Eastern Illinois Panthers @ Austin Peay Governors

1-11, 1-7 OVC

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
E Illinois EIU	0	7	0	0	7
Austin Peay APSU	7	14	14	0	35

Austin Peay GovernorsAustin PeayAPSU

9-3, 7-1 OVC

Austin Peay claims OVC crown with 35-7 win over E. Illinois

Nov 24, 2019, 01:25 am

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- JaVaughn Craig threw three touchdowns and ran for two more and Austin Peay beat Eastern Illinois 35-7 for the Ohio Valley Conference championship on Saturday.

Austin Peay (9-3, 7-1) owns the tiebreaker over Southeast Missouri State (9-3, 7-1) by virtue of its 28-24 win over the Redhawks on Oct. 12. Its only their second conference title, the last coming in 1977. The Governors -- ranked No. 19 in FCS -- set a single-season record for wins.

Craig threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Baniko Harley with 4:51 left in the first quarter for the game's first score. Darshon McCullough's 47-yard TD run eight seconds into the second tied it up. Craig followed up with a 5-yard scoring run after a 5-play, 76-yard drive less than two minutes later. Then, his 19-yard touchdown run 68 seconds before halftime made it 21-7.

McCullough ran for 110 yards on 20 carries for the Panthers' (1-11, 1-7) lone score.

Game Information

Clarksville, TN

FCS

OVC-Big South Association	CONF	OVR
Tennessee Tech	8-0	11-2
UT Martin	6-2	6-6
Gardner-Webb	5-3	7-5
Lindenwood	5-3	6-6
Charleston Southern	4-4	5-7
Southeast Missouri State	3-5	4-8
Western Illinois	3-5	4-8
Eastern Illinois	2-6	3-9
Tennessee State	0-8	2-10

United Athletic Conference	CONF	OVR
Abilene Christian	7-1	9-5
Tarleton State	7-1	12-2
Southern Utah	6-2	7-5
West Georgia	5-3	8-3
Austin Peay	4-4	7-5
Eastern Kentucky	3-5	5-7
Central Arkansas	2-6	3-9
Utah Tech	1-7	2-10
North Alabama	1-7	2-10

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