2010 eastern illinois football spring...

2010 EastErn IllInoIs Football sprIng prospEctus

GENERAL INFORMATIONName of School.................... Eastern.Illinois.UniversityCity/Zip........................................Charleston,.IL..61920Founded................................................................ 1895Enrollment...........................................................11,966Nickname....................................................... .PanthersSchool Colors............................. Blue,.Grey.and.WhiteStadium............................................... O’Brien.StadiumCapacity............................................................ .10,000Surface..........................................................Pro-GrassAffiliation.............................NCAA.FCS.(formerly.I-AA)Conference.................................................. Ohio.ValleyPresident........................................ Dr..William.L..PerryAlma Mater, Yr.................................Park.College,.1967Faculty Representative.......................Dr..Gail.RichardAthletics Director.................................. Barbara.BurkeAlma Mater, Yr.........................Western.Michigan,.1980Athletics Department Phone...............(217).581-2319

FOOTBALL HISTORYFirst Year of Football............................................ 1899All-Time Playoff-Record (FCS)............................. 3-13Years In Post Season............................................... 13Last Post Season Appearance........................... .2009Result....................................L.7-48.at.Southern.IllinoisAll-Time Record..........................................468-474-43

MEDIA RELATIONSAssociate AD/Media&PR........................... .Rich.MoserEmail...................................................rlmoser@eiu.eduOffice Phone.........................................(217).581-7480Cell Phone.............................................(217).508-8317SID Fax..................................................(217).581-6434Press Box Phone..................................(217).581-7770Assistant SID...........................................Bart.RettbergAssistant SID.............................................. Ben.TurnerGraphic Designer/Photographer...............Sandy.KingSID Mailing Address..................... .600.Lincoln.Avenue.................................................................... Lantz.Arena.....................................................Charleston,.IL..61920Overnight Mailing Address.................................Same

Athletics Website......................www.EIUpanthers.com

COACHING STAFFHead Coach ................................................. Bob SpooAlma Mater/Year......................................Purdue,.1960Record at School (Yrs)..........................140-113-1.(22)Overall Record (Yrs)............................................SameFootball Office Phone..........................(217).581-5031Best Time To Reach Coach......................... .Mornings

ASSISTANT COACHESOffensive Line .................... Brian Callahan (1st year).......Alma.Mater.......................... (Eastern.Illinois,.1992).Wide Receivers ........................Mike Lynch (6th year).......Alma.Mater....................................(Montana,.1999)Quarterbacks ..........................Roy Wittke (16th year).......Alma.Mater.............. (Wisconsin.Eau-Claire.-.1982)Linebackers......................Roc Bellantoni (10th year).......Alma.Mater............................ (Iona.College,.1993))Defensive Line ................ Forrest Jackson (7th year).......Alma.Mater...........................(West.Georgia,.2003))Defensive Backs .................Bobby Babich (4th year).......Alma.Mater................... (North.Dakota.State,.2006)Special Teams ................. Matthew Smiley (2nd year).......Alma.Mater........................................(Illinois,.2001)Offensive Assistant ..............Jason Fisher (2nd year).......Alma.Mater.......................... (Eastern.Illinois,.2008)Defensive Assistant ........Chad Cleveland (3rd year).......Alma.Mater.......................... (Eastern.Illinois,.2007)Defensive Quality Control... Cole Spencer (1st year).......Alma.Mater.........................(Northern.Illinois,.2009)Offensive Coordinator ...............................Roy WittkeDefensive Coordinator ....................... Roc Bellantoni

TEAM INFORMATIONOverall Record......................................................... 8-4Conference Record/Finish................................ 6-2/1stFinal Ranking..................... 15th.(Coaches)/19th.(TSN)Basic Offense......................................Multiple.Pro-SetBasic Defense.......................................................... 4-3

Letterwinners Returning/Lost:........................... 41/15Offense................................................................... 21/7Defense.................................................................. 17/7Special Teams.......................................................... 3/1

Starters Returning/Lost........................................ 17/9Offense..................................................................... 7/4Defense.................................................................... 8/4Special Teams.......................................................... 2/1

EastErn IllInoIs PanthErs2010 Football schEdulE

Day Date OppOnent LOcatiOn time

Sat. Sept.4 atIowa IowaCity,Iowa TBA

sat. sept. 11 cEntral arKansas o’brIEn FIEld 1:30 pm

Sat. Sept.18 *atUTMartin Martin,Tenn. TBA

sat. sept. 25 * JacKsonVIllE statE o’brIEn FIEld 1:30 pm (Hall of Fame Game)

sat. oct. 2 * southEast MIssourI o’brIEn FIEld 1:30 pm (Family Weekend)

Sat. Oct.9 *atEasternKentucky Richmond,Ky. TBA

Sat. Oct.16 *atTennesseeTech Cookeville,Tenn. TBA

sat. oct. 23 * MurraY statE o’brIEn FIEld 1:30 pm (94th Homecoming)

sat. oct. 30 * austIn PEaY o’brIEn FIEld 1:30 pm (Senior Day)

Sat. Nov.6 *atTennesseeState Nashville,Tenn. 5pm

Sat. Nov.13 atIllinoisState Normal,Ill. 1pm

Sat. Nov.20 OPENDATE TBA

Sat. Nov.27 NCAAFOOTBALLPLAYOFFFirstRound TBA

Sat. Dec.4 NCAAFOOTBALLPLAYOFFSecondRound TBA

Sat. Dec.11 NCAAFOOTBALLPLAYOFFQuarterfinals TBA

Fri./Sat. Dec.17/18 NCAAFOOTBALLPLAYOFFSemifinals TBA

Fri. Jan.4 NCAACHAMPIONSHIP Chattanooga,TN TBA

*OhioValleyConferenceContests AllTimesCentral&SubjecttoChangeHOMEGAMESINBOLDCAPS-PLAYEDATO’BRIENFIELD

bob sPooEasternIllinoisHeadFootballCoach(Purdue,1960)23rdSeason

Bob Spoo, the dean ofcoaches in the Ohio ValleyConferencereturnsforhis23rdseasononthePantherssidelineslookingtoguidethePantherstotheir 14th NCAA FCS playoffappearance. SpoocurrentlyranksfourthamongDivisionIcoacheswiththelongesttenureatoneschooltrailing Penn State’s BobbyBowden, Albany’s Bob FordandVillanova’sAndyTalleyonthatlist.

LastseasonEIUclimbedbacktothetopoftheOVCstandingsasthePantherscapturedtheirfifthconferencecrownsince2001.Spoo was named the OVC Coach of theYear and one of fivefinalistsfortheLibertyMutualNationalCoachoftheYearasEIUfinishedtheyearat8-4overall.ThePanthersadvancedtothetheirseventh playoff appearance since 2000 ending the year ranked15thintheFCSCoachespoll. After missing the 2006 season for medical reasons, Spooreturnedtotheteaminafull-timecapacityfollowingthePanthers2006firstroundplayoffloss.In2007thatrecognizeddriveand“voice” returned in full force as Spoo guided EIU to its thirdstraightFCSplayoffappearanceand12thoverall. EIUwould finish the 2007 season with an 8-4 record, 7-1intheOVC.ThePantherswererankedNo.15inthefinalFCSCoaches poll making their sixth playoff appearance in the lasteightseasons. ThewinningestcoachinEasternIllinoishistoryandtheactiveleaderinwinsamongOVCcoaches,Spoomaintainsacareermarkof140-113-1.HehasledthePanthersto11winningseasonsinthelast15years. UnderhisleadershipthePanthersqualifiedforanunprecedentedthreestraighttripstotheNCAAI-AAplayoffsbetween2000-02andagain from2005-07. EIUhaswon(orshared)OhioValleyConferencechampionshipinfiveofthepastnineseasons.Inhis23yearsatEIUthePanthershavemadetentripstotheNCAAplayoffswith11finishesintheTop25poll.EIU’sdeepestrunintheplayoffsunderSpoocamein1989whenthePanthersknockedoffIdahointhefirstroundbeforelosingthequarterfinalsatMontana. DuringhistenureatEIU,thePanthershaveproducednumerousAll-ConferencepicksincludingsevenOffensiveorDefensiveOVCPlayersoftheYearsincethe2000season.EIUhasalsohadanumber

ofAll-Americanplayersbothon thefieldand in theclassroom.Spooalsocoached2002WalterPaytonAwardwinnerTonyRomo,nowaProBowlquarterbackwiththeDallasCowboys. Overhis23yearsontheEIUsidelines,SpoohasbeennamedtheOVCCoachoftheYearthreetimes(2001,2005,2009),GatewayConferenceCoachoftheYearonce(1995)andtheRegionCoachoftheYeartwotimes(1995and2001).In2000hewastherunner-upfortheEddieRobinsonCoachoftheYearAward.In1995hewasnamedthe Football Gazette I-AACoachoftheYear. Demanding excellence on the field and in the classroom,Spoobelievesthatthefoundationforconstructingachampionshipprogram lies with a strong defense and sound kicking game,revolvingaroundaball-controlpassingattack. Spoo and his staff have been commended publicly by theFacultySenatefortheiremphasisonacademics.TheDaily Eastern News,thecampusdailynewspaper,namedSpooastheir“PersonoftheYear”inhissecondyearinCharleston. A threeyearPurdue letterman,SpooreplacedNFLHall-of-FamerLenDawsonasthestartingquarterbackin1957andguidedtheBoilermakerstoatwo-yearrecordof11-5.Heco-captainedthe1958BlueteamintheBlue-GrayAll-Stargame. Spoolaterreturnedtohisalmamatertocoachquarterbacksinthe1980’s,buildinghisresumebycoachingsuchnationallyknownpassersasMarkHermann,ScottCampbellandJimEverett.AllthreewouldgoontoplayintheNationalFootballLeague.DuringhistimeatPurdue(1978-1986)theteammadefourbowlappearances.SpooalsospentseveralyearsatWisconsin(1973-77)asthequarterbackscoach. Priortobecomingamainstayinthecollegecoachingranks,SpoowasoneofthemostsuccessfulprepcoachesinIllinois.HewastheheadcoachatLoyolaAcademyinWilmettefrom1967-72directingtheschooltoa51-9-2recordandthe1969Chicagocitychampionship. Hewas the1970NationalHighSchoolAthleticCoachesAssociation“FootballCoachoftheYear”,1969IllinoisCoachoftheYearand1972ChicagoCoachoftheYear. SpooandhiswifeSusanhaveonedaughterKate.

