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SALUKI STADIUM: THE INAUGURAL SEASON

THE SOUTHERN FILE PHOTOThe first game at Saluki Stadium is Thursday against Quincy.

Cover photo courtesy of SIU Media Services

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More than just keeping scoreBY TODD HEFFERMANTHE SOUTHERN

In a room inside SIU Arena not nearlyas wide as the videoboard he willcontrol, Chris Hagstrom will orchestrateSouthern Illinois University’s footballvisuals this year.

Hagstrom, SIU’s new director of videoservices, now calls an upstairs bunker ina live construction zone home. He spentthe previous four years with theSouthern Illinois Miners.

And what a nice home it is. Next to the42-inch Vizio high-definition televisionsits three edit stations, all outfitted withthe latest software called Final Cut 7.The new computers came from theCollege of Business and UniversityCommunications.

Hagstrom’s staff will include himself,a graduate and undergraduate studentand a class of 15 people.

“This is everything you could ask for,and more,” Hagstrom said.

“At this level, this is the high end. Foran FCS school, this is one of the top-of-the-line systems we can get. We can dowhat’s similar at Texas, and some of theproduction that you see with the BigTen, or some of the pro teams.”

About 12 people will work onproducing the video replays, promotionsand in-game features fans will see atfootball games, Hagstrom said.

They will man four cameras, producehighlight reels that will likely runaround halftime, and run in-gameproduction.

The Kiss Cam? Probably coming toSaluki Stadium. Coaches’ Corner, wherea staffer will interview a Saluki coachabout the upcoming game? It’s in theworks.

Make a play? See it on the videoreplay, plus, chances are, your mug shotor likeness up on the board soonafterwards.

SIU could spend a lot of time watchingits own highlights this season. TheSalukis will start the season No. 5 in thecountry in The SportsNetwork/Fathead.com poll.

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Video scoreboard will feature replays, highlight reels and much more

STEVE JAHNKE / THE SOUTHERNThere is a new 20-foot-by-40-foot scoreboard on the north end of the Saluki Stadium.



GAME DAY TIMELINE

Three hours beforekickoff:

Parking lots openSaluki Row opensTailgating begins

One hour before kickoffSaluki Walk from the new

locker rooms in theBoydston Center to thesouth tunnel of SalukiStadium

30 minutes before kickoffVideoboard features and

in-stadium festivitiesbegin

20 minutes before kickoffTeam returns to locker

room18 minutes before kickoff

Marching Salukis’ pre-game show

5 minutes before kickoffIntroduction video

3 minutes, 30 secondsbefore kickoff

Salukis enter the fieldTHE SOUTHERN FILE PHOTO

SIU’s Tony Coletti (left) and Chris Arthurs lead their team onto the field against Eastern Illinois on Nov. 28, 2009.

THE SOUTHERN FILE PHOTOSouthern Illinois’ Steve Strother runs upfield last season.



The MacMcAndrew Stadium was home to the Salukis for more than 70 years

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Before the construction of McAndrewStadium, Southern Illinois University’sfootball team played at Bayliss Field.

Bayliss Field was east of the the IllinoisCentral railroad tracks, just north andeast of the current structure. Footballhad been approved as an activity at theschool since 1898. Records indicate theplaying field used by the school wasnamed Bayliss Field on Feb. 3, 1903. Anewspaper account from the 1909football game played between SouthernIllinois State Normal and Ewing foundthe playing field “as dusty as a countryroad.”

By the mid-1930s, a drive had begun toreplace that dusty field. Athletic directorand football coach William McAndrewwas named chairman of the fundraisingeffort.

Original construction costs for thestadium were estimated at $40,000.

However, McAndrew secured WorksProgress Administration labor for theproject. In addition, he obtained $62,000in federal grants. The school was to raisean additional $20,000. By the time thestadium was completed in 1938, the totalcost was $150,000. The original seatingcapacity was 5,000.

Construction on the stadium began inspring 1937. Newspaper accountsindicate McAndrew inspected the finalplans April 15, 1937. Construction wasscheduled to begin a week later.

