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SDSU faces first road test at Illinois State
9/22/2009 4:00:00 PM | Football
After opening the season with two convincing home victories, the South Dakota State University football team will play its first road game of the 2009 campaign with a trip to Missouri Valley Football Conference rival Illinois State.
Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. at Hancock Stadium on the Illinois State campus in Normal.
The 2-0 Jackrabbits, ranked 17th (Sports Network) and 18th (FCS Coaches) this week, opened MVFC play Sept. 19 with a 41-0 shutout of Indiana State in the 43rd Annual Beef Bowl. SDSU began the season with a 44-6 drubbing of Georgia Southern.
The Jackrabbits will be in search of their first 3-0 start at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level. SDSU's last 3-0 start came in 2000, when the Jackrabbits began the season with five consecutive victories.
Illinois State, meanwhile, will be playing its league opener. The Redbirds are 1-2 overall, but are coming off a 38-7 home victory over Austin Peay (Tenn.) on Sept. 19.
THE SERIES: Saturday's game will mark only the second meeting between South Dakota State and Illinois State in football.
The Jackrabbits claimed the initial meeting, winning 52-21 at a blustery Coughlin-Alumni Stadium, on Nov. 8, 2008. Ryan Berry set school and Missouri Valley Football Conference records with seven touchdown passes in the victory for the Jackrabbits, who led 24-0 after one quarter.
ONLINE COVERAGE: Audio and video coverage of Saturday's game is scheduled to be available via subscription service at GoJacks.com, the official website of SDSU athletics. Monthly subscriptions for the Jackrabbit Extra, which includes live audio and video streaming are available for $9.95 per month or $99.95 for an entire year of coverage. An audio-only subscription also is available for $4.95 per month, with programming consisting only of live radio broadcasts.
A league-wide package is available for purchase at www.valley-football.org.
Radio coverage Saturday begins on WNAX 570 AM at 5:30 p.m., with an expanded pre-game show. Steve Imming returns to call the play-by-play, with Tyler Merriam providing color commentary.
Video streaming is scheduled to start at kickoff.
JACKRABBIT INSIDER: Throughout the 2009 football season, head coach John Stiegelmeier will be a guest on the “Jackrabbit Insider,” a weekly behind-the-scenes look at South Dakota State University athletics.
The half-hour television show which features interviews with Jackrabbit coaches and student-athletes, airs Sundays at 10:35 p.m., following KSFY ActionNews. The show also can be viewed online at GoJacks.com.
COACH TO CURE MD: The South Dakota State University football coaching staff will be among the more than 3,000 college coaches expected to participate in the Coach to Cure MD initiative in conjunction with the American Football Coaches Association this weekend.
Football fans will be able to donate to muscular dystrophy research either online at CoachToCureMD.org or by texting the word “CURE” to 90999 to automatically donate $5 from their mobile phones.
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is the most common fatal genetic disorder diagnosed during childhood. Because the Duchenne gene is found on the X-chromosome, it primarily affects boys and occurs across all races and cultures. Boys and young men with Duchenne lack dystrophin, a protein critical to the structural stability of muscle fibers. Patients develop progressive muscle weakness that eventually causes loss of mobility, wheelchair dependency and a decline in respiratory and cardiac function. Currently, there is no cure for Duchenne and limited therapeutic options exist.
HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE: The South Dakota State University football team has enjoyed a home-field advantage at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium since making the move to the Football Championship Subdivision level.
Since joining the FCS ranks at the start of the 2004 season, the Jackrabbits have posted a 23-6 mark at CAS. Lights were installed at CAS prior to the 2001 season and SDSU has turned in an 19-5 record in home night games.
ATTENDANCE UP: The Jackrabbits have drawn an average of 13,150 fans through their first two home games, with three more games remaining at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium this season.
SDSU is on pace to break the single-season average attendance record of 11,218 set in 2007, when the Jackrabbits won the Great West Football Conference championship.
Nine of the last 14 games played at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium have drawn crowds of more than 10,000 fans, including all seven games played in September over the last three seasons.