Career Record: 140-113-1 (.553), 22 seasonsOVC Record: 65-31 (.677), 13 seasons

FCS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES

1.. RoyKidd(EasternKentucky)................................17 2... JerryMoore(AppalachianState)........................15* 3... TubbyRaymond(Delaware).................................11 4... JimTressel(YoungstownState).............................10 5 ... bob spoo (Eastern Illinois) .................................9 * ... W.C.Gorden(JacksonState)...................................9 7... AndyTalley(Villanova).......................................8**denotesactivecoach

roc bEllantonIAssociateHeadCoach-DefensiveCoordinatorLinebackersCoach(Iona,1993)-10thSeason

WinningtheturnoverbattleissomethingthatEasternIllinoisdefensivecoordinatorRocBellantonihaspreachedsincehejoinedthe Panthers staff. In 2006 that mantra was proven correct asthePanthersledthenationinturnoversgainedwith31.In2009EasternIllinoisforced26turnoverstorank19thinthenationasEIUhasrankedinthetop25nationallyinturnoversgainedinfourofBellantoni’seightseasonsasdefensivecoordinator. Bellantoni joined the Panthers defensive staff in 2001 andwas promoted to his current role of coordinator following the2002springpracticeseason. Inspringof2009hewaselevatedtoassociateheadcoachfordefenseaftertwoseasonsasassistantheadcoach. In his career he has coached three OhioValley ConferenceDefendersoftheYearinlcudingback-to-backwinnersClintSellersin2005andDonaldThomasin2006.In2007ThomasfinishedasafinalistfortheBuckBuchananAwardhandedouttothenation’stop FCS defensive player. Bellantoni also coached Nick Rickstobeingnamedatwo-timefinalistfortheBuchananAwardafterwinningOVCDefenderoftheYearhonorsin2002.In2008hecoached Pierre Walters who was a midseason BuchananAwardcandidatewho laterplayed in theTexasvs.TheNationAll-StargamebeforeearningarosterspotwiththeKansasCityChiefs. In 2005 Bellantoni’s defense ranked 19th in the country inscoringdefenseallowingjust19.2pointspergame.ThePanthersrankedfirstintheOVCinrushingdefenseandsecondnationallyinturnovermarginwith+1.5pergame.ThePanthersscoredanunprecedentedeightdefensivetouchdowns. PriortocomingtoEIU,BellantoniwasthedefensivecoordinatoratDrakeUniversitywhichsharedthePioneerLeaguetitlein2000witha7-4record.Drake’sdefenseforced26turnoversandhad36quarterbacksacksthatseason.HealsocoacheddefensivelineatDrake in1998and1999with theBulldogswinning the1998conferencetitle. Bellantoni startedhiscoachingcareeratMamoroneckHighSchool High School in New York in 1993 and made his firstcollegiate coaching stop at Buena Vista University in Iowa in1995. A 1993 graduate of Iona College, Bellantoni earned threevarsitylettersplayingdefensetacklefortheGaels.HestatedhisplayingcareeratMassachusettsasamemberofthe1998YankeeConferencechampionshipteam. Bellantoni currently serves as the Panthers recruitingcontactforsouthFlorida.Healsoservesastheliaisonwithcampusfoodservicesandhousingandisthesummercampdirector. Bellantoni and his wife Jenny have four sons, Gino,MarcoandtwinsNicolasandRicky.

roY WIttKEAssociateHeadCoach-OffensiveCoordinatorQuarterbacksCoach(WisconsinEau-Claire,1982)-16thSeason

Former Eastern Illinois offensive coordinator RoyWittkerejoinedthePanthersfootballprogramonMay1,2008inapositionhepreviouslyservedinfrom1990-2002.Wittkewaselevatedtohiscurrentpositionofassociateheadcoachforoffenseinthespringof2009. In 2009 EIU featured a more balanced offensive attack asquarterback Jake Christensen and running back MonWilliamswerebothsecondteamAll-OVCselections.ThePanthersscored19touchdownsthroughtheairandanother11ontheground. In2008thePanthersoffenseproduceda1,000rusherforthefifthstraightseasonasTravorusBessclimbedintothecareerTop15onthePantherscharts. WittkecomesbacktoEIUfollowinghismostrecentstintatNorthernIllinoisduringthe2007seasonwhereheservedas theoffensivecoordinatorandquarterbackscoach. Wittke is best known for helping to develop current DallasCowboys signal caller Tony Romo as the Panthers offensivecoordinatorfrom1990-2002.DuringthattimeframeEIUposted82wins,madefiveFCSplayoffappearancesandwascappedoffbyRomoearningthe2002WalterPaytonAward.HewasnamedtheAFCADivisionI-AAAssistantCoachoftheYearin2002asthePanthersoffensiveunitrankedfourthinthenationinscoring(35.3ppg)andfifthintotaloffense(452.6yards/game). During his first stop at EIU, Wittke coached 14 playerswho earned offensive All-American honors and numerous All-Conference selections in both the Ohio Valley Conference andGateway Football Conference. Three of his offensive unitsrankamongthetopfiveatEIUfortotaloffenseandscoringinaseason. Following the2002 season,Wittkeworkedas theoffensivecoordinatorattheUniversityofArkansasfrom2003-05andoneseason at both Arizona State University (2006) and NorthernIllinois University (2007). Wittke coached in both the 2003Independence Bowl withArkansas and the 2006 Hawai’i BowlwithArizonaState. He has also had stints at his alma mater Wisconsin Eau-Claire(1979-81),MontanaStateUniversity(1982-84)andCentralMissouriState(1985-89). Wittke is a native of Racine,Wis., and a 1982 graduate ofWisconsinEau-Claire.HeandhiswifePattyhavethreechildren:sonsBradandJeffanddaughterBekah.

MIKE lYnchWideReceiversCoachRecruitingCoordinator(Montana,1999)-6thyear

MikeLynchhasservedastheEasternIllinoiswidereceiverscoachthelastfouryearsafterworkingasanoffensiveassistantcoachin2005.HehasalsoservedasthePanthersrecruitingcoordinatorforthepastthreeyears. In2009Lynchhelpedcoachoneoftheyoungestwidereceivinggroups in thenationas threestarterswereunderclassmen. Thatunitresponded by hauling in 19 touchdown passes with 184 receptionsfor2,288yards. Itwasabalancedattackwhere the top receiverhadonly32catcheswitheightdifferent receiversaccounting forPanthertouchdowns. In 2007, EIU wide receivers hauled in 218 passes for 2,300yards includinganotherbigyearbyseniorMicahRuckerwhohad9touchdownsand777yardsreceiving. During the 2006 season Lynch helped coach Micah Rucker asthe junior receiver earned second teamAll-American honors for thePantherswith13touchdownsand966yardsreceiving. PriortojoiningtheEIUstaff,LynchmadeanameforhimselfasamemberoftheUtahStatecoachingstafffrom2000-04.WhilewiththeAggies,LynchhelpedcoachthreetightendsthatwouldsignwithNFLteams. ChrisCooleywas a third round selectionof theWashingtonRedskinsinthe2003draftwhileJ.R.SuguturagaandCaseyPoppingabothsignedfreeagentcontracts. ARoseville,Californianative,LynchplayedtwoseasonsatSierraJunior College in California before playing two seasons at center attheUniversity ofMontana. His 1997 and 1998Grizzly teamswon16gamesmakingtwostraightNCAAI-AAplayoffappearances.Hewouldserveasarestrictedearningscoachin1999ontheUMstaff. LynchearnedhisbachelorsdegreefromMontanaandamastersinsecondaryeducationfromUtahState.

brIan callahanOffensiveLine(EasternIllinois,1992)-1styear

Former Eastern Illinois offensive lineman Brian Callahan hasreturnedtohisalmamaterjoiningthePantherscoachingstaffinMarch2010astheoffensivelinecoach.ThismarksCallahan’ssecondstintonheadcoachBobSpoo’sstaffashewasarestrictedearningscoachin1993workingwiththetightendsandoffensiveline. CallahancametoEIUfollowingsixseasonsastheoffensivelinecoach atAkron where he also served five seasons as the run gamecoordinator.HisoffensivelineunithelpedpavethewayforAll-Mid-American Conference selections at running back in four of his sixseasons including a record breaking season by running back DennisKennedy. DuringhistenureatAkron,CallahancoachedChrisKemmeafirst-teamAll-MACselectionin2008whileguardAndyAllemanwasathirdroundselectionintheNFLDraftbytheNewOrleansSaints.Duringthe2008seasonhisoffensivelinecapturedauniquehonorastheentiregroupwascitedastheMACOffensivePlayeroftheWeekfollowingtheZipswinoverToledo.Thegroupshowedmarkedimprovementastheyranked45thinrushing,46thinpassingand40thintotaloffenseafterranking90thandbelowinallthreecategoriesthepreviousyear. HisfirstseasononthejobinAkronCallahanhelpedmoldagroupthatreplacedfourstartersintoacapableoffensiveunit.Theteamallowedjust21quarterbacksacksallseasonasquarterbackLukeGetsypassed

for3,455yards,thesecondhighesttotalinschoolhistory.Thelinealsohelpedproducea1,230-yardrushingseasonbyBrettBiggswhoearnedAll-MAChonors. PriortojoiningtheArkonstaff,CallahanworkedatUTEPwherehecoachedtheoffensivelineforthreeseasons(2001-03)andtightendsforoneyear(2000).DuringthattimeUTEPwontheWesternAthleticConferenceChampionshipin2000playingintheHumanitarianBowl.HecoachedAll-AmericantightendBrianNatkinin2000andhelpedTreyDarilekearnfirstteamAll-WAChonorsin2003. Hebroke into thecoaching ranks in1992atGordonTechHighinChicagoservingastheoffensivelinecoach.FollowingoneyearatEIU,CallahanlandedonHowardSchnellenberger’sstaffatLouisvilleas agraduate assistant for two seasonsbefore following that staff toOklahomaforoneyear. CallahanmovedontocoachtwoyearsatPittsburgh(1996-97)asanoffensivegraduateassistantearninghisMaster’sdegree fromPittin 1998. In 1997 he helped coach the Panthers to an appearance intheLibertyBowl.HethenmovedontocoachtwoyearsatNorthernMichigan where he was the offensive coordinator during the 1999season. HeandhiswifeJenniferhavethreechildren,Lauren,GraceandKevin.Callahanisa1992graduateofEIU.