In the meantime, McAndrew’sfundraising efforts secured donationsfrom far and wide. Among items found inMcAndrew’s scrapbooks was a $10 checkwritten by Fred “Brick” Young, sportseditor at The Bloomington Pantagraphand a close friend of McAndrew’s. Thecheck was dated Jan.19, 1936, and isbelieved to be one of the first donationstoward the new structure.

During the next year, severalorganizations in Carbondale and in theCarbondale area became involved withfundraising.

Another part of the effort was anappeal to about 9,000 former students.

McAndrew also devised the “buy a bagof cement” campaign during 1937.

Donors were urged to give $1, roughly thecost of a bag of cement. The stadium wasused during the 1937 season but was farfrom complete. The Maroons, asSouthern Illinois University teams wereknown until the Saluki mascot wasadopted as the result of a student bodyvote in 1951, lost the first game played atthe new stadium, 17-0, to WesternIllinois.

Donors participating in the “buy a bagof cement” campaign were given freetickets to the remaining games thatseason, which SIU finished 2-7.

Newspaper accounts from 1938indicate the university receiveddonations from area theater groups and

civic organizations such as the chamberof commerce, Elks Lodge and RotaryClub.

The stadium was completed after theseason and formally dedicated at the Oct.29, 1938, Homecoming game, a 6-0 lossto Illinois State. The original structurewas known as Southern Illinois TeachersCollege Stadium.

McAndrew resigned as football coachafter the season. He coached two years inthe stadium that bears his name.

The stadium was formally dedicated inMcAndrew’s honor Oct. 22, 1949. One ofthe featured speakers was HarryLedbetter, captain of McAndrew’s firstfootball team.

The stadium remained much the sameuntil a lighting system was installedduring the 1950 season. The first gameunder the lights at McAndrew Stadiumwas a 44-13 SIU victory over EasternMichigan on Nov. 10. A new lightingsystem was installed in the 1960s.

During the late 1960s, a movement tobuild a new stadium began. Theuniversity had just completedconstruction on SIU Arena.

“For them to become a major power,they needed a new stadium,” said formercoach Dick Towers. “It was not to be oncampus. As we went out recruiting, wehad a picture of it, and we used that inour recruiting.

ALAN ROGERS / THE SOUTHERNSIUC’s McAndrew Stadium is shown from the air.



MCANDREW STADIUM HISTORY

Mid-1930s — SIU athletic directorand football coach WilliamMcAndrew begins drive toreplace Bayliss Field. He securesWorks Progress Administrationlabor for the project.

Spring 1937 — Constructionbegins on McAndrew Stadium

Oct. 23, 1937 — The SIU Maroons,as they were called then, lose thefirst game at the new stadium 17-0 to Western Illinois. Thestadium was not complete, butwas used that season.

Oct. 29, 1938 — Stadium officiallydedicated, known as Southern Illinois Teachers College Stadium. By the time it was completed, it cost$150,000 to build.

Oct. 22, 1949 — Stadium formally named McAndrew StadiumNov. 10, 1950 — SIU wins first game under the lights at The Mac 44-13 over Eastern Michigan1973 — Renovations, including a new artificial turf and the west bleachers getting expanded, pushes the

capacity to 17,000Dec. 5, 2009 — Salukis play what many believe will be their last game at the stadium and lose 24-3 to William

& Mary in the quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs

“We carried that picture ofthe new stadium around forseven years,” Towers said.

“I don’t think it was high on the list of theadministration.”

Instead, the administrationopted to renovate and expandthe current structure.

Plans were drawn up for themodern version of McAndrewStadium in the early 1970s.The aesthetics of the rusted-steel structure came under fire before construction began.

“The stadium has never beenconsidered a contribution tothe appearance of the campus,and is not visualized toincrease its value in this lineafter it has been expanded,”read a memo from the Office ofCampus Planning in 1971.

The SIU Board of Trusteesestimated the total cost of therenovation to be $1.8 million,

including $225,000 forartificial turf.

Construction on the newMcAndrew Stadium beganshortly after the 1973 seasonended.

The east bleachers wererazed, and the west bleacherswere expanded to the currentconfiguration.

The new seating capacitywas 17,000.

Night games returned toMcAndrew Stadium in 2002.

The Salukis played their lastgame at McAndrew Stadium, a24-3 loss to William and Maryin the NCAA FootballChampionship Subdivisionquarterfinals Dec. 5.

