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POCATELLO, IDAHO- Idaho State concludes the 2011 season with a 4 p.m. contest against the 2010 National Champions, Eastern Washington Eagles.
Jerry Miller and
Brad Bugger will call the action live on 930 KSEI and fans can access live audio and video by logging onto isubengals.com. All Idaho State faculty and staff can purchase unlimited amount of $6 tickets for the game.
Idaho State is 2-2 at home this year. Eastern Washington comes into Pocatello with a 5-5 overall record and a 4-3 mark in Big Sky play while Idaho State is 2-8 and 1-6 in league. Since 2002, Idaho State is 6-3 on Senior Day since 2002.
Eastern Washington leads the overall series 23-9. The Eagles have won the last five meetings with Idaho State last defeating EWU 34-30 on Homecoming in 2005. Eastern Washington was ranked No. 5 at the time.
Eastern Washington defeated the Bengals 34-7 in the final game of the 2010 season.
Honoring the 2011 Senior Class
Today 12 Bengal seniors will be honored prior to the start of the game.
Greg Melendez,
Basim Hudeen,
Kelvin Miller,
David Harrington,
A.J. Storms,
J.T. Albers,
Jack Francis,
Jordan Monga,
David Tyler,
Braeden Clayson,
Andrew Zamora and
Kelvin Krosch are all playing their final games as Bengals.
Storms Breaks Tackle Record
A.J. Storms became the Idaho State all-time leader in tackles in last Saturday's game at Sacramento State. The Bengal senior tied his career high with 20 tackles, allowing him to pass Mike Calley's 414 tackles he had during his career (1984-87). Storms now has 417 tackles during his four years as a Bengal and he has had over 100 tackles each of his last three seasons. For his career he also has seven fumble recoveries, four coming this year and 19 tackles for loss. The Big Sky Conference record for tackles is held by Montana State's Kane Ioane (2000-03), who had 471.
Rodrick Rumbles
Rodrick Rumble is having a record breaking junior season for the Bengals. The Bengal wide receiver has caught 107 passes for 1,286 yards and nine touchdowns. The 107 receptions is an ISU single-season and Big Sky record while his 1,286 receiving yards ranks second on the ISU single-season Top 10 list. Ed Bell holds the record with 1,522 yards in 1969. Rumbles nine touchdown receptions ranks sixth on the Idaho State single-season record books. For his career, Rumble has caught 144 passes for 1,795 yards and 12 touchdowns. The 144 receptions ranks eighth in the ISU career record books while the 1,795 yards ranks 10th. Eddie Thompson (2002-05) holds the school record for most receptions with 219 while Ed Bell holds the career record for most receiving yards at 2,676 (1967-69).