bobbY babIchDefensiveSecondary(NorthDakotaState,2006)-4thyear

BobbyBabichentershisfourthseasonasthePanthersdefensivesecondarycoachafterjoiningthestaffinmid-Julyof2007. In his first season in Charleston, Babich helped coach a youngsecondarythathadlostfourstartersfromanOVCChampionshipteamin2006.ThegrouprespondedwithRashadHaynesandKe’AndreSamsbothearningsecondteamAll-OVChonors.ThesecondaryaccountedfortenofthePanthers12interceptionsand32passbreak-ups. In2008BabichcoachedamoreveterangroupthatinterceptednineofthePanthers12interceptionsontheseasonwith19passbreak-upsandoneinterceptionreturnedforatouchdown. Helping to develop a shut down corner in Rashad Haynes andveteransafetygroup,Babich’sgrouponceagainwas instrumental inhelping EIU rank in the top twenty nationally in turnovers gained.CJ James earned first team All-OVC honors while Haynes was asecond team selection as the two combined to score three defensivetouchdowns.Thedefensivebackfieldaccountedfor9interceptionsand27passbreak-ups. BabichcametoEIUafterspending2006asagraduateassistantatKentStateUniversityhelpingwiththesecondaryforaGoldenFlashteamthatwent6-6overall,5-3intheMid-AmericanConference. PriortoembarkingonhiscoachingcareerBabichwasafour-yearletterwinneratNorthDakotaStateplayingcornerback.Hewasatwo-timeAcademicAll-Conferencehonoreeasajuniorandsenior.DuringhissenioryearheledtheBisonwiththreeinterceptionswhilemaking39tacklesasNDSUfinishedthirdintheGreatWestConference.HegraduatedfromNDSUin2006. OriginallyfromTulsa,Okla.,Babichgrewupinafootballfamily.HisfatherBobwastheheadcoachatNorthDakotaStatefrom1997-2002 and is now the defensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears.BabichandhiswifeLaceyhaveonedaughter,Lainey.

MatthEW sMIlEYSpecialTeams/RunningBacks(Illinois,2001)-2nd

Matthew Smiley enters his second season as the PanthersspecialteamscoordinatorhavingcoachedtwooftheOVC’sbestspecialteamsplayersin2009. In2009SmileycoachedpunterKevinCookandkickerAustinSignorasSignorearnedfirstteamAll-OVChonorsafterleadingthe nation in kick offs for touchback. Signor also ranked 30thnationallyinfieldgoals.Cookfinishedtheseasonranked9thinthenation inpunting. Special teamsplayerLorenceRicksalsoearnedNationalSpecialTeamsPlayeroftheWeekdistinctionin2009duringthePantherswinoverJacksonvilleState. Smiley came to Eastern Illinois following two seasons atEureka College where he served one season as the offensivecoordinatorandoneseasonasthedefensivecoordinator.InOctoberof2008hewasnamedinterimheadcoachandprecededtowinhisfirstcontestwitha47-19winoverPrincipiaCollege. AtEureka,SmileyalsooversawthedevelopmentoftheRedDevilsspecialteamswiththekickoffcoverageteamrankingNo.2 in NCAA Division III for least return yards allowed in 2007.Duringatwo-yearstinthecoachedeightAll-SLIACperformers. PriortocoachingatEureka,SmileyworkedfortwoseasonsasaspecialteamscoachatDartmouthCollegeservingasthespecialteamscoordinatorin2006.In2007theBigGreenspecial teamsblockedfivekickswhileimprovinginbothkickoffandpuntreturnyardageallowed. Smiley entered the coaching ranks as an undergraduate atIllinoisservingasastudent-assistantcoachafterbeingawalk-onwidereceiverwiththeFightingIllini.HegraduatedfromIllinoisinMay2001andservedintheUnitedStatesAirForceasafirstlieutenant in Grand Forks, North Dakota. While on active dutySmileywasdeployedfourtimesinsupportofOperationEnduringFreedom and received the USAF Commendation Medal for hisefforts. While stationed in Grand Forks he also worked with thespecialists at the University of North Dakota where he coachedtwoAll-Americankickersin2001and2003. SmileyalsoholdsamastersdegreefromNorthDakota.HeismarriedtotheformerMarissaBushue,aformerrecordholderfortheEIUwomen’strackteaminthetriplejump.ThecouplehavetwodaughtersMadelynandElla.

ForrEst JacKsonLinebackers(WestGeorgia,2003)-7thyear

Forrest Jacksonentershis seventhyear as amemberof thePantherscoachingmovingfromdefensiveassistanttolinebackerscoachinDecember2007.ThisseasonhewillcoachthePanthersdefensivelineforasecondstraightseason. While assisting defensive coordinator Roc Bellantoni withthelinebackers,JacksonhashelpedtwoOhioValleyConferenceDefensivePlayersof theYearhonors inDonaldThomas (2006)andClintSellers (2005). In2007Thomaswasafinalist for theBuckBuchananAward,handedouttothenation’stopFCSdefensieplayer. Jackson started his coaching career as a graduate assistant

atWest Georgia in 2003. He was a three year letter winner atWestGeorgiaearningAll-GulfSouthConferencehonorsallthreeseasons.HewasalsoasecondteamAll-SouthRegionselectionin2001.JacksonstartedhiscollegiatecareerplayingoneseasonatIllinoisState(1998). A Lakeland, Florida native, Jackson is a 2003 graduate ofWestGeorgia.Hehasoneson,Jason.

chad clEVElandDefensiveAssistant(EasternIllinois,2007)-3rdyear

FormerEasternIllinoissafetyChadClevelandbeginshisthirdfullseasonasadefensiveassistantonthePanthersstaff.Clevelandhadvolunteeredasastudent-coachtheprevioustwoseasons. ClevelandhelpscoachthedefensivebackfieldthataccountedfornineofthePanthers11interceptionsin2009includingthreereturnedfortouchdowns. ClevelandplayedforthePanthersfrom2002-05helpingEIUmakeFCSplayoffappearancesin2002and2005.Asafreshmanin2002hetiedfortheteamleadininterceptionswhilehewastheteamleaderinsolotackles(44)in2004. Cleveland is originally from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. HegraduatedfromEIUin2007.

Jason FIshEr OffensiveAssistant(EasternIllinois,2008)-2ndyear

JasonFisherbeginshissecondseasonasanoffensiveassistantcoachafterservingthe2008seasonastheoffensivequalitycontrolcoach.FisherwillhelpworkwithEIUtightends. A2008graduateofEIU,Fisherwasatwoyearwidereceiverwith the Panthers helping the team make back-to-back FCSappearancesin2006and2007.Herankedfourthontheteamasaseniorwith23receptionsfrom292yardsandtwotouchdowns. FisherstartedhiscollegecareerasaquarterbackatCollegeof DuPage after earning All-Area honors at Champaign (Ill.)CentennialHighSchool. HeandhiswifeJenniferhaveonedaughter.

addItIonal Football suPPort staFF

DefensiveQualityControl...................................... ColeSpencerHeadAthleticTrainer..............................................SamLaingenFootballTrainer..........................................................DavidJagerStrength&ConditioningCoach.................................... EricCashFootballSecretary................................................. RichelleHeiseHeadTeamPhysician...........................................Dr.KarlRudertEquipmentManager.....................................................ClintBays

2010 EastErn IllInoIs Football sprIng prospEctus

PLayerBreakDOwn(yearListeDFOrreturnersis2010,yearListeDFOrpLayersLOstis2009)

returningOFFensivestarters:

pOs pLayer Ht wt yr 2009stats/nOtes

RB MonWilliams 6-2 220 R-Jr 870rushingyards,9touchdownsWR CharlesGraves 6-1 179 R-Sr 24receptions,333yards,3touchdownsWR KennyWhittaker 5-10 163 So 29receptions,358yards,2touchdownsWR LorenceRicks 6-1 178 R-Jr 19receptions,381yards,3touchdownsTE DannyVehovic 6-2 227 R-Sr 10receptions,66yards,1touchdownOG WillieHenderson 6-2 273 R-Jr 2ndteamAll-OVCOG EricZink 6-6 284 Jr xx

returningDeFensivestarters:


DE ColinLuczynski 6-1 234 R-Sr 22tackles,4.5TFL,1sackDE PerryBurge 6-2 235 Jr 31tackles,7TFL,5sacksLB GordyKickels 6-1 216 Jr 62tackles,4.5TFL,1.5sacksLB NickNasti 6-1 237 Sr 83tackles,3.5TFL,1interceptionLB CoryLeman 6-0 219 R-Jr 63tackles,2.0TFL,1sackCB RashadHaynes 5-11 177 R-Sr 46tackles,1TFL,1interception,11passbreak-ups,2ndteamAll-OVCCB CJJames 5-8 183 Sr 44tackles,3.5TFL,2sacks,5interceptions,1stteamAll-OVCSS BobsonMercier 5-10 187 R-Sr 18tackles,1TFL,1interception

returningspeciaLists:


P KevinCook 6-2 201 R-Sr 42.0yardsperpunt,14insidethe20,ranked9thnationallyKR LorenceRicks 6-1 178 R-Jr 30.6yardsperkickreturn,1touchdown

OtHerkeyreturningreserves


RB ChevonWalker 5-10 197 R-Sr 29.6yardspergamerushing,1touchdownRB JimmyPotempa 5-7 171 R-Jr 32receptions,238yards,2touchdowns,18.5rushingyardspergameWR ErikLora 5-10 166 So 23receptions,320yards,2touchdownsWR ChrisWright 6-1 175 So 21receptions,263yards,4touchdowns

LB SeanCampbell 6-1 209 R-Sr 41tackles,3.5TFL,1sackDT SpyrosBazigos 5-11 311 R-Sr 27tackles,5.5TFL,1sackFS CarlosReyna 6-0 184 Jr 23tackles,1TFL,1sack,1interceptionDE ArtaviousDowdell 6-2 210 So 17tackles,4TFL,3sacksDT MikeLetton 6-4 242 R-So 11tckels,3quarterbackhurriesLB AlainMarcelin 6-0 227 Sr 15tackles

startersLOst


QB JakeChristensen 6-1 215 Grad 175-for-300,2,204yards,19touchdowns,2ndteamAll-OVCC ChazMillard 6-3 291 R-Sr 3rdteamAll-American,1stteamAll-OVCOT ChrisCampbell 6-5 320 R-Sr SecondteamAll-OVCOT OtisHudson 6-5 331 R-Sr

DT TrevorFrericks 6-1 269 R-Sr 44tackles,16TFL,2sacks,1stteamAll-OVCDT AndreLima 6-0 289 R-Sr 29tackles,3TFL,1.5sacksSS AdrianArrington 5-11 205 R-Sr 30tackles,3TFLFS SeymourLoftman 5-11 189 R-Sr 36tackles

