NCAAF Game Recap - Southern Illinois at Western Illinois
Sat Nov 16, 2019 2:00 PM EST

LSU
58
Miss
37
F
OSU
56
Rut
21
F
Wake
3
Clem
52
F
Bama
38
MissSt
7
F
UGA
21
Aub
14
F
Ariz
6
Oreg
34
F
MIN
19
Iowa
23
F
UCLA
3
Utah
49
F
Ind
27
PSU
34
F
Okla
34
Bayl
31
F
Fla
23
MIZ
6
F
MSU
10
Mich
44
F
Wisc
37
Neb
21
F
Navy
20
ND
52
F
Cin
20
SoFL
17
F
Mem
45
Hou
27
F
NM
9
Boise
42
F
Tex
21
IASt
23
F
Kans
13
OkSt
31
F
E Mi
42
Akr
14
F
WestMI
37
Ohio
34
F OT
NIU
31
Toled
28
F
BGSU
3
MiaOH
44
F
Buff
27
Kent
30
F
UNC
27
Pitt
34
F OT
LT
10
Marsh
31
F
Fres
7
SDSU
17
F
Tul
21
Temp
29
F
TCU
33
TxTch
31
F
UMass
6
NW
45
F
AlaSt
12
FlaSt
49
F
VMI
6
Army
47
F
NWSt
31
SamHu
28
F
UTEP
10
UAB
37
F
Troy
63
TxSt
27
F
CoCar
27
ArkSt
28
F
ULMon
29
GaSo
51
F
IdSt
10
BYU
42
F
C Mi
45
Ball
44
F
Rich
6
JMU
48
F
KY
38
Vand
14
F
WVU
24
K St
20
F
VaTec
45
GATec
0
F
(N/A)
28
NMS
41
F
Hawaii
21
UNLV
7
F
Wyo
21
UtSt
26
F
Syr
49
Duke
6
F
Stan
22
WaSt
49
F
Rice
31
MidTN
28
F
ULLaf
37
SoAl
27
F
SMiss
36
UTSA
17
F
AF
38
ColSt
21
F
App
56
GASt
27
F
AzSt
34
OreSt
35
F
SCar
6
TxAM
30
F
Lou
34
NCSt
20
F
USC
41
Cal
17
F
E Mi
45
NIU
17
F
Ohio
66
BGSU
24
F

Southern Illinois 45, Western Illinois 21

Nov 16, 2019, 2:00 PM EST

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Southern Illinois (7-4)

7

3

21

14

45

Western Illinois (1-10)

0

7

0

14

21

Career days from Davis, Williams power Southern Illinois
Sat Nov 16, 2019 6:48 PM

MACOMB, Ill. (AP) D.J. Davis and Javon Williams both had their career-high in rushing yards and Southern Illinois ran past Western Illinois 45-21 on Saturday.

Davis, who had 207 yards with two touchdowns, surpassed his previous high of 201 yards set last season against South Dakota State. Williams, a redshirt freshman, had 149 yards with three touchdowns, topping his previous best of 138 yards against UT Martin in September.

The Salukis piled up 388 yards on the ground and outgained the Leathernecks 580 yards to 315. Kare Lyles completed 12 of 18 passes for 144 yards for Southern Illinois (7-4, 5-2 Missouri Valley).

Connor Sampson completed 22 of 36 passes for 208 yards and three touchdowns for Western Illinois (1-10, 1-6).

SIU led just 10-7 at halftime but poured it on with three touchdowns in the third quarter to build a 31-7 lead and added two more scores in the fourth.

Passing

SIU Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
K. Lyles 19 13 68.4 1 157 28 1 89.1
J. Williams Jr. 2 2 100.0 0 48 32 0 118.8
WIl Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
C. Sampson 36 22 61.1 3 208 59 1 93.3

Rushing

SIU Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
D. Davis 30 194 6.5 53 1
J. Williams Jr. 19 149 7.8 35 3
WIl Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
M. Norris 16 73 4.6 36 0
C. Ratkovich 5 25 5.0 7 0

Receiving

SIU Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
L. Lenoir 5 114 22.8 32 0
A. Cox 6 53 8.8 20 0
WIl Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
G. Wahee 2 77 38.5 59 1
D. Houston 7 52 7.4 14 1

Fumbles

SIU F FL
K. Lyles 1 1
J. Colquhoun 1 0
WIl F FL
J. Hall 1 1
C. Sampson 3 3

Returning

WIl KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
J. Hall 2 18.5 0 23 0 0 0
J. Drake 2 21.5 0 27 0 0 0

Punting

SIU Punt Yds Avg LgPu
J. Colquhoun 2 35 17.5 35
WIl Punt Yds Avg LgPu
A. Fellner 4 151 37.8 48

Takeaways

SIU Int Yds InTD
C. Bush 1 0 0
WIl Int Yds InTD
T. Rehfeld 1 0 0

Team Stats Comparison

SIU WIl
Points For 45 21
Total Yards 580 315
Rushing Yards 375 107
Passing Yards 205 208
Passing Completions / Attempts 15/21 22/36
Turnovers 2 5
Interceptions Thrown 1 1
Fumbles - Lost 2/1 4/4
First Downs 29 20
Penalties - Yards 5/48 8/40
Time Of Possession 58:58 02:02
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 5/13 5/16
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 1/2 2/3
Punts - Average Yards 2/18 4/38

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter SIU WIl
SIU 07:25 TD D.J. Davis 13 yd pass from Karé Lyles (Nico Gualdoni kick) 7 0
2nd Quarter SIU WIl
SIU 03:01 FG Nico Gualdoni 45 yd FG 10 0
WIl 13:02 TD George Wahee 59 yd pass from Connor Sampson (Nathan Erickson kick) 10 7
3rd Quarter SIU WIl
SIU 08:17 TD Avante Cox 9 yd run (Nico Gualdoni kick) 17 7
SIU 13:08 TD Javon Williams Jr. 1 yd run (Nico Gualdoni kick) 24 7
SIU 14:40 TD Javon Williams Jr. 8 yd run (Nico Gualdoni kick) 31 7
4th Quarter SIU WIl
WIl 03:23 TD Dennis Houston 11 yd pass from Connor Sampson (Nathan Erickson kick) 31 14
SIU 06:59 TD D.J. Davis 7 yd run (Nico Gualdoni kick) 38 14
WIl 10:34 TD Clint Ratkovich 11 yd pass from Connor Sampson (Nathan Erickson kick) 38 21
SIU 13:07 TD Javon Williams Jr. 2 yd run (Nico Gualdoni kick) 45 21

Game Information

Stadium: Hanson Field, Macomb, Illinois
Attendance: 1,739
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