Incarnate Word Cardinals at Southern Illinois Salukis

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Incarnate Word Cardinals

1-2, 0-2 Away

Final
28 - 35

Southern Illinois Salukis

2-1, 1-0 Home

Williams passes for 301 yards, accounts for 3 TDs; S. Illinois beats Incarnate Word 35-28

Keontez Lewis had eight receptions for 148 yards, including a 37-yard touchdown to open the scoring, and added a 57-yard touchdown run. Nah’shawn Hezekiah added 118 yards on five receptions for the Salukis.

Southern Illinois (2-1), which has won back-to-back games following a 41-13 loss at BYU to open the season. scored a touchdown on each of its first three drives and five of its first six to take a 21-point lead into halftime and held on from there.

Hezekiah caught a swing pass and turned it into a 50-yard gain to set up a 10-yard touchdown run by Shaun Lester Jr. that gave the Salukis the lead for good at 14-7 with 2:37 left in the first quarter.

After Williams' TD run early in the second quarter, Lewis found the end zone on a reverse with 2:06 left in the half. The SIU defense got a stop and then Williams led a nine-play, 83-yard drive in 43 seconds that culminate when Ryan Schwendeman caught a 1-yard scoring pass with time expired to make it 35-14 at halftime.

Zach Calzada was 35-of-54 passing for 366 yards and three touchdowns with and interception for Incarnate Word (1-2) and added 61 yards rushing, including a 23-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

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Scoring Summary

TD	1st Period 10:44	Keontez Lewis 37 Yd pass from DJ Williams (Paul Geelen Kick)
TD	1st Period 4:19	Logan Compton 1 Yd pass from Zach Calzada (Brack Peacock Kick)
TD	1st Period 2:37	Shaun Lester Jr. 10 Yd Run (Paul Geelen Kick)
TD	2nd Period 12:52	DJ Williams 28 Yd Run (Paul Geelen Kick)
TD	2nd Period 4:38	Jalen Walthall 40 Yd pass from Zach Calzada (Brack Peacock Kick)
TD	2nd Period 2:06	Keontez Lewis 57 Yd Run (Paul Geelen Kick)
TD	2nd Period 0:00	Ryan Schwendeman 1 Yd pass from DJ Williams (Paul Geelen Kick)
TD	4th Period 14:44	Zach Calzada 23 Yd Run (Brack Peacock Kick)
TD	4th Period 5:03	Jalen Walthall 25 Yd pass from Zach Calzada (Brack Peacock Kick)

Statistics

UIW		SIU
25	1st Downs	23
7-15	3rd down efficiency	12-20
1-4	4th down efficiency	1-3
437	Total Yards	543
366	Passing	336
35/54	Comp/Att	22/32
6.8	Yards per pass	10.5
71	Rushing	207
23	Rushing Attempts	45
3.1	Yards per rush	4.6
8-45	Penalties	9-73
1	Turnovers	1
0	Fumbles lost	0
1	Interceptions thrown	1
30:09	Possession	29:51