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CHARLESTON, Ill. – Riding a two-game winning streak, the Eastern Kentucky football team will play its final road game of the 2017 season at Eastern Illinois on Saturday.
 
Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET.
 
The live radio broadcast of the game is available in the Richmond area on WCYO 100.7 FM, and can be heard worldwide on EKUSports.com.  A live free video broadcast is available on OVCDigitalNetwork.com.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-  Eastern Kentucky leads the all-time series with Eastern Illinois, 13-11.  The Colonels are 7-6 against the Panthers in Charleston. 
 
-  EIU won last season, 24-0, in Richmond.  The last time the two teams met in Charleston, EKU lost 21-7 on Nov. 21, 2015. 
 
-  Only one of the previous seven meetings between the two teams was decided by less than 14 points.  The average margin of victory for the winning team the last seven games is 21.8 points.
 
THE COLONELS
-  Eastern Kentucky (3-5, 3-3 OVC) rushed for a season-high 229 yards in its 31-21 victory over UT Martin (Oct. 21), and then outdid that with 279 yards in its 26-13 win at Murray State this week.
 
-  EKU has held both of its last two opponents to less than 100 yards rushing and less than 300 yards of offense.
 
-  In its three games before the current two-game winning streak, Eastern turned the ball over 12 times (-11 turnover margin), the Colonels are +3 in turnover margin during their two-game winning streak.
 
-  Sophomore Daryl McCleskey has rushed for more than 100 yards in each of the past two games (281 total).
 
-  EKU has only allowed six sacks in eight games, the eighth fewest allowed in the nation.  The Colonels have recorded five sacks in their last two games, both victories.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-  After beginning OVC play with four straight wins, Eastern Illinois (5-4, 4-2 OVC) has lost two straight league games.  The Panthers lost to No. 3 Jacksonville State, 30-14, at home and then fell on the road at Tennessee-Martin, 27-10.
 
-  In its five victories this season, Eastern Illinois has won by a combined margin of 12 points, an average margin of 2.4 points per game.
 
-  The Panthers average just 17.6 points per game and 293 yards of offense per game.  The EIU defense allows 26.4 points and 358 yards per game.
 
-  Eastern Illinois has turned the ball over 19 times this season, including 13 interceptions.
 
-  The Panthers have used three quarterbacks this season.  Bud Martin has a team-high 113 attempts and 770 yards.  Isaiah Johnson leads the rushing attack with 525 yards.
 
DOWN THE ROAD
-  EKU will close out the 2017 season with two straight home games, beginning with Austin Peay on Nov. 11 at 1 p.m. at Roy Kidd Stadium.