Southern Illinois at Western Illinois
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Score | Status |
| Southern Illinois | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 31 | |
| Western Illinois | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 30 | F/OT |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 12:37 | Southern Illinois touchdown. Landon Lenoir 32 Yd pass from Nic Baker (Nico Gualdoni Kick) |
| 3:56 | Southern Illinois touchdown. Nic Baker 9 Yd Run (Nico Gualdoni Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 9:05 | Southern Illinois touchdown. Donnavan Spencer 4 Yd Run (Nico Gualdoni Kick) |
| 4:51 | Western Illinois field goal. Mason Laramie 50 Yd Field Goal |
| 4:06 | Western Illinois touchdown. Jalen Powe 29 Yd Interception Return (Mason Laramie Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 3:44 | Southern Illinois field goal. Nico Gualdoni 37 Yd Field Goal |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 13:06 | Western Illinois touchdown. Dallas Daniels 27 Yd pass from Connor Sampson (Mason Laramie Kick) |
| 6:50 | Western Illinois touchdown. Ludovick Choquette 12 Yd pass from Connor Sampson (Mason Laramie Kick) |
| Overtime | |
| Southern Illinois touchdown. Landon Lenoir 25 Yd pass from Nic Baker (Nico Gualdoni Kick) | |
| Western Illinois touchdown. Myles Wanza 25 Yd Run (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed) | |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Southern Illinois | Western Illinois |
| Total first downs | 24 | 17 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Southern Illinois | Western Illinois |
| Third downs attempted | 16 | 13 |
| Third downs converted | 6 | 5 |
| Third down percentage | 38 % | 38 % |
| Fourth down | Southern Illinois | Western Illinois |
| Fourth downs attempted | 2 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 2 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 100 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Southern Illinois | Western Illinois |
| Total yards | 291 | 321 |
| Total rushing yards | 51 | 2 |
| Total passing yards | 240 | 225 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 29:55 | 30:05 |
| Rushing | Southern Illinois | Western Illinois |
| Total rushing plays | 32 | 96 |
| Total rushing yards | 51 | 2 |
| Average yards per rush | 1.6 | 3.3 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| Passing | Southern Illinois | Western Illinois |
| Passes attempted | 43 | 32 |
| Passes completed | 26 | 21 |
| Average yards per completion | 5.6 | 7.0 |
| Passing touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties | Southern Illinois | Western Illinois |
| Penalties committed | 9 | 14 |
| Penalty yards | 85 | 123 |
| Turnovers | Southern Illinois | Western Illinois |
| Passes intercepted | ||
| Interception returns | 2 | 2 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Southern Illinois | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Donnavan Spencer | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Justin Strong | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Avante Cox | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Javon Williams Jr. | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Landon Lenoir | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Nic Baker | 7 | -12 | -1.7 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Western Illinois | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Myles Wanza | 13 | 89 | 6.8 | 1 | 25 | ||||
| Ludovick Choquette | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Tony Tate | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Dallas Daniels | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Jaylen Reed | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Dennis Houston | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Connor Sampson | 7 | -13 | -1.9 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Southern Illinois | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Nic Baker | 43 | 26 | 60 % | 240 | 5.6 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Western Illinois | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Connor Sampson | 31 | 20 | 65 % | 192 | 6.2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tony Tate | 1 | 1 | 100 % | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Southern Illinois | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Landon Lenoir | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 2 | 32 | ||||
| Jerron Rollins | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Avante Cox | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Donnavan Spencer | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Izaiah Hartrup | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Aidan Quinn | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Justin Strong | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Zach Gibson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Tyce Daniel | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Western Illinois | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Dennis Houston | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | 22 | ||||
| Dallas Daniels | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 1 | 27 | ||||
| Michael McFarlane | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 33 | ||||
| Mason Sikes | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Daniel Bender | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Tony Tate | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Ludovick Choquette | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Jack Whyte | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Nathan Karsjens | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Southern Illinois | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Donnavan Spencer | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Javon Williams Jr. | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Justin Strong | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Western Illinois | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Southern Illinois | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Bryce Notree | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| Qua Brown | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| Western Illinois | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Jalen Powe | 1 | 29 | 1 | ||||||
| Michael Lawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Southern Illinois | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| None | |||||||||
| Western Illinois | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| None | |||||||||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Southern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Izaiah Hartrup | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Javon Williams Jr. | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| Western Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Daniel Bender | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Southern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Javon Williams Jr. | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Western Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Tony Tate | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Southern Illinois | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Nico Gualdoni | 1/2 | 37 | 4/4 | 7 | |||||
| Western Illinois | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Mason Laramie | 1/1 | 50 | 3/3 | 6 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Southern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Jack Colquhoun | 6 | 305 | 50.8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | |||
| Western Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Adam Fellner | 6 | 275 | 45.8 | 0 | 0 | 57 | |||
Last updated on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 2:10 AM.