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MVFCS TANDINGS HE OUTHERN I LLINOISAN HURSDAY EPTEMBER ONTACT les.winkeler@thesouthern.com 3C Check out Todd Hefferman and all things Saluki: and reader comments. www.thesouthern.com/ dawgblog MVFCS TATS Individual Statistics Rushing 1. C.Anderson/UNI111-158158.0 2. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Passing 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Receiving 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 88.. 9. 10.

Kicking 1. 2. 3. 5. 6.

7. 9. Team Statistics Total Offense 1. WIU24595169759487.5 2. UNI12621724341434.0 3.

MSU23554808357417.5 4. ILS22794937725386.0 5. INS24643047688384.0 6. SIU235337372610363.0 7. YSU23612806415320.0 8.

SDSU1252252500250.0 9. NDSU2333423751187.5 Rushing Offense 1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Passing Offense 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. Total Defense 1.

2. WIU22762575334266.5 3. SIU22283736016300.5 4. INS23672686356317.5 5. YSU22264286545327.0 6.

NDSU23583697271363.5 7. SDSU12571434003400.0 8. MSU22386058437421.5 9. ILS2221818103912519.5 Rushing Defense 1. 2.

3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

8. 9. Passing Defense 1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. MVFC ConferenceOverallPoints TeamWLTPct.WLTPct.ForOpp Northern Iowa1001.0001001.000169 Southern Illinois000.000110.5007342 Western Illinois000.000110.5006631 Indiana State000.000110.5006447 Illinois State000.000110.5005891 Missouri State000.000110.5005557 Youngstown State000.000110.5004551 South Dakota State000.000010.000326 North Dakota State010.000110.5001519 Last Games Saturday, Sept. 11 Purdue 31, Western Illinois 21 Northwestern 37, Illinois State 3 Cincinnati 40, Indiana State 7 No. Delaware 26, No. South Dakota State 3 Youngstown State 31, Butler 7 Kansas State 48, Missouri State 24 Illinois 35, No.

Southern Illinois 3 No. Northern Iowa 16, No. 21 North Dakota State 9 This Games Saturday Sam Houston State at Western Illinois, 1 p.m. No. Stephen F.

Austin at No. Northern Iowa, 4:05 p.m. Central Connecticut State at Youngstown State, 5 p.m. Illinois State at No. South Dakota State, 6 p.m.

Morgan State at No. 23 North Dakota State, 6 p.m. Southeast Missouri State at Southern Illinois, 6 p.m. IDLE: Indiana State, Missouri State DOUGHERTY: SIUkicker helps pass along the tricks of his trade to others FROM PAGE 1C has averaged 101 points in his first three he has kept his routine fairly similar since coming from Merrit Island, Carbondale.In three is 50-of-70 (71.4 percent) on field goal tries with a long of 52 yards. of the time the same.Little things vary here and on the on how I feel, what I worked on during the just visualizing positive When SIU coach Dale Lennon saw the football on the Illinois 39-yard line during the first quarter last visualized positive Lennon looked at Dougherty, asked if he felt Dougherty said yes.So he trotted out for a 56-yard attempt, which fell just short.If it would have gone through the would have beaten Gregg 55-yarder in 1970 as the longest ever.

were at the I just kind of looked at Kyle and asked we do felt said. he would have hesitated at would have opted for the punt.Those are situations that can make a difference in the game. you make that field goal and what I had pretty much hoped if we come off and make an ungodly long field goal like of a feel like the cards are lined up for that can go a long way toward motivating your This past summer, Dougherty spent a few days trying to motivate a few others back in Florida.A longtime participant at the One on One Kicking Camp led by former Miami (Fla.) kicker Dan Lundy, he became an instructor. Dougherty helped tutor Kelley, one kicker at Purdue and Lindenwood (Mo.) University kicker Anderson Oliva. enjoy it.I actually want to be a college head matter, but I like coaching.I’ve been coaching since ninth grade in high it would be flag football or Pop helped the Hurricanes win the 2001 national helped coach 10 All- Ray Guy Award finalists and more than 175 scholarship recipients.Lundy said Dougherty may have a future as a kicker and a teacher.