Plans are for the track toremain until the end of the2011 outdoor season in May.

A new track facility to beconstructed beyond left fieldof Abe Martin Field is beingdiscussed.

THE SOUTHERN FILE PHOTOA Saluki player watches during the waning moments of a win in 2009.



SALUKI WAY TIMELINE

Sept. 8, 2005 — Southern Illinois University unveiled an ambitious plan tore-center the campus around new academic buildings, a new footballstadium and a retrofitted SIU Arena. The Saluki Way project will create anew “core” of student services, academic and athletics facilities.

Dec. 12, 2006 — 360 Architecture named lead architectAug. 21, 2007 — City of Carbondale approves $20M for projectNov. 7, 2007 — Board of Trustees approves $83M project budgetJan. 24, 2008 — Greg and Nancy Cook announce $1M gift Feb. 28, 2008 — JE Dunn/Holland Construction named construction

managersSept. 11, 2008 — Board of Trustees approves $70M of construction work to

beginMarch 3, 2009 — Groundbreaking ceremonyMarch 4, 2009 — Construction of football stadium beginsApril 13, 2009 — Construction of athletics support facility begins. It will

include new locker rooms for the football and men’s and women’sbasketball teams, new offices for those three sports and a new ticket officeand team store

April 13, 2009 — Retrofitting of SIU Arena beginsAugust 2010 — Expected completion date of football stadiumSept. 2, 2010 — First football game in Saluki StadiumOct. 2010 — Completion of athletics support facilityOct. 2010 — Expected completion date of renovated SIU ArenaNov. 1, 2010 — First basketball game in renovated SIU Arena

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THE SOUTHERN FILE PHOTOConstruction workers attach poles at the top of the bleachers at Saluki Stadium.

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The ‘wow’ factorSaluki Stadium brings even more excitement to SIU football

BY TODD HEFFERMANTHE SOUTHERN

Southern Illinois University’s footballteam won three of the last fiveMissouri Valley Football Conference

titles with one of the oldest stadiums inall of Division I, so you can imagine theprogram’s enthusiasm for the new15,000-seat facility opening this week.

Without the “wow” factor of some ofthe other stadiums in the league, like theFargodome in North Dakota State and theIce Castle in Youngstown, Ohio, SIUbuilt the longest conference-gamewinning streak in history (14).Surrounded by three high-definitiontelevision screens in a new locker roomfit for the Kansas City Chiefs, the historythat built the stadium wasn’t lost onSaluki junior center Bryan Boemer.

“It’s the guys that came before us thatreally earned a lot of this stuff, and,thanks to them,” Boemer said. “They’renot here any more, and I appreciate themgetting Saluki Way rolling. You just comein here, and you look around, and itmakes you want to play better. It makesyou feel like you have to earn it more,after not being there those last few years.Now, starting to play, you got a nicelocker room, so, you gotta be a greatteam. Nice field. We gotta back it up.”

SIU will enter the 2010 season witheven higher aspirations than last season,when the Salukis finished 11-2 andreached the quarterfinals of the FootballChampionship Subdivision playoffs. TheSalukis return 10 starters, six on anoffense that led the MVFC in scoring lastyear at 32.8 points per game. Tworeturning starters on defense, cornerbackKorey Lindsey and safety Mike McElroy,are candidates for the Buck BuchananAward, which goes to the top defensiveplayer in the FCS.

Kicker Kyle Dougherty, a four-yearstarter, will enter the season 76 pointsfrom tying Craig Coffin’s school recordof 379 set between 2002-06.

SIU will host at least six games at the$25.3 million stadium a parking lot awayfrom SIU Arena. Saluki fans bought aschool-record 2,560 season ticketsbefore the first week of June.

Fans will be about 40 feet closer to theaction. Saluki Stadium will feature a 20-foot-by-40-foot videoboard withreplay capabilities, new restrooms andconcession areas, a club room, and atwo-story press box with 12 air-conditioned suites. A second scoreboardsits in the southeast corner of the facility.

SIU athletic director Mario Moccia

expects a big response from the Salukicommunity.

