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EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER FOOTBALL Contact: Rich Moser • [email protected] • (217) 581-7480 • Fax (217) 581-6434 • www.EIUpanthers.com GAME 5 Eastern Illinois - Eastern Kentucky Meet In An OVC First Place Showdown No. 23 Eastern Illinois (4-0, 2-0 OVC) vs. No. 18 Eastern Kentucky (2-1, 2-0 OVC) O’Brien Field (10,000) • Charleston, Ill. October 3, 2009 • 1:30 p.m. • TV: WEIU Channel 51 QUICK FACTS THE GAME Eastern Illinois plays host to Eastern Kentucky this Career OVC Football Wins Saturday for the Panthers annual ‘Family Weekend’ COACHES: Coach ................................................ Record game. Both teams enter the contest with a 2-0 record Roy Kidd (EKU) ......................................207 Bob Spoo (Purdue, 1960) Boots Donnelly (AP/MTSU) ...................102 EIU Record ......... 136-109-1 (22nd year) in the Ohio Valley Conference with the winner taking Charles Murphy (MTSU) ...........................73 OVC Record ................61-29 (13th year) an early inside track on the conference championship. Jimmy Feix (WKU) ...................................67 EIU is off to its first 4-0 start since the 1996 season Bob Spoo (EIU) ........................................61 vs. Eastern Kentucky ......................... 6-6 Don Wade (TTU) .......................................60 after winning on Saturday evening at Austin Peay. The Dean Hood (Ohio Wesleyan, 1986) Panthers are coming off a three-game road swing in which they picked up wins at Indiana EKU Record ...................10-5 (2nd year) State, Southeast Missouri and Austin Peay. This will be the second of five home games Overall Record ...............................Same at O’Brien Field this season. OVC Record .....................9-1 (2nd year) Eastern Kentucky enters the game with a 2-1 record after winning on the road at vs. EIU ............................................... 1-0 Murray State last weekend. The Colonels are 2-0 in the OVC with a home victory over Tennessee Tech two weeks ago. EKU’s lone loss on the season was in the opener at SERIES Indiana in which they fell 19-13 to the Hoosiers. 17th meeting (EKU leads 9-7) LAST MEETING THE SERIES EKU won 20-7 on Oct. 25, 2008 This is the 17th meeting between Eastern Illinois and Eastern Kentucky. The Colonels at EKU’s Roy Kidd Stadium hold a 9-7 series lead winning the last two meetings between the schools. EIU and EKU have won or shared the Ohio Valley Conference regular season title in each of the last four RANKINGS seasons. EIU won the crown in 2005 and 2006 while EKU was the league champion in Eastern Illinois ...............................23/24 2007 and 2008. Last season EKU won 20-7 in Richmond. The last meeting in Charleston Eastern Kentucky ...........................18/21 was a 28-21 win by the Colonels also on Family Weekend. .............................. Sports Network/FCS Coaches Eastern Illinois (4-0, 2-0 OVC) Eastern Kentucky (2-1, 2-0 OVC) 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 Sept. 3 at Indiana L 13-19 WHOW 1510 AM & WMKR 94.3 FM Sept. 12 at Indiana State W 31-0 Sept. 19 * TENNESSEE TECH W 17-7 www.weiuhitmix.net Sept. 19 * at Southeast Missouri W 23-14 Sept. 26 * at Murray State W 23-13 Play-by-Play ........................ Mike Bradd Sept. 26 * at Austin Peay W 30-20 Oct. 3 * at Eastern Illinois 1:30 pm Analyst ............................. Jack Ashmore Oct. 3 * EASTERN KENTUCKY 1:30 pm Oct. 10 * TENNESSEE STATE 5 pm Oct. 10 at Penn State 11 am Oct. 17 * UT MARTIN (HC) 2 pm TELEVISION Oct. 17 * TENNESSEE TECH (HC) 1:30 pm Oct. 24 * at Austin Peay 6 pm WEIU - Channel 51 Oct. 24 * at Jacksonville State 1 pm Oct. 31 * SOUTHEAST MISSOURI Noon Play-by-Play ........................ Mike Bradd Oct. 31 * at Murray State 1 pm Nov. 7 at Kentucky TBA Analyst ............................. Jack Ashmore Nov. 14 * UT MARTIN 1:30 pm Nov. 14 WESTERN CAROLINA Noon Sideline Reporter ..................John Twork Nov. 19 * TENNESSEE STATE 5:30 pm Nov. 21 * at Jacksonville State 1 pm INTERNET * Ohio Valley Conference Game * Ohio Valley Conference Game Live Stats .............www.eiupanthers.com All Times Central All Times Central Video Stream ........ www.OVCSports.TV Believe In Blue • 12 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 October 3, 2009 • Eastern Illinois vs. Eastern Kentucky • 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 4) 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 (117) 4-0 4 ...Andy Talley (Villanova) ........................since 1985 2. Villanova (13) 4-0 is 136-109-1 at EIU including a 61-29 mark in 5 ...Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech) ...............since 1987 3. Northern Iowa (6) 3-1 OVC action. Since taking over the program in ...Bob Spoo (Eastern Illinois) ................ since 1987 4. Montana 4-0 1987, Spoo has become one of the most respected 5. William & Mary (2) 4-0 coaches in the game with numerous assistants moving on to succeed at all levels of the 6. New Hampshire (1) 3-0 7. James Madison 2-1 coaching business. He was the 1995 Football Gazette I-AA Coach of the Year and runner- 8. Southern Illinois 2-1 up for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award in 2000. A 1960 graduate of Purdue 9. McNeese State 3-1 University, Spoo has coached the Panthers to 8 NCAA FCS playoff berths and ten Top 25 10. Appalachian State 1-2 national rankings. This season EIU will play at Penn State matching two of the longest 11. Weber State 2-2 12. Elon 3-1 tenured head coaches head-to-head on Oct. 10. 13. Central Arkansas 2-1 14. Massachusetts 3-1 EASTERN KENTUCKY HEAD COACH DEAN HOOD 15. South Carolina State 3-0 16. South Dakota State 3-0 Dean Hood is in his second season with the Colonels after having served as the school’s 17. Eastern Washington 3-1 defensive coordinator from 1994-98. Last season Hood guided Eastern Kentucky to the 18. Eastern Kentucky 2-1 OVC championship finishing the year with an 8-4 record. He was named the Ohio Valley 19. Cal Poly 1-2 Conference Coach of the Year and a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award. 20. Jacksonville State 2-2 21. Holy Cross 3-0 Prior to returning to EKU, Hood was the defensive coordinator at Wake Forest helping lead 22. Texas State 2-1 the Demon Deacons to the 2007 FedEx Orange Bowl. A 1986 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan 23. EASTERN ILLINOIS 4-0 he owns a 10-5 career record. 24. Florida A&M 4-0 25. Colgate 4-0 SCOUTING EASTERN KENTUCKY Eastern Kentucky features a diverse offense that is led by two different quarterbacks who both see significant playing time. T.J. Pryor is 28-of-43 for 444 yards while ranking second on the team with 93 yards rushing. Cody Watts is 15-of-27 through the air for 211 yards with 24 yards rushing and 70 yards receiving. The Colonels defense which has been tough against the run this year is led by Jordan Dalrymple with 18 tackles. 2009 FCS Coaches Poll (Week 4) ON THIS DATE IN EIU HISTORY Rk. Team 2009 Record October 3, 1964 – Eastern Illinois halfback Tad Heminger scored a two-point conversion 1. Richmond (28) 4-0 to give the Panthers a late lead over Central Michigan and lineman Eugene Vidoni added a 2. Villanova 4-0 safety as EIU picked up a 17-14 win over the Chippewas in the IIAC opener for both teams. 3. Montana 4-0 Quarterback Roger Haberer finished the day passing for 154 yards. 4. Northern Iowa 3-1 5. William & Mary 4-0 6. James Madison 2-1 NATIONALLY RANKED SHOWDOWN 7. New Hampshire 3-0 In addition to being two of the most dominant programs in the Ohio Valley Conference over 8. Southern Illinois 2-1 9. McNeese State 3-1 the past several years, both Eastern Illinois and Eastern Kentucky come into this Saturday’s 10. Appalachian State 1-2 ball game with national rankings. Eastern Illinois is ranked 23rd in the Sports Network poll 11. Weber State 2-2 and 24th in the FCS Coaches poll. Eastern Kentucky is ranked 18th by the Sports Network 12. Central Arkansas 2-1 and 21st by the FCS Coaches. This marks the first OVC match-up between nationally ranked 13. Elon 3-1 14. South Carolina State 3-0 teams since Oct. 28, 2006. That day Eastern Illinois lost at UT Martin, 15-9, in a game that 15. South Dakota State 3-0 handed both schools an eventual share of the OVC conference championship. EIU was ranked 16. Massachusetts 3-1 No. 14 in the nation while UT Martin was No. 12. 17. Cal Poly 1-2 18. Eastern Washington 3-1 19. Texas State 2-1 THREE FOR THE ROAD 20. Jacksonville State 2-2 Eastern Illinois pulled off the road sweep on Saturday evening as the Panthers ended a 21. Eastern Kentucky 2-1 three game road swing with wins at Indiana State, Southeast Missouri and Austin Peay. It was 22. Holy Cross 3-0 23. Florida A&M 4-0 the fifth time since joining the OVC in 1996 that Eastern Illinois has had to play three straight 24.