The Salukis of Southern Illinois held on this evening to defeat the Cardinals of Incarnate Word by a score of 35-28.

The Salukis started strong in the first half, and scored all of their touchdowns in the first half, but were outscored by the Cardinals in the 2nd half, 14-0.

The Saluki offense had 543 total yards against the Cardinals with several long passes of 50 yards apiece. DJ Williams threw for 301 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. While also rushing for 71 yards and a touchdown from 34 yards out. Keontez Lewis ran in a touchdown as well from 57 yards out and Shaun Lester joined in rushing touchdown fun as well from 10 yards out.

In the 2nd half, Zach Calzaba fought to bring Incarnate Word back to back to within a touchdown before falling apart on their last possession with two intentional grounding calls. He was then intercepted in the endzone by the Salukis to end their drive on 4th and 23.

One player was disqualified after the Salukis took a knee on 3rd down in the victory formation as time was expiring. I was not able to catch the name of the player who was DQ'd but he will have to sit out for the first half of their next game.

Once again the final was Southern Illinois 35 Incarnate Word 28.