Southern Illinois Salukis NCAA Football News

A season with vast potential, maybe even championship possibilities, was thrown into doubt when Southern Illinois University Carbondale quarterback Chris Dieker suffered a broken collarbone in the team's seventh game.

Two years after Paul McIntosh accounted for seven touchdowns in Reitz's 61-60 Cloass 4A regional victory over Columbus East, younger brother Matt McIntosh accounted for five scores in the Panthers' 52-28 4A regional win over East Central on Saturday.

Southern Illinois knows it's going to the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.

SIU senior linebacker Brandin Jordan said the Saluki defense had something to prove this weekend.

Southern Illinois University Carbondale's 34-15 win at ninth-ranked South Dakota State on Saturday, the Salukis' second road victory against a Top 10 team this year, vaulted them into the No.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - After leading the third-ranked Salukis to a 35-14 victory at No.

No. 3 Southern Illinois dominated No. 9 South Dakota State in a 34-15 victory Saturday at Coughlin Alumni Stadium to secure at least a share of SIU's fifth Missouri Valley Football Conference Championship and its seventh-straight playoff appearance.

Third-ranked Southern Illinois clinched at least a share of the Missouri Valley Football Conference title and the league's automatic berth in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision with a 34-15 victory over ninth-ranked South Dakota State Saturday afternoon at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium.

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For the second year in a row, three Southern Illinois football players were selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District teams, as voted upon by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America .

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Missouri Valley Football Conference announced Sunday that Southern Illinois redshirt freshman quarterback Paul McIntosh and senior wide receiver Bryce Morris have been named the offensive and special teams players of the week, respectively.

Running back Deji Karim attempts to run past Youngstown State University defenders during the Salukisa 27-8 victory Oct.

No. 3 Southern Illinois only allowed 90 yards of total offense in a 33-0 shutout victory over Indiana State Saturday for its 12th-straight Missouri Valley Football Conference win in an early afternoon game at Memorial Stadium.

If the victory over Western Illinois for the Indiana State football team last week washed away the horrors of a 33-game losing streak, Saturday's 33-0 loss to Southern Illinois provided an unwelcome reminder of how ISU got into that spot to begin with.

Southern Illinois shuts out Indiana State 33-0 Eds: APNewsNow. Southern Illinois 33, Indiana State 0. TERRE HAUTE, Ind.

The shoe finally dropped for the Indiana State football team when it broke its 33-game losing streak with a 17-14 victory over Western Illinois last Saturday.

Melissa Larocque, a freshman swimmer from Montreal studying elementary education, throws toilet paper with children Wednesday at SIU Arena for the Halloween Bash.

Southern Illinois quarterback Chris Dieker is expected to be out six weeks with a broken left clavicle that he sustained in last Saturday's 27-8 victory over Youngstown State.

Michigan faces investigation - The NCAA has notified the University of Michigan that it is investigating the school's football program.

Southern Illinois quarterback Chris Dieker is likely out for the rest of the season with a broken collarbone.