FCS Championship - First Round

6-5, 4-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Nicholls NICH	0	0	0	0	0
S Illinois SIU	21	0	14	0	35

Southern Illinois SalukisS IllinoisSIU

8-4, 4-2 Home

Nicholls Colonels @ Southern Illinois Salukis

Game Information

Carbondale, IL

FCS

Southland Conference	CONF	OVR
Stephen F. Austin	3-0	6-0
Lamar	3-0	5-1
Houston Christian	2-1	3-3
East Texas A&M	2-2	2-4
UT Rio Grande Valley	2-2	3-3
SE Louisiana	1-2	3-3
Incarnate Word	1-2	2-4
McNeese	1-2	2-4
Nicholls	1-2	2-4
Northwestern State	0-3	0-6

Missouri Valley Football Conference	CONF	OVR
South Dakota State	2-0	5-1
Northern Iowa	2-0	3-2
Youngstown State	3-1	5-2
North Dakota	2-1	5-2
South Dakota	2-1	5-2
Southern Illinois	1-2	3-4
Illinois State	0-2	4-2
Murray State	0-2	1-5
Indiana State	0-3	2-5

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