“We have been in the playoffs sevenstraight years, won five of the last seventitles. I think, when people see thosestats, they might envision these greatfacilities, and they didn’t exist before, so,our facilities now match up with thesuccess we’ve had on the field,” Moccia

said. “I think it also gives us theopportunity, from the playoffstandpoints, is you still have to bid on therounds, but one of the criteria for hostinga playoff game is the facility.

“They’ll be taking into the account thebid, the geography, but that was anegative in the past. Now, obviously, itwill be a huge positive.”

ALAN ROGERS / THE SOUTHERNSouthern Illinois’ Jeff Evans runs downfield after a catch during a team practice Aug. 16.



Saluki coaches moved to the top of thefacilities list with the only new stadium inthe FCS (Richmond is opening a newstadium, but it is part of a multi-milliondollar renovation of an existing facility).SIU coach Dale Lennon hopes it has asimilar effect that the Alerus Center had inGrand Forks, N.D. The city of Grand Forksopened the 12,283-seat, $80 million domedstadium in 2001, the same year Lennon ledthe Fighting Sioux to the Division IInational championship. UND led the nationin attendance in 2004 and 2005.

“What I’m hoping is there’s a dominoeffect with the fans, where we get the fansexcited about things, and they start showingup in huge numbers, and, all of a sudden,they’re a part of the game that maybe didn’texist before,” Lennon said. “That’s whenyou can really have a steam-rolling effectand have something really special, andthat’s what happened when we moved intothe Alerus at the University of NorthDakota. Our attendance just shot throughthe roof. Noise was a factor at every game. Itbecame a contagious atmosphere.”

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MCANDREW STADIUM FACTS

Opened: 1937, completed in 1938Capacity: 17,324Chairback seats: 0Suites: 0Estimated construction costs: $150,000Surface: AstroPlay artificial turfLabor: Works Progress AdministrationScoreboard: Basic, current/final score, timeouts, down

and distance, no video replayConcession stands: FourOther amenities: Eight-lane outdoor track, locker

rooms, lights that were installed in 2002

No comparison

SALUKI STADIUM FACTS

Opened: 2010Capacity: 15,000Chairback seats: 1,090Suites: 12Estimated construction cost: $25.3 millionSurface: Duraspine PRO artificial turf by FieldTurf, the

same surface used by the New England PatriotsLabor: Architect is 360 Architecture, construction by JE

Dunn Construction/Holland ConstructionScoreboard: 20-foot-by-40-foot, 21-foot-by-38-foot

video board with replay capabilitiesRestrooms: 100 water closets for women, 59 urinals and

20 water closets for menOther amenities: Air-conditioning in the suites and

press box, Saluki club room, restrooms in the pressbox, Americans with Disabilities Act compliant, SalukiTeam Store, new lights, new state-of-the-art soundsystem

Saluki Stadium outdoes The Mac in every way

THE SOUTHERN FILE PHOTOWorkers with International Sports Surfaces began layingdown the new FieldTurf on June 23.

THE SOUTHERNThe Marching Salukis get in formation before a 1980s contest.

THE SOUTHERN FILE PHOTODefensive linemen run to their next drill station during football practice at McAndrew Stadium.



SIU FOOTBALL TICKETS

Season TicketsChairback seats, mid-field, Section 6 — $150 (if available)Chairback seats, sideline Sections 5 and 7 — $125 (if available)Family Pack (2 adults, 3 youth) — $250Bleacher seats — $95Bleacher seats (faculty/staff) — $90Bleacher seats (high school and under) — $50Groups (Section 12 only) — $60Students — Free with valid IDIndividual TicketsChairbacks — $25Bleacher seats (sideline) — $20 adults, $12 youthBleacher seats (end zone) — $17 adults, $10 youthStudents — Free with valid IDGroup Sales (25 or more)

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15, starts at $10 for adults and $6 for high school-and-under)Saluki Birthday Bash package — $25 per person, minimum 10 tickets(Discounted reserve seats, Saluki football T-shirt, food coupon for a free hot dog or popcorn

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New Location: The ticket office at the stadium will be open on game days. The new ticketoffice is now in the Boydston Center, just inside the new entrance to the SIU Arena.

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PAUL NEWTON / THE SOUTHERNThe new SIU athletic ticket office is just outside of the new lobby of SIU Arena.

