Western Illinois University NCAA News

Redshirt freshman quarterback Wil Lunt gets sacked during the third quarter. Illinois State sacked Lunt six times in the contest.

Senior running back Dre Gibbs has averaged 111.9 yards a game and 4.5 yards per carry so far this season.

Western Illinois University's basketball team finally got to see someone else. "It was really good," guard Quenton Kirby said after the Leathernecks defeated Monmouth College 75-64 in Thursday's exhibition game at Western Hall.

If it seemed Missouri State linebacker Antoine Wilkinson made a tackle on every play Saturday, it's because he nearly did.

N DAKOTA North Dakota rallies to upset Cal Poly 31-17 GRAND FORKS, N.D. North Dakota rallied from a 10-point deficit with 24 unanswered points to upset Cal Poly 31-17 on Saturday.

Pat Paschall scored on a 24-yard run with 3:10 left to lead North Dakota State to a 14-7 victory over Western Illinois on Saturday.

If Homecoming hope was ever going to go from springing eternal to equaling a victory for the Indiana State football team, today's game against Western Illinois would seemingly be the time for it to happen.

There were plenty of brilliant performances in another weekend of great Football Championship Subdivision play, but two games simply defied logic.

UNI can't afford another loss. By JOHN BOHNENKAMP jbohnenkamp@thehawkeye.com Mark Farley wasn't in the mood to talk about the distant future.

The streak is over at Indiana State. The Sycamores won for the first time in more than three years on Saturday, ending the nation's longest losing streak at 33 games on Saturday with a 17-14 victory over Western Illinois.

Joe Allaria caught an 86-yard touchdown pass from Paul McIntosh to highlight Southern Illinois' 27-8 victory over Youngstown State on Saturday.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye Western Illinois wide receiver Lito Senatus catches a pass for 29 yards in the first quarter against Missouri State Saturday at Hanson Field in Macomb, Ill.

Missouri State tight end Clay Harbor has been named Missouri Valley Football Conference Offensive Player of the Week, while kicker Matt Hottelman is the MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week, the league announced Sunday.

Ask the two old college teammates about their relationship these days, and both start with the obvious.

Matt Hottelman kicked a 37-yard field goal with 36 seconds left to push Missouri State past Western Illinois 17-16 Saturday.The kick gave Missouri State its only lead.

The marquee game in the Missouri Valley Football Conference this weekend pits Southern Illinois at Northern Iowa .

Records -- Western Illinois 1-3 overall , Youngstown State 3-2 Rankings -- Neither team is ranked.

Eastern Illinois ' Bob Spoo can count on one hand the number of people who have coached longer than he has.

Kevin Smith ran for 113 yards and a touchdown and Youngstown State held off a second-half rally to beat Western Illinois 31-21 on Saturday.

Southern Illinois doesn't lose often at home, having won 14 consecutive Missouri Valley Conference games in Carbondale.