Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Football set for final road game in 2010
11/02/2010 | 12:00:00 | Football
Nov. 2, 2010
By Jason Clay
SIUSalukis.com
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Game Day Quick Facts
GAME: Southern Illinois (3-5, 2-3 MVFC) at No. 20/25 North Dakota State (5-3, 2-3)
KICKOFF: 3:00 p.m. CT
LOCATION: Fargodome (18,700) - Fargo, N.D.
TELEVISION: North Dakota NBC (not available in Illinois)
RADIO: Saluki Sports Network with Mike Reis (play-by-play), Gene Green (color analyst) and Joel Sambursky (sideline) on WVZA-FM 105.1 in Carbondale. Click Here for Complete Radio Network Listing
INTERNET AUDIO: Game Central at SIUSalukis.com
LIVE STATS: SIUSalukis.com
The Southern Illinois football team will be making just its second-ever trip to the state of North Dakota, as the Salukis take on No. 20 North Dakota State on Saturday...Kickoff is at 3 p.m. and fans can listen to the game on the Saluki Sports Network beginning at 2 p.m. on WVZA 105.1-FM in Carbondale. "Voice of the Salukis" Mike Reis (play-by-play), Gene Green (analyst) and Joel Sambursky (sideline) are calling the action from the Fargodome...Southern Illinois beat NDSU 24-14 last season in Carbondale, but fell 35-27 to the then sixth-ranked Bison in the Fargodome in 2008. That is SIU's only game played at North Dakota State and the Salukis lead the series 3-1...Southern Illinois must win its three remaining games to finish the year with a winning record. The Salukis have had a winning record in each of the past seven seasons, but had losing records in the 11 seasons prior to that (1992-2002)...Southern Illinois has won 12-straight regular season games in the month of November and is 18-3 in the month going back to 2003 (regular season games only)...Junior running back Shariff Harris is coming off a 152-yard rushing performance and sophomore Steve Strother had 145 all-purpose yards at Missouri State...The Salukis come into the game fresh off a 41-point and 475-yard offensive performance. SIU averages 32 points per game and 368.2 yards of total offense.
Southern Illinois had a season-high three sacks against Missouri State last weekend.
Saluki Headlines• The Salukis are 2-0 this year against ranked teams and are 6-1 in regular season games against the Top 25 in three seasons under head coach Dale Lennon.
• Dale Lennon has a 5-2 career against North Dakota State. He is 1-1 vs. NDSU as SIU's head coach and won 4-of-5 games vs. the Bison when he was the head coach at the University of North Dakota.
• Saturday's matchup has SIU's offense that is averaging 32 points per game and 368.2 yards of total offense going up against NDSU defense that only gives up 18.8 points, but 372.9 yards of offense.
• Senior wide receiver Joe Allaria has caught a pass in 28-straight games.
Note of the Week
In order for SIU to have its eighth-straight winning season, the Salukis must win their three remaining games. After playing at North Dakota State this weekend, the Salukis host Western Illinois and Indiana State in their final two games. These are three teams that SIU has had recent success against. The Salukis have won 2-of-3 games over the Bison since 2005, won seven-straight against Indiana State and won eight-straight over the Leathernecks. SIU's last losing season was in 2002 and that capped off 11-straight losing seasons for the Salukis, which had a 36-86 (.295) record in those 11 seasons from 1992-2002. Southern Illinois has won its last three games of the regular season in each of the past three years, but only eight times total in 94 playing seasons of football.
