NORMAL, Ill. - Kevin Glenn passed for 286 yards and fourtouchdowns as Illinois State crushed West Virginia University Tech75-10. The Redbirds, ranked No. 5 in the preseason NCAA Division I-AA poll, jumped ahead 31-3 in the first quarter. At halftime, theGolden Bears, a Division II team, were behind 41-3.
The Redbirds, I-AA semifinalists last year and winners of sevenof their last eight games, rolled up 733 yards of total offense.
Justin Frierson, who grabbed Glenn's first two scoring passes of37 and 45 yards, was the only Redbird with more than one TD. WillieWatts ran nine times for 141 yards and one score, while Glenn was 16-of-24 passing.
Kalem McRae of Huntington ran one yard in the third quarter forTech's lone TD. Fadi Hanbali had kicked a 42-yard field goal for theBears (0-2) in the opening quarter. Tech quarterback Eric Smith was18-of-40 for 229 yards. He was intercepted once.
The 75 points are the most the Redbirds (1-0) have scored in anopener, smashing the mark in a 54-0 shutout of Lincoln of Missouriin 1984. ISU's record for most points in a single game was in an 80-0 rout of Eureka in 1937.
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