Western Illinois 44, at Eastern Illinois 23

CHARLESTON, Ill. (Interstat) — Western Illinois leaned on a pair of defensive touchdowns, a productive ground game and timely passing to defeat Eastern Illinois 44-23 on Saturday in an NCAA Football Championship Division game at O’Brien Field. The Leathernecks moved to 6-4 overall, while the Panthers dropped to 3-7. The announced attendance was 3,609. Western Illinois scored in every quarter and broke open a close game after halftime, turning Eastern Illinois mistakes into points and adding enough offense to pull away from the home side. Eastern Illinois struck first in the opening quarter when Cole LaCrue connected with Jacarre Fleming-Page… Read more...