Final Statistics

CHARLESTON, Ill. – In a steady rain that fell throughout the game, the Eastern Kentucky University football team picked up its second straight victory by beating Eastern Illinois University, 33-6, on Saturday at O'Brien Field.
 
EKU (5-3, 3-1 OVC) held Eastern Illinois to 89 yards of total offense, 40 rushing yards and 49 passing.  The Panthers had just eight first downs and averaged only 1.5 yards per offensive play.
 
The Colonels ran the ball 31 times and made just six pass attempts in the first half while building a 14-0 lead.  Alonzo Booth capped a 9-play, 80-yard drive with a 7-yard touchdown run midway through the first quarter.  Quarterback Parker McKinney finished off a 3-play, 20-yard scoring drive with a 17-yard touchdown run with 6:26 left in the second quarter.
 
The short scoring drive was set up by a forced fumble from Joseph Sayles.  Corey Glass recovered the ball at the Eastern Illinois 20 yard line.
 
Eastern Kentucky forced seven punts in the first half and held the Panthers to 33 yards of offense.  EKU rushed for 157 yards and had a total of 171 yards in the first half of play.
 
EIU never challenged the Colonels in the second half.  Samuel Hayworth made four second half field goals, including a 35-yarder, and Ellis Cain scored on a 1-yard run late in the fourth quarter to extend the margin to 33-0.
 
Of the Panthers 89 yards of offense, 69 came on a late touchdown drive that was capped by a 10-yard pass from Harry Woodbery to Isaiah Hill with 57 seconds left in the game.  Prior to that drive, Eastern Illinois had accumulated just two first downs and 20 yards.
 
Eastern Kentucky finished with 279 yards of offense, 265 of which came on the ground.  Colonel quarterbacks threw just 10 passes.  Daryl McCleskey Jr. rushed for 79 yards on 18 carries.  Booth finished with 73 yards and one touchdown on 21 touches.  McKinney scampered for 68 yards. 
 
After two straight road games, EKU will be home at Roy Kidd Stadium to host Austin Peay next Saturday at 1 p.m.