Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Salukis Gearing Up For Sycamores
10/23/2001 | 12:00:00 | Football
Oct. 23, 2001
Koutsos Passes the 3,000-Yard Mark
On Saturday, Junior RB Tom Koutsos became just the second player in school history to reach the 3,000-yard plateau in career rushing. He now needs 175 yards to surpass Karlton Carpenter as SIU's all-time leading rusher. In addition, Koutsos has rushed for 100+ yards four times this season in six games. In his career he has 14 100-yard games, second only to Carpenter (16) in school history.
Rotating QBs
Head coach Jerry Kill said he will continue to rotate quarterbacks just as he's done the past two weeks against Eastern Illinois and Northern Iowa. Kevin Kobe continues to be the team's most effective passing QB, completing 52.0 percent of his passes, while Madei Williams excels as a runner, second on the team with 284 yards rushing and a 4.3 yard average.
10 True Freshmen Have Seen Playing Time
When Loren Flaharty made the start at right guard in place of the injured Matt Anderson on Saturday, he became the 10th true freshmen to see playing time this season for SIU. Also making their debut in the maroon and white this season are DB Chris Gadson, WR Jason Hollingshed, WR Justin George, TE Georin LaGrant, DB Alexis Moreland, LB Cortez McBerry, DB Anthony Maggitt, DL Ben Moore and LB Chris Sutherlin.
Dawg Bites
Andre Rockwell's punt block in the fourth quarter against Eastern Illinois was SIU's fifth this season...The Salukis have scored only seven points in the first quarter of games this year, but have scored 54 points in the second quarter...LB Mike Kendall made his first career start for SIU Saturday. He filled in for the injured Jason Nolda...The Salukis had three TD drives of 11 plays or more on Saturday. Previously, their longest TD drive of the season was 10 plays...WR Jason Hollingshed and TE Bilal Rashid made their first career receptions Saturday.
Offensive Allignments
With starting TE Ryan McAllister out the last three weeks, the Salukis have been starting the game in a four-WR set. SIU has also used the power-I formation with a tight end and fullback.
I-AA National Rankings
RB Tom Koutsos is 20th in rushing (115.8), Andre King is 32nd in interceptions (.50 per game), Mark Shasteen is 38th in kickoff returns (23.5), K Scott Everhart is 25th in field goals (1.0) and P David Grandt is 33rd in punting (39.1).
Injury Report
TE Ryan McAllister (knee), LB Justin Martin (shin), are out...LB Jason Nolda (concussion), OL Matt Anderson (knee), DL Ron Doyle (knee), WR Mark Shasteen (shoulder) are questionable.
