Saturday, October 15 • 2 p.m. (Central) • Terre Haute, IN
All-Time Series: WIU leads 21-13
Last Meeting: @WIU 40, IndSt 7 (9/25/10)

THE GAME: Western Illinois returns to action following a bye week to take on Indiana State... The Leathernecks are looking for their first road win of the season... Western is looking to end a two-year streak of a loss coming off the regular season bye week.

THE RANKINGS: Western Illinois received six points in the latest Sports Network/Fathead.com 'Top 25' poll (52nd place)... Indiana State is ranked 21st in both the Sports Network/Fathead.com and FCS Coaches poll.

THE COACHES: Mark Hendrickson is in his 13th year with the Leatherneck Football program, second full year as the head coach. He owns a 15-18 record at Western and overall (parts of two years as acting head coach)... Trent Miles holds a 11-29 record in four years at Indiana State and overall as a head coach.

RADIO: Every Western Illinois Football game can be listed to on the Leatherneck Sports Network: WIUS 88.3 FM (Flagship) Macomb and also on WJEQ 102.7 FM in Macomb... Beau Spencer (Play by Play) and Anthony D'Astice (color) will call the action.

TELEVISION: The game will be broadcast live in Terre Haute on WTWO-TV... It will also be available on a tape delay basis on WIU-TV3, Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. Michael Broskowski, Adam Studzinski and Sean Ingrassia call the action.

INTERNET: Fans can listen to the game on the internet at GoLeathernecks.com.

COACH HENDRICKSON ON TELEVISION: Every Thursday during the season on WGEM-TV (NBC in Quincy) at 6 p.m. Ben Marth will host 'On the Sidelines'. He recaps the previous week, looks ahead to the Leathernecks' upcoming game, and talk with Coach Mark Hendrickson and players.

COACH HENDRICKSON ON THE RADIO: Coach Mark Hendrickson will appear every Wednesday morning at 7:30 a.m. locally on 100.1 FM... Thursday from 6:30-7 p.m. on the 'Rocky Report', broadcasted live on WIUS 88.3 FM. The radio show can be heard live on the internet at http://www.wiu.edu/cofac/wiusfm/.

ALL-TIME SERIES: Western Illinois holds a 21-13 lead in the all-time series... Since the year 2000, Western had won nine straight before suffering a loss in Terre Haute in 2009. The Leathernecks responded last year with a 40-7 victory at Hanson Field on a rain-soaked Homecoming game.

HOME WIN STREAK AMONG NATION'S BEST: Western Illinois currently stands with the third-longst active home win streak at eight consecutive... Jacksonville, win #7 on Western's list, holds the national lead... South Alabama, a 2010 start-up FCS program in transition to the FBS, is next at nine but has also played a mix schedule of Division I, Division II and NAIA programs... The Leathernecks' next opportunity to add to the streak is October 22 against Missouri State.
11 - Jacksonville (next home: 10/15 vs. Morehead State)
9 - South Alabama (next home: 10/15 vs. Tennessee-Martin)
8 - Western Illinois (next home: 10/22 vs. Missouri State)
7 - North Dakota State (next home: 10/15 vs. Missouri State)
7 - Delaware (next home: 10/15 vs. Massachusetts)
7 - Drake (next home: 10/22 vs. Valparaiso)