K AustinSignor 6-4 216 R-Sr 1stteamAll-OVC,lednationinkickofffortouchback,14-of-22fieldgoals

aDDitiOnaLkeyreservesLOst(name,pOsitiOn,year)

ChrisVaccaro(OL,Sr),MikeScheibel(OL,Sr),BodieReeder(QB,Sr),SheltonPenrow(CB,Sr),

EastErn IllInoIs unIVErsItY2010 PanthEr Football rostEr

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# naME Pos ht Wt Yr EXP hoMEtoWn (hIGh school/Jc/last) 2 JimmyPotempa$ RB 5-7 171 R-SO TR Mundelein,Ill.(CarmelCatholic/Univ.ofMichigan) 3 LorenceRicks$* WR 6-1 178 R-SO 1V Ft.Lauderdale,Fla.(Ft.Lauderdale) 4 KennyWhittaker WR 5-10 163 FR HS Hollywood,Fla.(Columbus) 5 ChevonWalker$* RB 5-10 197 R-JR 1V FortMyers,Fla.(Riverdale/Univ.ofFlorida) 6 CarlosReyna* FS 6-0 184 SO 1V Miami,Fla.(Columbus) 7 MonWilliams$ RB 6-2 220 R-JR TR Mesquite,Texas(Horn/Univ.ofFlorida) 8 CoryLeman$* LB 6-0 219 R-SO 1V Champaign,Ill.(Central) 9 ChavarWatkins$ WR 6-2 198 R-FR RS Sunrise,Fla.(Piper) 10 BrandonLarge QB 6-4 200 SO TR Mesa,Ariz.(MesaWestwood/ScottsdaleCC) 11 ShadontaTravis$ QB 6-1 175 R-SO RS Bolingbrook,Ill.(BolingbrookHS) 12 BobsonMercier$** DB 5-10 187 R-JR 2V LehighAcres,Fla.(LehighSenior) 13 VonWise$ TE 6-4 210 R-FR RS Cincinnati,Ohio(Finneytown) 16 DougReynolds$ QB 6-2 207 R-FR RS Cincinnati,Ohio(Colerain) 18 CharlesGraves$* WR 6-1 179 R-JR 1V Aurora,Ill.(WestAurora/UpperIowaUniv.) 19 NickMartinez$* SS 6-0 210 R-SO 1V Miami,Fla.(DadeChristian) 20 AdamDuvendack$ SS 6-0 198 R-SO TR EastPeoria,Ill.(Metamora/WesternIllinoisUniv.) 21 CharlesJames** CB 5-8 183 JR 2V Ft.Lauderdale,Fla.(Northeast) 22 ErikLora WR 5-10 166 FR HS Miami,Fla.(Columbus) 23 RandolphTribble CB 5-10 166 FR HS RivieraBeach,Fla.(PalmBeachGardens) 24 JamesCooper$ CB 5-10 187 R-FR RS Maywood,Ill.(ProvisoEast) 25 JordanJohnson$ DB 6-1 179 R-FR RS Champaign,Ill.(Champaign-Central) 26 RashadHaynes$** CB 5-11 177 R-JR 2V Rockledge,Fla.(Rockledge) 27 AntonioTaylor LB 6-2 210 FR HS Elmhurst,Ill.(ImmaculateConception) 28 NickBeard DB 6-1 170 FR HS DelrayBeach,Fla.(Atlantic) 30 SeanSobolewski WR 6-2 195 JR TR Versailles,Ky.(WoodfordCounty/Southwestern(Calif.)CC) 31 AlexMcNulty DB 5-10 180 FR HS Bolingbrook,Ill.(Bolingbrook) 32 ArtaviousDowdell DL 6-2 210 FR HS BelleGrade,Fla.(GladesCentral) 33 KennyWilliams RB 6-0 233 FR HS Elign,Ill.(Elgin) 34 DesminWard* RB 6-0 223 SO 1V Milwaukee,Wis.(Hamilton) 36 AlexHarrington RB 5-10 195 FR HS Bartonville,Ill.(Limestone) 39 AndrewBrewer RB 5-9 186 R-FR RS Mahomet,Ill.(Mahomet-Seymour) 40 KeithanHedrick SS 5-11 200 FR HS Midlothian,Ill.(Bremen) 41 KevinCook$** P 6-2 201 R-JR 2V Libertyville,Ill.(Carmel) 42 ConorMurnane$ LB 6-1 217 R-SO RS Libertyville,Ill.(Carmel/Northwood(Mich.)Univ.) 43 RyanTurner LB 6-0 213 FR HS WestChester,Ohio(LakotaWest) 44 AlainMarcelin** FB 6-0 227 JR 2V Hollywood,Fla.(DadeChristian) 45 KeaganRobinson$ TE 6-6 249 R-FR RS Petersburg,Ill.(PORTA) 46 GordyKickels* LB 6-1 216 SO 1V Lemont,Ill.(Lemont) 47 JonathanRidgner$ LB 6-0 207 R-FR RS Chicago,Ill.(MorganPark) 49 SeanCampbell$** LB 6-1 209 R-JR 2V Ft.Lauderdale,Fla.(SouthPlantation) 51 AdamBaker LS 6-2 225 FR HS Champaign,Ill.(Central) 52 HaakimLewis$ DL 6-0 258 R-SO SQ Oswego,Ill.(OswegoEast) 53 GregMahan$ DL 6-3 244 R-FR RS CarolStream,Ill.(GlenbardNorth) 54 PerryMaynard$ LB 6-2 218 R-FR RS Southlake,Texas(Carroll) 55 ZachBruce DE 6-2 245 FR HS Indianapolis,Ind.(BenDavis) 56 NickNasti$* LB 6-1 237 JR 2V Plano,Ill.(Plano) 57 JoeKripp OL 6-4 282 FR HS Chicago,Ill.(JolietCatholic) 58 AlexLuhring$ DL 6-2 270 R-FR RS Metamora,Ill.(Metamora) 59 ScottWeatherford P 6-1 170 FR HS TerreHaute,Ind.(North)60 SethKnolhoff$ OL 6-5 291 R-SO SQ Carlyle,Ill.(Carlyle) 61 WillieHenderson$* C 6-2 273 R-SO 1V Lafayette,Ind.(LafayetteJefferson) 64 JoshBryant$ OL 6-0 245 R-FR RS Chicago,Ill.(MorganPark) 67 MikeO’Neill$ OL 6-2 287 R-FR RS Chicago,Ill.(St.Patrick) 69 DominicPagliara OL 6-6 285 FR HS Quincy,Ill.(QuincyNotreDame) 71 KevinKapellas OL 6-4 296 R-FR RS Cincinnati,Ohio(Moeller)

EastErn IllInoIs unIVErsItY2010 PanthEr Football rostEr

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# naME Pos ht Wt Yr EXP hoMEtoWn (hIGh school/Jc/last) 72 AlexPierce OL 6-6 307 FR HS Carmel,Ind.(Carmel) 73 RooseveltHolliday DL 6-3 303 FR HS Bolingbrook,Ill.(Bolingbrook) 75 MitchQuill* OL 6-5 244 SO 1V Racine,Wis.(St.Catherine’s) 76 EricZink* OL 6-6 284 SO 1V Oshkosh,Wis.(West) 77 RyanGrossman$* OL 6-4 277 R-SO 1V GlenEllyn,Ill.(GlenbardSouth) 78 EricRettke$* OL 6-3 321 R-SO 1V OrlandPark,Ill.(CarlSandburg) 80 AlfonzoSylvester$ WR 5-11 180 R-FR RS Bolingbrook,Ill.(Bolingbrook) 81 ChrisWright WR 6-1 175 FR HS Skokie,Ill.(NilesWest) 82 CodyBruns$ TE 6-4 205 R-JR TR Phoenix,Ariz.(MoonValley/ScottsdaleCC) 83 AlexJones$ TE 6-3 224 R-SO SQ Amboy,Ill.(Amboy) 87 ShaneKelly$ TE 6-4 230 R-FR RS Rhinelander,Wis.(Rhinelander) 89 DanielVehovic$* TE 6-2 227 R-JR 1V Rochester,Ill.(Rochester) 90 SpyrosBazigos$ DL 5-11 311 R-JR RS GlenEllyn,Ill.(GlenbardSouth) 92 MikeLetton$ DL 6-4 242 R-FR RS CusterPark,Ill.(BishopMcNamara/Navy) 93 JakeOdom DT 6-0 264 FR HS WestChester,Ohio(LakotaWest) 95 NathanGalan$* DE 6-2 236 R-JR 1V Lakeland,Fla.(EvangelChristian) 96 ColinLuczynski$* DE 6-1 234 R-JR 1V Frankfort,Ill.(Lincoln-WayEast) 97 JudesAmilcar DE 6-2 223 FR HS BocaRaton,Fla.(OlympicHeights) 98 PerryBurge* DE 6-2 235 SO 1V Bolingbrook,Ill.(Bolingbrook) 99 NoahDecker$ DE 6-3 207 R-FR RS Charleston,Ill.(Charleston)*-indicatesvarsityletterearned$-indicatesredshirtyearused

2010 IncoMInG FrEshMan class (Fall sEMEstEr)(Players who signed letters of intent only)

# naME Pos ht Wt Yr EXP hoMEtoWn (hIGh school/Jc/last) 1 D.J.Bland DB 6-1 185 FR HS Chicago,Ill.(DeLaSalleInstitute) 14 TaylorDuncan QB 6-3 200 FR HS Marshall,Ill.(Marshall)14a JustinGrant DB 6-0 205 FR HS Venice,Fla.(Venice) 15 JimmyGarappolo QB 6-3 208 FR HS RollingMeadows,Ill.(RollingMeadows) 29 JimmyLera RB 5-8 170 FR HS LakePark,Fla.(PalmBeachGardens) 35 JohnWurm DB 6-1 203 FR HS Dublin,Ohio(Coffman) 37 TavaresCrawford DB 5-10 165 FR HS BelleGlade,Fla.(GladesCentral) 38 PeteHoulihan DB 5-11 165 FR HS NewLenox,Ill.(ProvidenceCatholic) 48 AdamGristick LB 5-10 202 FR HS Allentown,Pa.(Parkland) 50 MarcusLee LB 6-0 210 FR HS Bolingbrook,Ill.(Bolingbrook) 62 CameronBerra K 5-11 203 FR HS St.Louis,Mo.(ParkwayCentral) 70 AlexWethy OL 6-4 255 FR HS Miami,Fla.(Columbus) 74 CollinSeibert OL 6-4 260 FR HS Oswego,Ill.(Oswego) 79 JonVoytilla DL 6-3 250 FR HS St.Charles,Ill.(St.CharlesEast) 84 SamHendricks ATH 6-4 212 FR HS Cincinnati,Ohio(IndianHill) 86 RexBonham TE 6-3 232 FR HS NewCarlisle,Ohio(Tecumseh) 88 AdamDrake WR 6-2 170 FR HS Charleston,Ill.(Charleston) 91 BrandonTucker DT 6-1 279 FR HS Bolingbrook,Ill.(Bolingbrook) 94 NikoFoltys DE 6-4 220 FR HS Lockport,Ill.(LockportTownship)

