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Southern Illinois (3-3, 1-2 MVFC) at Indiana State (0-6, 0-3 MVFC)
Date & Time	Oct. 14, 2017 \| 2 p.m. CT
Location	Terre Haute, Ind. \| Memorial Stadium (12,764 // Turf) \| Weather
Stats	Provided by Indiana State
Video	ESPN3 with Chase Eyrich and Andrew Gearhart
Radio	Saluki Sports Network with Mike Reis (play-by-play), Gene Green (analysis) and Connor James (analysis)
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Series	Tied, 27-27 \| In Terre Haute: INS leads, 15-12 \| Streak: INS W3 \| Last: INS 22, SIU 14 (2016)
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QUICK HITS

The Salukis travel to Terre Haute, Ind., for a game against the Indiana State Sycamores. The Trees are celebrating their Homecoming weekend.
SIU is coming off a 42-7 win over No. 15 Illinois State. SIU has now beaten a ranked opponent in 16 consecutive seasons.
Indiana State has won three-straight games over SIU. The Sycamores have won four of the last five games after SIU won nine-straight in the series from 2003-11.The all-time series is tied, 27-27.
Sam Straub has thrown for four touchdowns in three of the six games this season. Prior to Straub, no quarterback in SIU history had three four-touchdown games in a career.
Southern's defense has already forced 15 turnovers this year, which is 12th in the nation and second in the MVFC (behind North Dakota State). SIU has already eclipsed its forced turnovers mark from all of last season (14).

SALUKIS TRAVEL TO INDIANA STATE

Southern Illinois hits the road for a game at Indiana State on Saturday, Oct. 21. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. CT.
Indiana State is celebrating its Homecoming game.
The Sycamores have won three-straight games in the series. The all-time series is tied, 27-27.
The Trees hold a 15-12 lead over SIU in games played in Terre Haute.
Indiana State won the last game in Terre Haute, 39-36 in 2015. Prior to that game, SIU had won six-straight games over Indiana State in Terre Haute.
Over the last three seasons, SIU is 13-7 at home (.650) and 3-17 on the road (.150).

ALL-AROUND TEAM WIN OVER ILLINOIS STATE

SIU is coming off a 42-7 win over No. 15 Illinois State last weekend on Homecoming.
Illinois State came into that game allowing 220 yards per game. The Salukis piled up 549 yards in the win.
Offensively, the Redbirds were scoring 32.6 points per game. SIU held Illinois State to seven points.
Illinois State was limiting opponents to fewer than 50 rushing yards per game. The Salukis ran for 181 yards on Saturday.
On special teams, Craig James returned punts for 30 and 33 yards, and the Salukis won the net punting battle.
SIU beat a ranked opponent for the 16th consecutive season.
Southern was coming off a 35-point loss at South Dakota State (49-14), the largest margin of defeat for SIU since 2003.

STRAUB SHINES

Starting quarterback Sam Straub is the reigning MVFC Offensive Player of the Week. Straub shared the honor with USD's Chris Streveler.
Straub threw for 368 yards and four touchdowns in the win, and he did not commit a turnover.
Straub also ran for 45 yards and had 413 yards total offense.
Straub's 368 passing yards rank 10th in SIU single-game history. Straub has three of the top-12 passing games in school history:
- 450 in 2016 vs. Western Illinois (school record)
- 368 in 2017 vs. Illinois State (10th)
- 366 in 2016 at Youngstown State (12th)
Straub's 413 yards total offense rank seventh in school history. Straub has three of the top nine total offense games in school history.
- 469 in 2016 vs. Western Illinois (3rd)
- 413 in 2017 vs. Illinois State (7th)
- 407 in 2016 at Youngstown State (9th)
Straub has only started nine games in his career. He has thrown at least four touchdowns in four of those games.
He is the first player in program history with more than two games of 4+ touchdown passes. Straub has done that three times this season alone and four times in his career.
For the season, Straub has 17 touchdown passes, which already ranks ninth in school history. Straub is just 11 touchdown passes away from tying Nick Hill's SIU single-season record (28 in 2007).
Straub already has 25 touchdown passes in his career, just two shy of tying Rick Johnson (1980-83) for 10th in Southern's all-time TD passes list.
Straub also has thrown for 2,697 yards in his career, which ranks 14th all-time.
Jim Hart, who went on to throw for more than 35,000 yards in the NFL, is 10th on SIU's all-time passing yardage list with 3,779.

SACK DISCREPANCY

SIU has a +14 sack discrepancy--SIU has 17 sacks and allowed just three sacks in 2017.
Southern's offense has allowed just three sacks all season, which ranks second in the nation.
Southern's defense already has 17 sacks, which is 24th nationally and fourth in the MVFC.
Last season, SIU had 20 sacks all season. This year, SIU is already at 17 just halfway through the year.
Southern's offensive line has not allowed more than one sack in any game this season.
Dating back to the end of last year, SIU has allowed one sack or fewer in nine of the last 10 games.

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