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2 'tlllllle, $,." New. Oct. 5, 95 LS-AS-FB ST-FB OFF EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Charleston, IL 90 ~/5 DA VID KIDWELL, Sporl lnfomadtion Director OffiCE: (7) 5' 90 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHARLESTON, IL--Eastern Illinois University's rejuvenated defense will be out to contain Southwest Missouri's rushing attack, the No. ground game in NCAA I-AA. Southwest Missouri will be aiming to improve its No. 5 national ranking in its bid for a NCAA I-AA tournament spot. With those two items on the line Saturday's (Oct. 9) ateway Conference matchup between these two teams should be a dandy at EIU's O'Brien Stadium. Kickoff is :0. Eastern eased back to the.500 mark at - with a - ateway win over Illinois State last week and picked up its first conference victory to go with one defeat. Southwest Missouri was idle last Saturday after pasting Northeast Missouri, 59-, the previous week. The Bears are -- overall and -- in the ateway. "We had a gutty effort from our defense last week the type that we must have for 0 minutes each week. That win was important and gives us some confidence but now we must prove to be consistent, too," said Al Molde. ****** ****** Eastern Illinois University (-, I-I) hosts Southwest Missouri (--, --) at :0 CDT, Saturday, October 9 at O'Brien Stadium, Charleston. THE AME: RADIO: AME NOTES All the action can be heard on 50,000 watt WLBH-FM, 97 on the dial, Ken Wooddell calls play-by-play with Doug Bock providing commentary pregame begins with the Al Molde show at :5. COACHES: ElU's years Sioux SWMO, Al Molde, in his third season, is - here, 9-5- overall (%) in 5 he has had winning seasons and four NCAA playoff teams coaching at Falls College, Minn-Morris and Central Missouri he is -- against including an 0-- record while at Central Missouri. SWMO's Rich Johanningmeier, in his 0th season, is the dean of ateway Conference coaches he is 57--5, all at SWMO, and American International, Vermont and Connecticut. SERIES: EIU leads the series, 5--, and had not lost to the Bears since 97 prior to last year's 9- contest. LAST YEAR: Southwest QB reg Arterburn drove the Bears the length of the field in the final : to score the winning ona two yard run with 0: left, and then pitched to Dave Cummings for the winning -point conversion EIU QB set five school records (three since broken) when he was -- for yards, three passes and 9 total offense earning league 'player of the week' honors caught passes of, and yards.

3 ADI SWMO FACTS: The Bears' No. 5 ranking in NCAA I-AA is their highest ever they are -- with wins at Drake (-), at Southern Illinois (0-), at Northeast Missouri (59-) and home against Western Kentucky (7-7) with a home loss to Northern Iowa (-7) and tie with Illinois State (7-7) with all but one starter back from last year on offense (9 seniors, two juniors), the Bears are rushing for a NCAA I-AA best 7 yards p/game operating out of wing-t formation they are No. in the nation in total offense at 79 yards p/game and 7th in scoring with a 5. point average the top individual :Is HB Keith Williams, who is No. in rushing at 5, and ~o. 5 in all-purpose at yards p/game he twice has been picked the ateway 'player of the week' getting a high of yards against Illinois State he also leads the Bears in pass receiving with catches for 9 yards up front the Bears have three all-conference l:inemen leading the way they are Brad Sellenriek, Kevin Bor and David Heim the Bear defense, which has allowed 9 yards p/game, is led by LB James Houston who has tackles, four pass blocks and four QB sacks. PARKER HONORED: Carl Parker (Evanston), 5-, 5 sophomore defensive lineman, was chosen the ateway Conference Defensive 'Player of the Week' for his eight tackles, ~ QBsack effort against Illinois State it's the first honor for Parker and the EIU defense this season. HOME SWEET HOME: The Panthers have lost all three on the road but won all three at home and have five straight 'W's at O'Brien Stadium dating back to a -0 loss to Southern Illinois last season since 97 the Panthers are -7 at home. PAYTON'S PASSIN: Coming off his th 00 yard passing day against ISU, QB (Naperville-Central) is now 0~h in the NCAA I-AA in total offense (0. p/game) and 5th in passing yardage (79) he needs yards to become the all-time EIU yardage leader ahead of Jeff Christensen's (90-) he also is just short of Christensents pass completion record of 9. RANKED RECEIVERS: Three Panthers are ranked among the NCAA I-AA top 0 in pass receiving (Detroit-King) is Tth with catches for 7 yards. (Robbins-Oak Lawn Richards) is Tth with 7 for 5 and (Detroit-MacKenzie) is Tth with for. ATEWAY CONFERENCE: Northern Iowa Southern Illinois Southwest Missouri EASTERN ILLINOIS Illinois State Western Illinois COACH MOLDE SAYS: C Points Overall Points "We're up against one of the most veteran ball clubs we'll see all year Southwest Missouri's offense is a senior dominated lineup and that experience is reflected in the success they're having their wing-t gives teams trouble because you only see it once a year so it will be another challenge for our defense, which, by the way, I'm very proud of for its effort against Illinois State offensively, other than a couple dropped balls which will normally be caught, I thought we again moved it pretty well two of the drives were over 0 yards so we've been patient and that will be important, particularly this week, to keep the ball away from Southwest's strong rushing game." -0-

