American college football season
The 2019 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Adam Cushing[1] and played their home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 1–11, 1–7 in OVC play to finish in last place.
Previous season[]
The Panthers finished the 2018 season 3–8, 3–5 in OVC play to finish in a tie for sixth place.
Preseason[]
Preseason coaches' poll[]
The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 22, 2019. The Panthers were picked to finish in eighth place.[2]
Predicted finish
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Team
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Votes (1st place)
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1 |
Jacksonville State |
135 (15)
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2 |
Southeast Missouri State |
115
|
3 |
Eastern Kentucky |
99
|
4 |
Austin Peay |
84
|
5 |
Tennessee State |
75
|
6 |
UT Martin |
58
|
7 |
Murray State |
55
|
8 |
Eastern Illinois |
38
|
9 |
Tennessee Tech |
16
|
Preseason All-OVC team[]
The Panthers had one player selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[3]
Defense
Terrell Greer – DL
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Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 6:00 p.m. | at Chattanooga* | | ESPN3 | L 10–24 | 8,254
|
September 7 | 2:30 p.m. | at Indiana* | | BTN | L 0–52 | 37,784
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September 14 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 13 Illinois State* | | ESPN+ | L 3–21 | 6,119
|
September 21 | 12:00 p.m. | at Indiana State* | | ESPN+ | L 6–16 | 6,216
|
September 28 | 4:00 p.m. | Tennessee Tech | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| ESPN3 | L 29–40 | 7,055
|
October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | at Murray State | | ESPN+ | L 17–24 | 4,205
|
October 12 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 17 Jacksonville State | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| ESPN+ | L 20–28 | 3,170
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October 19 | 2:00 p.m. | at UT Martin | | ESPN+ | L 18–27 | 2,004
|
October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| ESPN+ | L 6–33 | 4,000
|
November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | at Tennessee State | | ESPN+ | W 49–38 | 4,131
|
November 16 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 15 Southeast Missouri State | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| ESPN+ | L 12–26 | 4,069
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November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 20 Austin Peay | | ESPN+ | L 7–35 | 6,818
|
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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[4]
Game summaries[]
at Chattanooga[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
10 |
Mocs
|
7
|
10
|
7
|
0 |
24 |
at Indiana[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
Hoosiers
|
21
|
14
|
7
|
10 |
52 |
Illinois State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 13 Redbirds
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
21 |
Panthers
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0 |
3 |
at Indiana State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
0 |
6 |
Sycamores
|
10
|
3
|
0
|
3 |
16 |
Tennessee Tech[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles
|
0
|
21
|
13
|
6 |
40 |
Panthers
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
15 |
29 |
at Murray State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
7 |
17 |
Racers
|
7
|
2
|
7
|
8 |
24 |
Jacksonville State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 17 Gamecocks
|
7
|
14
|
0
|
7 |
28 |
Panthers
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
6 |
20 |
at UT Martin[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
18 |
Skyhawks
|
14
|
7
|
0
|
6 |
27 |
Eastern Kentucky[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Colonels
|
7
|
7
|
3
|
16 |
33 |
Panthers
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6 |
6 |
at Tennessee State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
14
|
7
|
14
|
14 |
49 |
Tigers
|
14
|
21
|
3
|
0 |
38 |
Southeast Missouri State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 15 Redhawks
|
0
|
6
|
7
|
13 |
26 |
Panthers
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
2 |
12 |
at Austin Peay[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
No. 20 Governors
|
7
|
14
|
14
|
0 |
35 |
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