A Southern Illinois victory, coupled with a UNI loss has given the unbeaten Salukis their first Gateway Football Conference title in the league’s 19th season. SIU became the first Gateway team to start a season 10-0 with a 24-17 victory against Youngstown State. Southern Illinois tied for sixth last year in the league race at 2-5 (4-8 overall), and the Salukis were picked sixth in [...]
Southern Illinois has matched the best start in league history with its 9-0 beginning, while UNI is keeping pace as the Panthers are 8-1. Both teams are 5-0 in league play and both are ranked in the Top 10 nationally. Meanwhile, Western Illinois and Western Kentucky are in the Top 10 of the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll, while the two Westerns are 11th and 12th, [...]
Southern Illinois running back Muhammad Abdulqaadir, Idaho State quarterback Mark Hetherington, East Tennessee State cornerback Tony Tiller, and Montana kicker Chris Snyder have been honored as national I-AA players of the week by The Sports Network, the division’s most widely recognized information service. Abdulqaadir was the driving force in the Salukis’ win over Western Illinois, Hetherington passed the Bengals to an upset of Montana, Tiller [...]
The first group of players have been selected by committee to participate in the inaugural I-AA College Football All-Star Classic, and seven Gateway players are among the first 50 selections. The game will be played at Lockhart Stadium on Tuesday evening, December 30, and televised nationally by TFN, The Football Network, which will begin operations this fall as a 24/7, year-round cable network devoted to [...]
The Gateway Football Conference’s first season was in 1985, and Southwest Missouri State defeated Southern Illinois, 40-28, on Sept. 7, 1985, in the first-ever league game. Since the league’s inception, a total of nine different members have played in the conference, with Eastern Illinois (now in the Ohio Valley Conference) the only team to leave the Gateway. The league has been stable, however, with only [...]
2004 Gateway Football Standings Gateway Points Overall Points Team W L For Opp Pct W L For Opp Pct Southern Illinois 7 0 308 88 1.000 10 2 511 158 .833 Western Kentucky 6 1 199 124 .857 9 3 350 227 .750 Northern Iowa 5 2 245 130 .714 7 4 351 198 .636 Southwest Missouri State 3 4 179 218 .429 6 5 295 324 .545 Illinois State 2 5 182 242 .286 4 7 282 352 .364 Western ...
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