EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER FOOTBALL Contact: Rich Moser • [email protected] • (217) 581-7480 • Fax (217) 581-6434 • www.EIUpanthers.com Game 8 Eastern Illinois Faces Big Road Test Panthers Travel To Jacksonville State

No. 24 Eastern Illinois (5-2, 3-1 OVC) at No. 12 Jacksonville State (4-2) Paul Snow Stadium (15,000) • Jacksonville, Ala. October 24, 2009 • 1 p.m. • TV: None

Quick Facts The Game Eastern Illinois will travel to Jacksonville State for the second to last road game of the season on Saturday afternoon. This will mark the third time in four weeks that Eastern Illinois COACHES: has played a nationally ranked opponent, two of them nationally ranked in the FCS while Penn Bob Spoo (Purdue, 1960) State was ranked No. 14 in the FBS polls. Following the weekend, EIU found themselves in EIU Record...... 137-111-1 (22nd year) second place in the OVC standings as one of three teams who have suffered only one OVC OVC Record...... 62-30 (13th year) loss this year. The game against JSU will count in the standings as either a win or a loss vs. Jacksonville State...... 2-3 despite the Gamecocks not being eligible for the OVC regular-season title. Jack Crowe (UAB, 1970) The Panthers are coming off a 23-15 win over Tennessee Tech that ended a two game JSU Record...... 61-44 (10th) slide. EIU has won in their last two visits to Paul Snow Stadium with each previous win Overall Record...... 75-73 (16th) helping the Panthers secure a post-season playoff berth. OVC Record...... 36-12 (7th year) Jacksonville State comes into the game as one of the hottest teams in the FCS. After vs. EIU...... 3-3 narrowly missing an upset of Florida State, JSU has reeled off four straight FCS wins with an average score of 49-9. This will be homecoming for Jacksonville State as they have played five of their first six contests on the road. SERIES Series tied 3-3 THE SERIES Last meeting, JSU won 23-10 This will be the 7th meeting between Eastern Illinois and Jacksonville State. The series on Sept. 27, 2008 at O’Brien Field is currently tied 3-3 with the Gamecocks picking up a 23-10 win in Charleston last season. In the first five meetings in the series the winner of the contest went on to either win the OVC RANKINGS regular-season title or earn an at-large NCAA FCS playoff berth. This season EIU is again in Eastern Illinois...... 25 / 24 Jacksonville State...... 13 / 12 the hunt for the OVC regular-season title and playoff berth while JSU is playing for the chance ...... Sports Network/FCS Coaches to win an unofficial OVC title with two wins over OVC foes already in the bank.

RADIO Eastern Illinois (5-2, 3-1 OVC) Jacksonville State (4-2) Panther Radio Network Hit Mix 88.9 FM - flagship station Date Opponent Score/Time Date Opponent Score/Time WHOW 1510 AM & WMKR 94.3 FM Sept. 3 ILLINOIS STATE W 31-6 Sept. 5 at L 17-37 www.weiuhitmix.net Sept. 12 at Indiana State W 31-0 Sept. 12 at Florida State L 9-19 Play-by-Play...... Mike Bradd Sept. 19 * at Southeast Missouri W 23-14 Sept. 19 at Alabama A&M W 45-13 Analyst...... Jack Ashmore Sept. 26 * at Austin Peay W 30-20 Sept. 26 at Nicholls State W 60-10 Oct. 3 * EASTERN KENTUCKY L 31-36 Oct. 3 * UT MARTIN W 52-7 TELEVISION - NONE Oct. 10 at Penn State L 3-52 Oct. 10 * at Murray State W 41-7 Oct. 17 * TENNESSEE TECH (HC) W 23-15 Oct. 17 * EASTERN ILLIOIS (HC) 1 pm NATIONAL RADIO Oct. 24 * at Jacksonville State 1 pm Oct. 31 * at Austin Peay 6 pm WCKY AM 1530 Oct. 31 * at Murray State 1 pm Nov. 7 * at Southeast Missouri 1 pm Play-by-Play...... Frank Santore Nov. 14 * UT MARTIN 1:30 pm Nov. 14 * TENNESSEE TECH Noon Analyst...... Chris Goforth Nov. 19 * TENNESSEE STATE 5:30 pm Nov. 21 * EASTERN KENTUCKY Noon

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Believe In Blue • 12 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 October 24, 2009 • Eastern Illinois at Jacksonville 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 7) the sidelines for his 22nd season on the sidelines and 23rd season overall. Spoo missed the 2006 1 ...Joe Paterno (Penn State)...... since 1966 2....Bob Ford (Albany)...... since 1973 Rk. team 2009 Record season with a medical illness. His career record 1. Richmond (131) 6-0 3....Bobby Bowden (Florida State)...... since 1976 4....Andy Talley (Villanova)...... since 1985 2. Montana (5) 6-0 is 137-111-1 at EIU including a 62-30 mark in 5....Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech)...... since 1987 3. Southern Illinois (1) 5-1 OVC action. Since taking over the program in ....Bob Spoo (Eastern Illinois)...... since 1987 4. Villanova 6-1 1987, Spoo has become one of the most respected 5. William & Mary 5-1 coaches in the game with numerous assistants moving on to succeed at all levels of the 6. Northern Iowa 4-2 7. Elon 5-1 coaching business. He was the 1995 Football Gazette I-AA Coach of the Year and runner- 8. Appalachian State 4-2 up for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award in 2000. A 1960 graduate of Purdue 9. New Hampshire 5-1 University, Spoo has coached the Panthers to 8 NCAA FCS playoff berths and ten Top 25 10. South Carolina State 5-1 national rankings. This season EIU will play at Penn State matching two of the longest 11. South Dakota State 5-1 12. McNeese State 4-2 tenured head coaches head-to-head on Oct. 10. 13. Jacksonville State 4-2 14. Massachusetts 4-2 jacksonville state HEAD COACH jack crowe 15. Stephen F. Austin 5-1 16. Weber State 4-3 Jack Crowe enters his tenth season coaching Jacksonville State having compiled a 61-44 17. Colgate 7-0 record in his time with the Gamecocks. Crowe took over the JSU program in 2000 when 18. Central Arkansas 4-2 the team was a member of the Southland Conference. In 2003 they joined the OVC winning 19. Delaware 5-2 back-to-back league championships in 2003 and 2004. His career OVC record is 36-12 in 20. Cal Poly 3-3 21. Eastern Kentucky 4-2 seven years. A 1970 graduate of UAB, Crowe also had head coaching stops at Livingston 22. Holy Cross 5-1 (now West Alabama) and Arkansas. His career record is 75-73. 23. Liberty 4-2 24. Northern Arizona 4-2 25. EASTERN ILLINOIS 5-2 SCOUTING JACKSONVILLE STATE The Gamecocks feature one of the most talented offensive players in recent Ohio Valley Conference history with senior Ryan Perrilloux. The second year transfer from LSU is one of 20-players on the mid-season Walter Payton Award Watch List. He currently

leads the nation in passing efficiency at 195.13 completing 71-of-116 passes for 1,284 yards. He has tossed 15 compared to only one . Perrilloux is also 2009 FCS Coaches Poll dangerous on the ground ranking third on the team with 175 yards rushing. The defense (Week 7) which has allowed just 14 points to OVC opponents this year is led by Kevin Dix with five sacks and T.J. Heath with five . Rk. team 2009 Record 1. Richmond (28) 6-0 2. Montana 6-0 ON THIS DATE IN EIU HISTORY 3. Southern Illinois 5-1 October 24, 1987 – Eastern Illinois quarterback Eric Arnold hit tight end Mike Macek 4. Villanova 6-1 for a 14-yard pass with 36 seconds remaining to lift Eastern Illinois to a 7-3 win 5. William & Mary 5-1 6. Northern Iowa 5-2 over Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State) in Springfield, Mo. Arnold was 19-of- 7. Elon 5-1 38 for 210 yards in the win. 8. New Hampshire 5-1 9. Appalachian State 4-2 HIGH PROFILE 10. South Carolina State 5-1 11. McNeese State 4-2 Eastern Illinois and Jacksonville State will both start former high school All-American 12. Jacksonville State 4-2 quarterbacks under center on Saturday afternoon as Jake Christensen goes for the Panthers 13. South Dakota State 5-1 while Ryan Perrilloux will start for the Gamecocks. Both players started their careers at 14. Central Arkansas 4-2 15. Weber State 4-3 different FBS schools but both transferred into the Ohio Valley Conference with Christensen 16. Massachusetts 4-2 coming to EIU from Iowa in August and Perrilloux going to JSU from LSU prior to the 2008 17. Colgate 7-0 season. This will be the second time that teams quarterbacked by Christensen and Perrilloux 18. Stephen F. Austin 5-1 have faced off. Both players competed in the 2005 US Army All-American Bowl with the 19. Cal Poly 3-3 20. Eastern Kentucky 4-2 West team quarterbacked by Perrilloux winning over the East quarterbacked by Christensen, 21. Eastern Washington 4-3 35-3. Also playing quarterback for the West were current New York Jets quarterback Mark 22. Holy Cross 4-1 Sanchez and Jim Barnes (Arizona State). The other quarterbacks on the East squad included 23. Delaware 5-2 Greg Paulus, currently at Syracuse and , currently at Tennessee. 24. EASTERN ILLINOIS 5-2 25. Northern Arizona 4-2 NATIONAL RADIO This week’s contest will be featured as the FCS National Game of the Week and carried

on WCKY AM 1530 based in Cincinnati. The game will be aired taped delayed beginning at 9 p.m. Saturday night on the 50,000 watt station. More information at www.1530homer.com

