Southern Illinois
2-1MVFC · Saluki Stadium · 15,000 · 12,310 avg in 2026
LastW 34–20 vs Southeast Missouri State · Sat Sep 12 · DJ Williams 286 pass yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Nextat Illinois · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET · Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL) · series 0-4, lost the last 4 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 27 | #141 | #267 | -19.5✗ | @West Florida | L 31–34 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 1 | Sep 3 | #141 | #232 | -20.5✗ | @Samford | W 22–18 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #147 | #231 | -7.5✓ | Southeast Missouri State | W 34–20 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #153 | #69 | @Illinois | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #152 | #256 | @Murray State | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | Youngstown State | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @South Dakota | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Illinois State | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Northern Iowa | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Indiana State | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | South Dakota State | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 21 | @North Dakota |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | Southeast Missouri State | W 34–20 | — | — | — | +0.264 | 36.8% | 176.0% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Sep 3 | @Samford | W 22–18 | — | — | — | +0.109 | 37.0% | 135.5% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Aug 27 | @West Florida | L 31–34 | — | — | — | +0.122 | 35.8% | 185.2% | Most explosive |
| Season average (3 games) | — | — | +0.165 | 36.5% | 165.6% | ||||
Southern Illinois is the 1983 national champion whose football program fell into irrelevance, and whose fanbase will not let the glory fade.
College football forgot about Southern Illinois the year after 1983, and the fanbase believes the Salukis have been trying to remind the sport of their existence ever since.
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 7-5 · last season
✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among MVFC teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Southern Illinois has won three of its last five.
Mixed. 5-5 over the last 10, and won the last two.
Next Sep 19
vs Illinois · away
Outcome band · Southern Illinois · 2026
Outcome band · Southern Illinois · 2026Southern Illinois' most likely season is 2-10 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 5-7.
No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.
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Game day
Southern Illinois is the 1983 national champion whose football program fell into irrelevance, and whose fanbase will not let the glory fade.
Offseason moves
The Offseason Ledger · Southern Illinois
1 verified update · portal · recruiting · staff · news- News
Ben Fiegel: 14 tackles · 3 TFL at Samford
Top 1% tackles game since 2021. at Samford (FCS) W 22-18.
Recruiting buzz
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.