One of my favorite things about this time of year is football. From games of high school and college to NFL football games can be exciting events that provide great entertainment. So in honor of the start of football season, here are my five reasons to watch a game this year.

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On Oct. 25, UNI handed Western Illinois its second-straight home loss as the Panthers won for the seventh-consecutive game to improve to 7-1/4-0 Gateway. The No. 9 Panthers won, 38-30, as QB Tom Petrie threw for four touchdowns. Tom Koutsos Tom Koutsos and the Salukis are 8-0 after a 20-6 win against SMS on Oct. 25. Meanwhile, the No. 4 Salukis downed visiting SMS to [...]

Thursday night, UNI improved to 2-1 on the season with a 38-24 victory in the home opener for Stephen F. Austin in a game seen live on Fox Sports Net. After UNI went ahead 10-0, the Lumberjacks rallied with 17 unanswered points to take a 17-10 edge. Ryan Rossner of SFA kicked a career long tying 52-yard field foal with 1:23 in the half to [...]

Gateway Football Conference 1818 Chouteau Ave. St. Louis, MO 63103 (314) 421-2268 FAX (314) 421-3505 FAX (314) 421-0620 Email Addresses Patty Viverito, Commissioner Mike Kern, Associate Commissioner Maxine Day, Executive Assistant Ed Tschannen, Coordinator of Officials

The Gateway Football Conference enters its 20th season in 2004, and the league will be hard-pressed to duplicate the success of 2003. Four teams represented the league in the 16-team NCAA I-AA playoffs, marking the first time any league has sent that many to the playoffs in the same year in the 26-year history of I-AA postseason. The original Gateway Conference was founded as a [...]