2016 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

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2016 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 6 Jacksonville State $^		7	–	0					10	–	2
UT Martin		6	–	2					7	–	5
Tennessee Tech		5	–	3					5	–	6
Tennessee State		4	–	3					7	–	4
Eastern Illinois		4	–	4					6	–	5
Murray State		4	–	4					4	–	7
SE Missouri State		3	–	5					3	–	8
Eastern Kentucky		2	–	6					3	–	8
Austin Peay		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2016 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Kim Dameron and played their home games at O'Brien Stadium. They were members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

Schedule

September 16:00 PMNo. 20 Western Illinois*

• O'Brien Stadium
• Charleston, IL

WEIUL 21–38 7,618 September 102:30 PMat Miami (OH)*

• Yager Stadium
• Oxford, OH

ESPN3W 21–17 17,369 September 172:00 PMat No. 5 Illinois State*

• Hancock Stadium
• Normal, IL (Mid-America Classic)

CSNCHW 24–21 13,391 September 241:00 PMAustin PeayNo. 18

• O'Brien Stadium
• Charleston, IL

WEIUW 56–35 6,169 October 16:00 PMat Southeast Missouri StateNo. 13

• Houck Stadium
• Cape Girardeau, MO

OVCDNL 14–21 4,892 October 86:00 PMTennessee StateNo. 19

• O'Brien Stadium
• Charleston, IL

WEIUW 35–34 4,319 October 156:00 PMat Tennessee TechNo. 18

• Tucker Stadium
• Cookeville, TN

OVCDNW 30–24 4,082 October 221:00 PMMurray StateNo. 15

• O'Brien Stadium
• Charleston, IL

WEIUL 38–40 7,907 October 292:00 PMat No. 2 Jacksonville StateNo. 23

• JSU Stadium
• Jacksonville, AL

ESPN3L 14–47 21,655 November 51:00 PMTennessee–Martin

• O'Brien Stadium
• Charleston, IL

WEIUL 17–33 3,054 November 191:00 PMat Eastern Kentucky

• Roy Kidd Stadium
• Richmond, KY

OVCDNW 24–0 3,100

• Source: Schedule

Game notes

Western Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Leathernecks	14	10	7	7	38
Panthers	7	0	14	0	21

See also: 2016 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–41–4	2015	L 5–33

at Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	7	0	14	21
RedHawks	3	7	7	0	17

See also: 2016 Miami RedHawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Illinois State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	3	7	7	7	24
#5 Redbirds	0	0	7	14	21

See also: 2016 Illinois State Redbirds football team and Mid-America Classic

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–54–9	2015	L 31–34 OT

Austin Peay

	1	2	3	4	Total
Governors	0	14	7	14	35
#18 Panthers	14	7	14	21	56

See also: 2016 Austin Peay Governors football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–3	2015	W 40–16

at Southeast Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Panthers	7	0	7	0	14
Redhawks	14	0	7	0	21

See also: 2016 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–6	2015	W 33–28

Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	3	10	14	7	34
#19 Panthers	14	7	7	7	35

See also: 2016 Tennessee State Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–7	2015	W 25–22 OT

at Tennessee Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Panthers	0	13	14	3	30
Golden Eagles	3	14	0	7	24

See also: 2016 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–6	2015	W 51–20

Murray State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Racers	3	13	6	18	40
#15 Panthers	21	0	3	14	38

See also: 2016 Murray State Racers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–13	2015	W 34–20

at Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Panthers	0	7	0	7	14
#2 Gamecocks	21	10	9	7	47

See also: 2016 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–7	2015	L 3–24

Tennessee–Martin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	6	7	3	17	33
Panthers	0	7	3	7	17

See also: 2016 UT Martin Skyhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–7	2015	W 23–21

at Eastern Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	7	7	10	24
Colonels	0	0	0	0	0

See also: 2016 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–13	2015	W 21–7

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV	RV	RV	18	13	19	18	15	23	RV	—	—
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	16	13	20	17	15	22	24	—	—