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Under eighth-year head coach Rey Dempsey, the team compiled a 13–1 record, finished second in the MVC, and won the NCAA Division I-AA Championship, defeating Western Carolina in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game. [1] The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.
After achieving success at SIU, former coaches Bruce Weber and Matt Painter accepted head coaching positions at schools in the Big Ten. Weber took over at Illinois in 2003 and Painter – an alumnus of and former basketball player at Purdue University – accepted the Boilermakers ' offer to become top assistant and designated successor to Gene ...
SIU has had 28 players drafted in the NFL Draft, including four since 2010. In total, 36 Saluki football players have gone on to play in the NFL. Some notable Salukis in the NFL are listed below. Kenneth Boatright – Dallas Cowboys, DE (2013–2015) Brandon Jacobs – New York Giants, RB (2005–2013)
The 1987 Southern Illinois Salukis football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season.
Before his time at Kansas State, Weber was the head coach at Southern Illinois from 1998-2003 and at Illinois from 2003-2012. He coached SIU to two Missouri Valley Conference titles and two NCAA ...
Tolbert and Robinson are currently listed on the roster for the Southern Arkansas football team. Four men were reportedly arrested on Friday night in connection to the August 11 death of Southern ...
Bruce Brett Weber (born October 19, 1956) is a former men's basketball head coach at Kansas State University. [1] Prior to his tenure at Kansas State, Weber was the head coach at Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois .
The 2001–02 Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team represented Southern Illinois University Carbondale during the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Salukis were led by fourth-year head coach Bruce Weber and played their home games at the SIU Arena in Carbondale, Illinois as members of the Missouri Valley ...