CAPTAINS: Leading the Jackrabbit football team on the field and in the locker room are five senior captains:
• Danny Batten, defensive end, Gilbert, Ariz.;
• Glen Fox, wide receiver, Fairfax, Iowa;
• Chris Johnson, linebacker, Council Bluffs, Iowa;
• Nate Koskovich, offensive lineman, Kingsley, Iowa; and
• Jimmy Rogers, linebacker, Chandler, Ariz.
VALLEY PREVIEW: The South Dakota State University football team was picked to finish third in the Missouri Valley Football Conference race, in a preseason poll announced in conjunction with the league's annual media day in July.
Defending co-champions Northern Iowa and Southern Illinois were voted as the top two teams. UNI garnered 26 of the 36 first-place votes to finish with 314 points, followed by SIU with nine first-place votes and 281 points. The Jackrabbits tallied 231 points, while North Dakota State picked up one first-place vote and 206 points to finish fourth in the poll.
Rounding out the poll were: Western Illinois, 174 points; Youngstown State, 171 points; Missouri State, 111 points; Illinois State, 90 points , and Indiana State, 42 points. The poll was tabulated on votes by league coaches, sports information directors and media representatives.
Individually, five SDSU players were named to the all-Missouri Valley Preseason Team. Seniors Danny Batten and Jimmy Rogers were honored on the defensive side of the ball, while junior running back Kyle Minett and senior wide receiver Glen Fox represented the offense. Kicker Peter Reifenrath completed the Jackrabbit contingent.
A defensive end from Gilbert, Ariz., Batten was a first-team all-MVC selection during the 2008 season, during which he recorded 75 tackles, including team bests with eight sacks and 14.5 tackles for loss. Batten also has received second-team preseason All-America honors from the Sports Network and has been named to the watch list for the Buck Buchanan Award as the top defensive player in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision.
Rogers, a linebacker from Chandler, Ariz., has led the team in tackles each of the past two seasons, including 93 in 2008, when he earned second-team all-conference honors.
Minett, a Ruthton, Minn., native, was a dual threat in the backfield for the Jackrabbits in 2008, leading the team with 1,289 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns, while adding 44 receptions for 415 yards and four scores. Six times Minett topped the 100-yard mark in earning second-team all-MVFC recognition last season.
Fox is the team's top returning wide receiver, recording 66 receptions for 792 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2008. The Fairfax, Iowa, native was a second-team all-conference pick last season.
Reifenrath was a pleasant surprise for the Jackrabbits in 2008, earning second-team all-MVFC recognition after converting 16-of-22 field goal attempts. A junior from Decorah, Iowa, Reifenrath was 5-of-7 on field goals 40 yards or longer en route to 84 total points.
RABBITS RANKED: For the third year in a row, South Dakota State appeared in the preseason national rankings for the Football Championship Subdivision.
The Jackrabbits began the season ranked 22nd in the Sports Network poll and 23rd in the preseason poll conducted by the Football Championship Subdivision coaches. This week, the Jackrabbits continued their climb in the rankings, moving up one spot to 17th in the Sports Network poll and three spots to No. 18 in the coaches' poll. SDSU has gained seven spots in the coaches' poll over the last two weeks.
Last season, SDSU was 19th in the Sports Network poll and 20th in the coaches' poll. The Jackrabbits climbed to their highest FCS ranking — 12th — before falling to Northern Iowa in late September.
SCOUTING ILLINOIS STATE: Illinois State is off to a 1-2 start under first-year head coach Brock Spack as it prepares for its Missouri Valley Football Conference opener.
After opening the season with road losses at Eastern Illinois (6-31) and Illinois (17-45), the Redbirds opened the home slate with a 38-7 victory over Austin Peay (Tenn.) on Sept. 19.
Sophomore running back Clifton Gordon set career highs with 17 carries for 96 yards and four touchdowns in the win over Austin Peay, earning MVFC Offensive Player of the Week honors.
The Redbird defense forced six turnovers — four interceptions and two fumble recoveries — in holding Austin Peay to 109 yards of total offense.
Despite Gordon's rushing prowess last week, Geno Blow leads the Illinois State rushing attack with 140 yards this season, averaging 3.7 yards per carry.
