Southern Illinois Salukis @ Southeast Missouri State Redhawks

3-1, 2-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
S Illinois SIU	14	17	21	7	59
SE Missouri SEMO	7	0	17	7	31

Southeast Missouri State RedhawksSE MissouriSEMO

1-3, 1-1 Home

Williams accounts for six touchdowns, 493 yards in Southern Illinois' 59-31 over SE Missouri State

— DJ Williams passed for four touchdowns and ran for two more in accounting for 493 yards offense to lead Southern Illinois to a 59-31 victory over Southeast Missouri State on Saturday night.

Sep 20, 2025, 10:37 pm - AP

Play-By-Play

1st Quarter

Touchdown

14:46 - 1st

SIU

SEMO

DJ Williams 75 Yd Run (Paul Geelen Kick)

1 play, 75 yards, 0:14

Touchdown

12:28 - 1st

SIU

SEMO

Lashaun Lester 3 Yd Run (Paul Geelen Kick)

2 plays, 5 yards, 0:43

Touchdown

8:00 - 1st

SIU

SEMO

Jax Leatherwood 7 Yd Run (Justin Keller Kick)

12 plays, 77 yards, 4:23

2nd Quarter

Touchdown

11:17 - 2nd

SIU

SEMO

DJ Williams 4 Yd Run (Paul Geelen Kick)

6 plays, 45 yards, 2:47

Touchdown

3:20 - 2nd

SIU

SEMO

Vinson Davis III 17 Yd pass from DJ Williams (Paul Geelen Kick)

9 plays, 94 yards, 4:04

Field Goal

0:00 - 2nd

SIU

SEMO

Paul Geelen 32 Yd Field Goal

9 plays, 53 yards, 1:34

3rd Quarter

Touchdown

12:13 - 3rd

SIU

SEMO

Cam Pedro 22 Yd pass from Jax Leatherwood (Justin Keller Kick)

8 plays, 79 yards, 2:41

Touchdown

11:27 - 3rd

SIU

SEMO

Fabian McCray 14 Yd pass from DJ Williams (Paul Geelen Kick)

2 plays, 75 yards, 0:41

Field Goal

6:03 - 3rd

SIU

SEMO

Justin Keller 28 Yd Field Goal

10 plays, 65 yards, 5:24

Touchdown

4:43 - 3rd

SIU

SEMO

Vinson Davis III 69 Yd pass from DJ Williams (Paul Geelen Kick)

3 plays, 75 yards, 1:20

Touchdown

2:23 - 3rd

SIU

SEMO

Cole Ruble 2 Yd Run (Justin Keller Kick)

8 plays, 75 yards, 2:20

Touchdown

0:00 - 3rd

SIU

SEMO

Jay Jones 18 Yd pass from DJ Williams (Paul Geelen Kick)

4 plays, 75 yards, 2:23

4th Quarter

Touchdown

5:02 - 4th

SIU

SEMO

Lashaun Lester 42 Yd Run (Paul Geelen Kick)

8 plays, 69 yards, 5:27

Touchdown

2:41 - 4th

SIU

SEMO

Brandon Epton Jr. 34 Yd pass from Jax Leatherwood (Justin Keller Kick)

7 plays, 75 yards, 2:21

Data is currently unavailable.

100%

--SIU

--SEMO

According to ESPN Analytics

FCS

Missouri Valley Football Conference	CONF	OVR
Illinois State	0-0	0-0
Indiana State	0-0	0-0
Murray State	0-0	0-0
North Dakota	0-0	0-0
Northern Iowa	0-0	0-0
South Dakota	0-0	0-0
South Dakota State	0-0	0-0
Southern Illinois	0-0	0-0
Youngstown State	0-0	0-0

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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