Youngstown St. 31, W. Illinois 21

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	19	18
Total Yards	258	279
Passing	109	134
Rushing	149	145
Penalties	11-108	5-69
3rd Down Conversions	4-8	7-13
4th Down Conversions	0-1	0-1
Turnovers	4	2
Possession	25:06	34:54

Air/Ground Leaders
Western Illinois Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Lunt 9/19 109 2 1 Team 0/2 0 0 0	Youngstown State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Summers 12/18 134 2 1
Western Illinois Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Gibbs 27 155 1 13 Gabelmann 2 13 0 9	Youngstown State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Smith 28 113 1 25 Brown 10 49 1 19
Western Illinois Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Rideau 5 76 1 30 Senatus 2 21 1 12	Youngstown State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Jones 8 94 1 22 Barnes 3 28 1 14

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				WIU	YSU
	TD	09:50	Kevin Smith 1 Yd Run (Stephen Blose Kick)	0	7
	TD	01:05	Donald Jones 3 Yd Pass From Brandon Summers (Stephen Blose Kick)	0	14
SECOND QUARTER				WIU	YSU
	TD	12:33	Dana Brown 1 Yd Run (Stephen Blose Kick)	0	21
	TD	10:30	Dominique Barnes 7 Yd Pass From Brandon Summers (Stephen Blose Kick)	0	28
	FG	01:52	Stephen Blose 27 Yd	0	31
THIRD QUARTER				WIU	YSU
	TD	10:23	Justin Rideau 30 Yd Pass From Wil Lunt (Brian Egan Kick)	7	31
FOURTH QUARTER				WIU	YSU
	TD	12:25	Dre Gibbs 11 Yd Run (Brian Egan Kick)	14	31
	TD	07:54	Lito Senatus 12 Yd Pass From Wil Lunt (Brian Egan Kick)	21	31

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Kevin Smith ran for 113 yards and a touchdown and Youngstown State held off a second-half rally to beat Western Illinois 31-21 on Saturday.

The Penguins (4-2, 2-1 in Missouri Valley Conference) built a 31-0 lead by halftime but didn't score again. Touchdown runs of 1-yard each by Smith and Dana Brown, and short scoring tosses by Brandon Summers put Youngstown St. up big.

Wil Lunt brought the Leathernecks (1-4, 0-2) back with a 30-yard touchdown pass to Justin Rideau, then a 12-yarder to close out the scoring. Dre Gibbs had a 15-yard scoring run and finished with 155 yards.

Mike Stieren forced the first fumble of his career to open the fourth quarter, giving the Leathernecks a possession that resulted in Western?s second scoring drive of the game.

Lunt finished his first career start with 92 yards on 8 of 16 passing.

Summers finished with 134 yards on 12 of 18 passing.