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American college football season
The 2019 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Adam Cushing[1] and played their home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 1–11, 1–7 in OVC play to finish in last place.
Previous season
The Panthers finished the 2018 season 3–8, 3–5 in OVC play to finish in a tie for sixth place.
Preseason
Preseason coaches' poll
The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 22, 2019. The Panthers were picked to finish in eighth place.[2]
Predicted finish
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Team
|
Votes (1st place)
|
1 |
Jacksonville State |
135 (15)
|
2 |
Southeast Missouri State |
115
|
3 |
Eastern Kentucky |
99
|
4 |
Austin Peay |
84
|
5 |
Tennessee State |
75
|
6 |
UT Martin |
58
|
7 |
Murray State |
55
|
8 |
Eastern Illinois |
38
|
9 |
Tennessee Tech |
16
|
Preseason All-OVC team
The Panthers had one player selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[3]
Defense
Terrell Greer – DL
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 6:00 p.m. | at Chattanooga* | | ESPN3 | L 10–24 | 8,254
|
September 7 | 2:30 p.m. | at Indiana* | | BTN | L 0–52 | 37,784
|
September 14 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 13 Illinois State* | | ESPN+ | L 3–21 | 6,119
|
September 21 | 12:00 p.m. | at Indiana State* | | ESPN+ | L 6–16 | 6,216
|
September 28 | 4:00 p.m. | Tennessee Tech | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| ESPN3 | L 29–40 | 7,055
|
October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | at Murray State | | ESPN+ | L 17–24 | 4,205
|
October 12 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 17 Jacksonville State | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| ESPN+ | L 20–28 | 3,170
|
October 19 | 2:00 p.m. | at UT Martin | | ESPN+ | L 18–27 | 2,004
|
October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| ESPN+ | L 6–33 | 4,000
|
November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | at Tennessee State | | ESPN+ | W 49–38 | 4,131
|
November 16 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 15 Southeast Missouri State | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| ESPN+ | L 12–26 | 4,069
|
November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 20 Austin Peay | | ESPN+ | L 7–35 | 6,818
|
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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[4]
Game summaries
at Chattanooga
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
10 |
Mocs
|
7
|
10
|
7
|
0 |
24 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
First meeting
|
at Indiana
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
Hoosiers
|
21
|
14
|
7
|
10 |
52 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
First meeting
|
Illinois State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 13 Redbirds
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
21 |
Panthers
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0 |
3 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
42–56–9
|
2018
|
L, 10–48
|
at Indiana State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
0 |
6 |
Sycamores
|
10
|
3
|
0
|
3 |
16 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
43–38–4
|
2019
|
L, 41–55
|
Tennessee Tech
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles
|
0
|
21
|
13
|
6 |
40 |
Panthers
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
15 |
29 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
18–6
|
2018
|
W, 52–38
|
at Murray State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
7 |
17 |
Racers
|
7
|
2
|
7
|
8 |
24 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
18–15
|
2018
|
L, 41–48
|
Jacksonville State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 17 Gamecocks
|
7
|
14
|
0
|
7 |
28 |
Panthers
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
6 |
20 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
6–10
|
2018
|
L, 22–49
|
at UT Martin
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
18 |
Skyhawks
|
14
|
7
|
0
|
6 |
27 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
14–9
|
2018
|
W, 24–21
|
Eastern Kentucky
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Colonels
|
7
|
7
|
3
|
16 |
33 |
Panthers
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6 |
6 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
11–14
|
2018
|
L, 23–31
|
at Tennessee State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
14
|
7
|
14
|
14 |
49 |
Tigers
|
14
|
21
|
3
|
0 |
38 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
13–8
|
2018
|
L, 40–41
|
Southeast Missouri State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 15 Redhawks
|
0
|
6
|
7
|
13 |
26 |
Panthers
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
2 |
12 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
18–8
|
2018
|
L, 32–38
|
at Austin Peay
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
No. 20 Governors
|
7
|
14
|
14
|
0 |
35 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
15–4
|
2018
|
W, 52–21
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References
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