The 2022 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers were led by first-year head coach Chris Wilkerson and played home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois.
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Preseason coaches' poll
The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 19, 2022. The Panthers were picked to finish in second to last place.[1]
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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 |
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Preseason All-OVC team
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 | - 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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At Northern Illinois
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Panthers |
3 |
3 |
7 |
14 |
27 |
Huskies |
7 |
14 |
7 |
6 |
34 |
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No. 11 Chattanooga
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
No. 11 Mocs |
7 |
7 |
14 |
10 |
38 |
Panthers |
10 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
20 |
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At Illinois State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Panthers |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Redbirds |
7 |
14 |
14 |
0 |
35 |
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Murray State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Panthers |
14 |
10 |
0 |
11 |
35 |
Racers |
7 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
21 |
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Northwestern State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Demons |
7 |
0 |
7 |
13 |
27 |
Panthers |
21 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
35 |
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Lindenwood
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 | OT | 2OT |
Total |
Lions |
0 |
14 |
0 |
10 | 7 | 6 |
37 |
Panthers |
7 |
3 |
7 |
7 | 7 | 3 |
34 |
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At Tennessee State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Panthers |
0 |
0 |
14 |
3 |
17 |
Tigers |
3 |
24 |
0 |
10 |
37 |
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Tennessee Tech
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles |
0 |
3 |
10 |
7 |
20 |
Panthers |
3 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
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At McNeese State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Panthers |
0 |
7 |
0 |
8 |
15 |
Cowboys |
10 |
9 |
7 |
3 |
29 |
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No. 20 Southeast Missouri State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
No. 20 Redhawks |
0 |
21 |
3 |
7 |
31 |
Panthers |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
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At No. 25 UT Martin
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Panthers |
17 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
31 |
No. 25 Skyhawks |
14 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
34 |
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