Believe In Blue • 12 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 October 24, 2009 • Eastern Illinois at Jacksonville State • Page 3 • www.EIUpanthers.com CJ JAMES GETS ANOTHER PICK Junior CJ James collected his third interception of the season on TALE OF THE TAPE Saturday against Tennessee Tech extending his team lead. James was one of two Panthers to record an interception against TTU quarterback Lee Sweeney (Shelton Penrow had the other). James now has four career interceptions. He ranks 47th in the NCAA in interceptions this year and third in the OVC. Earlier this season James returned an interception for touchdown against Indiana State. Points Per Game...... 24.6...... 37.3 HOLDING THE BALL Average Points Allowed...... 20.4...... 15.5 First Downs...... 134...... 134 Eastern Illinois held the ball for 43:10 on Saturday against Rushing Yards Per Game...... 141.6...... 171.5 Tennessee Tech as they were able to keep a banged up defense fresh on Rushing Touchdowns...... 7...... 8 the sidelines. This season EIU is averaging 32:26 in time of possession Passing Yards Per Game...... 203.7...... 263.3 which ranks first in the OVC and 16th nationally. To date this year, EIU Passing Touchdowns...... 12...... 19 has held the ball more than its opponents in five out of seven games. Average Yards Per Game...... 345.3...... 434.8 In those five games, the Panthers are 4-1, the lone loss coming at Penn Interceptions Thrown...... 6...... 2 State. The last time EIU held the ball for more than 40 minutes in a Fumbles - Lost...... 15-11...... 9-4 game was back on Sept. 19, 1998 when the Panthers controlled the ball Turnovers Gained...... 18...... 18 for 40:10 of the game during a 24-10 win over FBS member Northern Punting Average...... 38.4...... 39.8 Illinois. Field Goals (ATT/MADE)...... 10-for-16...... 4-for-7 3rd Down Conversions...... 45-94 (48%)...... 35-79 (44%) CREATING TURNOVERS 4th Down Conversions...... 2-6...... 1-3 The Panther defense forced five turnovers on Saturday against Sacks (Yards)...... 14 (92)...... 14 (81) Tennessee Tech, a team that had only given up four turnovers in the Penalties (Yards)...... 38 (364)...... 46 (361) first five games of the season. The Panthers had two interceptions Time of Possession (Game)...... 32:26...... 30:28 against TTU quarterback Lee Sweeney while recovering three Golden Eagle fumbles. The Panthers now have 18 turnovers gained this season and are tied for the OVC lead with Jacksonville State. EIU has now Statistical Leaders gained at least one turnover in a game in 11 straight games dating back to last season. RUSHING YARDS SIGNOR BIG SCORING WEAPON EASTERN ILLINOIS JACKSONVILLE STATE Senior kicker Austin Signor continues to be one of the Panthers Mon Williams...... 586 Calvin Middleton...... 355 top scoring weapons this season as he ranks first on the squad with 50 Chevon Walker...... 213 Jamal Young...... 276 points. Signor has converted all 20 extra point attempts this season and is 10-of-16 on field goal attempts. With his three field goals made on PASSING YARDS Saturday he moved into a tie for 10th place on the EIU single season EASTERN ILLINOIS JACKSONVILLE STATE field goals made list. His average of 7.14 points per game is 33rd Jake Christensen...... 1409 Ryan Perrilloux...... 1284 in the NCAA and second in the OVC behind Terrence Holt of Austin Peay. In terms of field goals made this season Signor leads the OVC RECEPTIONS while ranking 18th in the nation. On Saturday he knocked home two EASTERN ILLINOIS JACKSONVILLE STATE field goals of more than 40 yards giving him five field goals over Jimmy Potempa...... 21 James Wilkerson...... 22 that distance this season. Signor also serves as the Panthers kick off Kenny Whittaker...... 21 James Shaw...... 14 specialist with 17 of 38 kicks this season going for a touchback. Charles Graves...... 15 Greg Smith...... 13

DIFFERENT TARGETS STEP UP The Eastern Illinois offense continues to use a variety of receivers TACKLES as nine different Panthers hauled in at least one pass on Saturday EASTERN ILLINOIS JACKSONVILLE STATE against Tennessee Tech. Charles Graves was the top target with four Cory Leman...... 55 Alexander Henderson...... 46 receptions for 28 yards while Kenny Whittaker was second on the team Nick Nasti...... 37 Kevin Dix...... 30 with three catches for 45 yards. With those three catches Whittaker Gordy Kickels...... 34 Josh Cain...... 27 moved into a tie for the team lead with 21 catches with a team-high 244 yards. Also tied for the team lead is Michigan transfer Jimmy Potempa INTERCEPTIONS with 21 catches for 134 yards. On the season 12 different players have EASTERN ILLINOIS JACKSONVILLE STATE made at least three catches for the season with seven different players CJ James...... 3 T.J. Heath...... 5 accounting for a touchdown reception. The Panthers are averaging Carlos Reyna...... 1 Josh Cain...... 1 11.7 yards per reception and 203.7 yards per game receiving.

Believe In Blue • 12 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 October 24, 2009 • Eastern Illinois at Jacksonville State • Page 4 • www.EIUpanthers.com MILLARD STREAK CONTINUES rushing defense 2009 OVC Standings • Senior center Chaz Millard continues • Eastern Illinois held an opposing running his streak of consecutive games without back to less than 100 yards for the seventh Team...... OVC...... Pct...... All...... Pct. allowing a sack as he played against straight game this season and eighth game Eastern Kentucky...... 4-1...... 800...... 4-2...... 667 Eastern Illinois...... 3-1...... 750...... 5-2...... 714 Tennessee Tech. Millard has not allowed overall dating back to last year. On the Tennessee State...... 2-1...... 667...... 3-4...... 429 a sack for 33 straight games playing right season EIU ranks 40th in rushing defense Tennessee Tech...... 2-2...... 500...... 3-3...... 500 guard the last two seasons and center allowing just 119.71 yards per game. In Austin Peay...... 1-2...... 333...... 2-4...... 333 the first six games this year. That streak addition EIU has kept four teams to under Murray State...... 1-2...... 333...... 2-4...... 333 dates back to Nov. 4, 2006 when Millard a 100 total yards rushing picking up a win UT Martin...... 1-3...... 250...... 2-5...... 286 allowed a sack to Tennessee State. in each of those four contests. Southeast Missouri...... 0-4...... 000...... 1-5...... 167 Jacksonville State...... 4-2...... 600 stepping in on defense HAYNES CONTINUES TO COVER • Eastern Illinois had four players step in • Rashad Haynes added two more pass to starting roles for the Panthers defense defense break-ups to his season total on This Week In The OVC on Saturday against Tennessee Tech. Saturday against Tennessee Tech as the Alain Marcelin earned his first start of Panthers recorded nine total break-ups Saturday - October 24 the season and 8th of his career filling in the game. Haynes now has eight pass Eastern Illinois @ Jacksonville State -- 1 p.m. in for the injured Cory Leman at outside break-ups this season and 22 for his career. Southeast Missouri @ Tennessee Tech -- 1:30 p.m. Eastern Kentucky @ Austin Peay -- 6 p.m. linebacker. Spyros Bazigos earned his That total of eight ranks 43rd in the nation Murray State @ UT Martin -- 6 p.m. second start at defensive tackle for Trevor this season Frericks with both players seeing time Tennessee State - Open Date on the field. Colin Luczynski saw his spoo coaching game 250 second start of the season at defensive • Eastern Illinois head coach Bob Spoo end startign for Nathan Galan. He made a will be on the sidelines as a head coach for LAST WEEK’S OVC RESULTS start for Perry Burge earlier in the season the 250th game of his career on Saturday at Indiana State. Bobson Mercier had his at Jacksonville State. He has been the @ Eastern Illinois 23, Tennessee Tech 15 first of the season at rover playing in place Panthers career leader in wins (137) since @ Eastern Kentucky 31, UT Martin 25 of the injured Adrian Arrington. The only 2002 and moved into fourth place on the Murray State 9, @ Tennessee State 6 injured starter who will not be available at OVC career wins list earlier this year. Austin Peay - Open Date Jacksonville State is Leman who is out for Jacksonville State - Open Date 4-to-6 weeks with an MCL injury. Games Southeast Missouri - Open Date 1 - 9/5/87 at San Jose State (L 3-24) BAKER MAKES A RECOVERY 50 - 9/21/91 at Murray State (L 27-28) • True freshman Adam Baker earned his 100 - 11/11/95 at SIU (W 42-21) first career playing time two weeks ago at 150 - 9/9/00 vs. Ky. Wesleyan (W 72-0) Penn State moving into the starting long 200 - 10/9/04 at EKU (L 6-49) snapper role. Against Tennessee Tech on 250 - 10/24/09 at Jacksonville State Saturday he made one his first big plays OVC Predicted Order Of Finish recovering a fumble on a punt. without a sack • Eastern Illinois went its second straight 1. Eatern Kentucky (10) mon second in the ovc game without a quarterback sack on 2. UT Martin (4) • Junior running back Mon Williams Saturday against Tennessee Tech despite 3. EASTERN ILLINOIS (2) moved up to second in the Ohio Valley getting nine quarterback hurries on TTU’s 4. Tennessee State (1) 5. Murray State (1) Conference in rushing yards per game Lee Sweeney. The Panthers have recorded 6. Tennessee Tech with an 81-yard effort against Tennessee 14 sacks on the season for 92 yards. The 7. Austin Peay Tech. Williams now has 586 on the season team leader is sophomore Perry Burge 8. Southeast Missouri for an average of 83.7 yards per game. He with three sacks. Burge also leads the * Jacksonville State (first place votes in parenthesis) ranks 29th nationally. The OVC leader in team in quarterback pressures with five. JSU is not eligible for the OVC Championship or the rushing is Ryan White of Austin Peay at Freshman Artavious Dowdell is second on NCAA FCS playoffs due to an NCAA APR penalty. 116.33. The only Eastern Illinois running the team with two sacks. They can receive votes for both national polls. back to ever lead the OVC in rushing yards per game was J.R. Taylor in 2002 with a move the chains Eastern Illinois Players On 126.8 yards per game average. Taylor is • Eastern Illinois converted on 44 percent of All-OVC Preseason Team also the only EIU player to ever lead the its third down chances on Saturday against OVC in scoring as he was the conference’s TTU as the Panthers continue to rank first in Offense top man in 2001 and 2002. This year EIU the OVC and fourth nationally in 3rd down Chaz Millard - Offensive Guard has two players in the top five for league conversion percentage. EIU is converting scoring this year. at a 47.8 percent clip this season. Believe In Blue • 12 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 October 24, 2009 • Eastern Illinois at Jacksonville State • Page 5 • www.EIUpanthers.com Eastern Illinois In The DECADES BEST same face, new number OVC/NCAA Stats • Eastern Illinois enters the final season • Several Eastern Illinois players changed (2009 stats) of the decade tied with Eastern Kentucky uniforms numbers during the off season

