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Oct. 9, 2004
Penguins Fall to No. 1 Southern Illinois, 37-2
Youngstown -- First-ranked Southern
Illinois scored four first-half
touchdowns on plays that each
covered at least 47 yards and held
the Youngstown State offense
scoreless en route to a 37-2 victory
on Saturday night at Stambaugh
Stadium.
With the win, the Salukis improve to 5-1 overall and 2-0 in
the Gateway while YSU falls to 2-4
and 0-2 in the conference.
After forcing the Salukis to a three-and-out on the
game's opening possession, YSU
marched 58 yards down to the SIU 7
on a drive that featured a 25-yard
pass from Tom Zetts to Kyle Smith
and a 15-yard SIU penalty. But
on third-and-goal, SIU's Alexis
Moreland came up with an
interception on a bobbled pass and
raced 95 yards to the endzone to put
the Salukis up 7-0.
On SIU's next drive, Joel Sambursky found Craig Turner for a
56-yard touchdown pass with 3:04
remaining in the opening quarter to
cap an eight-play, 84-yard drive.
The Saluki defense and special teams chipped in to force a
Penguin safety early in the second
quarter. A 53-yard punt by
Zack Kettelkamp pinned the Penguins
at their own 2 and on the third play
of the drive, Mark Philipp sacked
Zetts in the end zone for a safety
with 11:19 remaining to make the
score 16-0.
Sambursky then found Brent Little on a 47-yard scoring strike
on the ensuing possession to put the
Salukis up 23-0. Arkee
Whitlock completed the first half
scoring on a 49-yard scoring scamper
with 1:42 remaining.
YSU got on the board late in the third quarter when Justin
Martin pressured Sambursky into
intentional grounding in the end
zone that resulted in a safety.
SIU's final score came on a 19-yard pass from Jon Cairns to
Alan Turner with 2:11 remaining in
the fourth.
Whitlock rushed for a game-high 97 yards on 14 carries while
Brandon Jacobs scampered for 87
yards on 16 rushes. Sambursky
completed 11-of-19 passes for 215
yards and two touchdowns. He
was also intercepted by Mike Bracken
in the third quarter.
Regis Edgerson rushed for 47 yards on 11 rushes to lead a
92-yard Penguin rushing attack while
Tom Zetts was 10-of-23 for 112
yards. Kyle Smith had four
catches for 64 yards.
The Penguins will play host to Northern Iowa in their annual
Homecoming game on Oct. 16 at 4 p.m. |
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