Western Illinois vs Georgia Southern
Western Illinois vs Georgia Southern (Final)
Gateway Football Conference
Western Illinois vs Georgia Southern (Dec 12, 1998 at Statesboro, Georgia)
Box Score
Box Score (Final)
Western Illinois vs Georgia Southern (Dec 12, 1998 at Statesboro, Georgia)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Western Illinois.... 0 8 0 6 - 14 Record: (11-3)
Georgia Southern.... 14 7 14 7 - 42 Record: (14-0)
Scoring Summary:
1st 11:49 GSU - Corey Joyner 51 yd pass from Greg Hill (Chris Chambers kick), 6 plays, 73 yards, TOP 3:11, WIU 0 - GSU 7
09:04 GSU - Demond Brown 5 yd pass from Greg Hill (Chris Chambers kick), 4 plays, 34 yards, TOP 1:34, WIU 0 - GSU 14
2nd 12:06 WIU - Team safety, , WIU 2 - GSU 14
08:01 WIU - Erik Rogers 20 yd pass from Mark Zanders (Joe Lopez kick failed), 8 plays, 53 yards, TOP 4:05, WIU 8 - GSU 14
00:17 GSU - Corey Joyner 11 yd pass from Greg Hill (Chris Chambers kick), 9 plays, 57 yards, TOP 1:28, WIU 8 - GSU 21
3rd 13:05 GSU - Greg Hill 3 yd run (Chris Chambers kick), 4 plays, 23 yards, TOP 1:42, WIU 8 - GSU 28
03:27 GSU - Jevon Sullivan 6 yd run (Chris Chambers kick), 12 plays, 80 yards, TOP 5:35, WIU 8 - GSU 35
4th 07:58 WIU - Aaron Stecker 83 yd pass from Mark Zanders (Mark Zanders pass failed), 1 play, 83 yards, TOP 0:14, WIU 14 - GSU 35
03:43 GSU - Corey Joyner 32 yd pass from Greg Hill (Chris Chambers kick), 7 plays, 43 yards, TOP 4:15, WIU 14 - GSU 42
WIU GSU
FIRST DOWNS................... 16 22
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 39-181 60-236
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 154 160
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 16-8-1 13-10-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 55-335 73-396
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 1-3 0-0
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 8-122 2-39
Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 1-9
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 4-41.5 4-39.3
Fumbles-Lost.................. 2-2 2-0
Penalties-Yards............... 4-34 6-54
Possession Time............... 26:05 33:55
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 2-12
RUSHING: Western Illinois-Aaron Stecker 29-175; Erik Rogers 3-6;
Ephron Crump 1-0; Mark Zanders 6-0. Georgia Southern-Adrian Peterson 21-103;
Greg Hill 29-68; Carl Small 5-29; B. Cunningham 1-13; Cherard Freeman 1-13;
Jevon Sullivan 1-6; J.R. Revere 2-4.
PASSING: Western Illinois-Mark Zanders 8-16-1-154. Georgia
Southern-Greg Hill 10-13-0-160.
RECEIVING: Western Illinois-Erik Rogers 3-41; Aaron Stecker 2-83;
Jose Medina 1-18; Donnie Caldwell 1-7; S. Washington 1-5. Georgia
Southern-Corey Joyner 6-130; Adrian Peterson 1-11; B. Cunningham 1-8; Dedric
Parham 1-6; Demond Brown 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS: Western Illinois-None. Georgia Southern-Tony Butler
1-9.