TEAM for the most wins of any OVC school over including starters Charles Graves and NCAA...... OVC the last nine years with 69 wins. Overall Lorence Ricks. Below are the six players Rushing Offense (141.57)...... 55th...... 6th among FCS schools, EIU ranks 28th tied who will be donning a new number for the Passing Offense (203.71)...... 49th...... 4th with Eastern Kentucky. Panthers this season. Passing Efficiency (133.36)...... 38th...... 3rd Wins Since 2000 Player...... New...... Old Total Offense (345.29)...... 48th...... 4th 69 - Eastern Illinois Lorence Ricks...... 3...... 81 Scoring Offense (24.57)...... 49th...... 3rd 69 - Eastern Kentucky Cory Leman...... 8...... 55 Rushing Defense (119.71)...... 40th...... 4th 61 - Jacksonville State Charles Graves...... 18...... 87 Pass Defense (189.00)...... 53rd...... 3rd 48 - Tennessee State Nick Martinez...... 19...... 40 Pass Efficiency Def. (113.93)...... 33rd...... 2nd 46 - Tennessee Tech James Cooper...... 24...... 39 Total Defense (308.71)...... 35th...... 2nd 40 - Murray State Alain Marcelin...... 44...... 51 Scoring Defense (20.43)...... 38th...... 4th 38 - UT Martin Net Punting (33.23)...... 62nd...... 5th 37 - Southeast Missouri Punt Returns (6.38)...... 73rd...... 7th 34 - Austin Peay panthers to play on ESPNU Kickoff Returns (22.04)...... 30th...... 6th • EIU will make its first ever football Turnover Margin (0.14)...... 56th...... 4th appearance on ESPNU this season when Turnovers Gained (18)...... 7th...... 1st AVOIDING THE SHUTOUT the Panthers host Tennessee State in the Sacks (2.00)...... 51st...... 5th • Eastern Illinois enters this week with a regular season finale. The game was Tackles For Loss (5.71)...... 65th...... 7th streak of 73 straight games without being moved to Thursday, Nov. 19 for television Sacks Allowed (2.71)...... 97th...... 7th shutout. The last time EIU was held purposes and will be a 5:30 p.m. kick 3rd Down Conversion (47.87)...... 4th...... 1st scoreless was Oct. 11, 2003 - a 41-0 loss off. EIU currently has every home game 4th Down Conversion (33.33)...... 83rd...... 7th versus Eastern Kentucky. The Panthers did televised in the Central Illinois region by 3rd Down Defense (38.46)...... 75th...... 7th have a streak of 26 straight games in which WEIU TV. The last nationally televised Red Zone Offense ...... 110th...... 9th they have scored a touchdown snapped contest was on ESPN Classic on Oct. 10 Red Zone Defense...... 42nd...... 3rd in the loss at Penn State. EIU’s longest this year at Penn State. Time of Possession (32.26)...... 16th...... 1st streak of consecutive games without being shutout was 197 from 1977-1996 which INDIVIDUAL (Top 50) ranks fourth all-time among FCS schools. making the big ten rounds NCAA...... OVC • The Panthers will continue to make their Mon Williams (Rushing)...... 29th...... 2nd Longest OVC Active Streaks trip around the Big Ten Conference this 95 - Jacksonville State Jake Christensen (Pass. Eff.)...... 26th...... 2nd 73 - Eastern Illinois season as they play at Penn State on Oct. Jake Christensen (Total Offense)...... 49th...... 4th 53 - UT Martin 10. After not playing a Big Ten school for Austin Signor (Field Goals)...... 18th...... 1st 48 - Murray State more than 100 years of football, EIU will Austin Signor (Scoring)...... 33rd...... 2nd be facing a Big Ten opponent for the fourth Cory Leman (Tackles)...... 40th...... 3rd straight year. That string will continue over CJ James (Interceptions)...... 47th...... 3rd ncaa fbs transfers the next two years with a trip to Iowa set • Like most schools at the NCAA FCS level, for 2010 and Northwestern in 2011. Eastern Illinois has its share of NCAA FBS level transfers into the program. This season EIU added three more FBS players WALTERS MAKES THE CUT giving them a total of ten FBS transfers. • The Panthers will have yet another face in the this season EIU FBS Transfers as 2008 graduate Pierre Walters was among 2 - Jimmy Potempa (Michigan) those players named to the 53-man roster 4 - Bodie Reeder (Wyoming) for the Kansas City Chiefs prior to the 2009 5 - Chevon Walker (Florida) NFL season. Walters was a multiple time 7 - Mon Williams (Florida) All-American at Eastern Illinois ending 11 - Jake Christensen (Iowa) 25 - Shelton Penrow (Florida International) his career third in career tackles for loss 48 - Austin Signor (Iowa) at 42.5. He joins current Dallas Cowboys 63 - Otis Hudson (Minnesota) quarterback Tony Romo as active players 92 - Michael Letton (Navy) in the NFL while EIU also has several 99 - Trevor Frericks (Bowling Green) coaching alumni in the NFL ranks with head coach Sean Payton in and head coach Brad Childress in Minnesota.

Believe In Blue • 12 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 October 24, 2009 • Eastern Illinois at Jacksonville State • Page 6 • www.EIUpanthers.com

HOW DO YOU SAY THAT - EIU Pronunciation Guide PANTHERS INSTALL NEW VIDEO SCOREBOARD • Home games at O’Brien Field will have a little different feel this 2...Jimmy Potempa...... poe-TIM-pah season as the Panthers have installed a new video scoreboard in the 8...Cory Leman...... coor-EE * Lay-man north end of the field. The video board also includes a new state- 12...Bobson Mercier...... Mur-sear of-the-art sound system. The scoreboard system was purchased 30...Sean Sobolewski...... so-bo-lou-ski from Daktronics, Inc., and will provide a new dimension to the Panthers home game experience. The only catch is that Panther 44...Alain Marcelin...... mar-Sa-lynn fans will now have to get accustomed to turning north instead of 58...Alex Luhring...... lure-Ring south were the previous scoreboards have stood for 40 years. 60...Seth Knolhoff...... knoll-off 89...Daniel Vehovic...... Va-hoe-vick o’brien field turns 40 90...Spyros Bazigos...... Spear-ro * bah-zee-gos • Eastern Illinois will play its 40th season of intercollegiate football 94...Andre Lima...... lee-mah at O’Brien Field this season. The field was originally opened as 95...Nathan Galan...... gah-lon Lincoln Field in 1970 with the Panthers losing the dedication 96...Colin Luczynski...... Loo-chin-ski game on Sept. 12 against Indiana State, 28-18. The field complex 97...Judes Amilcar...... jewd-es * AH-mil-car was later renamed O’Brien Field in honor of former football, track 99...Trevor Frericks...... Fra-air-ricks and cross country coach Maynard ‘Pat’ O’Brien. In the 40 years at O’Brien, EIU has posted a 151-68-3 record (69 percent) with seven undefeated seasons.

MILLARD NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN Senior Chaz Millard has been named a preseason All- EIU 2008 ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY STATE/YEAR American by several publications after earning honorable mention EIU Roster By Home State All-American honors each of the past two seasons at right guard. Illinois...... 51 During the spring due to injuries on the offensive line Millard Florida...... 21 moved over to the center position and played so well he won the starting job at that spot. He enters the 2009 season with a streak Ohio...... 5 of 26 games without allowing a sack. He graded out at 93 percent Wisconsin...... 5 last season with 57 decleater blocks. Indiana...... 3 Arizona...... 2 FATHER/SON COMBO Texas...... 2 • When Jake Christensen suits up at quarterback for Eastern California...... 1 Illinois he will join his father as one of two recent Panther father/ Kentucky...... 1 son combinations. Christensen’s father Jeff played quarterback at Iowa...... 1 EIU from 1980-82 and left as the school’s career leading passer with 6,282 yards. He has since fallen to fourth but does still rank EIU Roster By Class in many single season and career top ten lists at EIU. Last season linebacker Shannon Cobb was a member of the Panthers team after Graduate...... 1 his father David was a defensive back on the 1978 EIU Division II Senior...... 13 National Championship team. Junior...... 16 Sophomore...... 18 LORA REPRESENTS TEAM USA Redshirt Freshman...... 17 • Incoming freshman wide receiver Erik Lora got a little extra Freshman...... 27 football in this summer as he was selected as a member of the junior U.S. National Football Team. Lora competed in the Junior World Football Games helping the USA win gold as he made 2009 EASTERN ILLINOIS CAPTAINS six catches for 75 yards and one touchdown in the three game OFFENSE tournament. 4...Bodie Reeder...... Quarterback 74...Chaz Millard...... Offensive Guard panthers picked 3rd in ovc • Eastern Illinois was selected to finish third in the OVC preseason coaches poll that was released mid-summer. The Panthers DEFENSE received two first place votes as five teams received at least one 1...Adrian Arrington...... Rover first place vote. Eastern Kentucky was selected to finish first with 9...Seymour Loftman...... Free Safety UT Martin picked second. Probable league favorite Jacksonville State was not eligible for the OVC title based on an NCAA APR penalty for this season.

Believe In Blue • 12 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 October 24, 2009 • Eastern Illinois at Jacksonville State • Page 7 • www.EIUpanthers.com NEW PLAYERS ON THE EIU ROSTER #11 - Jake Christensen (Quarterback) Northwestern . . . did not see action in loss to Wisconsin . . . saw action in loss at Minnesota, completing 1-2 passes for 10 yards, with one interception, as 6-1, 215, Grad., Lockport, Ill. (Iowa) offense gained season-best 546 yards total offense . . . saw action vs. Texas in Alamo Bowl, gaining one yard on two rushing attempts... 2005 - - Redshirted IOWA: 2008: Started two games against Maine and . . . Team Leader Award, offense. HIGH SCHOOL: Earned all-American Pittsburgh as Iowa finished the season playing the recognition from USA Today, SuperPrep, Rivals.com and Parade Magazine Outback Bowl... appeared in eight games passing . . . named Illinois Player of the Year by Champaign News-Gazette . . . was for 396 yards and two touchdowns... was 36-of-63 first team all-state and all-conference as a senior . . . earned first team all- with one interception... 2007 - - Listed as first team conference, all-area and all-state honors as a junior after leading prep team quarterback following spring practice . . . started to second straight Class 8A state title . . . Career - - career totals include 404- at quarterback and played every offensive play in 774 for 6,555 yards and 69 touchdowns . . . completed 178-317 attempts as a opening win over Northern Illinois as offense rushed senior for 2,874 yards and 36 touchdowns as a senior, with 11 interceptions for 250 yards and gained 383 yards total offense . . . . passed for 3,681 yards and 33 touchdowns, with five interceptions as a . . completed 12-29 passes for 133 yards and one junior, completing 226-457 pass attempts . . . earned three letters in football touchdown, a five-yard toss in the second quarter and three letters as baseball outfielder... PERSONAL: - - parents are Linda . . . started at quarterback in win over Syracuse as Freveletti and Jeff Christensen . . . member of prep Honor Roll for four years offense gained 408 yards total offense . . . completed 23-32 passes for 278 . . . father played with Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Cleveland in the NFL . . . yards vs. Syracuse, with four touchdown passes and one interception . . . high school coach was Bret Kooi. scoring strikes covered 52, 36, five and six yards . . . started at quarterback and played every offensive down in loss at Iowa State, completing 12-23 attempts for 118 yards, with no turnovers . . . scored Iowa’s only touchdown on 11-yard run in the third period for first career rushing touchdown . . . started at quarterback and played every offensive down in loss at Wisconsin #2 - Jimmy Potempa (Running Back) . . . completed 17-37 passes for 169 yards and one touchdown, with no interceptions . . . also rushed eight times for 11 yards . . . scoring strike 5-7, 171, R-So., Mundelein, Ill. (Michigan) covered 21 yards with four seconds remaining in second period . . . started at quarterback and played every offensive down in loss to Indiana . . . completed MICHIGAN: Sophomore (2008): Redshirted at 24-42 passes for 308 yards and three touchdowns, with one interception . . Michigan... Freshman (2007)... played in three games . scoring passes covered 33, 10 and 18 yards . . . started at quarterback and at tailback ... made career debut vs. Notre Dame (Sept. played every offensive down in loss at Penn State . . . completed 16-29 passes 15), rushing twice for nine yards ... carried three for 146 yards, with an 11-yard touchdown strike and no interceptions . . . times for six yards against Eastern Michigan (Oct. started at quarterback and played every offensive down in win over 18th- 6) ... had a one-yard carry vs. Minnesota (Oct. 27)... ranked Illinois . . . completed 17-25 passes for 182 yards and one touchdown, HIGH SCHOOL: attended Carmel Catholic High with no interceptions, vs. Illinois . . . completed 20-yard scoring strike in School (2007) ... National Honor Society member final minute of third period for only touchdown of the game in 10-6 win . ... four-year varsity letterman ... played on kickoff . . started at quarterback in loss at Purdue . . . completed 17-40 passes for team for state championship squad as a freshman ... 177 yards at Purdue, with one interception, stopping a streak of 111 passes Key Statistics... set school records for career rushing between interceptions . . . started at quarterback and played every offensive yards and career touchdowns ... carried the ball 150 down in double OT win over Michigan State . . . completed 5-15 passes for 53 times for 1,368 yards and scored 21 touchdowns yards and one score vs. MSU, with the TD pass covering 23 yards in the first as a senior ... gained 976 rushing yards and scored 12 TDs junior year ... overtime period . . . started at quarterback and played every offensive down gained 1,203 rushing yards and scored 15 TDs as a sophomore ... Honors in win at Northwestern as offense gained 299 passing yards and 369 yards and Rankings... Class 7A All-State selection from the Illinois High School total offense . . . completed 21-36 passes for 299 yards and one touchdown Coaches Association as a senior ... Class 7A Academic All-State senior year at Northwestern, with no interceptions . . . scoring pass covered 20 yards for ... Tom Lemming’s Prep Football Report All-Area selection as a sophomore, Iowa’s first score of the game . . . started at quarterback and played every junior and senior ... East Suburban Catholic Conference Offensive Player of offensive down in win over Minnesota . . . completed 14-25 passes for 157 the Year as a senior ... earned All-East Suburban Catholic Conference honors yards and one touchdown, with one interception . . . connected with TE as sophomore, junior and senior ... three-time team MVP ... Daily Herald All- Brandon Myers on eight-yard scoring pass for first touchdown of the game . Area selection three straight seasons ... Other Sports... two-year letterman in . . started at quarterback and played every offensive down in loss to Western track ... fourth-place finisher in the 100-meter dash and a fifth-place finisher in Michigan as offense gained 397 yards total offense . . . completed 20-37 the 200-meter dash at the East Suburban Catholic Conference Championship passes for 249 yards and three touchdowns vs. Western Michigan, with two senior year ... member of 4x200-meter relay team that won conference title ... interceptions and 45 yards on 12 rushing attempts... 2006 - - Listed as third earned varsity letters in and baseball... PERSONAL: father, Gary, team quarterback following spring practice . . . saw action in 41-7 win over played football at Notre Dame (1970-74) ... brother, Dan, played football at Montana as offense gained 416 yards total offense . . . competed all three Iowa State (1997-99) and Millikin University (1999-2002) . pass attempts for 19 yards vs. Montana in first action of career . . . did not see action in win at Syracuse . . . did not see action in win over Iowa State . . . did not see action in win at Illinois . . . did not see action in loss to top-ranked Ohio State . . . saw action in win over Purdue as offense reached season high marks in points (47) and rushing yards (286) . . . did not see action in loss at Indiana . . . did not see action in loss at Michigan . . . started first game of his career in Northern Illinois, leading offense to 405 yards total offense in win . . . completed 19-30 passes for 256 yards and two scores, with one interception . . . completed scoring passes of six and 10 yards, with final TD pass sealing the victory in the fourth quarter . . . did not see action in loss to

