2015 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

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2015 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
Eastern Illinois Panthers wordmark.svg
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 17–53 vs. Northern Iowa
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 25
FCS CoachesNo. 24
2015 record7–5 (7–1 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGreg Stevens (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorKane Wommack (2nd season)
Home stadiumO'Brien Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Jacksonville State $^   8 – 0     13 – 2  
No. 25 Eastern Illinois ^   7 – 1     7 – 5  
UT Martin   6 – 2     7 – 4  
Eastern Kentucky   5 – 3     6 – 5  
SE Missouri State   3 – 4     4 – 7  
Tennessee Tech   3 – 5     4 – 7  
Murray State   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Tennessee State   1 – 6     4 – 6  
Austin Peay   0 – 8     0 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Kim Dameron and played their home games at O'Brien Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). Eastern Illinois finished the season 7–5, 7–1 in OVC play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Northern Iowa.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:00 pmat Western Illinois*
ESPN3L 5–335,985
September 123:00 pmat Northwestern*
ESPNewsL 0–4129,131
September 196:00 pmNo. 5 Illinois State*
WCIAL 31–34 OT8,104
October 34:00 pmat Austin Peay
OVCDNW 40–162,531
October 101:00 pmSoutheast Missouri State
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
ESPN3W 33–287,911
October 176:00 pmat Tennessee State
ASNW 25–22 OT22,144
October 241:00 pmTennessee Techdagger
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
WEIUW 51–206,713
October 311:00 pmat Murray State
OVCDNW 34–202,108
November 71:00 pmNo. 1 Jacksonville State
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
WEIUL 3–244,221
November 142:00 pmat Tennessee–Martin
OVCDNW 23–213,761
November 211:00 pmNo. 23 Eastern Kentucky
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
WEIUW 21–71,438
November 285:00 pmat No. 15 Northern IowaNo. 24
ESPN3L 17–537,062
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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 Final 
STATS FCS RV RV NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV 24 25 
Coaches 25 NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV 25 24

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