2020 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

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2020 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
Eastern Illinois Panthers wordmark.svg
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
2020 record1–5 (1–5 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJohn Kuceyeski (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorChris Bowers (2nd season)
Home stadiumO'Brien Field
(Capacity: 10,000)
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 8 Jacksonville State $^   6 – 1     10 – 3  
No. 19 Murray State   5 – 2     5 – 2  
No. 21 Austin Peay   4 – 2     4 – 5  
Southeast Missouri State   4 – 3     4 – 4  
UT Martin   3 – 4     3 – 4  
Tennessee Tech   2 – 5     2 – 5  
Tennessee State   2 – 5     2 – 5  
Eastern Illinois   1 – 5     1 – 5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Note: Eastern Kentucky played only in the fall and opted out of the spring season.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Adam Cushing and played their home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC).

Previous season[]

See also: 2019 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

The Panthers finished the 2019 season 1–11, 1–7 in OVC play to finish in last place.

Schedule[]

Eastern Illinois had a game against Kentucky, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
February 28 2:00 p.m. No. 21 Southeast Missouri State
ESPN+ L 7–47 1,252
March 7 1:00 p.m. at UT Martin
ESPN+ L 15–28 1,500
March 14 1:00 p.m. at Tennessee State
ESPN+ L 20–21 1,855
March 21 1:00 p.m. Tennessee Tech
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
ESPN+ W 28–20 1,282
March 28 2:00 p.m. at No. 19 Murray State
ESPN+ L 27–41 2,628
April 3 1:00 p.m. No. 12 Jacksonville State
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
ESPN+ L 23–44 1,312
April 11 1:00 p.m. No. 25 Austin Peay
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
ESPN+ Postponed
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References[]

  1. ^ Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Eastern Illinois Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
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