THE SOUTHERN FILE PHOTOSaluki fans watch from the stands at McAndrew Stadium during the 2009 homecoming game.

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Oct. 4, 1913 — The Salukis under coachWilliam McAndrew defeat Anna HighSchool, 13-0, for a win in the program’sinaugural game.

Oct. 5, 1916 — SIU dedicates its newfootball facility, Bayliss Field, and defeatsCape Normal (Southeast Missouri State),34-0.

Nov. 22, 1930 — Southern defeatsMcKendree, 44-12, to secure theprogram’s only undefeated season (9-0) and its first conferencechampionship season (Little 19Conference). SIU had a record sixshutouts in that season.

Oct. 24, 1931 — SIU’s 7-0 win overMcKendree was its 15th consecutivevictory; a program record that still standsto this day.

Spring 1937 — Construction workbegins on McAndrew Stadium.

Oct. 23, 1937 — SIU loses to WesternIllinois, 6-0, in the first ever game playedin the facility.

Oct. 29, 1938 — SIU loses, 6-0, toIllinois State in the official stadiumdedication game.

Nov. 4, 1938 — SIU shuts out SoutheastMissouri State on the road 6-0 inWilliam McAndrew’s final victory ashead coach. McAndrew, SIU’s all-timewinningest coach, finished with an 83-79-20 record in 22 seasons.

Feb. 11, 1943 — William McAndrew diesat age 56 and the stadium would later benamed in his honor.

Nov. 26, 1949 — Jim Lovin completes hisSIU career in the school’s 41-14 win overIndiana State. Lovin started every gameof his four-year Saluki career on bothoffense and defense and was all-conference all four seasons. His jerseynumber (78) would later be the program’sfirst retired jersey number.

Oct. 4, 1958 — SIU defeats WesternIllinois, 32-31, on Lane “Night Train”Jenkins’ two-point conversion with timeexpired. In 2009, Saluki fans would votethis game as the top moment inMcAndrew Stadium’s 73-year history.

Oct. 28, 1967 — Before a recordhomecoming crowd of 15,500, SIU ralliesfrom a 13-0 deficit and upsets eighth-ranked Tulsa, 16-13.

THE SOUTHERN FILE PHOTOSaluki coach Rey Dempsey is carried off the field after another championship season victory in 1983.

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Nov. 22, 1969 — RB Bob Hasberrybecomes first Saluki to rush for over1,000 yards in a season during theSalukis’ 41-7 win at Southwest MissouriState.

Oct. 31, 1970 — SIU scores a then-school record 69 points in a 69-3 homerout of Bradley.

Oct. 19, 1974 — SIU loses to NorthernIllinois, 17-7, in the first game played inrenovated McAndrew Stadium.

Dec. 30, 1975 — SIU athletic directorDoug Weaver hires Rey Dempsey as headfootball coach.

Oct. 23, 1976 — Playing in a drivingrainstorm, Andre Herrera rushes for aschool record 319 yards and a schoolrecord six touchdowns in the Salukis’54-0 home win over Northern Illinois.

Sept. 13, 1980 — SIU defeats EasternIllinois, 37-35, before a McAndrewStadium-record crowd of 17,150, on MarkHemphill Day.

Nov. 7, 1981 — Despite a school record87-yard TD pass from Rick Johnson toCecil Ratliff, the Salukis miss a chance totie for their first ever Missouri ValleyConference title when they lose to Drake,

22-17, before a McAndrew Stadium crowdof 17,000.

Sept. 10, 1983 — Saluki Hall of Fame DB Terry Taylor blocks Eastern Illinois’20-yard field goal attempt with 19seconds remaining in the game giving theSalukis a, 17-14, home win over thePanthers.

Oct. 29, 1983 — Southern Illinoisdefeats New Mexico State at home, 41-3.It was SIU’s first game against a DivisionI school since becoming a I-AA school in1982. The Aggies are the only I-A team toplay in Carbondale since SIU became a I-AA member.

Dec. 17, 1983 — SIU defeats WesternCarolina, 43-7, in Charleston, S.C., toclaim the Division I-AA nationalchampionship. The win gave SIU its oneand only national championship, cappedoff a 13-1 record and was Dempsey’s finalgame as head coach.

