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  Saturday, Oct. 16 4:00pm ET
Murray St 37, Eastern Ill 32
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) _ Tim Linville had two short touchdown runs and Justin Fuente threw for 280 yards and one touchdown to lead Murray State to a 37-32 victory over Eastern Illinois on Saturday.

The Racers (3-3, 3-1 Ohio Valley Conference) took a 23-22 lead in the closing seconds of the first half on Jermaine Manning's 4-yard touchdown burst, which followed a quick-strike score by Eastern Illinois.

Eastern Illinois (1-6, 1-2 OVC) briefly led 22-17 when Frank Cutolo returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown.

Murray State opened a 30-22 lead when Fuente connected with Terrence Tillman for a 33-yard touchdown pass with 10:28 left in the third quarter.

Eastern Illinois answered with a 44-yard Chad Larner field goal before Murray State widened its lead to 37-25 on Linville's 2-yard touchdown run.

Eastern Illinois closed the scoring on Anthony Buich's 49-yard scoring pass to Cutolo with 9:11 left.

Eastern took an early 10-0 lead on Jabarey McDavid's 2-yard touchdown run and Larner's 49-yard field goal. The Racers pulled even on Greg Miller's 42-yard field goal and a 1-yard TD run by Linville.

Manning rushed 25 times for 135 yards for Murray State. Eastern Illinois was held to 93 yards rushing, while Buich threw for 264 yards.

 


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