1997 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

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1997 Southern Illinois Salukis football
Conference Gateway Football Conference
Record3–8 (1–5 Gateway)
Head coach
Home stadium McAndrew Stadium
Seasons
  1996
1998  
1997 Gateway Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Western Illinois $^  6 0   11 2  
Northern Iowa  5 1   7 4  
No. 4 Youngstown State ^  4 2   13 2  
Southwest Missouri State  3 3   5 6  
Indiana State  2 4   3 8  
Southern Illinois  1 5   3 8  
Illinois State  0 6   2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1997 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by first-year head coach Jan Quarless and played their home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois. The Salukis finished the season with a 3–8 record overall and a 1–5 record in conference play. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6at Nicholls State *L 0–333,348 [2]
September 13No. 17 Murray State *W 24–208,000 [3]
September 20at Indiana State L 14–193,705 [4]
September 27at No. 23 Northern Iowa L 27–2812,829 [5]
October 4 Southwest Missouri State
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
L 35–3612,200 [6]
October 11 Illinois State
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
W 31–293,000 [7]
October 18at South Florida *W 23–1034,432 [8]
October 25No. 7 Western Kentucky *
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
L 31–523,000 [9]
November 1at No. 2 Western Illinois L 26–315,241 [10]
November 8No. 4 Youngstown State
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
L 10–342,000 [11]
November 15at Southeast Missouri State *L 17–281,375 [12]

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The 1995 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by second-year head coach Shawn Watson and played their home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois. The Salukis finished the season with a 5–6 record overall and a 2–4 record in conference play.

The 1994 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 1994 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by first-year head coach Shawn Watson and played their home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois. The Salukis finished the season with a 1–10 record overall and an 0–6 record in conference play.

The 1993 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Bob Smith and played their home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois. The Salukis finished the season with a 2–9 record overall and a 1–5 record in conference play.

References

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