Believe In Blue • 12 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 October. 24, 2009 • Eastern Illinois at Jacksonville State • Page 8 • www.EIUpanthers.com EIU OFFENSE EIU DEFENSE QUARTERBACK LEFT END 11....Jake Christensen...... 6-1...... 215...... Grad 96....Colin Luczynski...... 6-1...... 234...... R-Jr 4....Bodie Reeder...... 6-0...... 208...... R-Sr or 95....Nathan Galan...... 6-2...... 236...... R-Jr RUNNING BACK 32....Artavious Dowdell...... 6-2...... 210...... Fr 7....Mon Williams...... 6-2...... 220...... R-Jr LEFT TACKLE 5....Chevon Walker...... 5-10...... 197...... R-Jr 94....Andre Lima...... 6-0...... 289...... R-Sr SPLIT 92....Michael Letton...... 6-4...... 242...... R-Fr 3....Lorence Ricks...... 6-1...... 178...... R-So RIGHT TACKLE 81....Chris Wright...... 6-1...... 175...... Fr 99....Trevor Frericks...... 6-1...... 269...... R-Sr FLANKER or 90....Spyros Bazigos...... 5-11...... 311...... R-Jr 15....Kenny Whittaker...... 5-10...... 183...... Fr RIGHT END 86....Chavar Watkins...... 6-2...... 198...... R-Fr 98....Perry Burge...... 6-2...... 235...... So 22....Erik Lora...... 5-10...... 166...... Fr 84....Taylor Dunn...... 6-5...... 252...... Sr SLOT OUTSIDE LINEBACKER 18....Charles Graves...... 6-1...... 179...... R-Jr 44....Alain Marcelin...... 6-0...... 227...... Jr 2....Jimmy Potempa...... 5-7...... 171...... R-So 49....Sean Campbell...... 6-1...... 209...... R-Jr TIGHT END MIDDLE LINEBACKER 45....Keagan Robinson...... 6-6...... 249...... R-Fr 46....Gordy Kickels...... 6-1...... 216...... So or 89....Danny Vehovic...... 6-2...... 227...... R-Jr 43....Ryan Turner...... 6-0...... 213...... Fr LEFT TACKLE OUTSIDE LINEBACKER 66....Chris Campbell...... 6-5...... 320...... R-Sr 56....Nick Nasti...... 6-1...... 237...... Jr 77....Ryan Grossman...... 6-4...... 277...... R-So 54....Perry Maynard...... 6-2...... 218...... R-Fr LEFT GUARD LEFT CORNERBACK 76....Eric Zink...... 6-6...... 284...... So 26....Rashad Haynes...... 5-11...... 177...... R-Jr 67....Mike O’Neill...... 6-2...... 287...... R-Fr 24....James Cooper...... 5-10...... 187...... R-Fr CENTER ROVER 74....Chaz Millard...... 6-3...... 291...... R-Sr 1....Adrian Arrington...... 5-11...... 205...... R-Sr 61....Willie Henderson...... 6-2...... 273...... R-So or 12....Bobson Mercier...... 5-10...... 187...... R-Jr RIGHT GUARD FREE SAFETY 61....Willie Henderson...... 6-2...... 273...... R-So 9....Seymour Loftman...... 5-11...... 189...... R-Sr 70....Chris Vaccaro...... 6-3...... 288...... R-Sr 6....Carlos Reyna...... 6-0...... 184...... So RIGHT TACKLE RIGHT CORNERBACK 63....Otis Hudson...... 6-3...... 331...... R-Sr 21....CJ James...... 5-8...... 183...... Jr 66....Chris Campbell...... 6-5...... 320...... R-Sr 25....Shelton Penrow...... 5-10...... 176...... R-Sr EIU SPECIALISTS EIU COACHING STAFF PLACEKICKER Head Coach: Bob Spoo (Purdue, 1960 - 21st year) 48....Austin Signor...... 6-4...... 216...... R-Sr (Career Record 137-111-1; OVC Record 62-30) 38....Jason Baker...... 5-11...... 190...... Fr PUNTER Associate Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator: Roc Bellantoni (9th year) 41....Kevin Cook...... 6-2...... 201...... R-Jr KICK OFFS Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator: 48....Austin Signor...... 6-4...... 216...... R-Sr Roy Wittke (15thth year) HOLDER 41....Kevin Cook...... 6-2...... 201...... R-Jr Special Teams Coach: Matthew Smiley (1st year) LONG SNAPPER Offensive Line Coach: Jeff Hoover (3rd year) 51....Adam Baker...... 6-2...... 225...... Fr Wide Receivers: Mike Lynch (5th year) 77....Ryan Grossman...... 6-4...... 277...... R-So Defensive Line: Forrest Jackson (6th year) PUNT RETURNS Secondary Coach: Bobby Babich (3rd year) Offensive Assistant: Jason Fisher (1st year) 26....Rashad Haynes...... 5-11...... 177...... R-Jr Defensive Assistant: Chad Cleveland (2nd year) 2....Jimmy Potempa...... 5-7...... 171...... R-So Quality Control Coaches: Nick Kray KICK RETURNS Trainer: Jen Tymkew (4th year) 3....Lorence Ricks...... 6-1...... 178...... R-So Strength Coach: Eric Cash (1st year) 26....Rashad Haynes...... 5-11...... 177...... R-Jr Volunteer Football Operations: Cole Spencer (1st year) Believe In Blue • 12 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 October 24, 2009 • Eastern Illinois at Jacksonville State • Page 9 • www.EIUpanthers.com EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL INSIDE THE NUMBERS Eastern Illinois Football The Last Time It Happened.... EASTERN ILLINOIS QUICK FACTS LOCATION: ...... Charleston, Illinois Passed for more than 300 yards... FOUNDED:...... 1895 Cole Stinson, 308 vs. Tennessee Tech (August 30, 2007) ENROLLMENT:...... 12,129 COLORS:...... Blue & Gray Passed for more than 400 yards... CONFERENCE:...... Ohio Valley Tony Romo, 414 at Toledo (Sept. 16, 2000) STADIUM:...... O’Brien Field (10,000) Threw four touchdown passes... SURFACE:...... Pro-Grass Tony Romo, 4 at Tennessee State (Nov. 2, 2002) PRESIDENT:...... Dr. William L. Perry ATHLETIC DIRECTOR:...... Barbara Burke Rushed for more than 200 yards... Vincent Webb, 206 at Samford (Sept. 23, 2006) O’BRIEN PRESS BOX PHONE:...... (217) 581-7770 EIU TICKET OFFICE:...... (217) 581-2106 Rushed for three touchdowns... EIU SPORTS INFORMATION:...... (217) 581-7480 Desmin Ward, 3 vs. Tennessee Tech (Nov. 22, 2008) EIU WEBSITE:...... www.EIUpanthers.com Rushed for four touchdowns... MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES & RESOURCES J.R. Taylor, 4 vs. Florida Atlantic (Nov. 16, 2002) OVC TELECONFERENCE: Each week during the football season Had 10 Receptions... all 9 head coaches in the Ohio Valley Conference will take part in a Micah Rucker, 11 vs. Murray State (Oct. 13, 2007) weekly teleconference on Tuesday mornings. The first teleconference will be Tuesday, Sept. 1. EIU head coach will speak at 10:07 a.m. Had 3 touchdown receptions... Micah Rucker, 3 vs. Southeast Missouri (Oct. 7, 2006) (Central) each Tuesday. Media members can obtain the phone number and pass code from the EIU Sports Information office. Had 200 yards receiving... Frank Cutolo, 239 vs. Tennessee State (Oct. 27, 2001) EXTRA POINT FOOTBALL LUNCHEONS: Each Wednesday throughout the football season Eastern Illinois will host an Extra Returned a punt for a touchdown... Point Media Luncheon which will also be open to the public. The Jermaine Mobley, 1 vs. Tennessee State (Oct. 30, 2004) event will take place at Noon at the Panther Paw Bar & Grill in Charleston. Head coach Bob Spoo, assistant coaches and selected Returned a kick-off for touchdown... players will be available for media interviews along with some Quinten Ponius, 1 at Jacksonville State (Nov. 10, 2007) questions from the public. Returned an interception for touchdown... CJ James, 1 at Indiana State (Sept. 12, 2009) PANTHER SPORTS TALK: Each Monday night during the football season fans can listen to head coach Bob Spoo along with Returned a fumble for touchdown... other special guests and players as they talk about the 2008 football Irvin Jean-Charles, 1 at Illinois (Sept. 6, 2008) season. The show will be broadcast on Hit Mix 88.9 FM with a live stream available at www.weiuhitmix.net. The show will also be Recorded a safety... simulcast live on Consolidated Channel Your 13 with tape delayed Trevor Frericks, 1 vs. Samford (Nov. 17, 2007) Team vs. Southeast Missouri (Sept. 19, 2009) airings on Consolidated Your 13 on Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m.

