2016 EIU Football Guide
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1 QUICK FACTS Name of School .....................Eastern Illinois University City/Zip ........................................Charleston, IL 61920 #EIUBLEEDBLUE FOOTBALL 2016 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER Founded / Enrollment ................................1895 / 7,876 Nickname....................................................... Panthers School Colors ..............................Blue, Grey and White Stadium (Capacity) .....................O’Brien Field (10,000) Surface .........................................................Matrix Turf Affiliation / Conference ...........NCAA FCS / Ohio Valley President .........Dr. David Glassman (Minnesota, 1976) Faculty Representative .............................Dr. Jim Davis Athletics Director ............... Tom Michael (Illinois, 1993) Athletics Department Phone ................ (217) 581-2319 FOOTBALL HISTORY First Year of Football..............................................1899 All-Time Playoff-Record (FCS) ...............................4-16 Years In Post Season ................................................16 Last Post Season Appearance ............................. 2015 Result ...................... L 17-53 at Northern Iowa (1st Rd) All-Time Record .......................................... 503-512-43 MEDIA RELATIONS Associate AD/Media&PR ............................ Rich Moser Email.................................................. [email protected] Office Phone / Cell.... (217) 581-7480 / (217) 508-8317 SID Fax................................................ (217) 581-7001 Press Box Phone .................................. (217) 581-7770 Athletics Website ...................... www.EIUpanthers.com Facebook .................................................. EIUPanthers Twitter ..................................................@EIU_Panthers Instagram............................................eiupanthernation COACHING STAFF Head Coach................ Kim Dameron (Arkansas, 1983) Record at School (Yrs) ................................... 12-12 (2) Overall Record (Yrs) ............................................ Same OVC Record (Yrs) ............................................ 12-4 (2) Football Office Phone ........................... (217) 581-5031 Assistant HC / Offensive Coordinator ......Greg Stevens Defensive Coordinator .........................Michael Hodges Special Teams Coach .................................Tony Gilbert co-Def. Coordinator / Def. Line .... DaMarcus Covington Wide Receivers .................................... Greg Peterson Tight Ends .................................................Micah Smith Running Backs ........................................Tyler Stevens Offensive Line ...................................... Mike Simmonds Linebackers ................................................. Keith Scott FB Operations ......................................Lucas Stortzum TEAM INFORMATION Overall Record..........................................................7-5 Conference Record/Finish .............................. 7-1 (2nd) Final Ranking....................23 Coaches / 25 FCS Media Basic Offense .................................................... Spread Basic Defense .................................................. Multiple Letterwinners Returning/Lost:.............................41 / 20 Starters Returning/Lost.......................................16 / 10 2016 SCHEDULE Sept. 1 .........................................WESTERN ILLINOIS Sept. 10 ................................................ at Miami (Ohio) Sept. 17 ................................................. at Illinois State Sept. 24 ...............................................• AUSTIN PEAY Oct. 1 ........................................• at Southeast Missouri Oct. 8........................................ • TENNESSEE STATE Oct. 15 ...........................................• at Tennessee Tech Oct. 22.................................... • MURRAY STATE (HC) Oct. 29 ........................................• at Jacksonville State Nov. 5 ......................................................• UT MARTIN Nov. 19 ....................................... • at Eastern Kentucky Nov. 26 .....................................................FCS Playoffs • OVC Games WWW.EIUPANTHERS.COM 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 2 Schools With Multiple Payton Award Winners Villanova .......................... 3 Eastern Washington ........ 3 Eastern Illinois ......... 2 Appalachian State ........... 2 Colgate ............................ 2 Georgia Southern ............ 2 New Hampshire ............... 2 Idaho................................ 