BROOKINGS, S.D. - Southern Illinois University's defense took the drama out of Saturday's Missouri Valley Football Conference de facto championship game. Going up against the top scoring defense in the country, the No. 3 Salukis flirted with their se… more »

CARBONDALE - Deji Karim had to stop himself momentarily after he was asked if Southern Illinois University's football team is treating Saturday's game with co-conference leader South Dakota State as a playoff game. "Oh yeah," he said, before pausing.… more »

Founded in 1985 as the Gateway Football Conference, the Missouri Valley Football Conference is celebrating its 25th season of FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) football during the 2009 season. As part of a season-long celebration, the conference i… more »

To say it was an upset is putting it mildly. For the first time since 1983, the SIU football team won a game in Cedar Falls, Iowa against its rivals from the far north. The win allowed the Salukis to jump to No. 3 in the Football Championship Subdivi… more »

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - "Go Southern Go" never sounded so good, and Southern Illinois University's football team earned every word Saturday. Moments after the fifth-ranked Salukis fought off second-ranked Northern Iowa, 27-20, they joined a pack of fans… more »

CARBONDALE - The burst, and the shimmy, were officially back for Deji Karim on Thursday night at McAndrew Stadium. One came before the other in the final scrimmage of the preseason for Southern Illinois University. Karim, a 5-foot-11, 200-pound fifth… more »

CARBONDALE - For the first time since 1989, Southern Illinois University's football team will open the season at a Football Bowl Subdivision school, but the Salukis may be as well prepared as ever to do so. SIU, 9-3 last season, comes off its sixth s… more »

CARBONDALE - Robert Spann likes to take things into his own hands, so it was only natural for Southern Illinois University to give him more room to roam this fall. The transfer from Northeast Oklahoma A&M finished fifth in the country in tackles… more »

CARBONDALE - The names from the 2004 Southern Illinois University football team jump out at you. Joel Sambursky. Craig Turner. Arkee Whitlock. Craig Coffin. And a 6-foot-4, 260-pound tailback named Brandon Jacobs. "That team was so good, and they… more »

He’s not the 305-pound All-American offensive lineman he was in 1990. But a fit-and-trim, 230-pound Scott Fuchs is ecstatic to be back at North Dakota State. “From the day I left NDSU and from the start of my first job at Valley City State, it was pr… more »

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - There was little doubt that the addition of North Dakota State and South Dakota State would make a brutal Missouri Valley Fall Conference race even more competitive. But when the dust had settled last season, it wa… more »

ST. LOUIS -- Founded in 1985 as the Gateway Football Conference, the Missouri Valley Football Conference will celebrate its 25th season of FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) football during the 2009 season. To kick off the league’s 25th Year Celeb… more »

Central Arkansas defensive end Larry Hart, one of just two underclassmen among the 2008 finalists for the Buck Buchanan Award, presented to the top defensive player in FCS, heads up a group of four players added to the 2009 Buchanan watch list. Hart,… more »

Thirteen student-athletes highlight nearly 400 who earned selection to the 2008 Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll, as announced by the league office. Those 13 earned the league’s highest academic achievement by capturing the Missouri Va… more »

CARBONDALE - Southern Illinois University unveiled a special logo and special plans to celebrate the 73rd and final season of football at McAndrew Stadium Tuesday. The school plans to celebrate "The Mac" with special collector's edition schedule card… more »