Blocked a punt... OVCSPORTS.TV: For the third straight year, the Ohio Valley Lorence Ricks, 1, vs. Eastern Kentucky (Oct. 3, 2009) Conference will allow fans to watch live streams of its football games through the OVCSPORTS.TV website. Fans can purchase a season Returned a blocked punt for touchdown - blocked by... package or individual games to watch their favorite OVC team. Adrian Arrington, 1 vs. Jacksonville State (Sept. 27, 2008) - Kenny Kinchen LIVE STATS: Live stats of most EIU games can be found on the Blocked a field goal... EIU athletics webpage at www.EIUpanthers.com Pierre Walters, 1 vs. Austin Peay (Nov. 15, 2008)

Returned a blocked field goal for touchdown - block by... INTERNET RADIO: Live streaming of all EIU football games can Rashad Haynes, 1 vs. Samford (Nov. 17, 2007) - Trevor Frericks be heard at www.weiuhitmix.net

Won a game on a field goal... PANTHER RADIO NETWORK: Eastern Illinois football can Tyler Wilke, 30-yards at Tennessee State (Oct. 27, 2007) be heard live on the radio via the Panther Football Radio Network. Games will be broadcast by the “Voice of the Panthers” Mike Bradd Had 15 or more tackles on defense... with color commentary by Jack Ashmore and sideline reporting of Cory Leman, 16 at Southeast Missouri (Sept. 19, 2009) home games by John Twork. Hit Mix 88.9 FM WEIU is the flagship Had 3 or more sacks on defense... station with games also being carried on WHOW 1510 AM and Kory Lothe, 4 vs. Tennessee Tech (Nov. 8, 2003) WMKR 94.3 FM. Believe In Blue • 12 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 October 24, 2009 • Eastern Illinois at Jacksonville State • Page 10 • www.EIUpanthers.com

EASTERN ILLINOIS PLAYOFF HISTORY NCAA PLAYOFF APPEARANCES (FCS/I-AA Playoffs) School...... # Appearances (Last) 2007 (First Round @ Carbondale, Ill.) Montana...... 19 (2008) Southern Illinois def. Eastern Illinois, 30-11 Eastern Kentucky...... 19 (2008) 2006 (First Round @ Charleston, Ill.) Georgia Southern...... 16 (2005) Illinois State def. Eastern Illinois, 24-13 Appalachian State...... 16 (2008) Furman...... 15 (2006) 2005 (First Round @ Charleston, Ill.) Northern Iowa...... 14 (2008) Southern Illinois def. Eastern Illinois, 21-6 Delaware...... 14 (2007) McNeese State...... 13 (2007) 2002 (First Round @ McComb, Ill.) Western Illinois def. Eastern Illinois, 48-9 EASTERN ILLINOIS...... 12 (2007) Jackson State...... 12 (1997) 2001 (First Round @ Charleston, Ill.) Youngstown State...... 11 (2006) Northern Iowa def. Eastern Illinois, 49-43 * Idaho...... 11 (1995) Idaho currently plays at the NCAA I level 2000 (First Round @ Missoula, Mont.) Montana def. Eastern Illinois, 45-13

1996 (First Round @ Cedar Falls, Iowa) Northern Iowa def. Eastern Illinois, 21-14 Division II Playoffs

1995 (First Round @ Nacogdoches, Texas) 1978 (National Champions) Stephen F. Austin def. Eastern Illinois, 34-29 Eastern Illinois def. UC Davis, 35-31 Eastern Illinois def. Youngstown State, 26-22 1989 (First Round @ Moscow, Ida.) Eastern Illinois def. Delaware, 10-9 Eastern Illinois def. Idaho, 38-21 1980 (National Runners-up) 1989 (Quarterfinals @ Missoula, Mont.) Eastern Illinois def. Northern Colorado, 21-14 Montana def. Eastern Illinois, 25-19 Eastern Illinois def. Northern Alabama, 56-31 Cal Poly def. Eastern Illinois, 21-13 1986 (First Round @ Charleston, Ill.) Eastern Illinois def. Murray State, 28-21

1986 (Quarterfinals @ Charleston, Ill.) Eastern Kentucky def. Eastern Illinois, 24-22

1983 (First Round @ Terre Haute, Ind.) Indiana State def. Eastern Illinois, 16-13 (2OT)

1982 (First Round @ Charleston, Ill.) Eastern Illinois def. Jackson State, 16-13 (OT)

1982 (Quarterfinals @ Nashville, Tenn.) Tennessee State def. Eastern Illinois, 20-19

All-Time Playoff Record: 3-12 Home Record: 2-4 Road Record: 1-8

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GAME 1 - Sept. 3, 2009 GAME 2 - Sept. 12, 2009 GAME 3 - Sept. 19, 2009 Illinois State...... 6 Eastern Illinois...... 31 Eastern Illinois...... 23 Eastern Illinois...... 31 Indiana State...... 0 Southeast Missouri...... 14

Charleston, Ill. Terre Haute, Ind. Cape Girardeau, Mo. O’Brien Field (A: 10,013) Memorial Stadium (A: 2,977) Houck Stadium (A: 9,053)

Scoring 1 2 3 4 Final Scoring 1 2 3 4 Final Scoring 1 2 3 4 Final Illinois State...... 0...... 0...... 6...... 0...... 6 Eastern Illinois...... 14...... 10...... 7...... 0...... 31 Eastern Illinois...... 7...... 0...... 9...... 7...... 23 Eastern Illinois...... 0...... 14...... 7...... 10...... 31 Indiana State...... 0...... 0...... 0...... 0...... 0 Southeast Missouri.....7...... 7...... 0...... 0...... 14

SECOND QUARTER FIRST QUARTER FIRST QUARTER EIU - M. Williams 6 run (Signor kick) (11:59) EIU - Watkins 20 pass from Christensen (Signor kick) (9:30) EIU - Ricks 42 pass from Christensen (Signor kick) (10:26) EIU - Potempa 10 pass from Christensen (Signor kick) (0:14) EIU - James 26 interception return (Signor kick) (9:12) SEMO - Scheible 1 run (Spada kick) (4:44)

THIRD QUARTER SECOND QUARTER SECOND QUARTER EIU - Wright 12 pass from Christensen (Signor kick) (8:01) EIU - M. Williams 54 run (Signor kick) (4:41) SEMO - Harris 9 run (Spada kick) (1:31) ILS - Graves 3 pass from Kiel (run failed) (3:58) EIU - Signor 31 field goal (0:00) THIRD QUARTER FOURTH QUARTER THIRD QUARTER EIU - M. Williams 65 run (Signor kick) (10:33) EIU - Ricks 25 pass from Christensen (Signor kick) (14:53) EIU - M. Williams 30 run (Signor kick) (7:58) EIU - Team Safety (10:18) EIU - Signor 18 field goal (4:18) FOURTH QUARTER EIU - Lora 3 pass from Christensen (Signor kick) (13:28)

TEAM STATS...... EIU...... ILS TEAM STATS...... EIU...... INS TEAM STATS...... EIU...... SEMO First Downs...... 24...... 14 First Downs...... 18...... 7 First Downs...... 24...... 20 Rushes-Yards...... 41-217...... 26-20 Rushes-Yards...... 42-218...... 25-24 Rushes-Yards...... 41-231...... 37-210 Passing-Yards...... 167...... 166 Passing-Yards...... 152...... 71 Passing-Yards...... 292...... 171 Comp-Att-Int...... 14-23-1...... 25-30-0 Comp-Att-Int...... 15-21-0...... 11-22-1 Comp-Att-Int...... 19-26-0...... 17-35-1 Total Offense...... 384...... 186 Total Offense...... 370...... 95 Total Offense...... 523...... 381 Fumbles-Lost...... 1-1...... 1-1 Fumbles-Lost...... 1-1...... 2-2 Fumbles-Lost...... 4-4...... 0-0 Penalties-Yards...... 4-40...... 6-60 Penalties-Yards...... 10-78...... 8-70 Penalties-Yards...... 3-36...... 6-70 Int Returns-Yards-TD...... 0-0-0...... 1-0-0 Int Returns-Yards-TD...... 1-26-1...... 0-0-0 Int Returns-Yards-TD...... 1-1-0...... 0-0-0 Time of Possession...... 30:39...... 29:21 Time of Possession...... 34:54...... 25:06 Time of Possession...... 32:45...... 27:15 Sacks-Yards...... 4-26...... 1-7 Sacks-Yards...... 3-20...... 3-27 Sacks-Yards...... 1-10...... 0-0

LEADERS LEADERS LEADERS

RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) EIU - M. Williams (16-87-1), Walker (10-68-0) EIU - M. Williams (15-113-2), Ward (12-50-0) EIU - M. Williams (16-119-1), Walker (8-63-0) ILS - Blow (13-37-0), Gordon (3-8-0) INS - Brown (10-29-0), Gates (6-9-0) SEMO - Scheible (15-75-1), Harris (10-72-1)

PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) EIU - Christensen (22-14-1-167-3) EIU - Christensen (19-14-0-145-1) EIU - Christensen (26-19-0-292-2) ILS - Kiel (22-20-0-140-1). Brown (8-5-0-26-0) INS - Johnson (15-8-1-63-0), Stutzriem (7-3-0-8-0) SEMO - Scheible (35-17-1-171-0)

RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) EIU - Potempa (3-22-1), Watkins (2-39-0) EIU - Ricks (4-55-0), Graves (3-32-0), Wright (3-26-0) EIU - Whittaker (5-55-0), Potempa (5-48-0), Ricks (3-101-1) ILS - Cline (6-69-0), Graves (5-23-1) INS - Brown (4-29-0), Gates (3-12-0) SEMO - Peoples (4-57-0), Ahamefule (3-16-0)

DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) EIU - Nasti (4-5-0), Leman (1-7-0), James (5-0-1) EIU - Arrington (2-5-2), Nastin (1-6-0), Leman (0-5-1) EIU - Leman (7-9-1.5), Frericks (1-5-1.5), Lima (1-5-0) ILS - Malcolm (3-7-0), Phelps (4-5-1.5) INS - Washington (5-5-0), Davis (4-3-2) SEMO - Klaproth (6-4-0.5), Woodlief (6-4-0)

RECAP RECAP RECAP

Transfers Jake Christensen and Mon Williams helped carry Eastern Illinois slammed the door on the Indiana State Eastern Illinois overcame four offensive fumbles inside the the load as Eastern Illinois opened with a convincing 31- offense allowing only 24 yards on the ground and 95 yards Southeast Missouri 25 yard line as the Panthers responded 6 win over rival Illinois State. Christensen passed for of total offense during a 31-0 victory. It was the first shutout late for a 23-14 win. EIU lost fumbles at the SEMO 22 and 167 yards completing three touchdowns to three different for the Panther defense since Oct. 7, 2006. Jake Christensen SEMO 20 before coughing it up twice at the SEMO 1 yard receivers. Williams paced the Panthers ground game with hit Chavar Watkins on a 20-yard score to cap EIU’s opening line. Jake Christensen was composed enough to lead the 87 yards on 16 carries including a score in the second drive. CJ James then picked off an Indiana State pass and Panthers back from a 14-7 halftime deficit as he finished quarter. The Panthers used a two-minute drill drive to returned it 26 yards for a touchdown to put the Panthers up 19-of-26 for 292 yards. He connected on scoring strikes of end the second quarter as Christensen hit Jimmy Potempa 14-0 in the first six minutes. Mon Williams helped close out 42 yards with Lorence Ricks and 3 yards with Erik Lora. on a 10-yard strike to put EIU up 14-0 at the break. He the game with 113 yards on the ground including touchdown Mon Williams broke loose in the second half for a 65-yard would connect with Chris Wright in the third quarter as the runs from 54 and 30 yards out. touchdown finishing with 119 yards while Cory Leman led Panthers extended the lead to 21-0. The EIU defense was the EIU defense with 16 tackles. strong against the run limiting the Redbirds to just 20 yards on 26 carries.

