Jacksonville State University
Eastern Illinois University
Perrilloux Leads Gamecocks to 23-10 Win Over Eastern Illinois
9/27/2008 3:32:39 PM | Football
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Perrilloux completed 20-of-25 passes for a career-high 281 yards and a touchdown while rushing for 19 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 10 attempts. The JSU offense rushed for 201 yards on the ground and had 281 yards passing for 482 totals yards on the afternoon.
Jacksonville State won its third-straight game and snapped an eight-game losing skid against ranked opponents while improving to 3-1 overall and 1-0 in the OVC.
“This was a really big win for our football team,” JSU head coach Jack Crowe said. “
The Gamecock defense had one of its most dominating efforts against the run, allowing just 20 rushing yards, the smallest output by an opponent in the school's Division I history. JSU allowed just 226 total yards, and the 20 yards rushing was the fewest by an OVC opponent since Tennessee Tech rushed for 35 yards in 2007.
The Gamecocks then marched 99 yards on their next possession to extend the lead, a drive that was highlighted by a 66-yard pass from Perrilloux to Maurice Dupree to put JSU in scoring position. Two plays later, Perrilloux broke away from a would-be sack by EIU's Pierre Walters and scampered 16 yards for a touchdown. Gavin Hallford's extra point gave JSU a 14-0 lead with 11:19 to go in the second quarter.
Eastern Illinois continued to make JSU put together long drives, punting the ball down to the Gamecock 12 yard line, but the Gamecocks used 14 plays to drive the 88 yards while converting on two third down conversions en route to the end zone.
On third and eight from the EIU 16 yard line, Perrilloux hit Jeffery Cameron for 15 yards down to the EIU one yard line. Perrilloux then dove in for a one-yard score to give the Gamecocks a 21-0 halftime lead.
Special teams provided the next points for JSU when the snap sailed over EIU punter Kevin Cook's head. Cook picked the ball up and ran out of the back of the end zone for the safety, giving the Gamecocks a 23-0 advantage. The safety was the first for JSU since the first quarter of its game at
After a JSU interception, EIU drove down the Gamecock six yard line and got on the board after Tyler Wilke kicked a 35-yard field goal to cut the lead to 23-3.
The Panthers special teams provided their only touchdown on the afternoon when Kenny Kinchen blocked a Zach Walden punt and Adrian Arrington returned it 16 yards to the end zone for the final margin.
The Gamecocks return to action next week against
POST GAME NOTES
- Captains for the Gamecocks: Keith Gergel and
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- The Gamecock defense held EIU to 20 rushing yards. The fewest by an OVC opponent prior to Saturday was 35 yards by Tennessee Tech in 2007. It marks the 23rd time JSU has held an opponent to less than 100 yards on the ground since the 2003 season.
- Carnell Clark recorded his second fumble recovery of the season with 9:31 left in the first quarter. It was his third career fumble recovery.
- Zach Walden had a 51-yard punt on his first attempt of the day, which was his longest of the season
- Ryan Perrilloux marched the Gamecocks 90 yards in three plays on JSU's second series of the game and then 98 yards later in teh first half. It was Perrilloux' two longest scoring drives and JSU's second and third 90-plus yard scoring drives of the season.
- Alphonso Freeney recorded a career-long rush of 45 yards late in the first quarter. Freeney entered the game with just 41 rushing yards on the season.
- Ryan Perrilloux tossed a 66-yard pass to Maurice Dupree midway through the second quarter. It was the longest pass completion in Perrilloux's career and the second longest reception by Maurice Dupree.
- Ryan Perrilloux continued to be impressive in the second quarter, going 8-for-11 for 139 yards and had two carries for 19 yards and two touchdowns.
- Ryan Perrilloux finished the game with a career-high 281 passing yards, which marks the fourth straight game the La Place,
- The Gamecocks now have 67 games with at least 300 yards of total offesne under Crowe
- JSU head coach Jack Crowe now has 66 career wins in his 13th season
- The last time JSU had a 3-1 record was the 1987 season.
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- Jack Crowe finishes 3-1 for the Month of September, which ties his perfect 3-0 mark in 2004 for most wins during the ninth month of the year.
- JSU is now 9-3 in conference openers since 1995.
- Jack Crowe is now 7-2 in conference openers at
- JSU is 40-10 under Crowe when leading after the first quarter.
- JSU is 43-10 under Crowe when leading at the half.
- JSU is 41-14 under Crowe when rushing for more than 200 yards
- EIU's Kenny Kinchen blocked a JSU punt in the fourth quarter that marked the first time JSU had a punt blocked since second quarter of the Tennessee Tech game on October 20, 2007.
- Kenny Walker's fourth quarter interception was JSU's sixth interception in the last two games, and it was
JSU BY THE NUMBERS
0 - Passing touchdowns allowed by the
14 - Consecutive trips inside the Red Zone in which the Gamecocks have scored.
37 - Degrees warmer than JSU's last trip to
90 - Consecutive games that
75 - Consecutive pass attempts by Ryan Perrilloux without an interception (last INT was final play of second quarter at Georgia Tech) before EIU's interception with 7:48 left in the third quarter.
578 - Games since
