Glasford's 4 touchdowns ignite W. Illinois victory
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MACOMB, Ill. -- Travis Glasford ran for four touchdowns as Western Illinois defeated Southwest Missouri State 63-42 on Saturday.
Glasford finished with 230 yards rushing on 29 carries for Western Illinois (8-3, 5-2 Gateway Conference). Russ Michna gained 53 yards on seven carries while passing for 314 yards and three touchdowns for the Leathernecks. Michna completed 20 of his 28 pass attempts, and was intercepted just once. Matt Yellin also rushed for a touchdown for Western Illinois, and Reggie Gray caught six passes for 109 yards.
Southwest Missouri State (4-7, 1-6) trailed by just a touchdown at the half before Western Illinois pulled away. A.J. Porter threw for 347 yards and five touchdowns. Kaya Farris caught eight passes for 153 yards and Brandon Taylor had 10 catches for 85 yards. Cody Pratt also ran for 89 yards on 20 carries, but it wasn't enough for the Bears.
Illinois State 38, Indiana State 3
NORMAL, Ill. -- Sha-Ron Edwards ran for two touchdowns to lead Illinois State.
Leading 10-3 at the half, Illinois State (6-6, 3-4 Gateway) pulled away with touchdown runs of 2 and 22-yards by Edwards. Andrew Papoccia scored on an 18-yard fumble recovery with 25 seconds left in the third quarter. Quarterback Mike Souza, who was 17-of-24 for 251 yards, connected with Mike Larson for a 29-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter to close the scoring.
Edwards finished with had 199 yards on 33 carries.
Kris Karagory ran for 132 yards on 23 carries for Indiana State (3-9, 0-7).