Oct. 7, 1989 — Saluki Hall of Fame QBScott Gabbert passes for a then-schoolrecord 399 yards in SIU’’s 27-24 loss atNorthern Illinois.



PROVIDED BY FRED HUFFTerry Taylor, a future National Football League star, blocks a field goal attempt to help preservea 17-14 win over Eastern Illinois in 1983.SEE HISTORY / PAGE 19


2010 SIU FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Thursday, Sept. 2 — QUINCY, 7 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 11 — At Illinois, 6:30 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 18 — SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE, 6 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 25 — At Youngstown State, 3 p.m.*Saturday, Oct. 2 — At Illinois State, 1 p.m.*Saturday, Oct. 9 — NORTHERN IOWA (Homecoming), 2 p.m.*Saturday, Oct. 16 — SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (Parents Weekend), 2 p.m.*Saturday, Oct. 30 — At Missouri State, 2 p.m.*Saturday, Nov. 6 — At North Dakota State, 3 p.m.*Saturday, Nov. 13 — WESTERN ILLINOIS, 1 p.m.*Saturday, Nov. 20 — INDIANA STATE, 1 p.m.**conference gameHome games in all caps


Thursday vs. Quincy, 7 p.m.Inaugural Game in Saluki Stadium festivitiesAnnual Hawgs and Dawgs (Pre-game bike show on practice fields,

Lot 56 in case of rain)Sept. 18 vs. Southeast Missouri State, 6 p.m.

Scout DaySIU Faculty and Staff DayFCA Day

Oct. 9 vs. Northern Iowa, 2 p.m.Homecoming

Oct. 16 vs. South Dakota State, 2 p.m.Family Weekend

Nov. 13 vs. Western Illinois, 1 p.m.Military Appreciation DayFaith Day

Nov. 20 vs. Indiana State, 1 p.m.Senior Day

2010 PROMOTIONS AND THEME DAYS

ALAN ROGERS / THE SOUTHERNSouthern Illinois quarterback Paul McIntosh scrambles during practice Aug. 16.

THE SOUTHERN FILE PHOTOSouthern Illinois coach Dale Lennon laughs during a practice in 2009.

THE SOUTHERN FILE PHOTOSIU running back Anton Wilkins tries to evade linebacker Houston Walker on April 17.

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Oct. 14, 1995 — SIU defeatsSouthwest Missouri State,33-30, in the Salukis’ first-everovertime game.

Sept. 11, 1999 — SIU andMurray State combine for SIUrecords of 109 points, 1,218yards and 952 passing yards inthe Salukis’ 58-51 win.

Nov. 6, 1999 — SIU passes for aschool-record 444 yards in a66-45 loss at Indiana St.

Dec. 6, 2000 — Jerry Kill ishired as the 19th coach in Salukifootball history.

Nov. 3, 2001 — Tom Koutsosbecomes SIU’s all-time leadingrusher when he rushes for 124yards in the Salukis’ 31-7 homeloss to Youngstown State.

Sept. 21, 2002 — MuhammadAbdulqaadir ties the schoolrecord for touchdowns in one

game when he rushes for six inSIU’s 72-21 home win over WestVirginia Tech.

Oct. 5, 2002 — In a game mostobservers feel launches CoachJerry Kill’s Saluki program, SIUends an 18-game losing streakversus eighth-ranked WesternIllinois when it beats theLeathernecks, 54-52, atMcAndrew Stadium. A 6-yardtouchdown pass from JoelSambursky to Brandon Robinsonas time expires wins the game.

Oct. 11, 2003 — Saluki Hall ofFame RB Tom Koutsos becomesthe Gateway Conference’s all-time leading rusher when herushes for 153 yards in theSalukis’ 45-17 Homecoming winover Illinois State.

Nov. 8, 2003 — SIU defeatsYoungstown State, 24-17, athome to clinch a tie for theSalukis’ first conference title

since 1961 and its first I-AAplayoff berth since 1983.

Oct. 27, 2005 — No. 9 SIU 31,No. 1 Western Kentucky 20. TheSalukis defeat a No. 1-rankedteam for the first time in schoolhistory, doing so on the road.

