2013 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

2013 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
Ohio Valley Conference Champions
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals vs. Towson, L 39–49
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	#4
FCS Coaches	#4
2013 record	12–2 (8–0 OVC)
Head coach	Dino Babers (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Sterlin Gilbert (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator	Kim McCloud (2nd year)
Home stadium	O'Brien Stadium (Capacity: 10,000)


2013 OVC football standings
Team	W		L	W		L
#4 Eastern Illinois †^	8	–	0	12	–	2
#17 Tennessee State ^	6	–	2	10	–	4
#10 Jacksonville State ^	5	–	3	11	–	4
Tennessee–Martin	5	–	3	7	–	5
Eastern Kentucky	4	–	4	6	–	6
Murray State	4	–	4	6	–	6
Tennessee Tech	2	–	6	5	–	7
SE Missouri State	2	–	6	3	–	9
Austin Peay	0	–	8	0	–	12

† – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2013 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second year head coach Dino Babers and played their home games at O'Brien Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 12–2, 8–0 in OVC play to win the OVC championship. They received an automatic bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated Tennessee State in the second round before losing to Towson in the quarterfinals.

On December 18, head coach Dino Babers resigned to become the head coach at Bowling Green.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 PM	at San Diego State*	#21	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA	MWN	W 40–19	42,978^[1]
September 7	6:00 PM	at Southern Illinois*	#14	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL		W 40–37 ^2OT	10,038^[2]
September 14	6:00 PM	#18 Illinois State*	#9	O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL (Mid-America Classic)	WEIU	W 57–24	10,741^[2]
September 21	7:00 PM	at Northern Illinois*	#8	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	ESPN3	L 39–43	23,595^[2]
September 28	1:30 PM	Eastern Kentucky	#8	O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL	ESPN3	W 42–7	11,469^[2]
October 12	6:00 PM	at Austin Peay	#5	Governors Stadium • Clarksville, TN	OVCDN	W 63–7	5,501^[2]
October 19	1:30 PM	Southeast Missouri State	#3	O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL	WEIU	W 55–33	11,569^[2]
October 26	4:00 PM	at #21 Tennessee State	#2	LP Field • Nashville, TN	OVCDN	W 34–16	22,157^[2]
November 2	12:00 PM	Tennessee Tech	#2	O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL	WEIU	W 56–21	6,939^[2]
November 9	12:00 PM	at Murray State	#2	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	OVCDN	W 37–17	3,119^[2]
November 16	12:00 PM	#22 Jacksonville State	#2	O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL	ESPN3	W 52–14	6,693^[2]
November 23	1:00 PM	at UT Martin	#2	Graham Stadium • Martin, TN	ESPN3	W 70–22	3,167^[2]
December 7	1:00 PM	#19 Tennessee State*	#2	O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	W 51–10	4,825^[2]
December 13	7:00 PM	#5 Towson*	#2	O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN2	L 39–49	3,850^[2]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Source: Schedule

Game summaries

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #21 (FCS) Panthers	7	12	7	14	40
Aztecs	13	3	3	0	19

Date: August 31
Location: Qualcomm Stadium
San Diego, CA
Game start: 7:00 PM CST
Game attendance: 42,978

Scoring summary

1	12:57	SDSU	41-yard field goal by Wes Feer	SDSU 3–0

1	11:14	EIU	Erik Lora 37-yard touchdown reception from Jimmy Garoppolo, Cameron Berra kick good	EIU 7–3

1	9:11	SDSU	Colin Lockett 48-yard touchdown run, Feer kick good	SDSU 10–7

1	4:25	SDSU	35-yard field goal by Feer	SDSU 13–7

2	13:43	EIU	Lora 4-yard touchdown reception from Garoppolo, Berra kick no good	Tied 13–13

2	3:22	EIU	Keiondre Gober 62-yard touchdown reception from Garoppolo, Berra kick blocked	EIU 19–13

2	:16	SDSU	22-yard field goal by Feer	EIU 19–16

3	10:57	SDSU	38-yard field goal by Feer	Tied 19–19

3	7:36	EIU	Taylor Duncan 2-yard touchdown run, Berra kick good	EIU 26–19

4	13:43	EIU	Punt returned 60 yards for touchdown by Shephard Little, Berra kick good	EIU 33–19

4	4:30	EIU	Duncan 45-yard touchdown run, Berra kick good	EIU 40–19

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	21	14	9	8	8	5	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4
Coaches	23	16	12	10	12	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4

References

↑ "Eastern Illinois Panthers at San Diego State Aztecs (August 31, 2013)". Statbroadcast.com. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 "Cumulative Season Statistics". Eastern Illinois Athletics. December 14, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.

Eastern Illinois Panthers football

Venues	O'Brien Stadium (1970–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Mid-America Classic (Illinois State)

Culture & lore	Billy the Panther

People	Head coaches

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National championship seasons in bold

2013 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Bethune-Cookman Butler Coastal Carolina Eastern Illinois Eastern Washington Fordham Furman Jacksonville State Lafayette Maine McNeese State Montana New Hampshire North Dakota State Northern Arizona Sacred Heart Sam Houston State Samford South Carolina State South Dakota State Southeastern Louisiana Southern Utah Tennessee State Towson

Champion – North Dakota State