2016 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
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 fifth place.
Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 1 |
6:00 PM |
No. 20 Western Illinois* |
|
O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL |
WEIU |
L 21–38 |
7,618 |
September 10 |
2:30 PM |
at Miami (OH)* |
|
Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH |
ESPN3 |
W 21–17 |
17,369 |
September 17 |
2:00 PM |
at No. 5 Illinois State* |
|
Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL (Mid-America Classic) |
CSNCH |
W 24–21 |
13,391 |
September 24 |
1:00 PM |
Austin Peay |
No. 18 |
O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL |
WEIU |
W 56–35 |
6,169 |
October 1 |
6:00 PM |
at Southeast Missouri State |
No. 13 |
Houck Stadium • Cape Girardeau, MO |
OVCDN |
L 14–21 |
4,892 |
October 8 |
6:00 PM |
Tennessee State |
No. 19 |
O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL |
WEIU |
W 35–34 |
4,319 |
October 15 |
6:00 PM |
at Tennessee Tech |
No. 18 |
Tucker Stadium • Cookeville, TN |
OVCDN |
W 30–24 |
4,082 |
October 22 |
1:00 PM |
Murray State |
No. 15 |
O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL |
WEIU |
L 38–40 |
7,907 |
October 29 |
2:00 PM |
at No. 2 Jacksonville State |
No. 23 |
JSU Stadium • Jacksonville, AL |
ESPN3 |
L 14–47 |
21,655 |
November 5 |
1:00 PM |
Tennessee–Martin |
|
O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL |
WEIU |
L 17–33 |
3,054 |
November 19 |
1:00 PM |
at Eastern Kentucky |
|
Roy Kidd Stadium • Richmond, KY |
OVCDN |
W 24–0 |
3,100 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. |
Game summaries
Western Illinois
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#20 Leathernecks |
14 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
38 |
Panthers |
7 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
21 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
10–13 |
2015 |
W 21–7 |
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 |
Final |
STATS FCS |
RV |
RV |
RV |
18 |
13 |
19 |
18 |
15 |
23 |
RV |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
Coaches |
RV |
RV |
RV |
16 |
13 |
20 |
17 |
15 |
22 |
24 |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
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