2010 EastErn IllInoIs Football sprIng notEs

outlooK Eastern Illinois is coming off an 8-4 season in which thePantherswontheOhioValleyConferenceregular-seasontitle toadvance to their 13th FCS playoff appearance. EIU ended theseason rankedNo.15 in theFCSCoachespoll followingafirstroundplayofflossatNo.1SouthernIllinois. ThePanthersshouldonceagainbeoneoftheteamsinthehuntfortheOVCregular-seasoncrown.EIUhaswonfourOVCtitlessince2000andmadesevenplayoffappearancesinthelasttenseasons. InthelasttenyearsEIUleadsallOVCteamsinnumberofoverallwins,OVCchampionshipsandpost-seasonappearances.

dEPth rEturns on dEFEnsE EIUreturnsanexperiencedgrouponthedefensivesideoftheballasthePantherslosttheservicesofthreefulltimestartersandonestaterwhomissedpartoftheseasonwithinjury. The linebackergroupreturns intactwithonemoreyearofplayingexperienceundertheirbelt.Thestartinggroupcombinedfor208tacklesastheyrankedfirst,secondandthirdonthetackleslist last season. The group includes nick nasti, cory lemanandGordy Kickels.Providingsolidback-uptimelastyearwasspotstartersean campbellwhofinishedseventhontheteamintackles. EIUhas twoof themostexperiencedcorners in theOVCreturning with first teamAll-OVC selection cJ James at onecornerandshutdownspecialistandsecondteamAll-OVChonoreerashad haynesattheother.Theyhad15passbreak-upsand6interceptionsbetweenthemlastyear.Atthetwosafetyspotslookforbobson Mercierwhostartedahandfulofgameslastseasontobattlewithnick Martinezforthestartingjob.carlos reynahassteppeduptochallengefortheotherstartingsafetyposition. The defensive end position also offers the return of fourexperiencedplayerswhosawamajorityoftheactionlastseason.SecondteamAll-OVChonoreeandteamsacksleaderPerry burgereturnsatoneendwhilecolin luczynskiwillbebackinthefallafterrecoveringfromoffseasonsurgeryinthespring.Lookfornate Galanandsophomoreartavious dowdelltochallengeformoreandmoresnaps. The interior defensive line has the most question marksfortheEIUdefenseasthePantherslosttwoAll-OVCplayersinthemiddle.Seniorspyros bazigoscanstepintooneofthetwostartingspotsbutEIUneedsMike lettonorroosevelt holliday tocomealongintheotherspot.AlsolookforEIUtotryandgetasummertransfertohelpfillaninteriorlinespot.

sPEcIalIsts rEturn on oFFEnsE The Panthers may return the most specialists in the FCSranksthisseasonasthreerunningbacksandninewidereceiversfromlastseasonallreturnforEIU.RunningbackMon Williamsshouldonceagaincarrytheloadinthebackfieldaftergaining870yardsinhisfirstseasonsincetransferringfromtheUniversityofFlorida.Lookforincreasedtimefordesmin Wardwhoscored11touchdownsasafreshmanbutplayedmostoflastseasonatthefullbackposition.chevon Walkerwhoprovidesexplosivespeedwillalsobeinthemix.

AtwidereceiverthePanthershaveanassortmentofweaponstochoosefrom.Jimmy PotempawhoplaysboththeslotreceiverandrunningbackpositionledthePanthersinreceptionslastyearwith32.chris Wrightledtheteamwithfourtouchdownswhilelorence rickshadateamhigh381yards.Sixreceiversfinishedwith 19 or more catches and four receivers had more than 300yardsreceivinginabalancedpassingattack.Tworeceiverswhodidnotseeagreatdealoftimelastyearthatcouldbebigfactorsthisseasoninanewoffensiveschemearechavar WatkinsandVon Wise.

oFFEnsIVE arEas oF concErn EIUhas twomainareasofoffensiveconcern. One is thestarting quarterback spot and the other is rebuilding a veteranoffensiveline. Thequarterbackjobiswideopeninthespringwithdoug reynoldsandbrandon largebothbattlingfor thestarting jobwithshadonta travisalso in themix. Whileoneof threewillwin the job in the spring, EIU is bringing in three players whoallplayedquarterback inhighschool thatwillchallenge for thestartingjobcomefallpractice.Oneoftheincomingrecruits-sam hendricks from Cincinnati is slated to move wide receiver butcouldgetashotatthequarterbackposition. TheoffensivelinerebuildingjobfallsintothehandsofnewoffensivelinecoachBrianCallahan.EIUlostthreeseniorstartersand two solid senior back-ups from last years club includingtwo players who earnedAll-OVC honors. Despite those lossesEIUisnotasfaroffas itwouldseemasAll-OVCguardWillie hendersonreturnsandwillmovetocenter.HewillbejoinedbyEric Zinkatwo-yearstarteratleftguard.TheotherthreespotswillbeincontentionthroughoutspringpracticeasEIUmaytrytoaddatransfertothatmixaswell.

sPEcIal tEaMs ThePanthersreturnoneofthebestpuntersinschoolhistoryasseniorKevin cookranked9thintheNCAAlastseason.ThedownsideforCookis thathehashadto tryandtakeoverplacekicking duties in the spring after the departure of seniorAustinSignor.EIUdidsignonehighschoolkickerinFebruarywhomaybeabletorelievesomeofthatpressureonCook. EIUdoesreturnanarrayofspecialteamsplayersineveryfacet including lorence ricks who earned FCS SpecialTeamsPlayer of the Week honors last year following EIU’s win overJacksonvilleState.ThePanthersspecialteamsalsoaccountedforfourblockedkicksorpuntslastseason.

thE schEdulE EasternIllinoiswilltestitselfrightoutofthegateastheyplayatOrangeBowlChampionIowatoopentheseason.ThePanthersthen play CentralArkansas out of the Southland Conference intheir home opener on Sept. 11. EIU will face OVC membersJacksonvilleState,SoutheastMissouri,MurrayStateandAustinPeay at O’Brien Field. Conference road games will be playedatUTMartin,EasternKentucky,TennesseeTechandTennesseeState.Theregular-seasonendsonNov.13withthePrairieStateRivalrygameatIllinoisState.

#21 - cJ JaMEsCornerBack-Senior(5-8,183,Ft.Lauderdale,Fla./NortheastHS)

James is the lone returningfirst teamAll-OVC candidateonadeepdefensiveunit.Ledteamininterceptionswithfiveinterceptions which ranked18thnationallyandthirdintheOVC. Had two interceptionsreturned for touchdownswhich tied for first nationallywhilehis152 returnyardson

interceptions rankedfifth. Finishedseasonwith44 tackles, twosacks,fourpassbreak-upsandoneblockedkick.Forhiscareernowhassixinterceptionsand80tackles.

#26 rashad haYnEsCornerBack-RS-Senior(5-11,177,Rockledge,Fla./RockledgeHS)

HaynesisoneofthePantherstwo shut down corners.EarnedsecondteamAll-OVChonors in 2009 after leadingteam with 11 pass break-ups.Had one interception for atouchdown and ranked fourthon the team with 46 tackles.Ranks seventh on EIU careerinterceptionslistwith10.Now

has25careerpassbreak-upstogoalongwith159careertackles.Ranks15thonNCAAactivelistforcareerinterceptions.

#98 PErrY burGEDefensiveEnd-Junior(6-2,235,Bolingbrook,Ill./BolingbrookHS)

BurgeearnedsecondteamAll-OVChonorsemergingasatoppass rushing defensive end.LedPanthersinsackswithfivewhileaddingseventacklesforloss. Second among downlineman with 31 total tacklesand firstwith six quarterbackhurries. Now has six careersacks, 11 tackles for loss and

44careertackles.

#7 - Mon WIllIaMsRunningBack-RS-Senior(6-2,220,Mesquite,Texas/HornHS)

Williams earned second teamAll-OVC honors last seasonaswellasAll-Newcomerteamhonorsafter transferring fromtheUniversityofFlorida.Thesenior ranked 49th in nationinrushingand4thintheOVCfinishing wtih 870 yards andninetouchdowns.Heaverged4.6 yards per carry with only

191rushingattempts.Hehadthree100-yardgamesontheseasonwithahighof119atSoutheastMissouri.SeasonhightworushingtouchdownscameatIndianaState.

#61 WIllIE hEndErsonOffensiveLine-RS-Junior(6-2,273,Lafayette,Ind./LafayetteJeffersonHS)

Henderson earned secondteamAll-OVC honors in justhis season season playing ontheoffensiveline.Willmovefrom All-Conference guardback to natural position ofcenterthisseason.Startedin9of12gameslastseason.Ledall offensive lineman gradingoutat89percentfortheseason

with33decleaterblocksandoneknockoutblock.

#41 KEVIn cooKPunter-RS-Senior(6-2,201,Libertyville,Ill./CarmelHS)

Cook was left off the All-OVCteamasapunterdespiterankingninthnationallyinpuntaverageat41.8yardsperpunt.That number led the OVC ashe had 13 punts greated than50yardsand14puntsdownedinsidethe20yardline.Cooknow holds the first and thirdbest single season punting

averagesinEIUhistorysandwichedaroundformerAll-PropunterJeffGossettatNo.2.

