2008 PANTHER FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS FOOTBALL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS Location .........Charleston, Illinois 2007 Overall Record ................................................ 8-4 Panther Quick Facts ................................................ Founded ............................. 1895 2007 Ohio Valley Conference Record ............ 7-1 / 2nd Media Information ................................................... 2 Enrollment ....................... 12,129 This Panther Football ............................................3-9 Nickname......................Panthers O'Brien Stadium ............................................... 0-11 Head Coach ...................................................Bob Spoo Colors .................. Blue and Gray Panther Coaching & Support Staff Affiliation ....................NCAA I-AA Alma Mater / Year ...............................Purdue / 1960 Head Coach Bob Spoo ................................ 2-4 Conference ............... Ohio Valley Record at EIU / Years ............127-102-1 / 21st Season Bellantoni, Wittke .............................................. 5 Lustig, Hoover ................................................... 6 Stadium ............O'Brien (10,000) Overall Record / Years ......................................same Lynch, Babich .................................................... 7 Surface .......................Pro-Grass Jackson, Livingston, Cleveland ....................... 8 Assistant Coaches ......................................................... Support Staff ..................................................... 9 Roc Bellantoni (Iona College, 1993) 2008 Rosters ..................................................... 20-22 PHONE NUMBERS Roy Wittke (Wisconsin Eau-Claire, 1982) 2008 Panther Profiles Arrington, Bazigos, Bennett ............................. 23 Athletic Dept. ......(217) 581-2319 Jeff Hoover (UC Davis, 1991) Athletic Dept. Fax ......581-7001 Bess, Brown, Cairo ............................................ 24 Forrest Jackson (West Georgia, 2003) Football Office .............581-5031 C. Campbell, S. Campbell, Cook, Dunn ........... 25 Evers, Frericks, Gadson, Galan ........................ 26 Football Fax ...............581-7192 Justin Lustig (Bucknell, 2001) Graves, Grossman, Haynes .............................. 27 Sports Info ...................581-6408 Mike Lynch (Montana, 2000) Haywood, Henderson, Hockaday, Hodor ......... 28 Bobby Babich (North Dakota State, 2006) Sports Info Fax ..........581-6434 James, Jean-Charles, Johnson ........................ 29 O'Brien Press box .....58-7770 Antoine Livingston (Eastern Illinois, 2002) Jones, Jordan, Kesler ........................................ 30 Chad Cleveland (Eastern Illinois, 2007) Keys, Knolhoff, Kosinski ................................... 3 Larson, Leman, Lewis, Lima ............................. 32 MAILING ADDRESS Lettermen Returning / Lost ...................................39/15 Loftman, Luczynski, Mahoney .......................... 33 Marcelin, Martinez, McGrath, Mercier .............. 34 Department of Athletics Starters Returning / Lost ...................................15/11 2024 Lantz Arena Millard, Nasti, Nozinor ....................................... 35 Offensive System .................................Multiple Pro Set Eastern Illinois University Penrow, Ponius, Reeder .................................... 36 Charleston, IL 61920 Defensive System ................................................ 4-3 Rettke, Rigsby, Sams ......................................... 37 Scheibel, Shortridge, Smith .............................. 38 Sobol, Steckel, Vaccaro ..................................... 39 Panther Football Office Vehovic, Walker, Walters ................................... 40 1000 O'Brien Stadium ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Wilke, Woolverton, Yates ................................... 4 Eastern Illinois University University President......................Dr. William L. Perry Newcomers ....................................................42-43 Charleston, IL 61920 Vice President For Student Affairs .......Dr. Dan Nadler 2007 Statistics & Starting Line-Ups .................44-46 Director of Athletics.............................. Barbara Burke 2007 Game-By-Game Summaries ....................47-50 2008 Opponents & Contacts ............................5-58 Faculty Athletic Representative ......... Dr. Gail Richard All-Time Series Records ........................................ 58 PANTHERS ONLINE Assoc. AD for Development.......................John Smith Sports Information Website Ohio Valley Conference ....................................59-60 EIU Football History ..........................................6-62 ................www.EIUpanthers.com Assoc. AD for Operations ................ Mark Bonnstetter Asst. AD/Senior Woman Administrator ..Mary Wallace Honors & Awards Panther Football E-mail Division I All-Americans .................................... 63 Asst. AD for Compliance.............................Jason Hall [email protected] Tony Romo - 2002 Walter Payton Award .......... 64 Asst. AD for Special Projects ................ David Kidwell Ohio Valley Conference Selections .................. 65 Business Manager ...................................Kim Bagwell Other Honors & Awards .................................... 66 The 2008 Panther Football media Record Book guide is prepared by the Sports Ticket Manager ....................................... Cindy Bayes Team Records..................................................... 67 Information and Marketing office Director of Academic Services..................Cindy Tozer Game Records .................................................... 68 of Eastern Illinois University. Sports Information Director....................... Rich Moser Supervised and written by Rich Single Season Records ..................................... 69 Moser, Sports Information Director. Staff Photographer .................................. Sandy King Career Records .................................................. 70 Director of Marketing ............................................TBA Annual Leaders & Top Performances .........7-79 DESIGN: Layout and design by Rich Panther Club Director ...........................................TBA EIU & The National Football League ................80-8 Moser and Bart Rettberg, Assistant All-Time Results Sports Information Director. Pre-NCAA FCS (899-980) ......................... 82-83 1978 NCAA Division II National Champions .... 84 PHOTOGRAPHY: Bev Cruse, Dan GAME DAY SUPPORT STAFF NCAA FCS (98-Present) ............................85-88 Carpenter, Stephen Haas, Jerry Football Trainer........................................Jen Tymkew NCAA FCS Playoff Records................................... 88 Kimball, Sandy King, Bart Rettberg, Strength and Conditioning .......................Michael Hall EIU NCAA Division Playoff History ....................... 89 Ken Rufner, and Ben Turner. NFL Equipment/Facility Coordinator .................. Clint Bays Panthers in Final NCAA FCS Polls ....................... 90 photos courtesy of those NFL teams EIU Coaching History ............................................. 9 represented. Equipment ........................................... John Calhoun EIU Football...In The Heart Of It All ....................... 92 Football Secretary ................................Richelle Heise This is EIU Athletics ........................................ 93-112 PRINTING: Multi-Ad Services, Inc. NCAA Computer Statistician.................. Bart Rettberg of Peoria, Illinois. Cheer Team Advisor ......................... Antoine Thomas ON THE COVER: (Front) - EIU Marching Blue Band Director................................TBA looks to make a fourth straight Pink Panther Advisor .................................Lisa Dallas www.EIUpanthers.com NCAA FCS Playoff appearance. This season the Panthers return a veteran defense led by All-American EIU ATHLETIC MISSION STATEMENT: The Department of Athletics is committed to providing a competitive, culturally diverse, defensive end Pierre Walters (91), gender-equitable sports program that operates within the rules and regulations of Eastern Illinois University, the Ohio Valley All-OVC safety Ke'Andre Sams (3) Conference, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The department strives to recruit academically sound student- and senior defensive tackle Jeff athletes who have the desire and motivation to graduate and to become responsible citizens. Department of Athletics personnel Sobol (97). and student-athletes shall act with honesty and sportsmanship at all times representing the honor and dignity of fair play and the universally recognized high standards associated with wholesome competitive sports. The intercollegiate athletics program is dedicated to a belief that athletic participation promotes the development of sportsmanship, good character, and a strong work ethic. The overall physical and mental well being of student-athletes is a top priority of the department of athletics. University spirit and community pride will be developed through a successful athletics program. WWW.EIUPANTHERS.COM 2008 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE MEDIA INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION CREDENTIALS PANTHERS ON RADIO/TV Credentials to cover EIU football games at O'Brien WEIU-FM/TV is the radio/television outlet for Panther Stadium are obtained by contacting the Sports Football. All games will be broadcast LIVE on Hit Mix Info Office, 2250 Lantz, Eastern Illinois