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South Dakota at Southern Illinois

Saturday, November 4, 2023

South Dakota beat Southern Illinois 14–⁠7. It was their ninth meeting; after it, South Dakota led the series 5–⁠4.

AwaySouth Dakota10–⁠3 in 2023
14
HomeSouthern Illinois8–⁠5 in 2023
7

Final at Saluki Stadium, CarbondaleTV: ESPN+Attendance 7,106

At kickoff
64°F, clear, wind 3 mph from the southWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Southern Illinois Airport (KMDH), 9 km from the stadium, eight minutes before kickoff
Official
Jason BergGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
South Dakota700714
Southern Illinois00077

Standouts

Player stats

South Dakota

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Aidan Bouman15/2011100
Travis Theis0/1000
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Charles Pierre Jr.1349012
Travis Theis113817
Nate Thomas4603
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
J.J. Galbreath551022
Carter Bell323014
Travis Theis41708
Keyondray Jones110010
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Blake Holden0001

Southern Illinois

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Nic Baker16/3522711
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Romeir Elliott135709
Justin Strong62006
Lashaun Lester51906
Izaiah Hartrup1808
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Vinson Davis785023
D’Ante’ Cox479027
Izaiah Hartrup245025
Aidan Quinn31817

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

South DakotaSouthern Illinois
196Total yards332
111Passing yards227
85Rushing yards105
5.3Yards per pass6.5
2.5Yards per rush2.8
12First downs19
5–⁠13Third downs6–⁠17
0–⁠0Fourth downs2–⁠4
0Turnovers1
3–⁠35Penalties7–⁠53
31:35Possession28:25

Before kickoff

Our ratings and the line, going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Southern Illinois 62% to win. South Dakota won as Elo’s underdog.

The line

Southern Illinois −8, over/under 41.5.

The last line on file before kickoff: the consensus line when the books publish one, otherwise a single major sportsbook’s.

Play by play

1st quarter1 drive, then South Dakota 7, Southern Illinois 0
Southern Illinois Result not recorded, 5 plays
14:57Zeke Mata kickoff for 63 yds
14:571st & 10 at own 14Justin Strong run for 2 yds to the SIU 16
14:572nd & 8 at own 16Nic Baker pass complete to Vinson Davis III for 11 yds to the SIU 27 for a 1ST down
14:571st & 10 at own 27Justin Strong run for 6 yds to the SIU 33
14:572nd & 4 at own 33Ro Elliott run for 5 yds to the SIU 38 for a 1ST down

Play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com, as its scorers wrote it. The clock is the time left in the quarter; the spot is from the side of the team with the ball.

The series

Every South Dakota–Southern Illinois game

South Dakota leads 8–⁠4 in 12 meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
2026South Dakota 31, Southern Illinois 10
2025South Dakota 53, Southern Illinois 51
2024South Dakota 42, Southern Illinois 13
2023South Dakota 14, Southern Illinois 7
2022South Dakota 27, Southern Illinois 24
2021Southern Illinois 22, South Dakota 10FCS Championship – First Round

Around this game

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