The Redbird offense has been led the last two weeks by redshirt freshman quarterback Matt Brown, who has completed 65 percent (56-of-86) of his passes for 543 yards and three touchdowns. Brown replaced opening-day starter Drew Kiel, a sophomore who injured his thumb in the season opener at Eastern Illinois but got off to a fast start by completing 20-of-22 passes. Kiel is expected to be sidelined about another month.
First-team all-conference selection Eyad Salem has been the Redbirds' top receiver again this season, recording 18 catches for 173 yards and two touchdowns. Ben Graves has added 15 receptions for 115 yards and a score.
Defensively, Jermain Malcolm has been the leading tackler with 21 stops, followed by Kelvyn Hemphill with 18 tackles, including four for loss and two sacks. As a team, the Redbirds have tallied seven sacks and intercepted six passes. E.J. Jones, who picked off two passes against Austin Peay, leads the way with three interceptions.
Jones also has been the team's top return man, leading the squad with an average of 24 yards on kickoff returns and five yards on punt returns.
Senior kicker Zach Kutch is 2-of-3 on field goal attempts so far this season, with all three attempts from at least 45 yards. Kutch connected on a 48-yarder in his lone attempt versus Austin Peay.
LAST MEETING: Senior quarterback Ryan Berry threw for seven touchdowns, setting four records in the process, as South Dakota State defeated Illinois State, 52-21, Nov. 8, 2008, at a blustery Coughlin-Alumni Stadium.
SDSU scored on its first seven offensive possessions, including all six first-half drives. A Chris Johnson interception on the Redbirds' opening drive gave the Jackrabbits the ball at the ISU 35. From there, Berry connected with tight end. Colin Cochart on an 11-yard touchdown pass to cap a six-play drive.
After holding the Redbirds three-and-out on their next three possessions as they headed into the wind, SDSU built the lead to 24-0 at the end of the first quarter. Berry hooked up with Glen Fox on a 51-yard touchdown pass at the 7:43 mark, then again found Cochart open for a 40-yard touchdown 1 minute, 24 seconds later. The touchdown pass was Berry's 48th of his career, breaking the previous record of 47 held by Brad Nelson, who played from 2001-04.
Peter Reifenrath closed out the first-quarter scoring with a 27-yard field goal.
Each team scored a pair of touchdowns in the second quarter. ISU cracked the scoring column on its opening drive of the period, sustaining an eight-play, 73-yard drive that was finished off by a 6-yard touchdown pass from Kevin Brockway to Eyad Salem.
The Jackrabbits came right back to make the score 31-7 as Kyle Minett scored on an 8-yard screen pass from Berry.
ISU put together another solid drive before Walter Mendenhall scored from a yard out.
However, the SDSU offensive onslaught continued in the closing minutes of the first half as Berry threw his fifth touchdown pass of the half, a 16-yarder to Fox with 36 seconds remaining to go up 38-14 at intermission.
In the second half, Berry put his name alone in the SDSU record book with his sixth touchdown pass of the game, a 4-yarder to Fox.
Following a 70-yard touchdown pass by Brockway to Warren McCarty midway through the third quarter, SDSU closed out the scoring as Berry hooked up with Mike Steffen for a 3-yard score early in the fourth quarter. Berry's seventh touchdown pass of the day set a new Missouri Valley Football Conference single-game record as he finished the day 17-of-29 for 237 yards, setting the Jackrabbit career record for completions with 477.
Minett also had a productive day in the Jackrabbit backfield, gaining 161 yards on 25 carries as he crossed the 1,000-yard mark for the season.
Overall, SDSU threw for 237 yards and gained another 199 on the ground as the Jackrabbits held a 436-255 advantage in total offense.
Fox led Jackrabbit receivers with six catches for 92 yards and three touchdowns. Cochart added three receptions for 66 yards and two scores.
Isaiah Jackson led the Jackrabbits with nine tackles.
LAST WEEK: The South Dakota State defense held an opponent without a touchdown for the second consecutive game, holding Indiana State to 90 yards of total offense, as the 18th-ranked Jackrabbits opened Missouri Valley Football Conference play with a 41-0 victory Sept. 19 in the 43rd Annual Beef Bowl.
SDSU improved to 2-0 overall. Indiana State dropped to 0-4 as its losing streak reached 30 games. The game was played before a crowd of 13,945 at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium.
