areavoices.com/bis...inois-preview/
Here is a YouTube video from this past Monday talking about the Indiana State game and previewing the upcoming Southern Illinois game.
Easton Stick was named MVFC Newcomer of the week versus Indiana State.
http://www.gobison.com/news/2015/10/...025155911.aspx
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