A-STATE/SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SERIES HISTORY
• A-State trails Southern Illinois-Carbondale 22-47 in the all-time series after the two teams met
for the first time in 1948. A-State won both meetings in 1948 with 3-2 and 8-6 victories during
the year. Arkansas State went on to win the first meeting in 1949 before SIU claimed its first
victory in the second meeting that year 6-3. The two teams played yearly from 1948 through
1957 with Southern Illinois winning all four meeting in 1953.
• The two schools played each other fairly frequently through the 1978 season with Southern
Illinois holding a 37-8 advantage over that time frame.