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EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER FOOTBALL Contact: Rich Moser • [email protected] • (217) 581-7480 • Fax (217) 581-6434 • www.EIUpanthers.com GAME 2 Eastern Illinois Travels To Indiana State For Final Game In Long Standing Series Eastern Illinois (1-0, 0-0 OVC) vs. Indiana State (0-2, 0-0 MVFC) Memorial Stadium (12,400) • Terre Haute, Ind. September 12, 2009 • 11 a.m. (Central) • TV: None QUICK FACTS THE GAME Eastern Illinois travels to Indiana State for the final meeting in this long series between the Panthers and Sycamores. Indiana State has decided not to renew the long standing COACHES: series which been played between the two schools since 1902. Bob Spoo (Purdue, 1960) EIU Record ......... 133-109-1 (22nd year) EIU enters the game having won its Prairie State Rivalry game against Illinois State, OVC Record ................59-29 (13th year) 31-6, on Thursday night to open the season. In that game EIU transfer quarterback Jake vs. Indiana State .............................. 14-5 Christensen threw for 167 yards and three touchdowns while the Panther defense stuffed the Redbirds to only 20 yards on the ground. Trent Miles (Indiana State, 1987) ISU enters the game with two straights losses to open the season. They fell to NAIA INST Record ..................0-14 (2nd year) member Quincy in overtime on Aug. 27 and lost 30-10 at Louisville on Saturday. Overall Record ...............................Same MVFC Record ..................0-8 (2nd year) THE SERIES vs. EIU ............................................... 0-1 This is the 83rd meeting between Eastern Illinois and Indiana State as the schools are separated by 50 miles and first played in 1902. Following this season the two schools will end their long standing rivalry as Indiana State has decided not to continue the series in SERIES FCS Current Losing Streaks 83rd meeting (EIU leads 41-37-4) 2010. The Panthers lead the series 41-37-4 having won four straight and 11 of the last 13 dating back to 1994. School .................................# of consecutive LAST MEETING games lost EIU 38-3 on Sept. 13, 2008 Last season EIU picked up a 38-3 victory at O’Brien Indiana State ...............................................28 at EIU’s O’Brien Field Field after a 54-20 lopsided win in Terre Haute in 2007. Dartmouth ..................................................12 St. Francis (Pa.) ..........................................12 Next year’s series hiatus will not be the first in the long Northeastern .................................................8 RANKINGS rivalry. The schools did not play from 1908-1922 and Tennessee Tech.............................................7 Eastern Illinois ............................ RV/RV Northern Colorado .......................................7 again from 1975-1979. ISU enters with the nation’s Howard .........................................................7 Indiana State ............................................ longest active losing streak at 28 games. .............................. Sports Network/FCS Coaches Eastern Illinois (1-0, 0-0 OVC) Indiana State (0-2, 0-0 MVFC) RADIO Panther Radio Network Date Opponent Score/Time Date Opponent Score/Time Hit Mix 88.9 FM - flagship station Sept. 3 ILLINOIS STATE W 31-6 Aug. 27 QUINCY L 20-26 (ot) WHOW 1510 AM & WMKR 94.3 FM Sept. 12 at Indiana State 11 am Sept. 5 at Louisville L 10-30 www.weiuhitmix.net Sept. 19 * at Southeast Missouri 6 pm Sept. 12 EASTERN ILLINOIS 11 am Play-by-Play ........................ Mike Bradd Sept. 26 * at Austin Peay 6 pm Sept. 19 * at South Dakota State 7 pm Analyst ............................. Jack Ashmore Oct. 3 * EASTERN KENTUCKY 1:30 pm Sept. 26 * YOUNGSTOWN STATE 11 am Oct. 10 at Penn State TBA Oct. 3 * at Northern Iowa 5 pm TELEVISION Oct. 17 * TENNESSEE TECH (HC) 1:30 pm Oct. 17 * at Illinois State 3 pm No Live Television Oct. 24 * at Jacksonville State 1 pm Oct. 24 * WESTERN ILLINOIS 3 pm Oct. 31 * at Murray State 1 pm Oct. 31 * SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 11 am INTERNET Nov. 14 * UT MARTIN 1:30 pm Nov. 7 * at Missouri State 2 pm Live Stats .............www.eiupanthers.com Nov. 19 * TENNESSEE STATE 5:30 pm Nov. 14 * NORTH DAKOTA STATE 11 am Video Stream ........ www.OVCSports.TV * Ohio Valley Conference Game * Missouri Valley Football Conference Game All Times Central All Times Central Believe In Blue • 12 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 September 12, 2009 • Eastern Illinois at Indiana State • Page 2 • www.EIUpanthers.com EASTERN ILLINOIS HEAD COACH BOB SPOO 2009 SPORTS NETWORK The dean of Ohio Valley Conference Coaches, TOP 25 Eastern Illinois head coach Bob Spoo returns to LONGEST TENURED DIVISION I HEAD COACHES (AT SAME SCHOOL) (Week 1) the sidelines for his 22nd season on the sidelines and 23rd season overall. Spoo missed the 2006 1 ..Joe Paterno (Penn State) ........................since 1966 Rk. Team 2009 Record 2 ...Bob Ford (Albany) .................................since 1973 season with a medical illness. His career record 3 ...Bobby Bowden (Florida State) ..............since 1976 1. Richmond (103) 1-0 4 ...Andy Talley (Villanova) ........................since 1985 2. Appalachian State (10) 0-1 is 133-109-1 at EIU including a 59-29 mark in 5 ...Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech) ...............since 1987 3. Villanova (3) 1-0 OVC action. Since taking over the program in ...Bob Spoo (Eastern Illinois) ................ since 1987 4. Northern Iowa (3) 0-1 1987, Spoo has become one of the most respected 5. Montana 1-0 coaches in the game with numerous assistants moving on to succeed at all levels of the 6. James Madison 0-0 7. William & Mary 1-0 coaching business. He was the 1995 Football Gazette I-AA Coach of the Year and runner- 8. Southern Illinois 0-1 up for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award in 2000. A 1960 graduate of Purdue 9. New Hampshire 1-0 University, Spoo has coached the Panthers to 8 NCAA FCS playoff berths and ten Top 25 10. Elon 1-0 national rankings. This season EIU will play at Penn State matching two of the longest 11. Weber State 0-1 12. Cal Poly 0-0 tenured head coaches head-to-head on Oct. 10. 13. Central Arkansas 0-1 14. Wofford 0-1 INDIANA STATE HEAD COACH TRENT MILES 15. South Carolina State (1) 1-0 16. McNeese State 1-0 Trent Miles was hired in December of 2007 to help rebuild the Indiana State football 17. Massachusetts 0-1 program that he played for during the mid-1980’s. Miles is a 1987 graduate and played for 18. Eastern Washington 1-0 the Sycamores from 1982-86 and was a member of the ISU NCAA playoff teams in 1983 19. Texas State 1-0 and 1984. This is his first head coaching job after working as the running backs coach at the 20. Maine 1-0 21. South Dakota State 0-0 University of Washington for three seasons. Miles was unable to guide the Sycamores to a 22. Eastern Kentucky 0-1 win in 2008 and has a career record of 0-14. 23. Jacksonville State 0-1 24. Harvard 0-0 25. Holy Cross 1-0 SCOUTING INDIANA STATE Indiana State enters the game hungry for its first win as the program has not tasted success Also receiving votes: Eastern Illinois since Oct. 21, 2006 when the Sycamores beat Missouri State, 28-22, in a homecoming contest at Memorial Stadium. The team is off to an 0-2 start this year falling to NAIA member Quincy in overtime to open the season and then at FBS member Louisville last weekend. Indiana State’s top rusher is Darrius Gates averaging 55 yards per game while quarterback 2009 FCS Coaches Poll Chris Stutzriem has passed for 118 yards. Santino Davis has been a standout on defense (Week 1) with ten tackles and a pair of interceptions. Rk. Team 2009 Record 1. Richmond (24) 1-0 ON THIS DATE IN EIU HISTORY 2. Appalachian State (3) 0-1 September 12, 1987 – Current head coach Bob Spoo won his first game as the Panthers 3. Villanova 1-0 head coach with a 16-10 win over Northeast Missouri (now Truman State University). Daryl 4. Montana 1-0 Holcombe returned a kick off 85 yards for a score and picked off a pass to earn Gateway 5. Northern Iowa 0-1 6. James Madison 0-0 Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors. 7. William & Mary (1) 1-0 8. Southern Illinois 0-1 PASSING DEBUTS 9. New Hampshire 1-0 10. Weber State 0-1 Eastern Illinois quarterback Jake Christensen had a solid debut as the Panthers starting 11. Elon 1-0 quarterback as he passed for 167 yards and three touchdowns during the 31-6 victory over 12. Central Arkansas 0-1 Illinois State. Christensen was 14-of-22 through the air with two of his incomplete passes 13. Cal Poly 0-0 coming as he spiked the ball on a two minute drill in the second quarter. In that drive he 14. Wofford 0-1 15. South Carolina State 1-0 engineered a Panthers scoring drive of 67 yards on nine plays in 1:12. He hit Jimmy Potempa 16. McNeese State 1-0 to end the drive with a ten yard touchdown strike. He was named the OVC Offensive Player of 17. Eastern Washington 1-0 the Week for his efforts. He became the fifth straight EIU quarterback to win their first start. 18. Massachusetts 0-1 19. Texas State 1-0 20. Maine 1-0 Quarterback ..............Debut (opponent) .....................Stats (Att-Comp-Int-Yds-TD) ........ Result 21. Jacksonville State 0-1 Jake Christensen ..........9-3-09 vs. Illinois State ............................23-14-1-167-3 .....................W 31-6 22. Harvard 0-0 Bodie Reeder ...............9-22-07 at Indiana State ...........................26-23-0-298-0 ...................W 54-20 23. Eastern Kentucky 0-1 Cole Stinson ................10-7-06 vs.