2010 EastErn IllInoIs all-star candIdatEs

caMEron bErra - KIcKEr(5-11, 203 - st. louis, Mo./Parkway central hs)--WasakickerandpunteratParkwayCentralHSearning2009AssociatedPressAllStateClass5firstteamhonors…2009St.LouisPost-Dispatchfirst-teamAll-Metro…2009SuburbanSouthConferencefirstteamasakickerandpunter…had45touchbacksoutof54kickoffs…made16of19fieldgoals,withalongof47yards…willalsoplaybaseballatEasternIllinois.

d.J. bland - dEFEnsIVE bacK(6-1, 185 - chicago, Ill./de la salle Institute)-- Played defensive back and wide receiver at De La Salle Instituteearning Chicago Tribune All-State honors… named Catholic LeagueWhiteMVP…twotimeAll-Conference…made55tacklesasasenior…eightinterceptionswiththreereturnedfortouchdowns…hadtwoblockedpunts includingone returned for touchdown…inonegameasaseniorreturnedbothakickoffandapuntforatouchdown…asareceiverhad31catchesfor603yardsandeighttouchdowns…helpedteamfinishat9-3astheylosttheCatholicLeagueChampionshipwhileadvancingtotheIHSAClass6Astateplayoffs.

rEX bonhaM - tIGht End(6-2, 232 - new carlisle, ohio/tecumseh hs)--PlayedtightendanddefensivetackleatTecumsehHShelpingteamposta10-2recordadvancingtothesecondroundoftheOhioDivisionIIstateplayoffs…earnedfirstteamDivisionIIAll-SouthwestDistricthonorsatdefensiveendmaking61tackles…playedforanoffensethatpreferredtoruntheballbutdidhaveonetouchdownreceptionasasenior.

taVarEs craWFord - dEFEnsIVE bacK(5-10, 165 - belle Glade, Fla./Glades central hs)--PlayeddefensivebackatGladesCentralHShelpingteamposta13-1recordastheylostintheFloridaClass2Astatechampionshipgame…All-PalmBeachCounty…hadtwointerceptionsasasenior…alsoadvancedtoFloridaStateTrackChampionshipsrunninga11.00inthe100mdashasajunior.

adaM draKE - WIdE rEcEIVEr (6-2, 170 - charleston, Ill./charleston hs) --PlayedwidereceiveranddefensivebackatlocalCharlestonHS…firstteamAll-Apollo Conference andAll-Area selection by Decatur HeraldReview…arealeaderwith41catchesfor572yardsandtwotouchdownsasasenior…made66tackleswithfiveinterceptions…alsoscoredonceonakickreturnandonceonan interception…first teamAll-Apolloatdefensivebackasajunior.

taYlor duncan - QuartErbacK(6-3, 200 - Marshall, Ill./Marshall hs)--PlayedquarterbackatnearbyMarshallHShelpingtheteamposta11-2 record as they lost in the IHSAClass 2A semifinals… earned IHSAFootballCoachesAssociationClass2AAll-Statehonors…completed82-of-163passesasaseniorfor1,230yardsand15touchdowns…added902yardson theground including fourgameswith100plusyards rushingand17rushingtouchdowns…alsomade33tacklesasadefensiveback…All-LittleIlliniConference.

nIKo FoltYs - dEFEnsIVE End(6-4, 220 - lockport, Ill./lockport township hs)--PlayeddefensiveendatLockportTownshipHShelping teampost a6-4recordandfirstIHSAClass8Aplayoffberthforschoolsince2006season… recovered one blocked punt for a touchdown… had twointerceptions…

JIMMY GaraPPolo - QuartErbacK(6-3, 208 - rolling Meadows, Ill./rolling Meadows hs)--StandoutquarterbackatRollingMeadowsHSpassingfor1,888yardsand 16 touchdowns as a senior earning Northwest SuburbanAll-Areahonors…alsorushedfor563yardsand7touchdownshelpingtoleadhisteamtoMid-SuburbanEastLeaguechampionshipsandIHSAClass7Aplayoffberth…alsoimpressiveasajuniorpassingfor2,072yardsand18touchdownswhilecompleting152of253passes…added552yardsand7touchdownsontheground.

JustIn Grant - dEFEnsIVE bacK(db, 6-0, 205 - Venice, Fla./Venice hs)-- Played safety and running back at Venice HS but will play on thedefensive side of the ball in college… helped team post a 9-2 recordlosinginthefirstroundoftheFloridaClass5Astateplayoffs…onoffenserushed20 times for55yardswith11catches for145yards…sufferedstrainedMCL in second game of seasonmissing five games of senioryear…returnedoneinterceptionforatouchdown.

adaM GrIstIcK - lInEbacKEr (5-10, 202 - allentown, Pa./Parkland hs)-- Played linebacker at Parkland HS helping team post a 10-4 recordas they lost in the District 11 championship game of the PennsylvaniaAAAA state playoffs… first team All-Lehigh Valley InterscholasticAthleticAssociation…rackedup76solotackles,58assisted,5.5sacks,20tacklesforlossyards,fourforcedfumbles,threefumblerecoversandtwointerceptionsasasenior…selectedtoplayintheNortheastvs.NewJerseyAll-StarClassic.

saM hEndrIcKs - athlEtE(6-4, 212 - cincinnati, ohio/Indian hill hs)--VersatilequarterbackatIndianHillHSwhowillbeusedinavarietyofpositionsincollege…helpedhisteamfinishwitha6-4record…rushedfor1,487yardsand24 touchdownswhilepassing for1,129yardsas asenior…ledCincinnatiHillsLeagueinrushingandpointsscoredaswasnamedtheco-PlayeroftheYearfortheCHL…firstteamAll-District…second teamAll-SouthwestOhio…playedwide receiverhisfirst threeyearsinhighschoolmaking33receptionsfor606yardsand7touchdownsasajunior.

PEtE houlIhan - dEFEnsIVE bacK(5-11, 165, new lenox, Ill./Providence catholic hs)-- Played defensive back and wide receiver while also returning puntsfor Providence Catholic HS… earned IHSA All-State honors whilebeingnamedChicagoCatholicLeagueBlueMostOutstandingPlayer…Southtown Star All-Area… Champaign News Gazette first team All-State… had 55 tackles and six interceptions with two returned fortouchdown… returned two punts and one kickoff for touchdown…onoffensehad16receptionsfor366yardsandthreetouchdowns.

Marcus lEE - lInEbacKEr(6-0, 210 - bolingbrook, Ill./bolingbrook hs)--PlayedlinebackeratBolingbrookHSearningIHSAFootballCoachesAssociationClass8AAll-Statehonors…teamfinishedat9-2 losing insecondroundofIHSAClass8Aplayoffsaftergoing10-1duringhisjuniorseason…alsoplayedrunningbackrushingfor606yardson80carriesasasenior…asaseniorhad111tackleswiththreesacks…had118tackleswith61solostopsasajuniorwithfivetacklesforlossandonesack.

2010 EastErn IllInoIs IncomIng FrEshmEn

JIMMY lEra - runnInG bacK(5-8, 170 - lake Park, Fla./Palm beach Gardens hs)--PlayedthroughinjuryplaguedseniorseasonatPalmBeachGardensHSrushingfor403yardsandatouchdownonjust78carriesfora5.2yardsperrushaverage…alsocaughtninepassesfor200yardsandtwotouchdownsasteamfinishedwitha4-5record…earnedsecondteamAll-PalmBeachCountyClass6Ahonors…rushedfor207yardson17carriesasajunior.

collIn sEIbErt - oFFEnsIVE lInE(6-4, 260 - oswego, Ill./oswego hs)--PlayedoffensivetackleforOswegoHS…rankedastheNo.6offensivetackle prospect in Illinois… IHSA Football CoachesAssociation Class6AAll-State… helped team finish with an 8-3 record and IHSAClass6A playoff appearance… first team All-Southwest Prairie Conferenceselection.

brandon tucKEr - dEFEnsIVE tacKlE(6-1, 279 - bolingbrook, Ill./bolingbrook hs)--PlayeddefensivelineatBolingbrookHShelpingteamposta9-2recordlosinginthesecondroundoftheIHSAClass8Aplayoffaftergoing10-1duringhisjuniorseason…fouryearstarter…firstteamAll-SouthwestSuburbanselection…recorded86tackleswithfivesacksasasenior.

Jon VoYtIlla - dEFEnsIVE lInE(6-3, 250 - st. charles, Ill./st. charles East hs)--PlayeddefensivelineatSt.CharlesEastHSearningUp-StateEightAll-Conferencehonors…DailyHeraldAll-Area…helped teammakeback-to-back IHSA Class 7A playoff appearances while winning conferencechampionshipasasenior…made29tackles(22solo)asaseniorwithfoursacks…made31tackles(27solo)withthreesacksandfourpassbreak-upsasajunior.

alEX WEthY - oFFEnsIVE lInE(6-4, 255 - Miami, Fla./columbus hs)-- Played offensive guard at Columbus HS helping the team post a 9-2record advancing to the first round of the Florida 6A State playoffs…teamwonDistrict14 regular seasonchampionship…consideredoneoftopheavyweightwrestlersinthestateofFloridawinningmorethan100matches inhis career…blockedonanoffensive line thathelpgeneratemorethan300yardspergameontheground.

John WurM - dEFEnsIVE bacK(6-1, 203, dublin, ohio/coffman hs)--PlayeddefensivebackatCoffmanHS…helpedteamwinOhioCapitalConferencewitha12-1recordasteam’sseasonendedintheregionalfinalsof the Ohio Division I state playoffs… honorable mentionAll-CentralDistrict selection… second team All-Conference selection making 60tackleswithtwointerceptionsasasenior.

FuturE schEdulEs

2011September1 IllInoIs statE September10 atNorthwesternSeptember17 * tEnnEssEE tEchSeptember24 *atJacksonvilleStateOctober1 *atSoutheastMissouriOctober8 * EastErn KEntucKY October15 *atMurrayStateOctober22 * ut MartIn October29 *atAustinPeayNovember5 * tEnnEssEE statE November12 atSouthernIllinoisNovember26 FCSPlayoffs

2012August30 southErn IllInoIsSeptember8 atWesternMichiganSeptember15 atIllinoisStateSeptember22 * MurraY statESeptember29 * austIn PEaYOctober6 atUTMartinOctober13 * JacKsonVIllE statEOctober27 *atEasternKentuckyNovember3 *atTennesseeTechNovember10 * southEast MIssourINovember17 atCentralArkansasNovember24 FCSPlayoffs

*DenotesOhioValleyConferenceGameHOMEGAMESINBOLDCAPSPlayedatO’BrienFieldSchedulessubjecttochange

2010 EastErn IllInoIs IncomIng FrEshmEn

2009 EastErn IllInoIs gamE rEcaps

GaME 1 - sept. 3, 2009IllinoisState...................... 6Eastern Illinois .............. 31

Charleston,Ill.O’BrienField(A:10,013)

scoring 1 2 3 4 FinalIllinoisState..............0........ 0....... 6....... 0...............6Eastern Illinois ........0....... 14 ...... 7 ...... 10 ............31

sEcond QuartErEIU-M.Williams6run(Signorkick)(11:59)EIU-Potempa10passfromChristensen(Signorkick)(0:14)

thIrd QuartErEIU-Wright12passfromChristensen(Signorkick)(8:01)ILS-Graves3passfromKiel(runfailed)(3:58)

