Redbirds end Eagles' season, 59-46

Illinois State's Coprich runs wild for 258 yards, four scores in playoff win

Eastern Washington's latest journey to Frisco, Texas, was put off yet another year.

Behind the punishing and virtually unstoppable running game of Marshaun Coprich who rushed for 258 yards, the carefully executed passing game of Tre Roberson and a decided 3-0 win in the turnover battle, the Illinois State Redbirds scored a 59-46 NCAA Football Championship Subdivision playoff win over the Eagles (11-3) last Saturday at Roos Field.

And the score was not at all as close as the final 13-point margin might have indicated. Had it not been for a too-little, too-late fourth-quarter scoring binge, this...

 

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