American college football season
The 2022 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represents Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers are led by first-year head coach Chris Wilkerson and play home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois.
Preseason coaches' poll
[edit] The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 19, 2022. The Panthers were picked to finish in second to last place.[1]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
1 | UT Martin | 70 (10) |
2 | Southeast Missouri | 59 (3) |
3 | Murray State | 51 |
4 | Tennessee State | 46 (1) |
5 | Tennessee Tech | 29 |
6 | Eastern Illinois | 20 |
7 | Lindenwood | 19 |
Preseason All-OVC team
[edit] The Panthers had six players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[2]
Offense - Isaiah Hill – WR
- Jay Vallie — TE
Defense - Jordan Miles – DE
- Tim Varga — DE
- Russell Dandy — CB
- Jordan Vincent — NB
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Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 7:00 p.m. | at Northern Illinois* | | ESPN+ | L 27–34 | 10,864 |
September 10 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 11 Chattanooga* | | ESPN+ | L 20–38 | 6,565 |
September 17 | 6:30 p.m. | at Illinois State* | | Marquee | L 7–35 | 8,208 |
September 24 | 4:00 p.m. | at Murray State | | ESPN+ | W 35–21 | 10,112 |
October 8 | 2:00 p.m. | Northwestern State* | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| ESPN+ | W 35–27 | 3,153 |
October 15 | 2:00 p.m. | Lindenwood![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| ESPN+ | L 34–37 2OT | 6,875 |
October 22 | 2:00 p.m. | at Tennessee State | | ESPN+ | L 17–37 | 6,237 |
October 29 | 2:00 p.m. | Tennessee Tech | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| ESPN+ | L 17–20 | 5,817 |
November 5 | 7:00 p.m. | at McNeese State* | | ESPN+ | L 15–29 | 7,520 |
November 12 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 20 Southeast Missouri State | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| ESPN+ | L 7–31 | 1,831 |
November 19 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 25 UT Martin | | ESPN+ | L 31–34 | 3,003 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Source:[3]
At Northern Illinois
[edit] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Panthers | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 27 |
Huskies | 7 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 11 Mocs | 7 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 38 |
Panthers | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Panthers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Redbirds | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Panthers | 14 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 35 |
Racers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Demons | 7 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
Panthers | 21 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
Lions | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 37 |
Panthers | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Panthers | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 17 |
Tigers | 3 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 37 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Golden Eagles | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 20 |
Panthers | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Panthers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
Cowboys | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 29 |
No. 20 Southeast Missouri State
[edit] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 20 Redhawks | 0 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
Panthers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
At No. 25 UT Martin
[edit] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Panthers | 17 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
No. 25 Skyhawks | 14 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 34 |
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