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2 e e 'tlnliler Sporls News EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Charleston, IL 0 DAVID KIDWELL, Sports Information Director OFFICE: () -0 HOME: () - Nov., LS-AS- FB Sf. - FB Opp. ~:rs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHARLESTON, IL--Eastern Illinois University's football Panthers, still nursing a chance to finish second in the inaugural ateway Conference season, must beat nationally ranked Northern Iowa on the road to accomplish that goal. Eastern plays at No. ranked Northern Iowa Saturday (Nov. ) in a p.m. game in the UNI-Dome. EIU, - overall, is - in the league and just behind Southern Illinois, which is - with conference road games left at Arkansas State, a designated league opponent, and Western Illinois. Northern Iowa, which has won seven straight after a season opening loss to Drake, is - overall and has clinched at least a tie for the ateway championship with a perfect -0 mark. "We're going in as the underdog and we've seemed to play better when we're in that role so we'll go up there and see i f we can play the role of spoiler," said coach Al Molde. The UNI purple Panthers have all but clinched a spot in the NCAA I-AA playoffs as they have only home games left with Division II opponents Northeast and Northwest Missouri. Eastern is also going for its eighth straight winning season. Following Saturday's game it will conclude with a road game at Western Kentucky on Nov.. ******* IHE AME: RADIO: COACHES: ~m NOTES * ****** Eastern Illinois University (-, -) at Northern Iowa (-, -0), :00 p.m. CST, Saturday, Nov., UNI-Dome, Cedar Falls. All the action can be heard on 0,000 watt WLBH-FM, on the dial Ken Wooddell calls ~lay-by-play with Doug Bock providing commentary pregame begins with the,ai Moide show at :. EIU's Al Molde, in his third season, is 0- here, -- overall in years he has had winning seasons and four NCAA playoff teams coach lg at Sioux Falls College, Minn-Morris and Central Missouri he is -0 vs. UNI including a -0 record while at Minn-Morris. -more-

3 E~&OTBALL ADD UNI's Darrell Mudra, in his th season, is -- UNI is in his th collegiate stop which includes a five year stint at EIU where he directed the Panthers to three NCAA tournament spots altogether he has coached eight bowl teams his record at Northern Iowa is - in three years. he was -0 vs. EIU while coaching at Western Illinois and is 0- vs. the Panthers during his term at UNI. SERIES: The series is tied, --, however, the Panthers have never won in four tries at UNI although the game ended in a 0-0 tie. UNI FACTS: The purple Panthers lost their opener to Drake, -, but since then have won seven straight including a 0- victory over Big Eight Kansas State ranked No. in the NCAA I-AA, UNI is on course for its first I-AA tournament appearance and a victory Saturday would all but clinch that spot UNI has relied on a combination of a strong offense and stingy defense the purple Panthers are averaging nearly 0 points a game and over 00 yards total offense behind sophomore QB Mike Smith who is in the top 0 in passing efficiency throwing for 00 yards a game and completing nearly 0% of his attempts running backs Carl Boyd and Errol Peebles are averaging and yards rushing, respectively split end Scott Francke has caught passes for yards all conference LB Mark Farley and DB Joe Fuller lead a defense which is allowing just points and yards p/game. COMPARATIVE SCORES: UNI PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: RECORD WATCH: Southwest Missouri Western Illinois Indiana State Illinois State EIU OPP 0 Southwest Missouri Western Illinois Indiana State Illinois State Wide receiver Roy Banks (Detroit, MI-King) caught eight passes for yards including s of and he tied an EIU career