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33–17
Final
 O'Brien Field, Charleston
FINALUT Martin 33, Eastern Illinois 17

Highlights

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Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL
EIU WINNING
UTM WINNING
KICKQ2Q3Q4FINAL

KICKOFF: UTM 64% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 12 PTS

Scoring plays

9 SCORES
Q1
Rushing Touchdown

Ladevin Fair 5 Yd Run (Mitch Mersman PAT failed)

6:01
6-0
Q2
Passing Touchdown

Addison Bounds 10 Yd pass from Jared Pilson (Nick Bruno Kick)

10:02
6-7
Rushing Touchdown

Jaimiee Bowe 2 Yd Run (Brett Arkelian Kick)

5:18
13-7
Q3
Field Goal Good

Nick Bruno 26 Yd Field Goal

6:36
13-10
Field Goal Good

Brett Arkelian 20 Yd Field Goal

0:31
16-10
Q4
Rushing Touchdown

Ladevin Fair 5 Yd Run (Brett Arkelian Kick)

8:03
23-10
Rushing Touchdown

Devin Church 27 Yd Run (Nick Bruno Kick)

6:32
23-17
Field Goal Good

Mitch Mersman 42 Yd Field Goal

2:28
26-17
Interception Return Touchdown

Kahlid Hagens 52 Yd Interception Return (Brett Arkelian Kick)

2:14
33-17

What happened

ESPN RECAP

Fair, Bowe help UT Martin run past E. Illinois, 33-17

CHARLESTON, Ill. -- Ladevin Fair and Jaimiee Bowe combined for 122 yards rushing and three touchdowns and UT Martin beat Eastern Illinois 33-17 on Saturday. Fair, who had a pair of 5-yard touchdown runs, rushed for 60 yards on 17 carries and added four receptions for 24 yards. Bowe's 2-yard scoring run capped a 10-play, 79-yard drive and gave the Skyhawks (6-4, 5-1 Ohio Valley) the lead, 13-7, for good with 5:18 left in the first half. Devin Church scored on a 27-yard run that trimmed the Eastern Illinois (5-5, 3-4) deficit to 23-17 with 6:32 remaining. But UTM answered with a nine-play drive that lasted 3 minutes, 57 seconds and resulted in a 42-yard field goal by Mitch Mersman . On Eastern Illinois' next offensive play from scrimmage, Kahlid Hagens intercepted a pass and returned it 52 yards for a touchdown that made it 33-17.

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Top performers

UTM
PASSINGTroy Cook13/22, 116 YDS, 1 INT
RUSHINGJaimiee Bowe16 CAR, 62 YDS, 1 TD
RECEIVINGKyle Kerrick2 REC, 37 YDS
EIU
PASSINGAustin Green9/17, 67 YDS, 2 INT
RUSHINGDevin Church13 CAR, 101 YDS, 1 TD
RECEIVINGShawn Mitchell3 REC, 37 YDS

Team stats

UTM · EIU
253
TOTAL YARDS
297
116
PASSING
111
137
RUSHING
186
17
1ST DOWNS
18
7-15
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
7-14
2
TURNOVERS
7
7-55
PENALTIES
9-85
32:24
POSSESSION
27:36

O'BRIEN FIELD, CHARLESTON · ATTENDANCE 3,054

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