2013 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

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2013 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
Eastern Illinois Panthers wodmark 2000-2015.png
OVC champion
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal, L 39–49 vs. Towson
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 4
FCS CoachesNo. 4
2013 record12–2 (8–0 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSterlin Gilbert (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorKim McCloud (2nd season)
Home stadiumO'Brien Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Eastern Illinois $^   8 – 0     12 – 2  
No. 17 Tennessee State ^   6 – 2     10 – 4  
No. 10 Jacksonville State ^   5 – 3     11 – 4  
UT Martin   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Eastern Kentucky   4 – 4     6 – 6  
Murray State   4 – 4     6 – 6  
Tennessee Tech   2 – 6     5 – 7  
Southeast Missouri State   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Austin Peay   0 – 8     0 – 12  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network 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 (OVC). Eastern Illinois finished the season 12–2 overall and 8–0 in OVC play to win the conference 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, Babers resigned to become the head coach at Bowling Green.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 pmat San Diego State*No. 21
MWNW 40–1942,978
September 76:00 pmat Southern Illinois*No. 14
W 40–37 2OT10,038
September 146:00 pmNo. 18 Illinois State*No. 9
WEIUW 57–2410,741
September 217:00 pmat Northern Illinois*No. 8
ESPN3L 39–4323,595
September 281:30 pmEastern KentuckyNo. 8
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
ESPN3W 42–711,469
October 126:00 pmat Austin PeayNo. 5
OVCDNW 63–75,501
October 191:30 pmSoutheast Missouri StatedaggerNo. 3
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
WEIUW 55–3311,569
October 264:00 pmat No. 21 Tennessee StateNo. 2
OVCDNW 34–1622,157
November 212:00 pmTennessee TechNo. 2
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
WEIUW 56–216,939
November 912:00 pmat Murray StateNo. 2
OVCDNW 37–173,119
November 1612:00 pmNo. 22 Jacksonville StateNo. 2
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
ESPN3W 52–146,693
November 231:00 pmat UT MartinNo. 2
ESPN3W 70–223,167
December 71:00 pmNo. 19 Tennessee State*No. 2
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL (NCAA Division I Second Round)
ESPN3W 51–104,825
December 137:00 pmNo. 5 Towson*No. 2
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)
ESPN2L 39–493,850
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Game summaries[]

San Diego State[]

See also: 2013 San Diego State Aztecs football team
1 234Total
• #21 (FCS) Panthers 7 12714 40
Aztecs 13 330 19
  • Date: August 31
  • Location: Qualcomm Stadium
    San Diego, CA
  • Game start: 7:00 PM CST
  • Game attendance: 42,978

Ranking movements[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = 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[]

  1. ^ "Cumulative Season Statistics". Eastern Illinois Athletics. December 14, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
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