Charleston Southern Buccaneers @ Western Illinois Leathernecks

Charleston Southern BuccaneersCharleston SoCHSO

2-6, 1-3 OVC

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Charleston So CHSO	7	7	7	8	29
W Illinois WIU	10	7	7	0	24

Western Illinois LeathernecksW IllinoisWIU

1-7, 0-4 OVC

Zolten Osborne throws 4 TD passes to lead Charleston Southern over Western Illinois 29-24

— Zolten Osborne threw four touchdown passes and Charleston Southern held off Western Illinois for a 29-24 victory on Saturday.

Oct 18, 2025, 07:52 pm - AP

Play-By-Play

1st Quarter

Field Goal

9:44 - 1st

CHSO

WIU

Antonio Chadha 41 Yd Field Goal

10 plays, 41 yards, 3:19

Touchdown

7:11 - 1st

CHSO

WIU

Rashawn Cunningham 16 Yd pass from Zolten Osborne (Zach Gordon Kick)

6 plays, 75 yards, 2:33

Touchdown

5:23 - 1st

CHSO

WIU

Christian Anaya 22 Yd pass from Cason Carswell (Antonio Chadha Kick)

4 plays, 72 yards, 1:42

2nd Quarter

Touchdown

13:36 - 2nd

CHSO

WIU

Markell Holman 1 Yd Run (Antonio Chadha Kick)

11 plays, 51 yards, 5:13

Touchdown

6:38 - 2nd

CHSO

WIU

Rashawn Cunningham 14 Yd pass from Zolten Osborne (Zach Gordon Kick)

6 plays, 48 yards, 2:25

3rd Quarter

Touchdown

11:16 - 3rd

CHSO

WIU

Alex Williams 11 Yd pass from Cason Carswell (Antonio Chadha Kick)

9 plays, 75 yards, 3:44

Touchdown

8:02 - 3rd

CHSO

WIU

Jamil Bishop 42 Yd pass from Zolten Osborne (Zach Gordon Kick)

7 plays, 75 yards, 3:14

4th Quarter

Touchdown

12:57 - 4th

CHSO

WIU

Jamil Bishop 30 Yd pass from Zolten Osborne (Zolten Osborne Pass to Nebanye Moore for Two-Point Conversion)

8 plays, 80 yards, 2:05

Data is currently unavailable.

100%

--CHSO

--WIU

According to ESPN Analytics

FCS

Ohio Valley Conference	CONF	OVR
Charleston Southern	0-0	0-0
Eastern Illinois	0-0	0-0
Gardner-Webb	0-0	0-0
Lindenwood	0-0	0-0
Southeast Missouri State	0-0	0-0
Tennessee State	0-0	0-0
UT Martin	0-0	0-0
Western Illinois	0-0	0-0

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