Illinois St 42 Indiana St 20

[ISUMatt]

Redbirds improve to 8-2...Luke Drone threw for 298 yards and four touchdowns to lead Illinois State to a 42-20 win Saturday at Indiana State.

Drone connected with Lauren Robinson for a 90-yard score and followed that up with a 52-yard TD pass to Pierre Jackson on the last play of the first quarter.

RUSHING: ILLINOIS ST-Pierre Rembert 27-132, Rafael Rice 4-42, Luke
Drone 3-MINUS 4. INDIANA ST-Tony West 22-88, Alexander Thomas 5-31,
Reilly Murphy 9-22, Carl Berman 1-11.

PASSING: ILLINOIS ST-Luke Drone 16-26-298- 0. INDIANA ST-Reilly Murphy
26-46-279- 0. Sam Logan 0-1-0- 0.

RECEIVING: ILLINOIS ST-Laurent Robinson 6-169, Pierre Jackson 5-85,
Jason Horton 2-39, Dave Mordis 1-5, Garin Harcar 1-1, Pierre Rembert
1-MINUS 1. INDIANA ST-Carl Berman 5-83, Jerimy Robinson 6-77, Sam
Logan 6-47, Tony West 2-32, Alexander Thomas 4-21, Brian Jackson
3-19.

[Tod]

Had me worried for awhile, Matt. :eek: :eek: :eek:

[ISUMatt]

Worried about the fact that I hadn't posted today, I actually made the trek to Terre Haute and watched the game...adly on INS Senior Day, the ILS fans outnumbered them!!!

[Tod]

Worried about the fact that I hadn't posted today, I actually made the trek to Terre Haute and watched the game...adly on INS Senior Day, the ILS fans outnumbered them!!!

No, worried that ILSU was going to lose. It was close there, for awhile.

[ISUMatt]

Yea a VERY BAD 3rd quarter where we ran 9 plays (3-3 and outs) and were only up 21-20 after 3...But the way the wind was blowing, you really couldnt throw that ball into it...BUT the big players stepped up, we got the stops and still won...

[birdsflyhigh]

Listened to the game and kept thinking the Birds would eventually turn on the Offensive jets, and then ISU exploded for 21 fourth quarter points...YES!!

Man, QB Luke Drone just DID miss back-to-back 300 yard games....298 is still fantastic though! The Birds rolled up 468 yards in offensive and held a high powered Sycamore offense down for the most part in winning 42-20.
Overall, it was another good performance for the Redbirds.

The Sycamores record of 1-10 is just crazy. IN St. really improved thoughout the season, and I can absolutely see them turning the corner in the next couple seasons. :nod:

[redbirdtim]

Sycamores, should they add to the talent they have, will win more games next year...could even see them winning 3-4 games in the Gateway. They have the offense just need a few more defensive guys. Might as well see if they can get some transfers on defense to come in and make an impact right away.

This game was a trap game before our big match-up with UNI. However, thanks to L-Rob and Pierre Jackson, we got out to a nice start. When the offense stalled, we almost gave it away. For next week, we need a more consistent running game (kinda disappointed with how we did against this defense). We also need to have better pass coverage since our DLine is having trouble gettiing to the QB.