Tag: Southern Illinois University

Throwing the ball 51 times was effective against Southeast Missouri, but Southern Illinois wants its run game to play a bigger role.

Fresh off his game-changing forced fumble and recovery in SIU’s comeback win over Southeast Missouri, Desman Hearns shares how he turned the tide.

Defensive end Tim Varga’s two sacks against Northern Illinois proved that “he plays with a motor and plays with toughness,” SIU head coach Nick Hill said.

A former SIU quarterback, head coach Nick Hill has played a major role in five of the Salukis’ six road wins over FBS foes.

Southern Illinois grabbed an interception with under a minute left Saturday in DeKalb to knock off FBS Northern Illinois.

The nationally ranked Salukis (1-0) travel to DeKalb to play FBS member Northern Illinois (1-0).

Southern Illinois got strong performances from both defense and offense en route to throttling Austin Peay.

Antonio James took over as the Southern Illinois defensive coordinator 24 hours before the start of fall camp and has impressed players and fellow coaches.