record for pass receptions with strong safety Bob Bronaugh (Rantoul) had 0 tackles including ~ QB sacks, a tackle for loss, pass interception and pass broken up. Banks needs just one pass reception to break the record of he currently shares with Scott Mchee (-0) QB Sean Payton (Naperville-Central) has career passes, just three short of Jeff Christensen's (0-). FEW UNI-DOME VETS: EIU FACTS: OPP To best illustrate how young EIU'a Panthers are only three current players have ever suited up for a game at Northern Iowa's,000 seat indoor facility defensive lineman Tom Moskal (Lake Zurich), cornerback Brian Newby (Chicago-Simeon) and offensive tackle Barry Wolfe (Martinsville) were frosh members of the ' team that tied 0-0 there. Finishing up on the road, the Panthers need at least one win in the next two outings to guarantee an eighth straight winning season halfback DuWayne Pitts (Detroit-MacKenzie) is bidding to become only the fourth ElU back to gain more th~n 000 yards rushing in a season the previous ones were Poke Cobb three times, Nate Anderson and Kevin Staple each twice Pitts has total,. p/game he needs to average just 0 yards in the next two games to reach the figure ElU's defense had nine QB sacks last week against Northern Michigan, which ties for second most in a gal.~, and is almost / qf thier season total different players have s t ared in the 'sack attack' led by Tom Moskal's six ElU has only attemp~ed passes in e~ch of the last two games, considerably below the it had been averaging hqwever QB Sean Payton's yards still rank third most in the country. -more-

4 E:AoTBALL ADD ATEWAY CONFERENCE: Northern Iowa Southern Illinois EASTERN ILLINOIS Southwest Missouri Illinois State Western Illinois C Points Overall Points Southern Illinois at Arkansas State Illinois State bosts Wichita State Southwest Missouri hosts Central Missouri Western Illinois hosts Winona COACH AL MOLDE SAYS: "Northern is on the verge of its best season ever so we are going to need to go in there as fired up as we've been for any game tbis season playing on this turf will be a little different than other artificial surfaces because this field has no crown so that will cause some adjustment but I think our players are looking for-. ward to this experience. we've won three of our last four so we're on course for a strong finish plus we have a chance to finish as high as second in the league and that's an added incentive going into this final ateway game." OFFENSE SE LT L CR RT TE QB RB SB FL Willie Cain (-0, 0, Jr.) Chris eile (-,, Jr.) Mark Petersen (-,, So.) Sean O'Brien (-, 0, Fr.) Jim Miteff (-0, 0, So.) Steve Bonnes (-,, Jr.) Shon McCray (-, 0, So. ) Sean Payton (-, 00, Jr.) DuWayne Pitts (-,, So.) Calvin Pierce (-, 00, Jr.) Roy Banks (-0, 0, Jr.) S Kevin Hunter (-,, So.) Barry Wolfe (-, S, Sr.) Bob Benning (-0,, Jr.) Mike Hurley (-0,, Sr.) Dave Popp (-, 0, Fr.) Chris Severson (-, 0, Sr.) Darrell Crowe (-,, Jr.) Pat Carro~l (-, 0, So.) James Marable (-,, Fr.) Charlie Vinson (-0, 0, Jr.) Kevin Hunter (S-,, So.) Tom Moskal (-, 0, Sr.) Aaron Thomas (-,, Jr.) Carl Parker (S-ll,, So.) Rick Ziemann (-, 0, Jr.) Bill Cochrane (-, 0, So.) Derick Wilhelms (-, 0, So.) Rod Mathis (-, S, Jr.) Ed Nailon (S-, 0, Sr.) Brian Newby (-, S, Sr.) Bob Bronaugh (-0, 0, Jr.) Darius Shavers (-, 0, Jr.) John Jurkovic (-, 0, Fr.) Dean Magro (-, 0, Jr.) Scott Pilkerton (-0, 0, Jr.) Jon Moore (-0, 0, So.) Dan Polewski (-, 0, Fr.) Jeff Mills (-, 0, Fr.) David Swingler (S-ll, 0, Fr.) Barry ravenhorst (-,, So.) reg Rhea (-, 0, Jr.) David Swingler (-, 0, Fr.) Scott Johnson (-,, Fr.) DEFENSE LE N RE OLB ILB ILB OLB LC RC SS FS - 0 SPECIALISTS ALL KICKS - Evan Arapostathis (-,, Sr.) PUNT RETURNS - Roy Banks (-0, 0, Jr.) KO RETURNS - James Marable (-,, Fr.), Barry ravenhorst (-,, So.)

