2001 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

2001 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
OVC champion
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 9
Record9–2 (6–0 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRoy Wittke (12th season)
Home stadiumO'Brien Stadium
Seasons
← 2000
2002 →
2001 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 9 Eastern Illinois $^   6 – 0     9 – 1  
No. 18 Eastern Kentucky   5 – 1     8 – 2  
No. 23 Tennessee Tech   4 – 2     7 – 3  
No. 25 Tennessee State   3 – 3     8 – 3  
Murray State   2 – 4     4 – 6  
Southeast Missouri State   1 – 5     4 – 7  
Tennessee–Martin   0 – 6     1 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2001 Eastern Illinois Panthers represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 15th-year head coach Bob Spoo, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 9–2, winning the OVC title with a conference mark of 6–1. Eastern Illinois was invited to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Northern Iowa. The Bobcats were ranked ninth in the final Sports Network poll.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8Indiana State*No. 12
W 44–14[1]
September 15at Illinois State*No. 11
Canceled [2]
September 22at Eastern KentuckyNo. 11
W 21–14[3]
September 29Tennessee TechNo. 8
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
W 44–33[4]
October 610:00 p.m.at San Diego State*No. 6
L 7–4020,064
October 13Southeast Missouri StateNo. 10
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
W 12–0
October 201:30 p.m.at Southern Illinois*No. 9
W 49–215,150[5]
October 27No. 13 Tennessee StateNo. 9
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
W 52–49[6]
November 1at Tennessee–MartinNo. 6
W 56–16
November 103:00 p.m.at Florida Atlantic*No. 4
W 38–1010,286
November 172:38 p.m.Murray StateNo. 3
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
W 37–65,243
December 1at No. 6 Northern Iowa*No. 3
L 43–49

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References

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  1. ^ "College football:". The Tennessean. September 10, 2001 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Reinhardt, Randy (September 15, 2001). "Redbirds return to 11 games". The Pantagraph. p. B1. Retrieved December 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Brown, C. L. (September 23, 2001). "EKU improves but falls again to Eastern Illinois". The Courier-Journal – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Nielson, Brian (October 1, 2001). "Panthers play sloppy, beat Tennessee Tech". Journal Gazette – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Taylor runs wild in EIU win". Herald and Review. October 21, 2001. p. C10. Retrieved January 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "EIU takes control of OVC race". Herald and Review. October 28, 2001. Retrieved March 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "EIU Football Online Guide, 2019" (PDF). Eastern Illinois athletics. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
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