2019 EIU Football Guide
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1 QUICK FACTS Name of School .....................Eastern Illinois University City/Zip ........................................Charleston, IL 61920 #EIUBLEEDBLUE FOOTBALL 2019 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER Founded / Enrollment ................................1895 / 7,415 Nickname....................................................... Panthers School Colors ..............................Blue, Grey and White Stadium (Capacity) .....................O’Brien Field (10,000) Surface .........................................................Matrix Turf Affiliation / Conference ...........NCAA FCS / Ohio Valley President .........Dr. David Glassman (Minnesota, 1976) Faculty Representative .............................Dr. Jim Davis Athletics Director ............... Tom Michael (Illinois, 1993) Athletics Department Phone ................ (217) 581-2319 FOOTBALL HISTORY First Year of Football..............................................1899 All-Time Playoff-Record (FCS) ...............................4-16 Years In Post Season ................................................16 Last Post Season Appearance ............................. 2015 Result ...................... L 17-53 at Northern Iowa (1st Rd) All-Time Record .......................................... 512-525-43 MEDIA RELATIONS Associate AD/Media&PR ............................ Rich Moser Email.................................................. [email protected] Office Phone / Cell............................... (217) 581-7480 Cell ..................................................... (217) 508-8317 Press Box Phone .................................. (217) 581-7770 Athletics Website ...................... www.EIUpanthers.com Facebook .................................................. EIUPanthers Twitter ....................@EIU_Panthers / @EIUPantherFB Instagram............................................eiupanthernation #RUNWITHUS COACHING STAFF Head Coach....Adam Cushing (Univ. of Chicago, 2002) Record at School (Yrs) ...................................First Year Overall Record (Yrs) ............................................ Same OVC Record (Yrs) ..........................................First Year Football Office Phone ........................... (217) 581-5031 Defensive Coordinator ............................. Chris Bowers Offensive Coordinator / Super Backs ...John Kuceyeski Quarterbacks ................................................ Chris Batti Corners & Special Teams .......................... Benny Boyd Defensive Line .......................................Deonte Gibson Linebackers ............................................ Adam Gristick Offensive Line .......................................Dan Hernandez Assistant Offensive Line .............................Shane Kelly Wide Receivers ...................................Mark Philmore II Safeties.......................................................Neal Renna Outside Linebackers ................................ Jesse Walton Running Backs ..........................................Omar Young TEAM INFORMATION Overall Record..........................................................3-8 Conference Record/Finish .............................3-5 (T6th) Final Ranking............................................................NR Basic Offense .................................................... Spread Basic Defense .................................................. Multiple Letterwinners Returning/Lost:.............................36 / 27 Starters Returning/Lost.......................................10 / 15 2019 SCHEDULE Aug. 29 ................................................. at Chattanooga Sept. 7 ...........................................................at Indiana Sept. 14 ............................................. ILLINOIS STATE Sept. 21 ................................................at Indiana State Sept. 28 ......................................* TENNESSEE TECH Oct. 5 ..................................................* at Murray State Oct. 12................................ * JACKSONVILLE STATE Oct. 19 .....................................................* at UT Martin Oct. 26..........................* EASTERN KENTUCKY (HC) Nov. 9 ...........................................* at Tennessee State Nov. 16 .............................. * SOUTHEAST MISSOURI Nov. 23 ................................................ * at Austin Peay * OVC Games WWW.EIUPANTHERS.COM 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 2 Schools With Multiple Payton Award Winners Villanova .......................... 3 Eastern Washington ........ 3 Eastern Illinois ......... 2 Appalachian State ........... 2 Colgate ............................ 2 Georgia Southern ............ 2 New Hampshire ............... 2 Idaho................................ 2 Sam Houston State ......... 