2015 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

2015 Eastern Illinois Panthers football

FCS Playoffs First Round, L 17–53 vs. Northern Iowa
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 25
FCS Coaches	No. 24
2015 record	7–5 (7–1 OVC)
Head coach	Kim Dameron (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Greg Stevens (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator	Kane Wommack (2nd year)
Home stadium	O'Brien Stadium (Capacity: 10,000)

2015 OVC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#2 Jacksonville State $^		8	–	0		13	–	2
#25 Eastern Illinois ^		7	–	1		7	–	5
Tennessee–Martin		6	–	2		7	–	4
Eastern Kentucky		5	–	3		6	–	5
SE Missouri State		3	–	4		4	–	7
Tennessee Tech		3	–	5		4	–	7
Murray State		2	–	6		3	–	8
Tennessee State		1	–	6		4	–	6
Austin Peay		0	–	8		0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2015 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Kim Dameron and played their home games at O'Brien Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). Eastern Illinois finished the season 7–5, 7–1 in OVC play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Northern Iowa.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 PM	at Western Illinois*		Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	ESPN3	L 5–33	5,985
September 12	3:00 PM	at Northwestern*		Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ESPNews	L 0–41	29,131
September 19	6:00 PM	No. 5 Illinois State*		O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL (Mid-America Classic)	WCIA	L 31–34 ^OT	8,104
October 3	4:00 PM	at Austin Peay		Governors Stadium • Clarksville, TN	OVCDN	W 40–16	2,531
October 10	1:00 PM	Southeast Missouri State		O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL	ESPN3	W 33–28	7,911
October 17	6:00 PM	at Tennessee State		Nissan Stadium • Nashville, TN	ASN	W 25–22 ^OT	22,144
October 24	1:00 PM	Tennessee Tech		O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL	WEIU	W 51–20	6,713
October 31	1:00 PM	at Murray State		Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	OVCDN	W 34–20	2,108
November 7	1:00 PM	No. 1 Jacksonville State		O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL	WEIU	L 3–24	4,221
November 14	2:00 PM	at Tennessee–Martin		Graham Stadium • Martin, TN	OVCDN	W 23–21	3,761
November 21	1:00 PM	No. 23 Eastern Kentucky		O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL	WEIU	W 21–7	1,438
November 28	5:00 PM	at No. 15 Northern Iowa	No. 24	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 17–53	7,062
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Eastern Illinois Panthers football

Venues	O'Brien Stadium (1970–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Mid-America Classic (Illinois State)

Culture & lore	Billy the Panther

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

2015 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Charleston Southern Chattanooga The Citadel Coastal Carolina Colgate Dayton Duquesne Eastern Illinois Fordham Illinois State Jacksonville State James Madison McNeese State Montana New Hampshire North Dakota State Northern Iowa Portland State Richmond Sam Houston State South Dakota State Southern Utah Western Illinois William & Mary

Champion – North Dakota State

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