Southeast Missouri (3-5, 2-3 OVC) vs. #23/25 Eastern Kentucky (6-3, 4-2 OVC)
Game Information
Date: Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012
Kickoff Time: 1 p.m., CT
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Weather Forecast: Mostly Sunny, 67 degrees
Site: Houck Stadium (10,000)
Surface: FieldTurf
Series Record: EKU leads, 19-3
Coaches: Tony Samuel (62-105 overall, 28-48 at Southeast, 17-35 OVC). Dean Hood (32-23 overall, 32-23 at EKU, 27-10 OVC).
Southeast Missouri Game Notes
Media Coverage
Redhawks Radio Network: K103 FM (KEZS), flagship; 1440 AM (KSIM); 903 AM (KWOC); 1470 AM (KMAL). Erik Sean, Play-by-Play; Rick Wieser, Color Analyst; Todd Bonacki, Sideline.
Video Webcast: OVC Digital Network Todd Richards, Play-by-Play; Lawrence Brookins, Color Analyst.
Live Stats: GoSoutheast.com
Facebook: GoSoutheast
Twitter: @GoSoutheast
Quick Hits
Southeast Returns to Cape Girardeau for Final Home Game
Southeast Missouri (3-5, 2-3) returns to Cape Girardeau for its final home game of the season when it hosts No. 23/25 Eastern Kentucky (6-3, 4-2) Saturday. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m., CT, at Missouri National Guard Field/Houck Stadium.
Senior Day
Southeast will honor 23 seniors prior to Saturday's kickoff.
Blake Peiffer,
Branden Spann,
Tylor Brock,
Ola Alli,
Levi Terrell,
Renard Celestin,
Drew Geldbach,
Darrick Borum,
Justin Love,
Derek Walker,
Taylor Ramsey,
Matt Shannon,
Brandon Gabbard,
Pete Niggemann,
Josh Jourdan,
Colt McCauley,
Evan Conrad,
Marq Goodlitt,
Josyah O'Keefe-Lopez,
Joe Malolo,
Alonzo Nevarez,
Dominic Maldonado and
Quinn Perry will be part of those festivities. The Redhawks lose a total of 13 starters (Peiffer, Spann, Brock, Terrell, Borum, Love, Ramsey, Niggemann, McCauley, Conrad, Goodlitt, Malolo, Nevarez) and two specialists (Geldbach, Gabbard) from that group.
Series History
Eastern Kentucky holds a 19-3 record in its all-time series against Southeast. The Redhawks have lost seven of their last eight meetings with the Colonels. Southeast is also 1-9 against EKU at Houck Stadium. The Redhawks only win vs. the Colonels on their home field was in 2010 (40-21) during the year they won the conference title and made the NCAA Playoffs.
Redhawks vs. Ranked FCS Teams
No. 23/25 Eastern Kentucky is the second ranked Football Championship Subdivision opponent to visit Houck Stadium this season. Southeast is 2-13 vs. ranked FCS foes since 2004. The Redhawks fell to then-No. 18 Tennessee State, 40-28, on Oct. 13. This year marks the first where EKU comes to town as a Top-25 opponent.
Terrell Closing in on 1,000 Yards
Levi Terrell is Southeast's leading rusher with 981 yards on 168 carries this season. He has scored four rushing touchdowns and is averaging nearly six yards (5.8) per carry. Terrell enters this week's game needing just 19 to get 1,000 this year. Tennessee State's Trabis Ward (1,205) and Eastern Kentucky's Matt Denham (1,073) are currently the only 1,000-yard rushers in the Ohio Valley Conference this season. Henry Harris was the last Southeast player to get 1,000 rushing yard in a season when he finished with 1,735 in 2010.
Peiffer Eyes 100 Tackles
Southeast linebacker
Blake Peiffer is on pace to get 100 tackles in a season for the second-straight year. Peiffer, who currently has a team-high 88 tackles, recorded 10 or more a total of 15 times in his career. He has posted double-digit tackles in 13 of his last 17 starts. Peiffer set the school's single-season record with 151 stops in 2011. Adam Casper (108 in 2006; 112 in 2007) was the last Southeast player to get 100 tackles in back-to-back seasons. Peiffer ranks second in the Ohio Valley Conference and 13th in the nation in tackles through eight starts this year.