Stadium: Allen E. Paulson Attendance: 11140
Kickoff time: 1:01 End of Game: 3:38 Total elapsed time: 2:37
Officials: Referee: Tom Ritter; Umpire: Tommy Abbott; Linesman: Bill Smith;
Line judge: Michael Taylor; Back judge: David Francis; Field judge: Tom Weber;
Side judge: Danny Doyle;
Temperature: 60 Wind: E, 10-15 Weather: cloudy
Georgia Southern advances to the I-AA championship next week
against either UMass or Northwestern State
This will mark the sixth title game appearance for the GSU
Western Illinois vs Georgia Southern (Dec 12, 1998 at Statesboro, Georgia)
SACKS (UA-A): Western Illinois-None. Georgia Southern-Eric Davis 2-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): Western Illinois-Josh Kaburick 12-1; E. Hartwell 7-6;
Dave Watson 8-1; Byron Benion 2-5; Mike Carter 3-2; Robert Lindsey 3-2;
David Bowens 3-1; Donnie Caldwell 3-0; Ben Hilgart 2-0; Jimmy Robinson 2-0;
Tony Zitzka 1-1; Derrick Varnado 1-1; Jose Medina 1-0; James Milton 1-0;
Ryan Taylor 1-0; Damon Stewart 1-0; Sam Elmore 1-0. Georgia Southern-Jason
Neese 4-5; Tony Butler 5-3; Kiwaukee Thomas 4-2; Josh Smithers 3-3; Eric
Davis 2-4; Arkee Thompson 2-3; Brian Wilson 3-1; E. Moreland 3-1; Benjy
Harris 1-3; D. Williams 3-0; Cortez Robinson 0-3; Eugene Phillips 1-1;
Andrae Rogers 1-1; Von Allen 0-2; Robert LeBlanc 1-0; Nick Kearns 1-0;
Cherard Freeman 1-0; B. Cunningham 1-0.
Western Illinois vs Georgia Southern (Dec 12, 1998 at Statesboro, Georgia)
Game Starters:
Western Illinois Georgia Southern
POS ## OFFENSE POS ## OFFENSE
SE 8 Derrick Spicer WR 83 Dedric Parham
LT 71 Casey Honkomp LT 62 Rich McGrath
LG 73 Paul Breed LG 74 Steve Dill
C 70 Josh McCall C 59 Matt Winslette
RG 65 Rich Seubert RG 68 Mark Williams
RT 62 Greg Jenkins RT 64 Grant Chesnut
TE 99 Jim Gail WR 81 Ashley Morgan
FL 80 S. Washington QB 10 Greg Hill
QB 10 Mark Zanders FB 3 Adrian Peterson
FB 35 Jose Medina SB 1 Corey Joyner
HB 27 Aaron Stecker SB 36 B. Cunningham
POS ## DEFENSE POS ## DEFENSE
DE 6 David Bowens LE 44 Benjy Harris
DT 96 Abie Camacho LT 93 Brian Wilson
DT 91 Tony Zitzka RT 99 Von Allen
DE 55 Dave Watson RE 94 Eric Davis
NB 41 Robert Lindsey OLB 31 Jason Neese
LB 51 James Milton MLB 33 Josh Smithers
LB 90 E. Hartwell OLB 65 Tony Butler
CB 22 Ephron Crump CB 2 Kiwaukee Thomas
FS 21 Donnie Caldwell FS 5 Arkee Thompson
SS 5 Mike Carter SS 22 Andrae Rogers
CB 11 Sam Elmore CB 4 E. Moreland
Player participation:
Western Illinois: 1-Jimmy Robinson, 3-Ty Kingsby, 4-Robert Carter, 9-Ryan Taylor, 13-Damon Stewart, 19-Jeff Baker, 20-J.R. Ford,
23-Erik Rogers, 29-Damon Williams, 30-Antwain Davis, 32-Joe Lopez, 33-Derrick Varnado, 38-Tito Veasey, 40-Will Barnes,
44-Bobby Rucka, 45-Ben Hilgart, 46-Josh Kaburick, 48-Markus Pryor, 49-Leon Simmons, 75-Bill Sagely, 89-J.R. Niklos,
92-Byron Benion.
Georgia Southern: 0-TEAM, 6-Carl Small, 9-J.R. Revere, 14-John Davis, 16-Nick Kearns, 19-Cherard Freeman, 20-Dante Harrow,
27-Chris Blount, 32-Tom LaRocco, 34-Audrell Grace, 35-Jevon Sullivan, 37-D. Williams, 39-Kenny Worob, 41-M. Youngblood,
42-Cloise Williams, 45-Chris Chambers, 49-Brad Johnson, 52-Cortez Robinson, 57-J. Franklin, 60-D. Everett, 70-Tom Jiles,
72-Bob Bellingrath, 73-M. Anderson, 75-Anthony Scott, 80-Kevin Patterson, 82-Demond Brown, 86-C. Simmons, 88-Robert LeBlanc,
90-Matt Williams, 91-Eugene Phillips, 97-Jamar Jones.