November 7, 2015 • Eastern Illinois vs. Jacksonville State • Page 1 • www.eiupanthers.com • #EIUBleedBlue EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER FOOTBALL Contact: Rich Moser •
[email protected] • (217) 581-7480 • Fax (217) 581-7001 • www.EIUpanthers.com GAME 9 Battle For OVC Lead At O’Brien Field EIU Hosts No. 1 Ranked Jacksonville State Eastern Illinois vs. Jacksonville State O’Brien Field (10,000) • Jacksonville, Ala. November 7, 2015 • 1 p.m. • TV: ESPN3 THE GAME COACHES: Kim Dameron (Arkansas, 1983) • Eastern Illinois remained undefeated in the Ohio Valley Conference at 5-0 as the EIU Record ...................10-10 (2nd year) Panthers beat Murray State 34-20 to go 5-0 in the month of October. The win set up a OVC Record ...................10-3 (2nd year) first place showdown with No. 1 ranked Jacksonville State this Saturday. JSU is also 5-0 vs. Jacksonville State ........................ 0-1 one of 14 teams that are still unblemished in FCS conference action this season. • The 5-0 start by Eastern Illinois marks the sixth time the Panthers have started OVC John Grass (Jacksonville State, 1990) play with a 5-0 record. The last time was in 2013 when EIU ran the table going a perfect JSU Record .....................17-3 (2nd year) 8-0 in conference play. OVC Record ...................13-0 (2nd year) • Eastern Illinois and Jacksonville State will play on ESPN3 as the Ohio Valley Conference Overall Record ...............................Same Game of the Week. It is the second time this season that EIU has appeared as the OVC vs. Eastern Illinois ............................. 1-0 Game of the Week with the previous appearance a 33-28 win over Southeast Missouri on SERIES Oct.