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GAME 4 - Sept. 26, 2009 GAME 5 - Oct. 3, 2009 GAME 6 - Oct. 10, 2009 Eastern Illinois...... 30 Eastern Kentucky...... 36 Eastern Illinois...... 3 Austin Peay...... 20 Eastern Illinois...... 31 Penn State...... 52

Clarksville, Tenn. Charleston, Ill. University Park, Pa. Governors Stadium (A: 4,618) O’Brien Field (A: 11,271) Beaver Stadium (A: 104,488)

Scoring 1 2 3 4 Final Scoring 1 2 3 4 Final Scoring 1 2 3 4 Final Eastern Illinois...... 14...... 10...... 3...... 3...... 30 Eastern Kentucky....9...... 7...... 13...... 7...... 36 Eastern Illinois...... 0...... 0...... 3...... 0...... 3 Austin Peay...... 0...... 7...... 7...... 6...... 20 Eastern Illinois...... 7...... 10...... 7...... 7...... 31 Penn State...... 10...... 28...... 7...... 7...... 52

FIRST QUARTER FIRST QUARTER FIRST QUARTER EIU - Vehovic 2 pass from Christensen (Signor kick) (10:37) EKU - Aldrin 4 pass from Pryor (O’Connor kick) (6:11) PSU - Clark 1 run (Wagner kick) (7:01) EIU - Whittaker 4 pass from Christensen (Signor kick) (7:28) EKU - Team Safety (6:00) PSU - Wagner 25 fied goal (0:35) EIU - M. Williams 1 run (Signor kick) (1:34) SECOND QUARTER SECOND QUARTER EIU - M. Williams 3 run (Signor kick) (11:07) SECOND QUARTER PSU - Brackett 25 pass from Clark (Wagner kick) (7:27) AP - Holt 13 run (Stansell kick) (4:00) EKU - Pryor 4 run (O’Connor kick) (11:15) PSU - Powell 51 pass from Clark (Wagner kick) (4:33) EIU - Signor 34 field goal (0:18) EIU - Signor 42 field goal (7:52) PSU - Moye 25 pass from Clark (Wagner kick) (2:09) EIU - Watkins 45 pass from Christensen (Signor kick) (2:42) PSU - Bowman 91 fumble return (Wagner kick) (0:05) THIRD QUARTER AP - Holt 1 run (Stansell kick) (9:59) THIRD QUARTER THIRD QUARTER EIU - Signor 42 field goal (2:36) EIU - Wright 22 pass from Christensen (Signor kick) (11:30) EIU - Signor 43 field goal (9:35) EKU - Harris 31 pass from Pryor (O’Connor kick) (5:20) PSU - Green 26 run (Wagner kick) (6:17) FOURTH QUARTER EKU - Walker 1 run (Pryor run failed) (0:23) EIU - Signor 28 field goal (1:12) FOURTH QUARTER AP - Thomas 3 pass from Orr (Orr pass failed) (0:35) FOURTH QUARTER PSU - Newsome 9 run (Wagner kick) (12:47) EKU - Caldwell 10 interception return (O’Connor kick) (11:09) EIU - Whittaker 44 pass from Christensen (Signor kick) (5:05)

TEAM STATS...... EIU...... AP TEAM STATS...... EIU...... PSU First Downs...... 12...... 14 TEAM STATS...... EIU...... EKU First Downs...... 14...... 28 Rushes-Yards...... 29-51...... 34-95 First Downs...... 19...... 25 Rushes-Yards...... 32-59...... 36-285 Passing-Yards...... 192...... 156 Rushes-Yards...... 26-44...... 50-123 Passing-Yards...... 147...... 268 Comp-Att-Int...... 21-36-0...... 18-32-1 Passing-Yards...... 294...... 293 Comp-Att-Int...... 15-31-1...... 17-26-1 Total Offense...... 243...... 251 Comp-Att-Int...... 21-36-2...... 19-31-1 Total Offense...... 206...... 553 Fumbles-Lost...... 1-1...... 3-2 Total Offense...... 338...... 416 Fumbles-Lost...... 1-1...... 2-0 Penalties-Yards...... 8-66...... 7-56 Fumbles-Lost...... 6-3...... 6-3 Penalties-Yards...... 2-15...... 4-20 Int Returns-Yards-TD...... 1-5-0...... 0-0-0 Penalties-Yards...... 6-70...... 9-69 Int Returns-Yards-TD...... 1-0-0...... 1-11-0 Time of Possession...... 29:42...... 30:18 Int Returns-Yards-TD...... 1-34-0...... 2-22-1 Time of Possession...... 30:21...... 29:39 Sacks-Yards...... 2-14...... 1-11 Time of Possession...... 25:30...... 34:30 Sacks-Yards...... 0-0...... 5-30 Sacks-Yards...... 4-22...... 6-29 LEADERS LEADERS LEADERS RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) EIU - M. Williams (18-45-1), Cook (1-11-0) RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) EIU - M. Williams (14-64-0), Walker (6-5-0) AP - White (14-73-0), Holt (13-42-2) EIU - M. Williams (12-77-1), Walker (3-20-0) PSU - Royster (8-94-0), Greeen (8-58-1) EKU - Walker (28-81-1), Pryor (16-45-1) PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) EIU - Christensen (36-21-0-192-2) PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) EIU - Christensen (25-13-1-137-0), Reeder (4-2-0-10-0) AP - Orr (32-18-1-156-1) EIU - Christensen (35-21-2-294-3) PSU - Clark (19-13-1-234-3), Newsome (5-4-0-34-0) EKU - Pryor (30-19-1-293-2) RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) EIU - Potempa (6-17-0), Graves (4-46-0) RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) EIU - Whittaker (5-41-0), Lora (3-35-0) AP - Holt (5-51-0), Thomas (2-31-1) EIU - Whittaker (5-82-1), Potempa (4-30-0) PSU - Powell (4-79-1), Brown (3-45-0) EKU - Harris (5-120-1), Phelps (4-69-0) DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) EIU - Leman (3-9-0), S. Campbell (2-6-1.5) DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) EIU - Leman (4-4-0), Kickels (2-4-0), Nasti (2-3-0) AP - Hartsfield (4-6-0.5), A. Smith (4-2-0) EIU - Leman (4-5-0), Nasti (3-5-0), James (6-0-1) PSU - Hull (3-8-0), Wallace (4-3-0), Odrick (3-2-2) EKU - Fredrick (5-5-1.5), Dalrymple (4-6-0.5) RECAP RECAP RECAP Eastern Illinois jumped on Austin Peay for an early 21-0 Two of the longest tenured head coaches at the Division I lead but the Panthers had to hang on to enjoy a 30-20 victory. Jeremy Caldwell forced a Jake Christensen fumble with level met with Penn State coached by Joe Paterno picking The Governors scored with 35 seconds remaining as Gary six seconds left in the game to end the Panthers final drive up a 52-3 win over Eastern Illinois coached by Bob Spoo. Orr hit Scott Thomas on a 3-yard pass. Cory Leman broke near midfield as Eastern Kentucky won 36-31 over Eastern Paterno ranks first on the list of Division I active coaches up Orr’s two-point conversion pass to keep APSU from Illinois. The two teams combined for nine turnovers and at the same school serving at Penn State since 1966. Spoo pulling to within one score. The Panthers opened up with three blocked kicks as the two top teams in the OVC battled is fifth on that same list working at EIU since 1987. Penn two possessions inside the APSU 30 yard line. CJ James down to the final drive. EIU led 17-16 at the half after Mon State quickly jumped on the board scoring on their first five blocked a punt to give EIU the ball on the 9-yard line on the Williams scored from 1 yard out and Christensen connected possessions. Daryll Clark scored on a one yard run with first score while a bad APSU punt on the next possession with Chavar Watkins for a 45-yard touchdown. EIU went 7:01 to go in the first quarter and tossed three second quarter gave EIU the ball at the 30-yard line. Jake Christensen up 24-16 on the first drive of the second half as Christensen touchdown passes. EIU has a chance to score going into the connected with Danny Vehovic and Kenny Whittaker to hit Chris Wright from 22 yards out. However the Panthers half but the Nittany Lions forced a Jake Christensen fumble score on each of those drives while Austin Signor added on could not hold the lead as C.J. Walker gave EKU a 29-24 at the nine yard line that Navarro Brown returned 91-yards three field goals. lead with a 1-yard run late in the third quarter and Caldwell to make it 38-3 at the half. The Panthers lone score of the picked off a Christensen pass and returned it for a score to game was a 43-yard field goal by Austin Signor at the 9:35 give the Colonels their final total. mark of the third quarter.

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GAME 7 - Oct. 17, 2009 Tennessee Tech...... 15 Eastern Illinois...... 23

Charleston, Ill. O’Brien Field (A: 8,708)

Scoring 1 2 3 4 Final Tennessee Tech...... 0...... 0...... 2...... 13...... 15 Eastern Illinois...... 10...... 0...... 10...... 3...... 23

FIRST QUARTER EIU - Signor 48 field goal (13:26) EIU - Wright 20 pass from Christensen (Signor kick) (0:42)

THIRD QUARTER EIU - M. Williams 1 run (Signor kick) (8:38) EIU - Signor 30 field goal (2:24) TTU - Team safety (0:44)

FOURTH QUARTER TTU - Olverson 29 pass from Sweeney (kick failed) (13:42) TTU - Allen 11 pass from Sweeney (Donegan kick) (3:54) EIU - Signor 46 field goal (0:53)

TEAM STATS...... EIU...... TTU First Downs...... 23...... 14 Rushes-Yards...... 52-166...... 15-78 Passing-Yards...... 193...... 198 Comp-Att-Int...... 17-29-2...... 19-46-2 Total Offense...... 348...... 276 Fumbles-Lost...... 1-0...... 6-3 Penalties-Yards...... 5-59...... 5-52 Int Returns-Yards-TD...... 2-36-0...... 2-22-0 Time of Possession...... 43:10...... 16:50 Sacks-Yards...... 0-0...... 2-14

LEADERS

RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) EIU - M. Williams (29-81-9), Christensen (9-40-0) TTU - Gay (5-64-0), Hudson (6-16-0)

PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) EIU - Christensen (27-17-2-182-1) TTU - Sweeney (46-19-2-198-2)

RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) EIU - Graves (4-28-0), Whittager (3-45-0) TTU - Allen (6-80-1), Gay (4-34-0)

DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) EIU - Nasti (4-4-0), Haynes (3-1-0), Kickels (2-2-0) TTU - Ordu (6-6-1.5), Ryce (4-4-1), Dillehay (5-2-1)

RECAP

Eastern Illinois held the ball for more than 43 minutes but had to make a defensive stand in the final 35 seconds to pull out a 23-15 win over Tennessee Tech. EIU built an early 20- 0 lead on a pair of Austin Signor field goals, a Mon Williams run and Chris Wright touchdown reception and seemed to have the game in hand. Following a TTU punt that was pinned at the 1 yard line, the Golden Eagles recorded a safety with 44 seconds left in the third quarter. They later kept another drive alive as EIU was called for a roughing the kicker call on a punt. Lee Sweeney completed two fourth quarter touchdown passes to bring TTU to within 20-15. Signor added a field goal with 53 seconds left to give EIU an eight point lead. TTU had an 81-yard kick return to get the ball at the EIU 18 with 35 seconds left, but the Panthers defense shut the door on four straight plays.

