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11/22 15:35 CST Williams rushes for 4 scores, leads Southern Illinois' 37-7
rout of Illinois State
Williams rushes for 4 scores, leads Southern Illinois' 37-7 rout of Illinois
State
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) --- DJ Williams rushed for four touchdowns in Southern
Illinois 37-7 rout of Illinois State on Saturday, in the final regular season
game of the season for both teams.
Williams kept a 12-yard score to cap a 13-play, 83-yard drive to open the game
for the Salukis (7-5, 4-4 Missouri Valley). He added 1-yard, 3-yard and 42-yard
carries in the second and fourth quarters to power the Salukies to a 30-point
win.
Williams was 18-of-30 passing for 159 yards and racked up 134 yards on the
ground. It marked a combined 3,693-yard, 40-touchdown season for Williams
through the air (2,846 yards, 22 TDs) and on the ground (847 yards, 18 TDs)
Tommy Rittenhouse provided the lone score on a 1-yard keeper in the first
quarter for an FCS coaches poll T-No. 11-ranked Redbirds (8-4, 5-3) team that
had won four consecutive games, and had not scored fewer than 16 points against
an FCS opponent this season.
Rittenhouse was 12-of-22 passing for 134 yards with an interception. He had 28
touchdowns and four interceptions coming into the game.
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