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EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER FOOTBALL Contact: Rich Moser • [email protected] • (217) 581-7480 • Fax (217) 581-6434 • www.EIUpanthers.com GAME 11 One Final Game For EIU Head Coach Bob Spoo Panthers Close Season At Southern Illinois Eastern Illinois (2-8, 1-7 OVC) at Southern Illinois (2-7, 1-6 MVFC) Saluki Stadium (15,000) • Carbondale, Ill. November 12, 2011 • 2 pm • TV: None QUICK FACTS THE GAME Eastern Illinois will close out the Bob Spoo era on Saturday afternoon at Southern Illinois. This will mark the final game by the long time coach ending a COACHES: Bob Spoo (Purdue, 1960) 25-year run at EIU and a 50-year career in the coaching profession. EIU Record .......... 144-130-1 (25th year) EIU fell one point short in its final home game losing 18-17 to Tennessee OVC Record ................68-44 (14th year) State on Saturday. The Panthers finish the year at 1-7 in the OVC and 9th in the vs. Southern Illinois .......................... 6-8 conference race. The Panthers would like to send out their coach with a season Dale Lennon (North Dakota, 1983) ending win which would give him 145 victories for his career. SIU Record .................................... 27-18 Southern Illinois enters the game with a 2-7 overall record having lost six Overall Record ............................ 129-50 straight games. The Salukis will wrap up the season on Nov. 19 at Indiana State. vs. Eastern Illinois ............................. 1-0 SIU is playing its second season in the new Saluki Stadium. EIU’s played 34 games at the old McAndrew Stadium and will making its first visit to Saluki SERIES Stadium. This is the first game of a four-year home-and-home series. 61st meeting, SIU leads 37-22-1 Last Meeting: THE SERIES @ SIU 48, EIU 7 on Nov. 28, 2009 This will be the 61st meeting between Eastern Illinois and Southern Illinois. in NCAA FCS playoff 1st round The two schools first met in 1913 with EIU winning 54-12. The two schools RANKINGS played routinely until SIU moved up to Division I in the early 1960’s. SIU leads Eastern Illinois ............................ --- / --- the all-time series 37-22-1 including three straight wins in the series all coming Southern Illinois .......................... --- / --- in the NCAA FCS playoffs. The last regular season meeting between the two .............................. Sports Network/FCS Coaches schools was in 2001, a 49-21 EIU win in Carbondale. RADIO Eastern Illinois (2-8, 1-7 OVC) Southern Illinois (2-7, 1-6 MVFC) Panther Radio Network Hit Mix 88.9 FM - flagship station WHOW 1520 AM & WMKR 94.3 FM Date Opponent Score/Time Date Opponent Score/Time www.weiuhitmix.net Sept. 1 ILLINOS STATE W 33-26 Sept. 3 at Southeast Missouri W 38-10 Play-by-Play ........................ Mike Bradd Sept. 10 at Northwestern L 21-42 Sept. 10 at Mississippi L 24-42 Analyst ............................. Jack Ashmore Sept. 17 * TENNESSEE TECH L 20-31 Sept. 24 * MISSOURI STATE W 20-18 Sept. 24 * at Jacksonville State L 21-28 Oct. 1 * at Western Illinois L 21-27 TELEVISION Oct. 1 * at Southeast Missouri L 30-37 Oct. 8 * NORTH DAKOTA STATE L 3-9 None Oct. 8 * EASTERN KENTUCKY L 16-48 Oct. 15 * YOUNGSTOWN STATE L 23-35 Oct. 15 * at Murray State L 27-36 Oct. 22 * at Northern Iowa L 10-17 INTERNET Oct. 22 * UT MARTIN (HC) L 23-24 Oct. 29 * ILLINOIS STATE L 30-38 Live Stats ................www.siusalukis.com Oct. 29 * at Austin Peay W 19-10 Nov. 5 * at South Dakota State L 34-45 Live Video ..............www.ovcsports.com Nov. 5 * TENNESSEE STATE L 17-18 d Facebook ........................... /EIUPanthers Nov. 12 at Southern Illinois 2 pm Nov. 19 * at Indiana State 1 pm Twitter ...........................@EIU_Panthers * Ohio Valley Conference Game * Missouri Valley Conference Game BOB SPOO LEGACY TOUR • 13 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2009, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 November 12, 2011 • Eastern Illinois at Southern Illinois • Page 2 • www.EIUpanthers.com EASTERN ILLINOIS HEAD COACH BOB SPOO 2011 SPORTS NETWORK The dean of Ohio Valley Conference LONGEST TENURED DIVISION I HEAD COACHES TOP 25 Coaches, Eastern Illinois head coach Bob (AT SAME SCHOOL) (Week 10) Spoo returns to the sidelines for his 24th 1 ..Joe Paterno (Penn State) ........................since 1966 season on the sidelines and 25th season 2 ...Bob Ford (Albany) .................................since 1973 Rk. Team 2011 Record 3 ...Andy Talley (Villanova) ........................since 1985 1. North Dakota State (143) 9-0 overall. Spoo missed the 2006 season with 4 ...Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech) ...............since 1987 2. Montana State (16) 9-1 a medical illness. His career record is 144- ...Bob Spoo (Eastern Illinois) ................ since 1987 3. Sam Houston State (1) 9-0 4. Georgia Southern 8-1 130-1 at EIU including a 68-44 mark in OVC 5. Northern Iowa 7-2 action. In November of 2010 Spoo announced that the 2011 season would be his 6. Lehigh 8-1 final year of coaching ending a 25-year run as the Panthers head coach and a 50-year 7. New Hampshire (1) 7-2 8. Montana 8-2 span of coaching at both the high school and collegiate level. Since taking over 9. Wofford 7-2 the program in 1987, Spoo has become one of the most respected coaches in the 10. Appalachian State 6-3 11. Old Dominion 8-2 game with numerous assistants moving on to succeed at all levels of the coaching 12. Towson 7-2 business. He was the 1995 Football Gazette I-AA Coach of the Year and runner-up 13. Maine 7-2 for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award in 2000. In 2009 he was named 14. Illinois State 7-3 15. Delaware 5-4 OVC Coach of the Year for the third time in his career and one of five finalists for the 16. Liberty 7-3 Liberty Mutual FCS Coach of the Year. A 1960 graduate of Purdue University, Spoo 17. Furman 6-3 has coached the Panthers to 9 NCAA FCS playoff berths and eleven Top 25 national 18. Harvard 7-1 19. Central Arkansas 7-3 rankings. Spoo is currently tied for fourth among longest tenured active coaches at 20. James Madison 5-4 the NCAA Division I level and is fifth all-time in FCS playoff appearances. 21. Jackson State 7-2 22. Norfolk State 8-2 23. Alabama State 7-2 • 2011 marks 25th season as EIU head coach 24. South Dakota 5-4 • 2011 marks 50th season in coaching profession 25. Eastern Kentucky 6-3 (started at Fenwick HS in Chicago in 1961) • Ranks 5th in NCAA FCS playoff appearances with 9 • Ranks 5th among active FCS coaches with FCS (only) wins • Ranks 4th in OVC wins with 68 • OVC Coach of the Year - 2001, 2005, 2009 • Football Gazette I-AA Coach of the Year in 1995 2011 FCS Coaches Poll • Runner-up for Eddie Robinson FCS Coach of the Year in 2000 (Week 10) SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HEAD COACH DALE LENNON Rk. Team 2011 Record 1. North Dakota State (26) 9-0 Southern Illinois head coach Dale Lennon is in his fourth season leading the 2. Montana State (2) 9-1 Salukis program. Lennon took over in 2008 and led the Salukis to a 20-5 record 3. Georgia Southern 8-1 his first two seasons with back-to-back NCAA FCS playoff berths. His record at 4. Sam Houston State 9-0 5. Northern Iowa 7-2 SIU now stands at 27-18 while his career record is 129-50 which includes previous 6. Lehigh 8-1 coaching stints at Mary and North Dakota. His 2001 North Dakota squad won the 7. Montana 8-2 NCAA Division II National Championship. Lennon played running back at North 8. Appalachian State 6-3 9. Wofford 7-2 Dakota graduating in 1983. 10. New Hampshire 7-2 11. Old Dominion 8-2 12. Towson 7-2 SCOUTING SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 13. Maine 7-2 Southern Illinois opened the season as a team to watch in the Missouri Valley 14. Harvard 6-1 Football Conference including holding a national ranking until mid-October. The 15. Liberty 7-3 16. Illinois State 7-3 Salukis have had injuries at the quarterback position with sophomore Kory Faulkner 17. Delaware 5-4 taking over the duties. He has passed for 1,096 yards while rushing for 178. Jewel 18. Jackson State 7-2 Hampton is the Salukis top ground gainer at 833 yards. Kayon Swanson leads the 19. James Madison 5-4 20. Tennessee Tech 5-3 defense with 46 tackles including 8.5 tackles for loss. 21. Furman 6-3 22. North Dakota 6-3 23. Indiana State 5-4 ON THIS DATE IN EIU HISTORY 24. South Dakota 5-4 November 12, 2005 - Quarterback Mike Donato passed for a season high 327 25. Central Arkansas 7-3 yards including a pair of touchdowns as Eastern Illinois beat Tennessee Tech 31-20 to claim a share of the Ohio Valley Conference title. Ryan Voss was Donato’s favorite target on the day catching five passes for 124 yards with two touchdown receptions. BOB SPOO LEGACY TOUR • 13 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2009, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 November 12, 2011 • Eastern Illinois at Southern Illinois • Page 3 • www.EIUpanthers.com EIU QUICK HITTERS TALE OF THE TAPE • Eastern Illinois was stopped on a fourth-and-one inside the Tennessee State 25 yard line with just under five minutes remaining. TSU would drive the length of the field on the next drive to pick Points Per Game .............................22.7 ........................22.5 up the 18-17 win over EIU.