The 2019 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented
Eastern Illinois University
Eastern Illinois University is a public university in Charleston, Illinois. Established in 1895 as the Eastern Illinois State Normal School, a teacher's college offering a two-year degree, Eastern Illinois University gradually expanded into a co ...
as a member of the
Ohio Valley Conference
The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern and Southeastern United States, Southeastern United States. It participates in NCAA Divisi ...
(OVC) during the
2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season
The 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The FCS Champions ...
. Led by first-year head coach
Adam Cushing
Adam Cushing (born May 29, 1980) is an American college football coach. He is currently the offensive line coach at Duke University. Cushing served was the head football coach at Eastern Illinois University from 2019 to 2021, compiling a record ...
, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 1–11 overall with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing last out of nine teams in the OVC. Eastern Illinois played home games at
O'Brien Field in
Charleston, Illinois
Charleston is a city in, and the county seat of, Coles County, Illinois, United States. The population was 17,286, as of the 2020 census. The city is home to Eastern Illinois University and has close ties with its neighbor, Mattoon. Both are p ...
.
Preseason
Preseason coaches' poll
The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 22, 2019. The Panthers were picked to finish in eighth place.
Preseason All-OVC team
The Panthers had one player selected to the preseason all-OVC team.
Defense
Terrell Greer – DL
Schedule
Game summaries
At Chattanooga
At Indiana
Illinois State
At Indiana State
Tennessee Tech
At Murray State
Jacksonville State
At UT Martin
Eastern Kentucky
At Tennessee State
Southeast Missouri State
At Austin Peay
References
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Eastern Illinois
Eastern Illinois University is a public university in Charleston, Illinois. Established in 1895 as the Eastern Illinois State Normal School, a teacher's college offering a two-year degree, Eastern Illinois University gradually expanded into a co ...
Eastern Illinois Panthers football seasons
Eastern Illinois Panthers football
The Eastern Illinois Panthers football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Eastern Illinois University located in the U.S. state of Illinois. The team competes in the Division I FCS, NCAA Division I Football Championship Sub ...