2018 Eastern Illinois Panthers Football Team
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The 2018 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 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by
Kim Dameron Kim Dameron (born November 7, 1960) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Southside High School (Fort Smith, Arkansas), Southside High School in Fort Smith, Arkansas, a position he has held since 2020. Dameron served as ...
in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 3–8 overall with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, tying for sixth place 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 ...
. On November 18, Dameron was fired. He finished his tenure at Eastern Illinois with a five-year record of 27–30.


Preseason


OVC media poll

On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Panthers predicted to finish in fifth place. On July 23, the OVC released their coaches poll with the Panthers predicted to finish in fourth place.


Preseason All-OVC team

The Panthers had three players selected to the preseason all-OVC team. Offense *Isaiah Johnson – RB *Alexander Hollins – WR Defense *Mark Williams – DB


Schedule


Game summaries


At Arkansas


At Illinois State


Indiana State


Tennessee State


At Tennessee Tech


Murray State


At Jacksonville State


UT Martin


At Eastern Kentucky


Austin Peay


At Southeast Missouri State


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 ...