Game Results: Date Location Result 06-04-11 Corvallis, Ore. Ohio State 5, Creighton 1 Box score 06-03-11 Corvallis, Ore. Creighton 2, Georgia 1 Box score 05-28-11 Omaha, Neb. Creighton 3, Wichita State 1 Box score 05-27-11 Omaha, Neb. Creighton 4, Missouri State 3 Box score 05-27-11 Omaha, Neb. Wichita State 9, Indiana State 0 Box score 05-26-11 Omaha, Neb. Creighton 6, Missouri State 5 Box score [...]

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New Hampshire quarterback Ricky Santos, Towson defensive back Allante Harrison, Norfolk State linebacker Kevin Talley and Indiana State kicker Kyle Hooper have been honored as national I-AA players of the week by The Sports Network, the division’s most widely recognized information service. Santos threw for 385 yards and tied a school record with five touchdown passes as New Hampshire upset I-A Rutgers, 35-24. Talley set [...]

Two I-A near-misses were the story in Gateway Conference action on Sept. 11. Illinois State battled No. 22 Minnesota before falling, 37-21, and top-ranked Southern Illinois fell at I-A Northern Illinois, 23-22, as a failed two-point try by the Salukis late in the fourth was the difference. In all, the Gateway went 5-3 on Saturday, including a 2-1 mark against I-AA teams. Elsewhere in the [...]

For the first time in league history, a Gateway Newcomer of the Year is from the University of Northern Iowa; while the league’s Freshman of the Year hails from Western Kentucky University. RB Terrance Freeney becomes the first Panther to win the league’s Newcomer of the Year honor, while QB Justin Haddix is the first Hilltopper to earn the league’s five-year-old Freshman of the Year [...]

The Gateway Football Conference went 3-1 in the opening round of the I-AA playoffs, but all three teams will be on the road on Dec. 6, as quarterfinal action takes place next Saturday. This past weekend, Western Illinois won at Montana, 43-40 (2ot); Western Kentucky rolled past Jacksonville State, 45-7; UNI outdistanced visiting Montana State, 35-14; and Southern Illinois fell at Delaware, 48-7.   Saturday, [...]

n the final regular-season poll of 2003, four Gateway schools are in the Sports Network/CSTV Top 10, including Southern Illinois, which ranks No. 4 in the nation to lead all Gateway teams. UNI ranks No. 7 in the poll, while Western Kentucky (9th) and Western Illinois (10th) represent the league in the nation’s Top 10. It marks the fourth time this year that four Gateway [...]

After earning a share of its first Gateway Conference title with a 24-17 victory over Youngstown State this past Saturday, the Salukis climbed one more notch in the national polls to No. 2 — their highest ranking since winning the national title (No. 1 ranking) in 1983. SIU tops a list of four Gateway schools in the polls this week, as Western Illinois, Western Kentucky, [...]

This week’s Players of the Week in the Gateway Conference are QB Joel Sambursky of Southern Illinois; LB Erik Dandy of Western Kentucky; RS Michael Sparks of SMS, and Ben Deike of UNI. Offensive QB Joel Sambursky, Southern Illinois So., 6-0, 195, Liberty (Mo.) High In a game that was dominated by two of the league’s best defenses, QB Joel Sambursky was a difference-maker at [...]

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Southern Illinois (7-0) leads the league in the national rankings this week after winning, 37-32, at previously No. 2-ranked Western Illinois. The Salukis, at No. 4, join Western (No. 7), Western Kentucky (No. 8), and UNI (No. 9), as the league has four top-10 teams for the first time in league history. UNI and Western Illinois play in the league’s TV Game of the Week [...]

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 [...]