2013 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

The 2013 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Dino Babers and played their home games at O'Brien Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). Eastern Illinois finished the season 12–2 overall and 8–0 in OVC play to win the conference championship. They received an automatic bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated Tennessee State in the second round before losing to Towson in the quarterfinals.

2013 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
OVC champion
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 4
FCS CoachesNo. 4
2013 record12–2 (8–0 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSterlin Gilbert (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorKim McCloud (2nd season)
Home stadiumO'Brien Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
2013 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Eastern Illinois $^  8 0   12 2  
No. 17 Tennessee State ^  6 2   10 4  
No. 10 Jacksonville State ^  5 3   11 4  
UT Martin  5 3   7 5  
Eastern Kentucky  4 4   6 6  
Murray State  4 4   6 6  
Tennessee Tech  2 6   5 7  
Southeast Missouri State  2 6   3 9  
Austin Peay  0 8   0 12  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

On December 18, Babers resigned to become the head coach at Bowling Green.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 pmat San Diego State*No. 21MWNW 40–1942,978
September 76:00 pmat Southern Illinois*No. 14W 40–37 2OT10,038
September 146:00 pmNo. 18 Illinois State*No. 9WEIUW 57–2410,741
September 217:00 pmat Northern Illinois*No. 8ESPN3L 39–4323,595
September 281:30 pmEastern KentuckyNo. 8
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
ESPN3W 42–711,469
October 126:00 pmat Austin PeayNo. 5OVCDNW 63–75,501
October 191:30 pmSoutheast Missouri StateNo. 3
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
WEIUW 55–3311,569
October 264:00 pmat No. 21 Tennessee StateNo. 2OVCDNW 34–1622,157
November 212:00 pmTennessee TechNo. 2
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
WEIUW 56–216,939
November 912:00 pmat Murray StateNo. 2OVCDNW 37–173,119
November 1612:00 pmNo. 22 Jacksonville StateNo. 2
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
ESPN3W 52–146,693
November 231:00 pmat UT MartinNo. 2ESPN3W 70–223,167
December 71:00 pmNo. 19 Tennessee State*No. 2
ESPN3W 51–104,825
December 137:00 pmNo. 5 Towson*No. 2
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)
ESPN2L 39–493,850

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Game summaries

San Diego State

1 234Total
#21 (FCS) Panthers 7 12714 40
Aztecs 13 330 19

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
Sports Network21149885532222224
Coaches23161210125432222224

References

  1. "Cumulative Season Statistics". Eastern Illinois Athletics. December 14, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
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