Fourth QuartErEIU-Ricks25passfromChristensen(Signorkick)(14:53)EIU-Signor18fieldgoal(4:18)

tEaM stats ........EIu .......... IlsFirstDowns............................... 24......................14Rushes-Yards..........................41-217...............26-20Passing-Yards........................... 167....................166Comp-Att-Int.........................14-23-1............. 25-30-0TotalOffense............................ 384....................186Fumbles-Lost............................1-1....................1-1Penalties-Yards.........................4-40..................6-60IntReturns-Yards-TD..............0-0-0................. 1-0-0TimeofPossession..................30:39................29:21Sacks-Yards..............................4-26...................1-7

lEadErs

rushInG (no-Yds-td)EIu - M.Williams(16-87-1),Walker(10-68-0)Ils-Blow(13-37-0),Gordon(3-8-0)

PassInG (att-cmp-Int-Yds-td)EIu-Christensen(22-14-1-167-3)Ils-Kiel(22-20-0-140-1).Brown(8-5-0-26-0)

rEcEIVInG (no -Yds -td)EIu-Potempa(3-22-1),Watkins(2-39-0)Ils-Cline(6-69-0),Graves(5-23-1)

dEFEnsE (tackles - solo, assist, tFl)EIu-Nasti(4-5-0),Leman(1-7-0),James(5-0-1)Ils-Malcolm(3-7-0),Phelps(4-5-1.5)

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TransfersJakeChristensenandMonWilliamshelpedcarrythe load as Eastern Illinois opened with a convincing 31-6 win over rival Illinois State. Christensen passed for167 yards completing three touchdowns to three differentreceivers. WilliamspacedthePanthersgroundgamewith87 yards on 16 carries including a score in the secondquarter. The Panthers used a two-minute drill drive toend the secondquarterasChristensenhit JimmyPotempaon a 10-yard strike to put EIU up 14-0 at the break. HewouldconnectwithChrisWrightinthethirdquarterasthePanthersextendedtheleadto21-0. TheEIUdefensewasstrongagainsttherunlimitingtheRedbirdstojust20yardson26carries.

GaME 2 - sept. 12, 2009Eastern Illinois .............. 31IndianaState..................... 0

TerreHaute,Ind.MemorialStadium(A:2,977)

scoring 1 2 3 4 FinalEastern Illinois .......14...... 10 ...... 7 ....... 0 .............31IndianaState..............0........ 0....... 0....... 0...............0

FIrst QuartErEIU-Watkins20passfromChristensen(Signorkick)(9:30)EIU-James26interceptionreturn(Signorkick)(9:12)

sEcond QuartErEIU-M.Williams54run(Signorkick)(4:41)EIU-Signor31fieldgoal(0:00)

thIrd QuartErEIU-M.Williams30run(Signorkick)(7:58)

tEaM stats ........EIu .......... InsFirstDowns............................... 18.......................7Rushes-Yards..........................42-218...............25-24Passing-Yards........................... 152.....................71Comp-Att-Int.........................15-21-0............. 11-22-1TotalOffense............................ 370.....................95Fumbles-Lost............................1-1....................2-2Penalties-Yards........................10-78.................8-70IntReturns-Yards-TD.............1-26-1................ 0-0-0TimeofPossession..................34:54................25:06Sacks-Yards..............................3-20..................3-27

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rushInG (no-Yds-td)EIu - M.Williams(15-113-2),Ward(12-50-0)Ins-Brown(10-29-0),Gates(6-9-0)

PassInG (att-cmp-Int-Yds-td)EIu-Christensen(19-14-0-145-1)Ins-Johnson(15-8-1-63-0),Stutzriem(7-3-0-8-0)

rEcEIVInG (no -Yds -td)EIu-Ricks(4-55-0),Graves(3-32-0),Wright(3-26-0)Ins-Brown(4-29-0),Gates(3-12-0)

dEFEnsE (tackles - solo, assist, tFl)EIu-Arrington(2-5-2),Nastin(1-6-0),Leman(0-5-1)Ins-Washington(5-5-0),Davis(4-3-2)

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Eastern Illinois slammed the door on the Indiana Stateoffenseallowingonly24yardsonthegroundand95yardsoftotaloffenseduringa31-0victory.ItwasthefirstshutoutforthePantherdefensesinceOct.7,2006.JakeChristensenhitChavarWatkinsona20-yardscoretocapEIU’sopeningdrive.CJJamesthenpickedoffanIndianaStatepassandreturnedit26yardsforatouchdowntoputthePanthersup14-0inthefirstsixminutes.MonWilliamshelpedcloseoutthegamewith113yardsonthegroundincludingtouchdownrunsfrom54and30yardsout.

GaME 3 - sept. 19, 2009Eastern Illinois .............. 23SoutheastMissouri.......... 14

CapeGirardeau,Mo.HouckStadium(A:9,053)

scoring 1 2 3 4 FinalEastern Illinois ........7........ 0 ....... 9 ....... 7 .............23SoutheastMissouri....7........ 7....... 0....... 0.............14

FIrst QuartErEIU-Ricks42passfromChristensen(Signorkick)(10:26)SEMO-Scheible1run(Spadakick)(4:44)

sEcond QuartErSEMO-Harris9run(Spadakick)(1:31)

thIrd QuartErEIU-M.Williams65run(Signorkick)(10:33)EIU-TeamSafety(10:18)

Fourth QuartErEIU-Lora3passfromChristensen(Signorkick)(13:28)

tEaM stats ........EIu ........sEMoFirstDowns............................... 24......................20Rushes-Yards..........................41-231..............37-210Passing-Yards........................... 292....................171Comp-Att-Int.........................19-26-0............. 17-35-1TotalOffense............................ 523....................381Fumbles-Lost............................4-4....................0-0Penalties-Yards.........................3-36..................6-70IntReturns-Yards-TD..............1-1-0................. 0-0-0TimeofPossession..................32:45................27:15Sacks-Yards..............................1-10...................0-0

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rushInG (no-Yds-td)EIu - M.Williams(16-119-1),Walker(8-63-0)sEMo-Scheible(15-75-1),Harris(10-72-1)

PassInG (att-cmp-Int-Yds-td)EIu-Christensen(26-19-0-292-2)sEMo-Scheible(35-17-1-171-0)

rEcEIVInG (no -Yds -td)EIu-Whittaker(5-55-0),Potempa(5-48-0),Ricks(3-101-1)sEMo-Peoples(4-57-0),Ahamefule(3-16-0)

dEFEnsE (tackles - solo, assist, tFl)EIu-Leman(7-9-1.5),Frericks(1-5-1.5),Lima(1-5-0)sEMo-Klaproth(6-4-0.5),Woodlief(6-4-0)

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EasternIllinoisovercamefouroffensivefumblesinsidetheSoutheastMissouri25yardlineasthePanthersrespondedlatefora23-14win.EIUlostfumblesattheSEMO22andSEMO20beforecoughingituptwiceattheSEMO1yardline. Jake Christensen was composed enough to lead thePanthers back from a 14-7 halftime deficit as he finished19-of-26for292yards.Heconnectedonscoringstrikesof42 yards withLorenceRicks and3 yards withErik Lora.MonWilliamsbrokelooseinthesecondhalffora65-yardtouchdownfinishingwith119yardswhileCoryLemanledtheEIUdefensewith16tackles.


GaME 4 - sept. 26, 2009Eastern Illinois .............. 30AustinPeay..................... 20

Clarksville,Tenn.GovernorsStadium(A:4,618)

scoring 1 2 3 4 FinalEastern Illinois .......14...... 10 ...... 3 ....... 3 .............30AustinPeay...............0........ 7....... 7....... 6.............20

FIrst QuartErEIU-Vehovic2passfromChristensen(Signorkick)(10:37)EIU-Whittaker4passfromChristensen(Signorkick)(7:28)

sEcond QuartErEIU-M.Williams3run(Signorkick)(11:07)AP-Holt13run(Stansellkick)(4:00)EIU-Signor34fieldgoal(0:18)

thIrd QuartErAP-Holt1run(Stansellkick)(9:59)EIU-Signor42fieldgoal(2:36)

Fourth QuartErEIU-Signor28fieldgoal(1:12)AP-Thomas3passfromOrr(Orrpassfailed)(0:35)

tEaM stats ........EIu ...........aPFirstDowns............................... 12......................14Rushes-Yards...........................29-51................34-95Passing-Yards........................... 192....................156Comp-Att-Int.........................21-36-0............. 18-32-1TotalOffense............................ 243....................251Fumbles-Lost............................1-1....................3-2Penalties-Yards.........................8-66..................7-56IntReturns-Yards-TD..............1-5-0................. 0-0-0TimeofPossession..................29:42................30:18Sacks-Yards..............................2-14..................1-11

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rushInG (no-Yds-td)EIu - M.Williams(18-45-1),Cook(1-11-0)aP-White(14-73-0),Holt(13-42-2)

PassInG (att-cmp-Int-Yds-td)EIu-Christensen(36-21-0-192-2)aP-Orr(32-18-1-156-1)

rEcEIVInG (no -Yds -td)EIu-Potempa(6-17-0),Graves(4-46-0)aP-Holt(5-51-0),Thomas(2-31-1)

dEFEnsE (tackles - solo, assist, tFl)EIu-Leman(3-9-0),S.Campbell(2-6-1.5)aP-Hartsfield(4-6-0.5),A.Smith(4-2-0)

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Eastern Illinois jumped onAustin Peay for an early 21-0leadbutthePanthershadtohangontoenjoya30-20victory.TheGovernorsscoredwith35secondsremainingasGaryOrrhitScottThomasona3-yardpass.CoryLemanbrokeup Orr’s two-point conversion pass to keep APSU frompullingtowithinonescore. ThePanthersopenedupwithtwopossessions inside theAPSU30yard line. CJ JamesblockedapunttogiveEIUtheballonthe9-yardlineonthefirst scorewhile abadAPSUpunton thenext possessiongave EIU the ball at the 30-yard line. Jake Christensenconnected with Danny Vehovic and Kenny Whittaker toscoreoneachofthosedriveswhileAustinSignoraddedonthreefieldgoals.

