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 | |  | | Southern Illinois (0-1) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | | Marshall (1-0) | 0 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 31 |
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| Scoring Summary | | Southern Illinois: Chris Dieker 1 yd run (Kyle Dougherty kick) | | | Marshall: Cody Slate 10 yd pass from Brian Anderson (Craig Ratanamorn kick) | | | Southern Illinois: Marc Cheatham 2 yd pass from Chris Dieker (Kyle Dougherty kick) | | | Marshall: Antavious Wilson 28 yd pass from Brian Anderson (Craig Ratanamorn kick) | | | Marshall: Terrell Edwards 11 yd run (Craig Ratanamorn kick) | | | Marshall: Cody Slate 15 yd pass from Brian Anderson (Craig Ratanamorn kick) | | | Southern Illinois: John Goode 4 yd pass from Chris Dieker (Kyle Dougherty kick) | | | Marshall: Craig Ratanamorn 32 yd FG | | | Southern Illinois: Chris Dieker 5 yd run (Kyle Dougherty kick) | |
| Team Statistics | | | Marshall | Southern Illinois | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 23 | 20 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 388 | 311 | | Total Plays | 72 | 66 | | Average Gain | 5.4 | 4.7 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 72 | 105 | | Rushes | 36 | 28 | | Average per rush | 2 | 3.8 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 316 | 206 | | Completions-attempted | 27-36 | 22-38 | | Sacked | 0 | 0 | | Yards Lost | 0 | 0 | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 2 | 3 | | Interceptions | 1 | 1 | | Fumbles Lost | 1 | 2 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 6 | 8 | | Penalty Yards | 45 | 60 | | Time of Possesion | 35:8 | 24:52 | | Punts | 3 | 4 | | Punt Average | 36.67 | 45.5 | | Return Yards | 100 | 74 |
| Passing | | Marshall | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Brian Anderson (0) | 27 | 36 | 316 | 3 | 1 | 8.8 | | | Southern Illinois | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Chris Dieker (0) | 22 | 37 | 206 | 2 | 1 | 5.6 | | | Team (0) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Rushing | | Marshall | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Martin Ward (0) | 14 | 54 | 0 | 3.9 | | | Terrell Edwards (0) | 15 | 28 | 1 | 1.9 | | | Courtney Edmonson (0) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | | | Cody Slate (0) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | | | Brian Anderson (0) | 4 | -14 | 0 | -3.5 | | | Southern Illinois | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Deji Karim (0) | 16 | 67 | 0 | 4.2 | | | Chris Dieker (0) | 8 | 24 | 2 | 3.0 | | | Steve Strother (0) | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4.0 | | | Joe Allaria (0) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | | | Jeff Evans (0) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | |
| Receiving | | Marshall | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Charles Walker (0) | 10 | 119 | 0 | 11.9 | | | Cody Slate (0) | 9 | 114 | 2 | 12.7 | | | Antavious Wilson (0) | 3 | 44 | 1 | 14.7 | | | Wayne Bonner (0) | 3 | 26 | 0 | 8.7 | | | Jamal Wilson (0) | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | | | Lee Smith (0) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | | | Southern Illinois | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Bryce Morris (0) | 6 | 69 | 0 | 11.5 | | | Joe Allaria (0) | 4 | 38 | 0 | 9.5 | | | Steve Strother (0) | 3 | 25 | 0 | 8.3 | | | Jeff Evans (0) | 2 | 20 | 0 | 10.0 | | | Marc Cheatham (0) | 2 | 20 | 1 | 10.0 | | | Deji Karim (0) | 2 | 16 | 0 | 8.0 | | | John Goode (0) | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3.0 | | | Ryan Kernes (0) | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12.0 | |
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