2014 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

The 2014 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-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 5–7, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in a tie for third place.

2014 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
2014 record5–7 (5–3 OVC)
Head coachKim Dameron (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorGreg Stevens (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorKane Wommack (1st season)
Home stadiumO'Brien Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
2014 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 9 Jacksonville State $^  8 0     10 2  
No. 21 Eastern Kentucky ^  6 2     9 4  
UT Martin  5 3     6 6  
Eastern Illinois  5 3     5 7  
Tennessee Tech  4 4     5 7  
Tennessee State  3 5     6 6  
SE Missouri State  3 5     5 7  
Murray State  1 7     3 9  
Austin Peay  1 7     1 11  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 286:00 PMat Minnesota*No. 16BTNL 20–4244,344
September 66:00 PMSouthern Illinois*No. 16
WEIUL 21–389,155
September 1312:00 PMat Illinois State*No. 25CSNCL 15–3412,570
September 201:30 PMAustin Peay
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
WEIUW 63–79,169
September 272:00 PMat Ohio*ESPN3L 19–3423,027
October 115:00 PMat No. 17 Eastern KentuckyOVCDNL 33–365,700
October 181:00 PMat SE Missouri StateOVCDNW 52–134,114
October 251:30 PMTennessee State
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
ESPN3W 28–38,289
November 11:30 PMat Tennessee TechOVCDNW 41–101,427
November 812:00 PMMurray State
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
WEIUW 48–263,693
November 153:00 PMat No. 3 Jacksonville State
ESPN3L 20–2714,925
November 2212:00 PMTennessee–Martin
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
WEIUL 16–452,170

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final 
Sports Network 16 16 25 RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR RV NR NR  
Coaches 11 14 24 RV NR NR NR NR RV NR NR NR NR NR

References

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