As they did in their season opener against Georgia Southern, the Jackrabbits failed to finish drives in the first half. After going three-and-out on its first two possessions, SDSU cracked the scoring column with 37 seconds remaining in the first half on a 26-yard field goal by Kyle Harris.
Harris missed on field goal attempts of 44 and 32 yards on the first two drives of the second quarter, and it appeared the Jackrabbits' 3-0 lead would stand at halftime until Tyler Duffy broke through the Indiana State line to block a punt.
SDSU took over at the Sycamore 14-yard line with 1 minutes, 35 seconds remaining in the half and scored two plays later as Mike Steffen made a leaping one-handed catch on a pass from Ryan Crawford in the right corner of the end zone. The 14-yard scoring play was Steffen's team-leading third touchdown reception of the season.
The Jackrabbit offense found its stride in the second half, scoring on five of its six
possessions. Kyle Minett capped a five-play, 39-yard opening drive with a 2-yard touchdown run.
Harris kicked a 22-yard field goal to make the score 20-0, followed by a 10-yard touchdown run by Duffy on the next Jackrabbit possession.
SDSU tacked on two touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Minett scored on a 3-yard pass from Crawford midway through the quarter and senior running back Jordan Paula found the end zone for the first time in his career with a 6-yard run on the final Jackrabbit possession of the game.
Crawford, who was named the Outstanding Player of the Beef Bowl, completed 21-of-27 passes for 239 yards and two touchdowns. Glen Fox led the receiving corps with seven catches for 67 yards, while Steffen added five receptions for 89 yards.
Minett gained 95 yards on 18 carries.
Defensively, SDSU limited Indiana State to five first downs for the entire game. The Jackrabbits did not allow a first down by rushing, tying a school record set against Hamline (Minn.) in 1975.
The Sycamores netted 25 yards on the ground and 65 through the air. Darrius Gates tallied 20 yards on seven carries, while Travis Johnson completed 11-of-25 attempts for 65 yards. Michael Mardis tallied four catches for 21 yards.
The Jackrabbit defense was led by Chris Johnson and Danny Batten, each with seven tackles. Donye McCleskey made a game-high 15 stops for Indiana State, followed by 12 tackles by C.J. Cook.
NATIONAL LEADERS: South Dakota State enters Saturday's game at Illinois State leading the Football Championship Subdivision in a pair of defensive categories and ranking second in three others.
The Jackrabbits sit atop the NCAA scoring defense standings having allowed only an average of three points per game. SDSU also is tied with Butler (Ind.) for the FCS in rushing yards allowed with an average of 18 yards per game.
SDSU ranks second in the nation for sacks (five per game), total defense (166.5 yards per game) and pass efficiency defense (77.18).
On the offensive side of the ball, the Jackrabbits hold two fourth-place rankings: scoring offense (42.5 points per game) and passing efficiency (175.58).
Individually, three Jackrabbits rank in the top 10 in the nation:
• Kyle Harris is second with an average 2.5 made field goals per game and also ranks in a tie for 10th place with an average of 11.5 points per game;
• Kyle Minett is tied for third with an average of 12.0 points per game; and
• Ryan Crawford ranks seventh in passing efficiency at 171.66
BATTEN ON BUCHANAN LIST: South Dakota State University defensive end Danny Batten has been named to the initial watch list for the Division I Football Championship Subdivision's top defensive player.
A senior from Gilbert, Ariz., Batten is one of 20 players to be considered on the preseason watch list for the Buck Buchanan Award, which is presented by the Sports Network. The watch list will be revised in October and again in November before the final ballot is announced.
Voting from a panel of FCS sports information directors, writers, broadcasters and other football experts will be conducted after the regular season ends. Three finalists will be announced on Nov. 30 and will be invited to the 23rd annual Sports Network Awards banquet on Dec. 17 in Chattanooga, Tenn., the night before the NCAA Division I championship game. The Walter Payton Award and the Eddie Robinson Award will also be presented that evening.
Batten stepped into the starting lineup as a true freshman in 2006 and has started 33 of the Jackrabbits' 34 games his first three seasons. He has earned honorable mention All-America recognition each of the past two seasons while earning first-team all-Great West Football Conference honors in 2007 and first-team all-Missouri Valley Football Conference accolades in 2008. Batten ranked fourth on the team with 75 total tackles in 2008 and led the team with eight sacks and 14.5 tackles for loss, putting his career totals at 14 sacks and 35.5 tackles for loss.
