2012 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

2012 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
Ohio Valley Conference Champions
FCS Playoffs First Round vs South Dakota State, L 10–58
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
Ranking
Sports Network #25
FCS Coaches #25
2012 record 7–5 (6–1 OVC)
Head coach Dino Babers (1st year)
Offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert (1st year)
Defensive coordinator Kim McCloud (1st year)
Home stadium O'Brien Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
2012 OVC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#25 Eastern Illinois †^   6 – 1         7 – 5  
#21 Eastern Kentucky   6 – 2         8 – 3  
Tennessee–Martin   6 – 2         8 – 3  
Jacksonville State   5 – 3         6 – 5  
Tennessee State   4 – 3         8 – 3  
Murray State   4 – 4         5 – 6  
Southeast Missouri State   2 – 6         3 – 8  
Tennessee Tech   1 – 7         3 – 8  
Austin Peay   1 – 7         2 – 9  
† – Conference champion
^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2012 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first year head coach Dino Babers and played their home games at O'Brien Stadium. They are a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 6–1 in OVC play to be crowned conference champions. They earned the conference's automatic bid into the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to South Dakota State.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 30 6:30 PM Southern Illinois* O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL WEIU W 49–28   8,275
September 8 6:00 PM at Western Michigan* Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI L 21–52   22,536
September 15 1:00 PM at #15 Illinois State* Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL L 51–54 2OT  7,700
September 22 6:30 PM Murray State O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL WEIU W 50–49   5,319
September 29 1:30 PM Austin Peay O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL WEIU W 65–15   9,154
October 6 2:00 PM at UT Martin Graham Stadium • Martin, TN L 37–51   5,456
October 13 1:30 PM Jacksonville Statedagger O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL WEIU W 31–28   7,358
October 27 12:00 PM at #18 Eastern Kentucky Roy Kidd Stadium • Richmond, KY W 24–7   4,400
November 3 1:30 PM at Tennessee Tech Tucker Stadium • Cookeville, TN W 31–24   8,968
November 10 1:30 PM Southeast Missouri State O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL WEIU W 39–20   5,575
November 17 3:00 PM at #10 Central Arkansas* #24 Estes Stadium • Conway, AR L 30–48   6,754
November 24 2:00 PM at #19 South Dakota State* #25 Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD (FCS Playoffs First Round) ESPN3 L 10–58   4,367
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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