5 EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL STATISTICS (-, -) RUSHIN DuWayne Pitts S~an Payton Shon McCray James Marabl~ John Rafferty Bob Bronaugh ATT AIN LOST NET P/AME P/CARRY LON " ~ T.. (WIU) 0-0 (NMU) 0..0 (NEMO).. (ISU).0.0 (KU) ~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~ ~~0~.~ ~~.~0~ ~ ~~(~K=U) (WIU) 00.. (SWMO) PASSIN Sean Payton John Rafferty CPL ATT 0 INT 0 o 0 0 P/AME.... PCT..0.. P/CPL.... PASS RECEIVIN REC P/CATCH P/AME LON Calvin Pierce.. (SVS) DuWayne Pitts. 0. (SIU) Roy Banks 0.. (ISU) Charles Williams.. (ISU) Willie Cain.. - (SWMO) Shon McCray.. - (SIU) Scott Sander0n.. - (SVS) James Harable - - (ISU) Charlie Vinson.0. (KU, ISU) ~--~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~.~~~~~(~I~SU~)~~ PUNTIN EVan Arapostathis Team RETURNS Barry ravenhorst Calvin Pierce Kevin Hunter Roy Banks Dan Polewski Rick Ziemann James ~wrable Derick Wilhelms Charlie Vinson Jim Miteff SCORIN Charlie Williams Roy Banks Sean Payton DuWayne Pitts EVan Arapostathis Derick Wilht!lms Bob Bronaugh Jame Marable Calvin Pierce Alswinll Kieboom Team NO KO AVE. RET NET NET AVE. HH.0. AVE 0 ~~~.. PTS YD i:o.. LON 0 (SWMO) (NEMO) (NEMO) P/ATT.... TEAM TOTALS First Downs By Rush By Pass By Penalty TOTAL OFF. Per ame Total Plays Yds. P/Pley PEN/ FUM/LOST POSSESSION LON (U) LON (SVS) (KU) (SVS) (NEMO, WIU) EIU OPP / / / / : 0:0 SCORE BY QUARTERS EIU 0 (SIU) OPP (IS U) AVE LON (SWMO) 00. (SIU).0.0 (WIU). (KU).0 (NMU) ~ ~~~~~~~~.0~ ~~~(~W~IU~)~ ~~~~ ~~ ~~~~ 00. (KU) 0. (SWMO). (KU). (SIU) PAT/R-P F SAF - PAT/K - - POINTS (. ppg) (. ppg) - -

6 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS NAME Derick Wilhelms Tom Moskal Bob Bronaugh Jon Moore Darius Shavers Aaron Thomas Carl Parker Melvin Black Rod Mathis Bill Cochrane Brian Newby Ed Nailon reg Rhea Scott Pilkerton Dave Lewandowski Barry ravenhorst Jeff Rolson Rick Ziemann Jeff Mills Scott Johnson Dave Swingler Dean Magro Dan Polews~i Derold Walls Chris Nelson John Jurkovic John Borchardt Rob DeVita Jerome Covington Alton Sutton Mike Altekruse KEY: T - tackles T AT SACKS ~ TFL FF FR INT// // F /0/ PUNT ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ PASS ~ ~ ~ ~ PAT /0/0 //0 ':"" /0/0 //0 //0 ~ ~ AT - Assisted Tackles ~ TFL - Tackles for Loss FF - Forced Fumbles FR - Fumble Recoveries RESULTS (- -~ at Northeast Missouri (000 est) : time INDIANA STATE () : time SAINAW VALLEY (0) : time at Southern Illinois (,00) : time 0 at Kansas (,00) : time ILLINOIS STATE (0,) : time SOUTHWEST MISSOURI (0) :0 time 0 WESTERN ILLINOIS () :0 time NORTHERN MICHIAN () : time e #