2016 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

2016 Eastern Illinois Panthers football

Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
2016 record	6–5 (4–4 OVC)
Head coach	Kim Dameron (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator	Greg Stevens (3rd year)
Co-defensive coordinator	Michael Hodges (3rd year)
Co-defensive coordinator	Demarcus Covington (1st year)
Home stadium	O'Brien Stadium (Capacity: 10,000)

2016 OVC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#2 Jacksonville State $^		7	–	0		10	–	1
UT Martin		6	–	2		7	–	5
Tennessee Tech		5	–	3		5	–	6
Eastern Illinois		4	–	4		6	–	5
Murray State		4	–	4		4	–	7
Tennessee State		4	–	3		7	–	4
SE Missouri State		3	–	5		3	–	8
Eastern Kentucky		2	–	6		3	–	8
Austin Peay		0	–	8		0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2016 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Kim Dameron and played their home games at O'Brien Stadium. They were members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 PM	No. 20 Western Illinois*		O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL	WEIU	L 21–38	7,618
September 10	2:30 PM	at Miami (OH)*		Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH	ESPN3	W 21–17	17,369
September 17	2:00 PM	at No. 5 Illinois State*		Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL (Mid-America Classic)	CSNCH	W 24–21	13,391
September 24	1:00 PM	Austin Peay	No. 18	O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL	WEIU	W 56–35	6,169
October 1	6:00 PM	at Southeast Missouri State	No. 13	Houck Stadium • Cape Girardeau, MO	OVCDN	L 14–21	4,892
October 8	6:00 PM	Tennessee State	No. 19	O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL	WEIU	W 35–34	4,319
October 15	6:00 PM	at Tennessee Tech	No. 18	Tucker Stadium • Cookeville, TN	OVCDN	W 30–24	4,082
October 22	1:00 PM	Murray State	No. 15	O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL	WEIU	L 38–40	7,907
October 29	2:00 PM	at No. 2 Jacksonville State	No. 23	JSU Stadium • Jacksonville, AL	ESPN3	L 14–47	21,655
November 5	1:00 PM	Tennessee–Martin		O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL	WEIU	L 17–33	3,054
November 19	1:00 PM	at Eastern Kentucky		Roy Kidd Stadium • Richmond, KY	OVCDN	W 24–0	3,100
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Leathernecks	14	10	7	7	38
Panthers	7	0	14	0	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–41–4	2015	L 5–33

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	7	0	14	21
RedHawks	3	7	7	0	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	3	7	7	7	24
#5 Redbirds	0	0	7	14	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–54–9	2015	L 31–34 ^OT

	1	2	3	4	Total
Governors	0	14	7	14	35
#18 Panthers	14	7	14	21	56

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–3	2015	W 40–16

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Panthers	7	0	7	0	14
Redhawks	14	0	7	0	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–6	2015	W 33–28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	3	10	14	7	34
#19 Panthers	14	7	7	7	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–7	2015	W 25–22 ^OT

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Panthers	0	13	14	3	30
Golden Eagles	3	14	0	7	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–6	2015	W 51–20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Racers	3	13	6	18	40
#15 Panthers	21	0	3	14	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–13	2015	W 34–20

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Panthers	0	7	0	7	14
#2 Gamecocks	21	10	9	7	47

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–7	2015	L 3–24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	6	7	3	17	33
Panthers	0	7	3	7	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–7	2015	W 23–21

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	7	7	10	24
Colonels	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–13	2015	W 21–7

Eastern Illinois Panthers football

Venues	O'Brien Stadium (1970–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Mid-America Classic (Illinois State)

Culture & lore	Billy the Panther

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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