Jackrabbits host WIU in Beef Bowl

[News from the FCS]

The South Dakota State University football team will be in search of its first victory of the season as it hosts nationally ranked Western Illinois in the 44th Annual Beef Bowl.Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. Saturday at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium. A pre-game barbecue will run from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. directly south of the stadium. Barbecue tickets can be purchased at the event, with proceeds benefitting scholarships in the Animal and Range Sciences Department at SDSU.At 0-4, the Jackrabbits will be attempting to avoid their worst start in program history. No SDSU team has ever started the season 0-5 the closest being the 1965 squad which went 0-4-1 through its first five games.Western Illinois, meanwhile, has engineered a dramatic turnaround under head coach Mark Hendrickson. Picked to finish eighth in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, the Fighting Leathernecks enterSaturday s game 4-1 overall, including a 2-0 mark in league play, after a 28-16 victory last week at North Dakota

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