2 2013 Walter Payton Award Voting 2002 Walter Payton Award Voting # Name School 1st Total # Name School 1st Total 1. Jimmy Garoppolo Eastern Illinois 74 576 1. Tony Romo Eastern Illinois 24 268 2. Vernon Adams Eastern Washington 30 446 2. Brett Gordon Villanova 18 245 3. Terrance West Towson 22 370 3. Bruce Eugene Grambling State 21 234 4. Brock Jensen North Dakota State 8 149 2019 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER FOOTBALL #EIUBLEEDBLUE #RUNWITHUS FOOTBALL 2019 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER 5. Michael Nebrich Fordham 3 106 6. Zach Zenner South Dakota State 2 86 7. Erik Lora Eastern Illinois 0 85 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL... @EIU_Panthers @EIUPantherFB ...16-TIME NCAA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF PARTICIPANT 3 PROGRAM SUCCESS #EIUBLEEDBLUE FOOTBALL 2019 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER #RUNWITHUS OHIO VALLEY CONFERNCE NCAA FCS PLAYOFF OVC - FCS PLAYOFF CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 2000 APPEARANCES SINCE 2000 APPEARANCES SINCE 1996 (By School) (By School) (By School) School......................# Titles (Last) School......... # Appearances (Last) School................... # Appearances Jacksonville State ............ 8 (2018) Montana......................... 14 (2015) EASTERN ILLINOIS .................11 EASTERN ILLINOIS ....... 7 (2013) New Hampshire ............. 14 (2017) Jacksonville State ........................8 Eastern Kentucky ............ 3 (2011) Appalachian State * ....... 11 (2012) Eastern Kentucky ........................5 Tennessee Tech ............... 1 (2011) Northern Iowa ................ 11 (2018) Tennessee State ..........................3 Southeast Missouri .......... 1 (2010) UT Martin ......................... 1 (2006) EASTERN ILLINOIS ..... 10 (2015) Southeast Missouri ......................2 Murray State .................... 1 (2002) Eastern Washington ...... 10 (2018) Murray State ................................2 Western Kentucky .......... 1 (2000) James Madison ............. 10 (2018) UT Martin .....................................1 McNeese State ................ 9 (2015) Tennessee Tech ...........................1 Sam Houston State ......... 9 (2017) Western Kentucky .......................1 North Dakota State .......... 9 (2018) Jacksonville State ............ 9 (2018) Richmond ........................ 9 (2016) * moved to the FBS level in 2013 WWW.EIUPANTHERS.COM 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 4 16 15 11 11 11 7 7 2019 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER FOOTBALL #EIUBLEEDBLUE #RUNWITHUS FOOTBALL 2019 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL... @EIU_Panthers @EIUPantherFB ...16-TIME NCAA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF PARTICIPANT 5 2019 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER FOOTBALL #EIUBLEEDBLUE FOOTBALL 2019 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER THIS IS EIU FOOTBALL #RUNWITHUS MEDIA EXPOSURE Eastern Illinois football has appeared onon regionalregional and or national television more than 6560 times since the 2005 season... In 2013 EIU was teh 2005 season... Last season featured on the ESPNU program the Panthers were the only FCS All-Access, the only FCS program team in the nation to be featured in the nation to be covered. In on the ESPNU program All-Access. addition to team appearances, In addition to team appearances, the Panthers received additional the Panthers received additional television coverage following television coverage following quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo's quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo’s Path to the NFL Draft which Pathincluded to thean NFLappearance Draft which on includedGruden's Quarterbackan appearance Camp. on Gruden’s Quarterback Camp. This year EIU will once again play Thison regional year EIU and will national once again television play onwith regional games and slated national for television ESPN3, withComcast games Sports slated Net for Chicago ESPN3 and Comcastregionally SportsNet on WEIU. Chicago WWW.EIUPANTHERS.COM 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 6 THIS IS EIU FOOTBALL 1516 FCS FCS PLAYOFF PLAYOFF APPEARANCESAPPEARANCES 2019 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER FOOTBALL #EIUBLEEDBLUE #RUNWITHUS FOOTBALL 2019 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL... @EIU_Panthers @EIUPantherFB ...16-TIME NCAA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF PARTICIPANT 7 2019 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER FOOTBALL #EIUBLEEDBLUE FOOTBALL 2019 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER #RUNWITHUS EIU WINS VS. FBS SCHOOLS Sept. 10, 2017 ......at Miami (Ohio) ............... W 21-17 Aug. 31, 2013 .......at San Diego State ......... W 40-19 Sept. 25, 2004 ......at Eastern Michigan ....... W 31-28 Sept. 19, 1998 ......at Northern Illinois .......... W 28-20 Aug. 29, 1996 .......at Western Michigan ...... W 28-20 Oct. 14, 1989 ........at Akron .......................... W 27-17 TOP CROWDS TO WATCH EIU 1.......Oct. 10, 2009 ........