Nov. 28, 2009

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Saluki Football In-Game Notes vs. Eastern Illinois

Pre-game Notes
• SIU Captains: 8, 31, 75, 90
• Southern Illinois lost the toss. Will receive and defend the North goal.
• SIU is making its seventh-straight playoff appearance, which is the second longest active streak in the nation.

First Quarter
• Senior right tackle Shawn Smith made his 50th-consecutive start and senior linebacker Brandin Jordan made his 46th career start.
• Deji Karim fumbled on his second carry of the game. It was his first career fumble and it came on his 310th touch as a Saluki.
• The Panthers scored first on Saturday, marking just the third time all season that the Salukis were not the first to score.
• Karim scored his 17th rushing touchdown of the season at 7:33.

Second Quarter
• Paul McIntosh scored his sixth rushing touchdown of the season at 13:28.
• Lance Caldwell forced a fumble at 13:22 and Korey Lindsey recovered it at the EIU 31. It was Caldwell's second career forced fumble and the first fumble recovery in Lindsey's career.
• Chris Arthurs recorded his first sack of the season and it came on the EIU one-yard line.
• Kyle Dougherty's field goal at 7:24 was his 17th of the season and the 47th of his career.
• Kyle Russo scored his first career touchdown and SIU's fifth defensive touchdown with a 28-yard return on a fumble after a Kyle Walker sack. It was Walkers eighth and a half sack on the year and his first forced fumble.
• McIntosh finished the first half with 103 yards rushing, becoming just the second Saluki quarterback to rush for over 100-yards twice in a career. He's done so on consecutive weeks. He became the first player to rush for over 100 yards against the Panther defense all year.

Third Quarter
• Lance Caldwell intercepted his fifth pass of the season on EIU's first drive of the second half.
• Paul McIntosh threw his first career touchdown pass to John Goode at 11:29. It was Goode's fourth TD reception on the year.
• Brandin Jordan's fifth tackle of the game moved him into fifth place for the most tackles in SIU history. He passed Alexis Moreland on the Saluki record list.
• Deji Karim caught the first touchdown pass of his career at 6:37. It was his 28th career touchdown, which ties Karlton Carpenter for the sixth-most in school history.
• Karim passed Andre Herrera's 1,588 rushing yards for the third most in a season in SIU history. He finished the third quarter with 1,596 yards rushing this season.
• Kyle Dougherty's 45-yard field goal at 1:14 was his 18th of the season, which ties Ron Miller's record for the most in a single-season.

Fourth Quarter
• Deji Karim's 23rd carry of the game put him over 100-yards rushing. It was his ninth 100-yard rushing game of the season. The run went for 58 yards and a touchdown, his second rushing and third overall in the game.
• Michael Thornton recovered SIU's fifth fumble of the game, which is the second most in school history.