2015 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
The 2015 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Kim Dameron and played their home games at O'Brien Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). Eastern Illinois finished the season 7–5, 7–1 in OVC play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Northern Iowa.
| 2015 Eastern Illinois Panthers football | |
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FCS Playoffs First Round, L 17–53 vs. Northern Iowa | |
| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Ranking | |
| STATS | No. 25 |
| FCS Coaches | No. 24 |
| 2015 record | 7–5 (7–1 OVC) |
| Head coach | Kim Dameron (2nd season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Greg Stevens (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Kane Wommack (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | O'Brien Stadium (Capacity: 10,000) |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Jacksonville State $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 13 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Eastern Illinois ^ | 7 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Martin | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SE Missouri State | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee State | 1 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 3 | 7:00 PM | at Western Illinois* | ESPN3 | L 5–33 | 5,985 | ||
| September 12 | 3:00 PM | at Northwestern* | ESPNews | L 0–41 | 29,131 | ||
| September 19 | 6:00 PM | No. 5 Illinois State* |
| WCIA | L 31–34 OT | 8,104 | |
| October 3 | 4:00 PM | at Austin Peay |
| OVCDN | W 40–16 | 2,531 | |
| October 10 | 1:00 PM | Southeast Missouri State |
| ESPN3 | W 33–28 | 7,911 | |
| October 17 | 6:00 PM | at Tennessee State | ASN | W 25–22 OT | 22,144 | ||
| October 24 | 1:00 PM | Tennessee Tech |
| WEIU | W 51–20 | 6,713 | |
| October 31 | 1:00 PM | at Murray State | OVCDN | W 34–20 | 2,108 | ||
| November 7 | 1:00 PM | No. 1 Jacksonville State |
| WEIU | L 3–24 | 4,221 | |
| November 14 | 2:00 PM | at Tennessee–Martin | OVCDN | W 23–21 | 3,761 | ||
| November 21 | 1:00 PM | No. 23 Eastern Kentucky |
| WEIU | W 21–7 | 1,438 | |
| November 28 | 5:00 PM | at No. 15 Northern Iowa | No. 24 | ESPN3 | L 17–53 | 7,062 | |
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Ranking movements
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final | |||||||
| STATS FCS | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 25 | |||||||
| Coaches | 25 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 24 | |||||||
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