4 , u EAStERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY two-deeps OFFENSE Charlie Williams (-, 0, Jr.) 7 Chris eile (-5, 95, Jr.) 7 Mark Petersen (-, 5, So.) 7 Sean O'Brien (-, 70, Fr.) 9 Jim Miteff (-0, 0, Sr.) Steve Bonnes (-, 55, Jr.) Charlie Vinson (-0~ 05, Jr.) (-, uo, Jr.) RB - 0 (5-9, 75, So.) SB - (-, 00, Jr.) FL - (-0, 90, Jr.) SE LT L CR RT TE QB Willie Cain (-0, 0, Jr.) Barry Wolfe (-, 5. So.) Bob Benning (-0, 5, Jr.) Mike Hurley (-0, 5, Sr.) Dave Popp (-, 0, Fr.) Chris Severson (-. 0, Sr.) Shon McCray (-, 0, So.) John Rafferty (-, 90, Jr.) (5-9, 75, Fr.) Scott Sanderson (-, 05, Jr.) Kevin Hunter (5-9, 5, So.) John Jurkovic (-, 0, Fr.) Jeff Rolson (-0, 0, Fr.). Scott Pilkerton (-0, 0, Jr.) Chris Nelson (-, 95, So.) Dan Polewski (-, 0, Jr.) Jeff Mills (-, 05, Fr.) Mel Black (-, 5, So.) Barry ravenhorst (5-9, 75, So.) Barry ravenhorst (5-9, 75, So.) David Swingler (5-, 70, Fr.) Scott Johnson (-, 5, Fr.) DEFENSE LE N RE OLB ILB ILB OLB LC RC 55 FS Tom Moskal (-, 50, Sr.) Aaron Thomas (5-, 5, Sr.) Carl Parker (5-, 5, So.) Rick Ziemann (5-, 0, Jr.) Bill Cochrane (-, 0, So.) Derick Wilhelms (-, 0, So.) Rod Mathis (-, 5, Jr.) Ed Nailon (5-, 90, Sr.) reg Rhea (5-, 70, Jr.) Bob Bronaugh (5-0, 90, Jr.) Darius Shavers (5-, 0, Jr.) Punter, Kickoffs, Placement - EVan Arapostathis (5-9, 5, Sr.) Punt Returns - (-0, 0, Jr.) KO Returns - Barry ravenhorst (5-9, 75, So.), 7 (5-9, 75, Fr.)

5 RUSHIN Shon McCray John Rafferty Bob Bronaugh PASSIN John Rafferty CPL PASS RECEIVIN Charles Williams Willie Cain Shon McCray Scott Sanderson Charlie Vinson 5 REC 7 P/AME AIN NET 5 - ATT 9 ~ ERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOOTB 95 LOST --n ATT 79 INT o PCT P/CARRY. 9(SVS) (ISU) (NEMO) (ISU) (KU) (KU) 9(SV5) 5(I5U) STATISTICS (-) P/AME P/CPL P/ATT P/CATCH P/AME (SVS) (SIU) (ISU) (ISU) (ISU) (SIU) (SVS) - (ISU)..:;_-=-=~_:-::-::5:-:: ~9.:.:.0=-_"::,,=-::..:.~0_---:~--:::-:::-;(~KU~,:--=I:.;:S:.;:,UL) (ISU) (SVS) (KU) (SVS) 7 (NEMO) TEAM TOTALS EIU First Downs By Rush 50 By Pass 0 By Penalty TOTAL OFFENSE 57 Per ame 09.5 Total Plays 95 Yds. P/Play 5.0 PEN/ / FUM/LOST 9/ POSS. : OPP ill / / :59 PUNTIN Evan Arapostathis Team NO 5 RETURNS Barry ravenhorst Kevin Hunter Dan Polewski PTS AVE KO AVE 5. (KU) (NEMO) 50.7 (NEMO) (NEMO, ISU) 5.9 (SIU).0 ~ ~ ~5~7~?9~.~0~ ~~(~K~U~) ~~ ~ ~~ ~~~ 5.7 (KU) 5. (SIU) 7.5 5(KU).7 (SIU) SCORIN Charlie Williams Evan Arapostathis Derick Wilhelms Bob Bronaugh Team AVE 9. RET NET 75 NET AVE. 7(SIU) (SIU) 7 (ISU) PAT/K PAT/R-P F SAF POINTS (5. ppg) 5(7.5 ppg)