1982 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

1982 Association of Mid-Continent Universities football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

1982 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
1982 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
Mid-Con co-champion
NNCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 19–20 vs. Tennessee State
Conference	Association of Mid-Continent Universities
Ranking
AP	No. 5
1982 record	11–1–1 (2–0–1 Mid-Con)
Head coach	Darrell Mudra (5th season);
Home stadium	O'Brien Stadium
	Seasons ← 1981 1983 →

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 4	Illinois State*		O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL (rivalry)	W 27–14
September 11	Northeast Missouri*		O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 18–17
September 18	Wayne State (MI)*		O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 27–0
September 25	at Northern Iowa		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa	T 10–10
October 2	at Youngstown State*		Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, Ohio	W 27–23
October 9	Akron*		O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 18–0
October 16	at Indiana State	No. 20	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	W 16–12
October 23	at Western Illinois	No. 11	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	W 31–7
October 30	Southern Illinois*	No. 7	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 20–7	9,120
November 6	at Southwest Missouri State	No. 6	Robert W. Plaster Stadium Springfield, MO	W 36–7
November 13	Kentucky State*	No. 5	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 73–0
November 27	No. 8 Jackson State*	No. 5	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	W 16–13 ^OT
December 4	at No. 4 Tennessee State*	No. 5	Hale Stadium Nashville, TN (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)	L 19–20
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

1982 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`11`	Jeff Christensen	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "EIU Football Online Guide, 2019" (PDF). Eastern Illinois athletics. Retrieved February 12, 2020.

v t Eastern Illinois Panthers football
Venues	O'Brien Field (1970–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Mid-America Classic (Illinois State)
Culture & lore	Billy the Panther
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1918 1928 1943 1948 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

1982 Association of Mid-Continent Universities football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Eastern Illinois +^	2	–	0	–	1	11	–	1	–	1
Northern Iowa +	2	–	0	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Southwest Missouri State	1	–	2	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Western Illinois	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

v t 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants
Colgate Boston U Delaware Eastern Illinois Eastern Kentucky Furman Idaho Jackson State Louisiana Tech Montana South Carolina State Tennessee State
Champion – Eastern Kentucky Colonels