Nov. 26, 2005 — Three rushingtouchdowns from ArkeeWhitlock and 15-of-21 passingfrom Joel Sambursky led to a 21-6 win over Eastern Illinois,giving SIU its first playoffvictory in 22 years.

Sept. 16, 2006 — The Salukiswin at Indiana, 35-28, becomingthe first MVFC team to topple aBig 10 opponent.

Sept. 8, 2007 — SouthernIllinois wins 34-31 at NorthernIllinois – SIU’s second-straightseason beating a FBS (DivisionI-A) team.

Oct. 13, 2007 — Nick Hillpasses for a SIU-record 436yards in a loss at Northern Iowa.

Dec. 27, 2007 — Saluki athleticdirector Mario Moccia

announces Dale Lennon as SIU’s20th coach.

Sept. 27, 2008 — SIU defeatsNo. 5 Northern Iowa, 27-24, onKyle Dougherty’s 40-yard gamewinning field goal as timeexpires. The win proves to be thetie-breaker in the MissouriValley Football Conference race,providing first-year coach DaleLennon and the Salukis with theleague’s automatic spot in theplayoffs.

Oct. 17, 2009 — No. 5 SouthernIllinois defeats No. 2 NorthernIowa, 27-20, in Cedar Falls,Iowa. The win was SIU’s first atUNI since 1983.

Nov. 14, 2009 — SouthernIllinois defeats Missouri State,44-24, in the final regularseason game ever at McAndrewStadium. The win for SIU wasits 14th-straight MVFC victory,setting a new league record asthe Salukis captured theconference championship forthe fifth time in seven seasons.

Dec. 5, 2009 — William & Marybeats SIU, 24-3, in the FCSquarterfinals in the last gameplayed at McAndrew Stadium.



HISTORY: SIU football has great past

PROVIDED BY FRED HUFFThe Salukis won the 1983 NCAADivision I-AA national championship.



THE SOUTHERN FILE PHOTOOffensive and defensive linemen come face to face during the SIU football team’s first springpractice March 21 at McAndrew Stadium.

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THE SOUTHERN FILE PHOTOA construction worker makes progress on the east bleachers at Saluki Stadium.

THE SOUTHERN FILE PHOTOArtist and sculptor Robin Murez applies some final touches to one of the concrete Salukis shecreated and sit at the entrance way to SIU Arena.

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Carbondale nativeEverett Boykin couldn’tkeep his eyes off the fieldat Thursday’s SouthernIllinois Universityscrimmage.

After years of watchingthe Salukis take a top 25national ranking into 73-year-old McAndrewStadium, the team’sfacility had finallymatched its reputation.

“Eventually, you got tokeep up,” said Boykin, whonow lives in Decatur.

“McAndrew served itspurpose, but it was time.”

Before this season, SIUowned the oldest facilityin the Missouri ValleyFootball Conference. By along shot.

The Mac, which openedin 1937 but was notcompleted until 1938,hosted its 73rd and finalseason last year. It was 24years older than the next-oldest stadium in thenine-team league, SouthDakota State’s Coughlin-Alumni Stadium, whichwas built in 1962.

Beginning this week,

SIU will own the neweststadium in the FootballChampionshipSubdivision. SalukiStadium will be the firstnew facility to open in theFCS since Campbell (N.C.)unveiled 3,500-seatBarker-Lane Stadium in2008.

Richmond put $25 million into the new E.Claiborne RobinsStadium, but, technically,it is an expansion of theold First Market Stadium,which houses the Spiders’lacrosse, soccer and trackteams.

Saluki Stadium (15,000)will be the first newfacility in the MVFC sinceYoungstown State opened20,630-seat StambaughStadium in 1997.

Fans will be about 40 feet closer to theaction, as the new stadiumdoesn’t have a track likeThe Mac. David Clark, SIUlinebacker Houston

Walker’s grandfather, saidthat could breed a moreintimidating atmospherefor opponents.

“It’s a little hard to say,” Clark said as hewatched Thursday’sscrimmage. “They should.If they had a little bitbetter following, they mayhave a better home-fieldadvantage.”

SIU drew an average of9,297 fans in its six homegames last year.

The Salukis sold arecord-2,560 seasontickets back in June,breaking the previousrecord of 2,442 in 2008.

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