2018 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

2018 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record3–8 (3–5 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorScott Parr (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorCary Fowler (2nd season)
Home stadiumO'Brien Field
2018 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 10 Jacksonville State $^   7 – 1     8 – 3  
No. 15 Southeast Missouri State ^   6 – 2     8 – 3  
Eastern Kentucky   5 – 2     7 – 4  
Murray State   5 – 3     5 – 6  
Tennessee State   3 – 4     4 – 5  
  3 – 5     3 – 8  
Austin Peay   3 – 5     5 – 6  
UT Martin   2 – 6     2 – 9  
Tennessee Tech   1 – 7     1 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2018 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Kim Dameron in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 3–8 overall with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the OVC. Eastern Illinois played home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois.

On November 18, Dameron was fired.[1] He finished his tenure at Eastern Illinois with a five-year record of 27–30.

Preseason

OVC media poll

On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Panthers predicted to finish in fifth place.[2] On July 23, the OVC released their coaches poll with the Panthers predicted to finish in fourth place.[3]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Jacksonville State 134 (14)
2 Austin Peay 114 (1)
3 UT Martin 96
4 Tennessee State 91
5 Eastern Illinois 83
6 Eastern Kentucky 64
7 Murray State 39
8 Southeast Missouri State 35
9 Tennessee Tech 19
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Jacksonville State 126 (14)
2 Austin Peay 112 (4)
3 UT Martin 95
4 Eastern Illinois 73
5 Eastern Kentucky 69
6 Tennessee State 64
7 Southeast Missouri State 62
8 Murray State 24
9 Tennessee Tech 23

Preseason All-OVC team

The Panthers had three players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 13:00 p.m.at Arkansas*
SECNL 20–5563,342
September 86:30 p.m.at No. 19 Illinois State*
NBCSC+L 10–488,914
September 156:00 p.m.Indiana State*
ESPN+L 41–556,420
September 222:00 p.m.Tennessee State
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
ESPN+L 40–417,670
September 296:00 p.m.at Tennessee Tech
ESPN+W 52–387,184
October 66:00 p.m.Murray State
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
ESPN+L 41–483,063
October 133:00 p.m.at No. 8 Jacksonville State
ESPN3L 22–4915,649
October 202:00 p.m.UT Martindagger
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
ESPN3W 24–21 OT7,413
October 2712:00 p.m.at Eastern Kentucky
ESPN+L 23–314,400
November 101:00 p.m.Austin Peay
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
ESPN+W 52–212,149
November 171:00 p.m.at No. 23 Southeast Missouri State
ESPN+L 32–383,987
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries

At Arkansas

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 6 7 7 20
Razorbacks 10 28 10 7 55
See also: 2018 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

At Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 0 10 0 10
No. 19 Redbirds 7 21 10 10 48
See also: 2018 Illinois State Redbirds football team and Mid-America Classic

Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 17 14 14 10 55
Panthers 20 0 7 14 41
See also: 2018 Indiana State Sycamores football team

Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 13 13 15 41
Panthers 17 7 7 9 40
See also: 2018 Tennessee State Tigers football team

At Tennessee Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 7 14 10 21 52
Golden Eagles 10 0 7 21 38
See also: 2018 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

Murray State

1 2 3 4 Total
Racers 10 14 14 10 48
Panthers 7 10 17 7 41
See also: 2018 Murray State Racers football team

At Jacksonville State

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 3 6 0 13 22
No. 8 Gamecocks 14 7 14 14 49
See also: 2018 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

UT Martin

1 2 3 4OT Total
Skyhawks 7 7 0 70 21
Panthers 0 7 14 03 24
See also: 2018 UT Martin Skyhawks football team

At Eastern Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 10 7 0 6 23
Colonels 3 7 7 14 31
See also: 2018 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

Austin Peay

1 2 3 4 Total
Governors 0 7 7 7 21
Panthers 14 21 3 14 52
See also: 2018 Austin Peay Governors football team

At Southeast Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 7 0 10 15 32
No. 23 Redhawks 10 7 3 18 38
See also: 2018 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

References

  1. ^ "Dameron fired as Eastern football coach".
  2. ^ "Media Pollsters Tab Jacksonville State as 2018 OVC Football Preseason Favorites".
  3. ^ "Jacksonville State Picked as 2018 Ohio Valley Conference Football Favorites".
  4. ^ "SEMO's Terry, JSU's Bridges Named OVC Preseason Football Players of the Year".
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