TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State football will welcome Western Illinois for Homecoming Saturday, October 12. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. ET from Memorial Stadium. For more information about Homecoming, click
HERE.
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.
MARKETING, PROMOTIONS AND TICKETS
For more information about Homecoming, Tent City, etc., click
HERE. For ticket information call 812-237-3737, visit the Hulman Center Ticket Office during normal business hours or click
HERE. General admission tickets are available for purchase on game day at Memorial Stadium.
Fans are able to pick up free programs as they enter the stadium all season long thank to the Tribune Star as well of a free t-shirt to the first 300 fans courtesy of Toyota of Terre Haute.
Sycamore baseball will also be honored during the game for their 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Championship.
SERIES HISTORY WITH WESTERN ILLINOIS
Saturday will mark the 43rd all-time meeting between the two programs with the Leathernecks leading the series, 26-16. Western Illinois had won five-straight games in the series, dating back to 2013 before the Sycamores snapped the streak last season with a 15-13 victory in Macomb as
Jerry Nunez drilled a 27-yard field goal as time expired.
HOMECOMING AT ISU
It's Homecoming on the Indiana State campus this week as the Sycamores host Western Illinois on Saturday to cap off a week full of festivities. The contest between the Leathernecks and Indiana State is the 91st Homecoming football game to be played at ISU. All-time, the Sycamores are 48-40-2 in Homecoming games. The last time Western Illinois was the Sycamores' Homecoming opponent was in 2011, when the ISU defeated the Leathernecks, 46-24.
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.
TREES AGAINST THE FCS
Indiana State is 7-2 in their last nine FCS contests after winning five-straight to close out the 2018 season. ISU is currently 2-2 against FCS opponents with wins over Eastern Kentucky and Eastern Illinois in 2019.
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 their teammates in tackles. Griffith is leading Indiana State with 49 tackles while Glasco has made 48 stops with the next best mark in tackles is 21. The duo have combined for 12 of the team's 33 tackles-for-loss, three of the 10 sacks and two of the five interceptions.
PRESEASON HONORS FOR GRIFFITH
Redshirt senior
Jonas Griffith earned Preseason All-American honors from both HERO Sports and STATS FCS entering the season. Griffith started in 11 games in 2018 at linebacker, leading the Missouri Valley Football Conference with 132 tackles, including 81 unassisted stops. He was tops in the nation with 7.4 solo tackles per game and fifth with 12 tackles per game. In total, the Louisville, Kentucky native recorded 9.5 tackles-for-loss for 27 yards including 3.5 sacks. He recorded double-digit stops in eight games while making a season high 18 stops in back-to-back games against South Dakota State and Missouri State.
GRIFFITH CLOSE TO JOINING ALL-TIME TOP-10 TACKLE LIST
Jonas Griffith is currently 13th in all-time tackles in program history after passing Tony Albrinck Saturday at USD. Griffith currently has 325 tackles and is just 12 tackles away from passing ISU Hall of Famer, John Allman (336).
LEAD AT THE BREAK AND WIN THE GAME
All seven games that the Sycamores walked away from victorious in 2018, they were leading heading into the locker room. ISU's largest deficit entering halftime last season was 11 points against Missouri State. In both wins in 2019, the Sycamores have gone into the locker room ahead.
A MAINSTAY AT CENTER
Redshirt senior
Wyatt Wozniak has been the steady hand on the Sycamore offensive line, starting 27-straight games. Wozniak is one of the most experience interior lineman on the roster after seeing game action in five contests in 2016 including three starts. Wozniak is the lone Sycamore on offense that started every game at the center position in 2017. Wozniak, a Cypress, Texas product, led the charge from his center position, as the Sycamores racked up 569 total yards of offense at No. 3 South Dakota State in 2018 -- the most yards since the Sycamores put up 671 yards against Quincy in 2013.
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