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2009 EIU PANTHERS FOOTBALL EASTERN ILLINOIS Game Results All games

Overall Ohio Valley Date Opponent Score Record Record Time Attend ------Sep 3, 2009 ILLINOIS STATE W 31-6 1- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 2:30 10013 Sep 12, 2009 at Indiana State W 31-0 2- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 2:35 2977 * Sep 19, 2009 at Southeast Missouri W 23-14 3- 0- 0 1- 0- 0 2:52 9053 * Sep 26, 2009 at Austin Peay W 30-20 4- 0- 0 2- 0- 0 3:06 4618 * Oct 3, 2009 EASTERN KENTUCKY 31-36 L 4- 1- 0 2- 1- 0 3:20 11271 Oct 10, 2009 at Penn State 3-52 L 4- 2- 0 2- 1- 0 2:53 104488 * Oct 17, 2009 TENNESSEE TECH W 23-15 5- 2- 0 3- 1- 0 3:20 8708

* indicates Ohio Valley Conferece game

2009 EASTERN ILLINOIS STARTERS

OPPONENT SLOT LT LG C RG Rt tE SPLIT FLANK QB RB Illinois State Whittaker C. Campbell Zink Millard Vaccaro Hudson Vehovic Ricks Watkins Christensen Walker Indiana State Graves C. Campbell Zink Millard Vaccaro Hudson Vehovic Ricks Watkins Christensen M. Williams SE Missouri Whittaker C. Campbell Zink Millard Henderson Hudson Vehovic Ricks Graves Christensen M. Williams Austin Peay Whittaker C. Campbell Zink Millard Henderson Hudson Vehovic Ricks Graves Christensen M. Williams Eastern Ky. Whittaker C. Campbell Zink Millard Henderson Hudson Vehovic Ricks Graves Christensen M. Williams Penn State Whittaker C. Campbell Zink Millard Henderson Hudson Lora Ricks Graves Christensen Potempa Tenn. Tech Whittaker C. Campbell Zink Millard Henderson Hudson Vehovic Ricks Graves Christensen M. Williams

OPPONENT DE DT DT DE SAM MLB WILL CB ROVER FS CB Illinois State Burge Lima Frericks Galan Nasti Kickels Leman James Arrington Loftman Haynes Indiana State Luczynski Lima Frericks Galan Nasti Kickels Leman James Arrington Loftman Haynes SE Missouri Burge Lima Bazigos Galan S. Campbell Kickels Leman James Arrington Loftman Haynes Austin Peay Burge Lima Frericks Galan S. Campbell Kickels Leman James Arrington Loftman Haynes Eastern Ky. Burge Lima Frericks Galan Nasti Kickels Leman James Arrington Loftman Haynes Penn State Burge Lima Frericks Galan Nasti Kickels Leman James Arrington Loftman Haynes Tenn. Tech Burge Lima Bazigos Luczynski Nasti Kickels Marcelin James Mercier Loftman Haynes

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Team Statistics EIU OPP SCORING 172 143 Points Per Game 24.6 20.4 FIRST DOWNS 134 122 R u s h in g 57 55 P a s s in g 68 58 P e n a l ty 9 9 RUSHING YARDAGE 991 838 Yards gained rushing 1248 1062 Yards lost rushing 257 224 Rushing Attempts 263 223 Average Per Rush 3.8 3.8 Average Per Game 141.6 119.7 TDs Rushing 7 9 PASSING YARDAGE 1426 1323 C o m p - A t t - I n t 122-202-6 126-222-7 Average Per Pass 7.1 6.0 Average Per Catch 11.7 10.5 Average Per Game 203.7 189.0 TDs Passing 12 9 TOTAL OFFENSE 2417 2161 Total Plays 465 445 Average Per Play 5.2 4.9 Average Per Game 345.3 308.7 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 24-529 20-532 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 13-83 16-95 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 7-102 6-55 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 22.0 26.6 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 6.4 5.9 INT RETURN AVERAGE 14.6 9.2 FUMBLES-LOST 15-11 20-11 PENALTIES-Yards 38-364 45-397 Average Per Game 52.0 56.7 PUNTS-Yards 26-999 36-1333 Average Per Punt 38.4 37.0 Net punt average 33.2 34.2 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 2 : 2 6 2 7 : 3 4 3RD-DOWN Conversions 45/94 35/91 3rd-Down Pct 48% 38% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 2/6 4/13 4th-Down Pct 33% 31% SACKS BY-Yards 14-92 19-125 MISC YARDS 0 10 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 20 20 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 10-16 1-4 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES 14-24 58% 14-19 74% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS 9-24 38% 13-19 68% PAT-ATTEMPTS 20-20 100% 16-17 94% ATTENDANCE 29992 121136 Games/Avg Per Game 3/9997 4/30284 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Eastern Illinois 52 44 46 30 0 172 Opponents 26 49 35 33 0 143 2009 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 17, 2009) All games

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg WILLIAMS, Mon 7 120 626 40 586 4.9 7 65 83.7 HAYNES, Rashad 8 61 7.6 0 15 WALKER, Chevon 7 46 231 18 213 4.6 0 30 30.4 POTEMPA, Jimmy 3 10 3.3 0 4 POTEMPA, Jimmy 7 19 117 11 106 5.6 0 24 15.1 JAMES, CJ 1 10 10.0 0 0 WARD, Desmin 7 21 75 0 75 3.6 0 11 10.7 MITCHELL, Jake 1 2 2.0 0 0 CHRISTENSEN, Jake 7 46 164 144 20 0.4 0 20 2.9 Total 13 83 6.4 0 15 LORA, Erik 7 2 24 5 19 9.5 0 24 2.7 Opponents 16 95 5.9 0 22 COOK, Kevin 7 2 11 10 1 0.5 0 11 0.1 TEAM 7 7 0 29 -29 -4.1 0 0 -4.1 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Total 7 263 1248 257 991 3.8 7 65 141.6 JAMES, CJ 3 54 18.0 1 27 Opponents 7 223 1062 224 838 3.8 9 47 119.7 NASTI, Nick 1 0 0.0 0 0 REYNA, Carlos 1 34 34.0 0 34 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g PENROW, Shelton 1 9 9.0 0 9 CHRISTENSEN, Jake 7 140.93 119-188-6 63.3 1409 12 52 201.3 FRERICKS, Trevor 1 5 5.0 0 5 TEAM 7 0.00 0-7-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 7 102 14.6 1 34 REEDER, Bodie 4 73.80 3-6-0 50.0 17 0 8 4.2 Opponents 6 55 9.2 1 13 GRAVES, Charles 6 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 7 133.36 122-202-6 60.4 1426 12 52 203.7 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Opponents 7 113.89 126-222-7 56.8 1323 9 60 189.0 HAYNES, Rashad 11 254 23.1 0 45 POTEMPA, Jimmy 6 133 22.2 0 32 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g RICKS, Lorence 3 70 23.3 0 27 WHITTAKER, Kenny 7 21 244 11.6 2 44 34.9 WALKER, Chevon 2 51 25.5 0 27 POTEMPA, Jimmy 7 21 134 6.4 1 14 19.1 MAHAN, Greg 1 10 10.0 0 10 GRAVES, Charles 6 15 153 10.2 0 20 25.5 REEDER, Bodie 1 11 11.0 0 11 WRIGHT, Chris 7 14 174 12.4 3 35 24.9 Total 24 529 22.0 0 45 RICKS, Lorence 7 11 226 20.5 2 52 32.3 Opponents 20 532 26.6 0 81 LORA, Erik 7 11 166 15.1 1 31 23.7 WATKINS, Chavar 5 8 170 21.2 2 45 34.0 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg WALKER, Chevon 7 5 54 10.8 0 28 7.7 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 VEHOVIC, Danny 6 5 25 5.0 1 9 4.2 Opponents 1 86 86.0 1 91 BRUNS, Cody 5 4 49 12.2 0 20 9.8 WILLIAMS, Mon 7 4 23 5.8 0 9 3.3 WARD, Desmin 7 3 8 2.7 0 5 1.1 Total 7 122 1426 11.7 12 52 203.7 Opponents 7 126 1323 10.5 9 60 189.0 2009 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 17, 2009) All games

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g SIGNOR, Austin - 10-16 20-20 - - - - - 50 CHRISTENSEN, Jake 7 234 20 1409 1429 204.1 WILLIAMS, Mon 7 ------42 WILLIAMS, Mon 7 120 586 0 586 83.7 WRIGHT, Chris 3 ------18 WALKER, Chevon 7 46 213 0 213 30.4 RICKS, Lorence 2 ------12 POTEMPA, Jimmy 7 19 106 0 106 15.1 WATKINS, Chavar 2 ------12 WARD, Desmin 7 21 75 0 75 10.7 WHITTAKER, Kenny 2 ------12 LORA, Erik 7 2 19 0 19 2.7 POTEMPA, Jimmy 1 ------6 REEDER, Bodie 4 6 0 17 17 4.2 VEHOVIC, Danny 1 ------6 COOK, Kevin 7 2 1 0 1 0.1 LORA, Erik 1 ------6 TEAM 7 14 -29 0 -29 -4.1 JAMES, CJ 1 ------6 Total 7 465 991 1426 2417 345.3 TEAM ------1 2 Opponents 7 445 838 1323 2161 308.7 Total 20 10-16 20-20 - - - - 1 172 Opponents 20 1-4 16-17 0-2 - 0-1 - 2 143

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk SIGNOR, Austin 10-16 62.5 1-1 1-1 3-4 5-10 0-0 48 3 COOK, Kevin 24 999 41.6 58 2 1 5 4 1 TEAM 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FG Sequence Eastern Illinois Opponents Total 26 999 38.4 58 2 1 5 4 2 Illinois State (18) - Opponents 36 1333 37.0 69 1 6 11 7 2 Indiana State 44,(31) 48 Southeast Missouri - 43,35 Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Austin Peay (34),(42),(28) - SIGNOR, Austin 38 2523 66.4 17 1 Eastern Kentucky 38,(42) - Total 38 2523 66.4 17 1 26.6 43.4 26 Penn State 46,(43) (25) Opponents 28 1748 62.4 2 1 22.0 42.1 27 Tennessee Tech (48),44,44,49,(30),(46) -

