NORMAL, Ill. – On the first drive of the game, Eastern Illinois was on the Illinois State one yard line looking to score, but a recovered fumble at the goal line would lead to three-straight scoring drives for the No. 15 ranked Redbirds (3-1), who never looked back in a 31-7 win over the Panthers on Saturday night at Hancock Stadium in the 112th Mid-America Classic.
How It Happened:
• The Redbirds jumped out to an early lead on a flea flicker pass from Wenkers Wright to Tommy Rittenhouse, who found Daniel Sobkowicz wide open in the end zone for a 7-0 lead with 2:34 left in the first quarter … the play capped off a 98-yard scoring drive after the Redbirds recovered a fumble as EIU was heading into the end zone.