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Salukis Are No. 1 in the Nation

Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Salukis
Southern Illinois has become the fifth No. 1 team in Gateway history, and third different team in the past three years, as the Salukis are the top-ranked team in the Sports Network Top-25 poll, announced Monday. It marks the first time SIU is ranked #1 in the nation since winning the National Championship in 1983. That season, Southern spent six weeks at the top spot. Jerry Kill’s club, which was ranked No. 2 in the preseason, ascended to the top spot after it defeated Southeast Missouri, 42-3, and former No. 1 Delaware lost, 24-21, to unranked New Hampshire. The Salukis earned 56 first-place votes and 2,050 total points in this week’s balloting. SIU joins former Gateway No. 1 teams (UNI, Western Illinois, Western

2003 All-Academic Football Team

Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Academic Football Team
Thirty-three student-athletes, including 12 who earned first-team honors, highlight the 2003 Gateway Conference all-academic team, announced by the league office today.

Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.00 cumulative grade point average (4.0 scale). Student-athletes must have reached sophomore academic and athletic standing at their institutions (freshmen are not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at their institution. League sports information directors voted on the team by designating 11 players for first-team honors and 11 players for second-team honors.

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Gateway Players of the Week - Nov. 8

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

This week’s Players of the Week in the Gateway Football Conference are WR/RS Steven Rush of SMS; LB Karl Maslowski of Western Kentucky; P Pat Jordan of Indiana State; and Brad Durham of SMS.
Offensive
WR/KR Steven Rush, SMS
Jr., 5-11, 196, Omaha (Neb.) North High
Rush caught 6 passes for 249 yards and four touchdowns and returned three [...]

Gateway Players of the Week - Nov. 2

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

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 [...]

Panthers, SIU Extend Win Streaks

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

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, [...]

Weekly Football Notebook - Oct. 12

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

It’s Homecoming in Normal, Ill., and the Illinois State-Western Kentucky game
is part of the Gateway Television Network. Mitch Holthus, Richard Baldinger and
Scott Warmann will call the action from Hancock Stadium, beginning at 2:30 pm
CDT.
The game will be seen live on the Hilltopper Sports Satellite Network and
will be joined in progress at 3 pm by [...]

Glasford’s 5 TDs Key Western Win

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Travis Glasford scored five times to help No. 2 Western Illinois to a 54-20 win at Youngstown State on Saturday. Meanwhile, Southern Illinois’ Tom Koutsos scored three times to lift the Salukis to a 6-0 record for the first time since 1983 and became the league’s all-time leading rusher in the process.
Elsewhere, UNI edged Indiana [...]

Gateway Holds 4 of Top 12 Spots

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Western Illinois creeped a step closer to No. 1 McNeese State, as the Leathernecks received 18 first-place votes in the Sports Network poll, but Western remains No. 2 after defeating previous No. 5 Western Kentucky. The Hilltoppers dropped to No. 9 in the Sports Network poll, while Southern Illinois jumped three spots to No. 8, [...]

Gateway Players of the Week

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

This week’s Gateway Players of the Week are RB Demetrus Johnson of Illinois State; LB Lee Russell of Western Illinois; OL Justin Rich of Southern Illinois; and RS Michael Sparks of SMS.
Demetrus Johnson Demetrus Johnson
Offensive
RB Demetrus Johnson, Illinois State
5-9, 185, Jr., Milwaukee, Wis.
Homestead High/Minnesota transfer Johnson had the best game of his career, as the [...]

Western Grabs I-AA’s Top Ranking

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Following a decisive 34-12 win over I-A Eastern
Michigan on Thursday night, the Western Illinois Leathernecks have jumped from
No. 4 to No. 1 in this week’s Sports Network/CSTV I-AA Top 25 poll.

Western, which is top-ranked for the first time since The Sports Network poll
became an NCAA ranking of record in 1993, earned 41 first-place votes and [...]

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