2 2013 Walter Payton Award Voting 2002 Walter Payton Award Voting # Name School 1st Total # Name School 1st Total 1. Jimmy Garoppolo Eastern Illinois 74 576 1. Tony Romo Eastern Illinois 24 268 2. Vernon Adams Eastern Washington 30 446 2. Brett Gordon Villanova 18 245 3. Terrance West Towson 22 370 3. Bruce Eugene Grambling State 21 234 4. Brock Jensen North Dakota State 8 149 2016 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER FOOTBALL #EIUBLEEDBLUE FOOTBALL 2016 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER 5. Michael Nebrich Fordham 3 106 6. Zach Zenner South Dakota State 2 86 7. Erik Lora Eastern Illinois 0 85 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL... @EIU_Panthers ...16-TIME NCAA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF PARTICIPANT 3 PROGRAM SUCCESS #EIUBLEEDBLUE FOOTBALL 2016 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER OHIO VALLEY CONFERNCE NCAA FCS PLAYOFF OVC - FCS PLAYOFF CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 2000 APPEARANCES SINCE 2000 APPEARANCES SINCE 1996 (By School) (By School) (By School) School......................# Titles (Last) School......... # Appearances (Last) School................... # Appearances EASTERN ILLINOIS ....... 7 (2013) Montana......................... 14 (2015) EASTERN ILLINOIS .................11 Jacksonville State ............ 5 (2015) New Hampshire ............. 12 (2015) Eastern Kentucky ........................5 Eastern Kentucky ............ 3 (2011) Appalachian State * ....... 11 (2012) Jacksonville State ........................5 Tennessee Tech ............... 1 (2011) EASTERN ILLINOIS ..... 10 (2015) Tennessee State ..........................3 Southeast Missouri .......... 1 (2010) UT Martin ......................... 1 (2006) McNeese State ................ 9 (2015) Murray State ................................2 Murray State .................... 1 (2002) Georgia Southern * .......... 8 (2012) UT Martin .....................................1 Western Kentucky .......... 1 (2000) * moved to the FBS level in 2013 Southeast Missouri ......................1 Tennessee Tech ...........................1 Western Kentucky .......................1 WWW.EIUPANTHERS.COM 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 4 16 15 10 9 9 7 6 2016 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER FOOTBALL #EIUBLEEDBLUE FOOTBALL 2016 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL... @EIU_Panthers ...16-TIME NCAA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF PARTICIPANT 5 2016 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER FOOTBALL #EIUBLEEDBLUE FOOTBALL 2016 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER THIS IS EIU FOOTBALL MEDIA EXPOSURE Eastern Illinois football has appeared onon regionalregional and or national television more than 6560 times since the 2005 season... In 2013 EIU was teh 2005 season... Last season featured on the ESPNU program the Panthers were the only FCS All-Access, the only FCS program team in the nation to be featured in the nation to be covered. In on the ESPNU program All-Access. addition to team appearances, In addition to team appearances, the Panthers received additional the Panthers received additional television coverage following television coverage following quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo's quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo’s Path to the NFL Draft which Pathincluded to thean NFLappearance Draft which on includedGruden's Quarterbackan appearance Camp. on Gruden’s Quarterback Camp. This year EIU will once again play Thison regional year EIU and will national once again television play onwith regional games and slated national for television ESPN3, withComcast games Sports slated Net for Chicago ESPN3 and Comcastregionally SportsNet on WEIU. Chicago WWW.EIUPANTHERS.COM 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 6 THIS IS EIU FOOTBALL 1516 FCS FCS PLAYOFF PLAYOFF APPEARANCESAPPEARANCES 2016 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER FOOTBALL #EIUBLEEDBLUE FOOTBALL 2016 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL... @EIU_Panthers ...16-TIME NCAA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF PARTICIPANT 7 2016 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER FOOTBALL #EIUBLEEDBLUE FOOTBALL 2016 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER EIU WINS VS. FBS SCHOOLS Aug. 31, 2013 .......at San Diego State ......... W 40-19 Sept. 25, 2004 ......at Eastern Michigan ....... W 31-28 Sept. 19, 1998 ......at Northern Illinois .......... W 28-20 Aug. 29, 1996 .......at Western Michigan ...... W 28-20 Oct. 14, 1989 ........at Akron .......................... W 27-17 TOP CROWDS TO WATCH EIU 1.......Oct. 10, 2009 ......... at Penn State ........ 104,488 2.......Sept. 4, 2010 ......... at Iowa ....................70,585 3.......Sept. 6, 2008 ......... at Illinois .................. 60,131 4.......Sept. 10, 2005 ....... at BYU .................... 52,630 5.......Sept. 8, 2007 ......... at Purdue ................ 52,504 6.......Sept. 13, 2003 ....... at Missouri .............. 49,440 7.......Sept. 14, 2002 ....... at Kansas State ...... 45,642 8.......Sept. 2, 2006 ......... at Illinois .................. 45,555 9.......Aug. 28, 2014 ........ at Minnesota ........... 44,344 10.....Aug. 31, 2013 .......