asked this year if he could take more of a role this year as a I said he takes players as far as they can can assess a kid real you have to know where to start.That’s the tough thing.Everybody wants to start at the top you really do that.I guess I could relate it to a golf swing. It looks nice and smooth and easy when somebody does it there are a lot of things that can throw it stroke is in midseason form.SIU fifth in both of the major polls this the Redhawks last made six extra points in that win, and converted six extra points and two field goals the nest week in a playoff win over Eastern Illinois. todd.hefferman@thesouthern.com 618-351-5087 BYTODD HEFFERMAN THE SOUTHERN Quarterback Matt Barr brought a lot of his teammates along for the ride of Western Illinois 1-1 start. a team captain for the second straight with eight different receivers in the 31-21 loss Saturday at Purdue.The leading passer in the Missouri Valley Football Conference after two 6-foot- senior has completed 40-of-68 passes for 516 yards and three touchdowns. has played excellent.We had more total yards than Purdue in the ball- game; a lot of it is credit to arm and coach Mark Hendrickson threw for well over 100 yards more than Purdue threw for.He was pretty much right on the money most of the he was in Game 1 as been productive on the field and an outstanding Barr was sacked three times Saturday but still managed to rush for 11 yards on eight carries.

With his 286-yard performance against moved into seventh place all-time at WIU.Entering this game against Sam Houston State has 4,082 career yards and eight career 200-yard games. Wide receivers Terriun Morgan and Todd Speight got the most attention from Barr against hauling in five receptions.Tailback Bryce Flowers and preseason all-conference wideout Lito Senatus had three apiece. Charles Chestnut made the most of his first collegiate reception that in a 10-yard touchdown pass with less than two minutes to play at Ross-Ade Stadium. WIU finished 1-10 last hopes to have a better start to this year. Sam Houston State lost at its opener but was idle last week.The two fought to a 35-28 shootout last WIU sealed with a goal-line stand in the closing seconds.

Look out below: No.10/13 Northern Iowa sacked No.23 North Dakota State quarterback Jose Mohler 11 times last a school record. This Panthers face a quarterback who was sacked less than five percent of all his snaps in 2009.Stephen F. Jeremy pound on pace to set every significant career passing record in the Southland Conference before the end of this year.First up is a shot with his No. Lumberjacks (1-1) at the UNI-Dome with the Panthers (1-0). throw the ball to beat the coverage that the quarterback can spot coach Mark Farley makes it more challenging when a quarterback can operate it like this young man can.He’s one of the best the all-time leader in nine touchdowns away from tying Central Nathan Brown for the Southland lead and 672 yards away from setting a new mark in passing yards.Last week against Albany, Moses completed 28-of-37 passes for 313 touchdowns and one interception.

Lumberjack quarterbacks have been sacked three times this season. UNI leads the all-time Lumberjacks are 1-3 against the Panthers in Cedar North Dakota State has forced six turnovers in its first two games (two interceptions and four fumble Bison forced 10 last Youngstown State coach Eric Wolford earned his first win at his new school Saturday.The Penguins topped Butler, State (1-1) visits No.20/21 South Dakota State in the only league game of the week.The Jackrabbits have won both meetings between the two. todd.hefferman@thesouthern.com 618-351-5087 AP Western Illinois quarterback Matt Barr (left) hands off to running back Caulton Ray against Purdue in an NCAAfootball game Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Barr off to hot start for Leathernecks PAULNEWTON THE SOUTHERN Southern Illinois kicker Kyle Dougherty (right) talks with coach Dale Lennon during a team practice Aug.6 at Saluki Stadium. Quarterback has WIU thinking of a big year actuallywant to be a college been coaching since ninth grade in high it be flag football or Pop YLE OUGHERTY SIU KICKER.