2015 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

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.

2015 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
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)
2015 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
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

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 PeayOVCDNW 40–162,531
October 101:00 pmSoutheast Missouri State
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
ESPN3W 33–287,911
October 176:00 pmat Tennessee StateASNW 25–22 OT22,144
October 241:00 pmTennessee Tech
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
WEIUW 51–206,713
October 311:00 pmat Murray StateOVCDNW 34–202,108
November 71:00 pmNo. 1 Jacksonville State
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
WEIUL 3–244,221
November 142:00 pmat Tennessee–MartinOVCDNW 23–213,761
November 211:00 pmNo. 23 Eastern Kentucky
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
WEIUW 21–71,438
November 285:00 pmat No. 15 Northern IowaNo. 24ESPN3L 17–537,062

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

References

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