TOUGH SCHEDULE IN 2011: Western Illinois may only stand 2-3 so far in 2011 but it is worth to take a look at the schedule played. The Fighting Leathernecks currently own the second-toughest schedule in the Missouri Valley Football Conference and 15th-toughest in the FCS... Of the three current undefeated teams in the FCS, Western have/will face two (Sam Houston State, North Dakota State and Georgia Southern)... Seven of the 10 FCS opponents are either ranked or receiving votes in the latest poll.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOME AND ROAD: The Western Illinois offense is looking to carry over its success at home to the road... Quarterback Josh Hudson owns a 201.90 passing efficiency in two home games, completing 34-of-50 passes for 522 yards and seven TDs to no interceptions. Terriun Crump has 12 receptions totaling 306 yards (153 p/g) and three TDs. Caulton Ray is averaging 103.5 rushing yards (207 yards on 34 attempts and a TD)... The offense is averaging 31 points, converting 56 percent on third downs, and rolling up 426 yards of total offense at Hanson Field, but only 8.0 points and 264 yards in total offense in the two road FCS games - against 'Top 10' teams Sam Houston State and Northern Iowa... Defensively, Western allows only 21 points per game at home, is +2 in turnovers, and held opponents 0-for-5 on fourth down conversions.

MORE CAREER LISTINGS FOR CRUMP: Terriun Crump's 163 yards on five catches against Southern Illinois moved him up further on the career 'Top 10' leaderboard... Crump is currently tied for second all-time with seven 100-yard receiving games (one shy of Reggie Gray's record). He jumped up to sixth with 1,688 receiving yards and stands eighth with 100 receptions... With four 100-yard receiving games this year so far, he already moved into a tie for third place, one off the record... Crump needs two more TD receptions to tie for 10th place on the career list.

BIG PLAY RECEPTION: The 77-yard catch-and-run touchdown against Southern Illinois is another big play reception example for Terriun Crump... The senior wide receiver has 100 career receptions during his three-year career, and now five have gone for 50-plus yards... This year he owns receptions of 92 (SHSU), 77 (SIU) and 53 (JU). Last year he had a 74 (IllSt) and 83 (Coastal) yarder.

HOLTSCHLAG EARNS LINEMAN AWARD: Sophomore guard Jimmy Holtschlag earned his first Missouri Valley Football Conference award following the Southern Illinois game. He was selected as the 'Offensive Lineman of the Week' as the Leathernecks recorded a season-high 429 yards of total offense (6.3 yards per play), including 307 through the air.

DEFENSIVE NOTES: Defensive ends Dwight Harris and Ryan Demming played every snap during the Southern Illinois game. Harris had an assisted tackle... Emeka Nwankwo picked up two tackles against Southern Illinois, including a key stop on third down late in the fourth quarter to force a punt... Antoine Ford earned his first start in 2011 and finished with a career-high six tackles and two pass break-ups. He's third on the team with three PBU... Mike Garoppolo made a career-high nine tackles in the win over Southern Illinois... Raynard Pamilton recorded his first career interception as a Leatherneck to seal the win... Tyler West recorded five stops in the win and is currently tied for second overall with 32 tackles.

SCOUTING THE SYCAMORES: Indiana State challenged #2 Northern Iowa on the road before dropping a 23-9 decision... Ronnie Fouch completed 12-of-24 passes for 136 yards and a touchdown but threw two interceptions... Shakir Bell rushed for 145 yards on 14 carries in the first half, but left in the second quarter with an injury... Down four, the Sycamores were driving into UNI territory in the fourth quarter but suffered a fumble and the score got no closer... ISU converted only 2-of-11 on third downs and was 1-of-3 on fourth downs... UNI forced three Sycamore turnovers... Cory Little opened the scoring with a 44-yard field goal, then Justin Hilton caught a 6-yard touchdown pass from Fouch but the PAT failed... Hilton caught four passes for 77 yards... Jacolby Washington led the defense with 15 tackles... Alex Sewall and Rod Hardy added 11 stops each... The Sycamores rank 24th nationally in rushing offense, 32nd in scoring, 50th in total offense, 21st in net punting and 15th in kickoff returns... Bell, who was added last week to the Walter Payton Award watch list, stands second nationally averaging 152 rushing yards per game (five yards off the national lead). The sophomore stands 14th in all-purpose yards (155 ypg)... Leonard Riston is 71st in punt returns (4.1) and 35th in kickoffs (25.9)... Washington and Aaron Archie are tied for 16th averaging 10.7 tackles per game.