Besides being named to the preseason Buchanan watch list, Batten has been chosen as a second-team preseason All-American by both the Sports Network and College Sporting News.
CRAWFORD AT THE HELM: Senior Ryan Crawford made a successful first career start in the Sept. 12 season opener against Georgia Southern, completing 15-of-21 passes for 180 yards and two touchdowns. Crawford's totals for completions and attempts matched his career totals entering the season.
The Outstanding Player of the 43rd Annual Beef Bowl, Crawford completed 21-of-27 passes for a career-high 239 yards and two touchdowns in the Sept. 19 game versus Indiana State. He went 70 pass attempts before throwing his first collegiate interception, which came on his first attempt of the fourth quarter against the Sycamores.
Crawford currently has a passing efficiency rating of 171.66 to rank seventh in the Football Championship Subdivision this season.
A senior from Oro Valley, Ariz., Crawford entered fall camp as the quarterback with the most experience in a Jackrabbit uniform. During the 2008 season, Crawford played in six games and completed 14-of-20 passes — 70 percent — for 106 yards and one touchdown. His most extensive playing time came in the season finale at North Dakota State as he stepped in for an injured Ryan Berry and completed 10-of-13 passes for 50 yards and a score.
Junior transfer Lee Mondol, redshirt freshman Thomas O'Brien and freshman Mike Whittier also were in competition for the starting nod in fall camp.
FOX TOPS CENTURY MARK: Senior wide receiver Glen Fox reached a career milestone in the Sept. 19 game against Indiana State as he recorded the 100th reception of his career. After recording 15 receptions through the first two games, Fox enters Saturday's game at Illinois State with 105 career catches. He stands eight receptions away from joining the Jackrabbit career top 10 chart.
Fox played in the Jackrabbit secondary and on special teams during his freshman season in 2006.
MINETT LEADS RUNNING GAME: Junior Kyle Minett is again handling the bulk of the duties at running back for South Dakota State this season.
Last season, Minett earned second-team all-Missouri Valley Football Conference honors after ranking second in the league with 1,289 yards rushing — an average of 107.4 yards per game. His rushing total was the sixth highest in school history and the most by a Jackrabbit at the FCS level.
After tallying 223 yards in the first two games of the 2009 season, Minett enters this weekend with 1,988 career rushing yards, putting him 12 yards away from the 2,000-yard mark and 37 yards away from cracking the Jackrabbit career top 10. He has posted eight career 100-yard games, including six in 2008.
In addition, Minett posted the third-highest point total in school history with 112, scoring 18 touchdowns and a pair of two-point conversions in 2008. Four of his touchdowns came through the air as he ranked third on the team with 44 receptions for 415 yards. He has scored 27 career touchdowns — 21 rushing and six receiving.
The Ruthton, Minn., native led the team with an average of 6.2 yards per carry in 2007, and ranked second in yards gained with 476. He was named the Outstanding Player of the Beef Bowl as he racked up 134 yards on 11 carries and added a 40-yard touchdown reception in a 38-3 victory over Texas State.
STEFFENS STEP UP: The Jackrabbits received a pair of solid contributions in the season opener against Georgia Southern from brothers and Mount Vernon natives Mike and Jake Steffen.
Mike Steffen posted career highs with 98 receiving yards — on four receptions — and two touchdowns from his wide receiver position. Both of his touchdowns came in the third quarter, covering four and 62 yards. The 62-yard scoring play was the longest reception of his career. He added five receptions for 89 yards and a touchdown Sept. 19 versus Indiana State.
Jake Steffen made his first career start against Georgia Southern and contributed four tackles, including two tackles for loss and a sack. He also was credited with two quarterback hurries.
TOP TACKLERS RETURN: An experienced Jackrabbit defense returns its top eight tacklers from a year ago. The top three tacklers are the team's projected starters at linebacker: Jimmy Rogers (93 tackles), Chris Johnson (82 tackles) and Derek Domino (80 tackles).