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. 2009 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 17, 2009) All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g WILLIAMS, Mon 7 586 23 0 0 0 609 87.0 POTEMPA, Jim 7 106 134 10 133 0 383 54.7 WALKER, Chev 7 213 54 0 51 0 318 45.4 HAYNES, Rasha 7 0 0 61 254 0 315 45.0 RICKS, Lorence 7 0 226 0 70 0 296 42.3 WHITTAKER, K 7 0 244 0 0 0 244 34.9 LORA, Erik 7 19 166 0 0 0 185 26.4 WRIGHT, Chris 7 0 174 0 0 0 174 24.9 WATKINS, Chav 5 0 170 0 0 0 170 34.0 GRAVES, Charl 6 0 153 0 0 0 153 25.5 WARD, Desmin 7 75 8 0 0 0 83 11.9 JAMES, CJ 7 0 0 10 0 54 64 9.1 BRUNS, Cody 5 0 49 0 0 0 49 9.8 REYNA, Carlos 7 0 0 0 0 34 34 4.9 VEHOVIC, Dann 6 0 25 0 0 0 25 4.2 CHRISTENSEN, 7 20 0 0 0 0 20 2.9 REEDER, Bodie 4 0 0 0 11 0 11 2.8 MAHAN, Greg 2 0 0 0 10 0 10 5.0 PENROW, Shelt 7 0 0 0 0 9 9 1.3 FRERICKS, Tre 7 0 0 0 0 5 5 0.7 MITCHELL, Jak 7 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.3 COOK, Kevin 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 TEAM 7 -29 0 0 0 0 -29 -4.1 Total 7 991 1426 83 529 102 3131 447.3 Opponents 7 838 1323 95 532 55 2843 406.1 2009 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Oct 17, 2009) All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 8 LEMAN, Cory 6 19 36 55 2.0-4 1.0-9 . . 1 2-0 2 . . 56 NASTI, Nick 5 14 23 37 . . 1-0 1 1 2-0 1 . . 46 KICKELS, Gordy 7 14 20 34 2.5-7 1.0-5 . 2 . 1-0 1 . . 21 JAMES, CJ 7 15 12 27 2.5-21 1.0-8 3-54 3 . . . 1 . 26 HAYNES, Rashad 7 17 9 26 1.0-2 . . 8 . 1-0 1 . . 1 ARRINGTON, Adrian 6 13 11 24 3.0-27 . . 2 1 1-0 . . . 6 REYNA, Carlos 7 15 6 21 1.0-8 1.0-8 1-34 1 . . . . . 49 CAMPBELL, Sean 6 6 15 21 2.0-5 . . . 1 . 1 . . 25 PENROW, Shelton 7 15 6 21 2.5-7 0.5-2 1-9 1 . . . . . 90 BAZIGOS, Spyros 7 8 12 20 2.5-9 . . . 1 2-0 . . . 94 LIMA, Andre 7 5 15 20 2.5-11 1.0-8 . 1 . . . . . 99 FRERICKS, Trevor 7 7 9 16 6.0-10 1.0-7 1-5 . 1 . 1 . . 96 LUCZYNSKI, Colin 7 3 12 15 2.0-6 ...... 98 BURGE, Perry 6 9 4 13 3.5-17 3.0-17 . 1 5 1-0 . . . 95 GALAN, Nathan 6 5 8 13 3.0-10 1.0-6 . . . . 1 . . 84 DUNN, Taylor 7 5 8 13 2.0-5 0.5-2 . . . . 1 . . 9 LOFTMAN, Seymour 7 11 2 13 ...... 32 DOWDELL, Artavious 7 4 5 9 2.0-16 2.0-16 . 1 1 . . . . 3 RICKS, Lorence 7 6 1 7 ...... 1 . 12 MERCIER, Bobson 6 5 2 7 . . . . 1 . . . . 92 LETTON, Mike 7 2 4 6 . . . . 2 . . . . 44 MARCELIN, Alain 7 1 5 6 ...... 73 HOLLIDAY, Roosevelt 7 1 4 5 . 1.0-4 . . 1 . . . . 43 TURNER, Ryan 7 2 2 4 . . . 1 . . . . . 2 POTEMPA, Jimmy 7 2 2 4 ...... 54 MAYNARD, Perry 4 1 2 3 ...... 48 SIGNOR, Austin 7 1 2 3 ...... 29 MITCHELL, Jake 7 3 . 3 ...... 1 . . 19 MARTINEZ, Nick 2 1 1 2 . . . 3 . . . . . 23 TRIBBLE, Randolph 6 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . . 24 COOPER, James 4 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . . 22 LORA, Erik 7 1 1 2 ...... 5 WALKER, Chevon 7 1 . 1 ...... 40 HEDRICK, Keithan 1 . 1 1 ...... 68 SCHEIBEL, Mike 6 1 . 1 ...... 82 BRUNS, Cody 5 1 . 1 ...... 78 RETTKE, Eric 7 . 1 1 ...... 88 QUILL, Mitch 4 . 1 1 ...... TM TEAM 7 ...... 1 51 BAKER, Adam 1 ...... 1-0 . . . Total 7 216 244 460 40-165 14-92 7-102 27 16 11-0 10 2 1 Opponents 7 230 304 534 50-185 19-125 6-55 23 7 11-86 7 5 2 2009 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Game Superlatives (as of Oct 17, 2009) All games

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 29 WILLIAMS, Mon vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009) Yards Rushing 119 WILLIAMS, Mon at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09) TD Rushes 2 WILLIAMS, Mon at Indiana State (09/12/09) Long Rush 65 WILLIAMS, Mon at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09) Pass attempts 36 CHRISTENSEN, Jake at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009) Pass completions 21 CHRISTENSEN, Jake at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009) 21 CHRISTENSEN, Jake vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) Yards Passing 294 CHRISTENSEN, Jake vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) TD Passes 3 CHRISTENSEN, Jake vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009) 3 CHRISTENSEN, Jake vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) Long Pass 52 CHRISTENSEN, Jake at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09) Receptions 6 POTEMPA, Jimmy at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009) Yards Receiving 101 RICKS, Lorence at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09) TD Receptions 1 POTEMPA, Jimmy vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009) 1 WRIGHT, Chris vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009) 1 RICKS, Lorence vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009) 1 WATKINS, Chavar at Indiana State (09/12/09) 1 RICKS, Lorence at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09) 1 LORA, Erik at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09) 1 WHITTAKER, Kenny at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009) 1 VEHOVIC, Danny at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009) 1 WATKINS, Chavar vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) 1 WRIGHT, Chris vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) 1 WHITTAKER, Kenny vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) 1 WRIGHT, Chris vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009) Long Reception 52 RICKS, Lorence at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09) Field Goals 3 SIGNOR, Austin at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009) 3 SIGNOR, Austin vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009) Long Field Goal 48 SIGNOR, Austin vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009) Punts 6 COOK, Kevin at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) Punting Avg 51.0 COOK, Kevin vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009) Long Punt 58 COOK, Kevin at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) Long Punt Return 15 HAYNES, Rashad vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009) Long Kickoff Return 45 HAYNES, Rashad at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009) Tackles 16 LEMAN, Cory at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09) Sacks 1.0 JAMES, CJ vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009) 1.0 DOWDELL, Artavious vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009) 1.0 LIMA, Andre vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009) 1.0 BURGE, Perry vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009) 1.0 LEMAN, Cory at Indiana State (09/12/09) 1.0 HOLLIDAY, Roosevelt at Indiana State (09/12/09) 1.0 FRERICKS, Trevor at Indiana State (09/12/09) 1.0 DOWDELL, Artavious at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09) 1.0 GALAN, Nathan at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009) 1.0 BURGE, Perry at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009) 1.0 REYNA, Carlos vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) 1.0 KICKELS, Gordy vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) 1.0 BURGE, Perry vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) Tackles For Loss 2.0 FRERICKS, Trevor vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) Interceptions 1 JAMES, CJ at Indiana State (09/12/09) 1 JAMES, CJ at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09) 1 FRERICKS, Trevor at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009) 1 REYNA, Carlos vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) 1 NASTI, Nick at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) 1 JAMES, CJ vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009) 1 PENROW, Shelton vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009) 2009 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Game Superlatives (as of Oct 17, 2009) All games

TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 52 vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009) Yards Rushing 231 at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09) Yards Per Rush 5.6 at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09) TD Rushes 2 at Indiana State (09/12/09) Pass attempts 36 at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009) 36 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) Pass completions 21 at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009) 21 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) Yards Passing 294 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) Yards Per Pass 11.2 at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09) TD Passes 3 vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009) 3 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) Total Plays 81 vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009) Total Offense 523 at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09) Yards Per Play 7.8 at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09) Points 31 vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009) 31 at Indiana State (09/12/09) 31 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) Sacks By 4 vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009) 4 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) First Downs 24 vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009) 24 at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09) Penalties 10 at Indiana State (09/12/09) Penalty Yards 78 at Indiana State (09/12/09) Turnovers 5 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) Interceptions By 2 vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009) 2009 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Game Superlatives (as of Oct 17, 2009) All games

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 28 WALKER, C.J., vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) Yards Rushing 94 Royster, Evan, at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) TD Rushes 2 HOLT, Terrence, at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009) Long Rush 47 HARRIS, Henry, at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09) Pass attempts 46 SWEENEY, Lee, vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009) Pass completions 20 Kiel, vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009) Yards Passing 293 PRYOR, T.J., vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) TD Passes 3 Clark, Daryll, at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) Long Pass 60 PRYOR, T.J., vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) Receptions 6 Cline, vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009) 6 ALLEN, Colin, vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009) Yards Receiving 120 HARRIS, O., vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) TD Receptions 1 Graves, vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009) 1 THOMAS, Scott, at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009) 1 ALDRIN, Ryan, vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) 1 HARRIS, O., vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) 1 Powell, Chaz, at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) 1 Moye, Derek, at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) 1 Brackett, Brett, at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) 1 OLVERSON, Alden, vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009) 1 ALLEN, Colin, vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009) Long Reception 60 HARRIS, O., vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) Field Goals 1 Wagner, Collin, at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) Long Field Goal 25 Wagner, Collin, at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) Punts 6 Mazur, vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009) 6 Mullane, Gabe, at Indiana State (09/12/09) Punting Avg 50.8 LENNARTZ, Jason, vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009) Long Punt 69 LENNARTZ, Jason, vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009) Long Punt Return 22 HOLT, Terrence, at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009) Long Kickoff Return 81 WALLACE, Mauric, vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009) Tackles 12 ORDU, Kelechi, vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009) Sacks 2.0 Odrick, Jared, at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) Tackles For Loss 3.5 Odrick, Jared, at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) Interceptions 2 CALDWELL, J., vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) 2009 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Eastern Illinois Game Superlatives (as of Oct 17, 2009) All games

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 50 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) Yards Rushing 285 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) Yards Per Rush 7.9 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) TD Rushes 3 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) Pass attempts 46 vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009) Pass completions 25 vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009) Yards Passing 293 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) Yards Per Pass 10.3 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) TD Passes 3 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) Total Plays 81 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) Total Offense 553 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) Yards Per Play 8.9 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) Points 52 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) Sacks By 7 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) First Downs 28 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009) Penalties 9 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) Penalty Yards 70 at Indiana State (09/12/09) 70 at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09) Turnovers 5 vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009) Interceptions By 2 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009) 2 vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009)