Southern Illinoise University Athletics
In-Game Notes vs. Illinois State
10/02/2010 | 12:00:00 | Football
Oct. 2, 2010
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Saluki Football In-Game Notes at Illinois State
Pre-game Notes
• SIU Captains: 5, 14, 21, 47
• There was a 23 mph head wind coming from the North at the start of the game.
First Quarter
• Chance Coda and Korey Lindsey made their 30th consecutive starts Saturday.
• Three freshmen started on defense for the Salukis (NT Derrick Nsubuga, FS E.J. Clark and SS Luke Thuston). Thuston made his first career start.
• Tyler Graves made his first career start at right tackle. • SIU's first scoring drive went 77 yard on 10 plays and used 4:36. SIU rushed seven times for 55 yards and Chris Dieker was 3-for-3 for 27 yards on the drive. SIU had one five-yard penalty on the drive. It was Dieker's second rushing touchdown of the season and the eighth of his career.
• Chance Coda sacked Matt Brown and forced a fumble inside the Redbird one-yard line on a third-and-13. It was Coda's second sack on the year.
• Kyle Dougherty's 23-yard field goal at 3:06 was the 51st of his career, which set a new school record.
• Thuston blocked his second punt in as many weeks and he returned this one eight yards for a touchdown. It was the first blocked punt returned for a touchdown that Illinois State has given up since Southern Illinois did so in 2001. Jason Newell also returned that blocked punt five yards for a TD.
• Illinois State only had 36 yards of offense in the first quarter.
• SIU's 17 first-quarter points are the most its scored in the first quarter of a game this year.
Second Quarter
• SIU went over 100 yards rushing as a team on its 15th carry of the game.
• Allaria's third catch of the game at 3:50 was the 109th of his career and it moved him into sixth place for the most receptions in school history.
• Dieker was intercepted twice in the second quarter, giving SIU five turnovers in the second quarter of its last two games.
• Nick King set a new career-high with the five tackles he had in the first half. His previous personal best in a game in three at Illinois on Sept. 11.
Third Quarter
• Joe Allaria returned the kickoff 44-yards to start the third quarter.
• Thuston recovered his first career fumble at the Redbird 16-yard line.
• Paul McIntosh rushed for one yard on a fourth-and-1 at the SIU 30 with 2:35 left in the quarter. It was Southern's fourth successful conversion on a fourth down in as many tires.
• Illinois State blocked a Austin Pucylowski punt with 17.9 second left before the end of the quarter and returned it yards for a touchdown. It was the first blocked punt returned for a touchdown against SIU since New Hampshire did so in the first round of the 2008 playoffs.
Fourth Quarter
• Shariff Harris' 16-yard gain on the first play of the fourth quarter gave him 101 yards rushing in the game. It came on his 25th carry and is the second 100-yard rushing game by a Saluki this year. Lucien Walker had 114 yards in the season opener against Quincy.
• Dieker's 33-yard rush early in the quarter is the longest of his career.