Also returning are defensive end Danny Batten (75 tackles), linebacker Isaiah Jackson (63), safety Conrad Kjerstad (51) and cornerbacks Cole Brodie (47) and General Parnell (45).
KJERSTAD LEADS SECONDARY: Junior strong safety Conrad Kjerstad recorded the sixth interception of his career in the season opener against Georgia Southern, returning the ball 40 yards late in the second quarter to set up a Jackrabbit field goal. The Wall native also registered six tackles in the game.
Kjerstad's six career interceptions are the most by any current Jackrabbit player. He led the team with four during the 2008 campaign.
REIFENRATH RETURNS: Preseason all-Missouri Valley Football Conference kicker Peter Reifenrath returned to the Jackrabbit lineup in the Sept. 19 league opener against Indiana State.
Reifenrath was forced to sit out the Sept. 12 season opener as he awaited a waiver request to the NCAA regarding his eligibility in conjunction with progress-toward-degree requirements.
NCAA officials granted Reifenrath's waiver request late last week and he was inserted into the lineup in the fourth quarter against Indiana State to kick two extra points.
In 2008, Reifenrath earned second-team all-MVFC honors after making 16-of-22 field goal attempts and 36-of-38 extra-point tries for 84 points.
COACH STIG: John Stiegelmeier has built the South Dakota State University football team into a consistent winner and a program on the rise in the ranks of the Football Championship Subdivision.
Overall, Coach Stig has led the Jackrabbits to a 77-56 record (.579 winning percentage). SDSU has posted seven consecutive winning seasons, including the school's first five campaigns at the FCS (formerly Division I-AA) level. The Jackrabbits have had a winning record in 10 of his 12 years as head coach, including five with seven or more victories.
ACADEMIC SUCCESS: For the fourth consecutive season, the South Dakota State University football team led its conference in all-academic selections during the 2008 campaign.
The Jackrabbits placed eight players, including a league-best four first-team selections, on the 2008 Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Academic Team.
SDSU's academic prowess extended to the entire team as the Jackrabbits raised the bar in their inaugural eason in the Missouri Valley Football Conference by leading the nine-team league with a 2.941 team grade-point average — the highest mark ever recorded by the league.
All four of SDSU's first-team selections came from the offensive side of the ball, led by seniors Ryan Berry and Kevin Robling.
Berry, a quarterback from Watertown, received first-team honors after compiling a 3.89 grade-point average in biology/pre-medicine. Earlier in the fall of 2008, Berry was selected as a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete and one of 15 finalists for the Draddy Trophy, earning a $15,000 postgraduate scholarship. He also named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII First Team, received an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and was the recipient of a third postgraduate scholarship as a member of the Football Championship Subdivision Athletic Directors Association Academic All-Star Team.
A center, Robling was a second-team selection on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America squad with a 3.82 GPA in wildlife and fisheries.
Also honored on the first team were running backs Kyle Minett and Tyler Duffy. Minett also was honored on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America First Team with a 3.50 grade-point average while majoring in economics, while Duffy turned in a perfect 4.0 GPA in electrical engineering.
The Jackrabbits' lone second-team selection to MVFC All-Academic Team was sophomore defensive Conrad Kjerstad. The Wall native posted a 3.90 GPA in agricultural business, earning first-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District recognition last fall.
Three other SDSU players received honorable mention accolades: senior offensive lineman Nick Flesner, linebacker Chris Johnson and punter Dean Priddy.
South Dakota State led the Great West Football Conference in the number of academic all-conference selections from 2005 through 2007.
HOMETOWN CONNECTION: SDSU has used the services of home-grown talent the past few seasons.
In 2009, five Jackrabbit players hail from Brookings: senior running back Jordan Paula, junior running back Tyler Duffy, redshirt freshman wide receiver Dan Schmidt, freshman offensive lineman Alex Parker and freshman running back Mason Winterboer.
A LOOK AHEAD: The Jackrabbits are scheduled to play the middle game of a three-game road swing Oct. 3 at Cal Poly.
Kickoff between the former Great West Football Conference rivals is slated for 6 p.m. Pacific Time at Alex G. Spanos Stadium in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
The string of road games concludes Oct. 10 with a return to league play at Missouri State.
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