TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State football will begin its Missouri Valley Football Conference schedule Saturday, October 5 when the team travels to Vermillion, S.D. to take on the South Dakota Coyotes. Kickoff is slated for 3 p.m. ET from the Dakota Dome.
The game will air on ESPN Plus as well as on the radio on WIBQ 97.9 FM (1230 AM) locally or online at GoSycamores.com/Watch free-of-charge with
Luke Martin (play-by-play) and
Brian Fritz (color) calling the action.
SERIES HISTORY WITH SOUTH DAKOTA
Saturday will mark the sixth meeting all-time between the two programs with the Coyotes leading the series, 3-2. Indiana State won the first meeting back in 2012, 45-14 before USD reeled off three-straight victories, including a 33-30 double overtime win in Terre Haute in 2016. The Sycamores ended the skid last fall after picking up a triple overtime win (54-51) over USD at Memorial Stadium.
NUNEZ SETS ALL-TIME PROGRAM MARKS IN FIELD GOALS, PAT'S AND SCORING
Senior kicker
Jerry Nunez etched his name in Sycamore history after breaking three program records over a two-week period. The Naples, Florida native secured the all-time scoring (221) as well as the all-time field goal (42) mark in a win over Eastern Illinois. Just a week earlier, Nunez set the ISU all-time PAT record – a record that had stood since 1985.
SYCAMORES CONTINUE TO POUND THE ROCK
In a win over Eastern Illinois last time out, Indiana State tied a season high with 50 rush attempts as the Sycamores recorded 148 yards on the ground -- with four players recording 20 or more yards.
Kurtis Wilderman led all players with 50 yards on 15 carries.
Nick Sims picked up 43 yards on 11 carries while
Titus McCoy returned from injury to rush 11 times for 30 yards.
Peterson Kerlegrand recorded four rushes for 23 yards. On the year ISU has outgained opponents 867 to 548 on the ground and have went for at least 146 yards rushing in each game.
DEFENSIVE DUO SETTING THE TONE
Linebackers
Jonas Griffith and
Clayton Glasco have dominated the defensive side of the ball for the Sycamores in 2019, doubling the their teammates in tackles. Griffith is leading Indiana State with 44 tackles while Glasco has made 40 stops with the next best mark in tackles is 17. The duo have combined for nine of the team's 28 tackles-for-loss, three of the 10 sacks and two of the four interceptions.
SYCAMORES WITH FOUR TAKEAWAYS AGAINST PANTHERS
Indiana State put on a defensive clinic against Eastern Illinois, forcing four turnovers in the game. As a squad, ISU snagged three interceptions in the game while forcing a fumble on EIU's first drive. It was the most takeaways by a Sycamore defense since 2017 when ISU intercepted Southern Illinois' Sam Straub three times while recovering a fumble.
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