GaME 5 - oct. 3, 2009Eastern Kentucky ......... 36EasternIllinois................ 31


scoring 1 2 3 4 FinalEastern Kentucky....9........ 7 ...... 13 ...... 7 .............36EasternIllinois..........7....... 10...... 7....... 7.............31

FIrst QuartErEKU-Aldrin4passfromPryor(O’Connorkick)(6:11)EKU-TeamSafety(6:00)EIU-M.Williams1run(Signorkick)(1:34)

sEcond QuartErEKU-Pryor4run(O’Connorkick)(11:15)EIU-Signor42fieldgoal(7:52)EIU-Watkins45passfromChristensen(Signorkick)(2:42)

thIrd QuartErEIU-Wright22passfromChristensen(Signorkick)(11:30)EKU-Harris31passfromPryor(O’Connorkick)(5:20)EKU-Walker1run(Pryorrunfailed)(0:23)

Fourth QuartErEKU-Caldwell10interceptionreturn(O’Connorkick)(11:09)EIU-Whittaker44passfromChristensen(Signorkick)(5:05)

tEaM stats ........EIu ......... EKuFirstDowns............................... 19......................25Rushes-Yards...........................26-44...............50-123Passing-Yards........................... 294....................293Comp-Att-Int.........................21-36-2............. 19-31-1TotalOffense............................ 338....................416Fumbles-Lost............................6-3....................6-3Penalties-Yards.........................6-70..................9-69IntReturns-Yards-TD.............1-34-0............... 2-22-1TimeofPossession..................25:30................34:30Sacks-Yards..............................4-22..................6-29

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rushInG (no-Yds-td)EIu - M.Williams(12-77-1),Walker(3-20-0)EKu-Walker(28-81-1),Pryor(16-45-1)

PassInG (att-cmp-Int-Yds-td)EIu-Christensen(35-21-2-294-3)EKu-Pryor(30-19-1-293-2)

rEcEIVInG (no -Yds -td)EIu-Whittaker(5-82-1),Potempa(4-30-0)EKu-Harris(5-120-1),Phelps(4-69-0)

dEFEnsE (tackles - solo, assist, tFl)EIu-Leman(4-5-0),Nasti(3-5-0),James(6-0-1)EKu-Fredrick(5-5-1.5),Dalrymple(4-6-0.5)

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Jeremy Caldwell forced a Jake Christensen fumble withsixsecondsleftinthegametoendthePanthersfinaldrivenearmidfieldasEasternKentuckywon36-31overEasternIllinois. The two teams combined for nine turnovers andthreeblockedkicksasthetwotopteamsintheOVCbattleddowntothefinaldrive.EIUled17-16atthehalfafterMonWilliamsscoredfrom1yardoutandChristensenconnectedwithChavarWatkinsfora45-yardtouchdown. EIUwentup24-16onthefirstdriveofthesecondhalfasChristensenhitChrisWrightfrom22yardsout.HoweverthePantherscouldnothold the leadasC.J.WalkergaveEKUa29-24leadwitha1-yardrunlateinthethirdquarterandCaldwellpickedoffaChristensenpassandreturneditforascoretogivetheColonelstheirfinaltotal.

GaME 6 - oct. 10, 2009EasternIllinois.................. 3Penn state ...................... 52

UniversityPark,Pa.BeaverStadium(A:104,488)

scoring 1 2 3 4 FinalEasternIllinois..........0........ 0....... 3....... 0...............3Penn state ...............10...... 28 ...... 7 ....... 7 .............52

FIrst QuartErPSU-Clark1run(Wagnerkick)(7:01)PSU-Wagner25fiedgoal(0:35)

sEcond QuartErPSU-Brackett25passfromClark(Wagnerkick)(7:27)PSU-Powell51passfromClark(Wagnerkick)(4:33)PSU-Moye25passfromClark(Wagnerkick)(2:09)PSU-Bowman91fumblereturn(Wagnerkick)(0:05)

thIrd QuartErEIU-Signor43fieldgoal(9:35)PSU-Green26run(Wagnerkick)(6:17)

Fourth QuartErPSU-Newsome9run(Wagnerkick)(12:47)

tEaM stats ........EIu ..........PsuFirstDowns............................... 14......................28Rushes-Yards...........................32-59...............36-285Passing-Yards........................... 147....................268Comp-Att-Int.........................15-31-1............. 17-26-1TotalOffense............................ 206....................553Fumbles-Lost............................1-1....................2-0Penalties-Yards.........................2-15..................4-20IntReturns-Yards-TD..............1-0-0................ 1-11-0TimeofPossession..................30:21................29:39Sacks-Yards...............................0-0...................5-30

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rushInG (no-Yds-td)EIu - M.Williams(14-64-0),Walker(6-5-0)Psu-Royster(8-94-0),Greeen(8-58-1)

PassInG (att-cmp-Int-Yds-td)EIu-Christensen(25-13-1-137-0),Reeder(4-2-0-10-0)Psu-Clark(19-13-1-234-3),Newsome(5-4-0-34-0)

rEcEIVInG (no -Yds -td)EIu-Whittaker(5-41-0),Lora(3-35-0)Psu-Powell(4-79-1),Brown(3-45-0)

dEFEnsE (tackles - solo, assist, tFl)EIu-Leman(4-4-0),Kickels(2-4-0),Nasti(2-3-0)Psu-Hull(3-8-0),Wallace(4-3-0),Odrick(3-2-2)

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Twoof the longest tenuredheadcoachesat theDivisionIlevelmetwithPennStatecoachedbyJoePaternopickingupa52-3winoverEasternIllinoiscoachedbyBobSpoo.Paterno ranksfirston the listofDivision I activecoachesatthesameschoolservingatPennStatesince1966.SpooisfifthonthatsamelistworkingatEIUsince1987.PennStatequicklyjumpedontheboardscoringontheirfirstfivepossessions. Daryll Clark scored on a one yard run with7:01togointhefirstquarterandtossedthreesecondquartertouchdownpasses.EIUhasachancetoscoregoingintothehalfbuttheNittanyLionsforcedaJakeChristensenfumbleatthenineyardlinethatNavarroBrownreturned91-yardstomakeit38-3atthehalf.ThePantherslonescoreofthegamewasa43-yardfieldgoalbyAustinSignoratthe9:35markofthethirdquarter.


GaME 7 - oct. 17, 2009TennesseeTech............... 15Eastern Illinois .............. 23


scoring 1 2 3 4 FinalTennesseeTech..........0........ 0....... 2...... 13............15Eastern Illinois .......10....... 0 ...... 10 ...... 3 .............23

FIrst QuartErEIU-Signor48fieldgoal(13:26)EIU-Wright20passfromChristensen(Signorkick)(0:42)

thIrd QuartErEIU-M.Williams1run(Signorkick)(8:38)EIU-Signor30fieldgoal(2:24)TTU-Teamsafety(0:44)

Fourth QuartErTTU-Olverson29passfromSweeney(kickfailed)(13:42)TTU-Allen11passfromSweeney(Donegankick)(3:54)EIU-Signor46fieldgoal(0:53)

tEaM stats ........EIu ......... ttuFirstDowns............................... 23......................14Rushes-Yards..........................52-166...............15-78Passing-Yards........................... 193....................198Comp-Att-Int.........................17-29-2............. 19-46-2TotalOffense............................ 348....................276Fumbles-Lost............................1-0....................6-3Penalties-Yards.........................5-59..................5-52IntReturns-Yards-TD.............2-36-0............... 2-22-0TimeofPossession..................43:10................16:50Sacks-Yards...............................0-0...................2-14

lEadErs

rushInG (no-Yds-td)EIu - M.Williams(29-81-9),Christensen(9-40-0)ttu-Gay(5-64-0),Hudson(6-16-0)

PassInG (att-cmp-Int-Yds-td)EIu-Christensen(27-17-2-182-1)ttu-Sweeney(46-19-2-198-2)

rEcEIVInG (no -Yds -td)EIu-Graves(4-28-0),Whittager(3-45-0)ttu-Allen(6-80-1),Gay(4-34-0)

dEFEnsE (tackles - solo, assist, tFl)EIu-Nasti(4-4-0),Haynes(3-1-0),Kickels(2-2-0)ttu-Ordu(6-6-1.5),Ryce(4-4-1),Dillehay(5-2-1)

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EasternIllinoisheldtheballformorethan43minutesbuthadtomakeadefensivestandinthefinal35secondstopullouta23-15winoverTennesseeTech.EIUbuiltanearly20-0leadonapairofAustinSignorfieldgoals,aMonWilliamsrunandChrisWright touchdown receptionandseemed tohave the game in hand. Following a TTU punt that waspinned at the 1 yard line, the Golden Eagles recorded asafetywith44secondsleftinthethirdquarter.TheylaterkeptanotherdrivealiveasEIUwascalledforaroughingthekickercallonapunt. LeeSweeneycompletedtwofourthquarter touchdown passes to bring TTU to within 20-15.Signoraddedafieldgoalwith53secondslefttogiveEIUaneightpointlead.TTUhadan81-yardkickreturntogettheballattheEIU18with35secondsleft,butthePanthersdefenseshutthedooronfourstraightplays.

GaME 8 - oct. 24, 2009Eastern Illinois .............. 28JacksonvilleState............ 20

Jacksonville,Ala.PaulSnowStadium(A:12,380)

scoring 1 2 3 4 FinalEastern Illinois ........7........ 7 ...... 14 ...... 0 .............28JacksonvilleState......0........ 6...... 14...... 0.............20

FIrst QuartErEIU-Lora6passfromChristensen(Signorkick)(9:57)

sEcond QuartErEIU-M.Williams4run(Signorkick)(14:35)JSU-Wilkeson38passfromPerrilloux(kickfailed)(0:49)

thIrd QuartErEIU-Wright10passfromChristensen(Signorkick)(10:15)JSU-Perrilloux8run(Tatumkick)(6:27)EIU-Ricks87kickreturn(Signorkick)(6:17)JSU-Middleton2run(Tatumkick)(0:49)

tEaM stats ........EIu ..........JsuFirstDowns............................... 13......................19Rushes-Yards...........................35-65...............38-129Passing-Yards........................... 190....................236Comp-Att-Int.........................16-29-1............. 16-26-1TotalOffense............................ 255....................365Fumbles-Lost............................0-0....................2-1Penalties-Yards.........................4-29..................7-49IntReturns-Yards-TD.............1-19-0................ 1-1-0TimeofPossession..................29:14................30:46Sacks-Yards..............................2-11...................1-6

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rushInG (no-Yds-td)EIu - M.Williams(17-38-1),Walker(5-26-0)Jsu-Middleton(11-53-1),Perrilloux(14-36-1)

PassInG (att-cmp-Int-Yds-td)EIu-Christensen(29-16-1-190-2)Jsu-Perrilloux(26-16-1-236-1)

rEcEIVInG (no -Yds -td)EIu-Lora(3-46-1),Graves(3-35-0),Potempa(3-26-0)Jsu-Wilkerson(5-96-1),Howard(2-42-0)

dEFEnsE (tackles - solo, assist, tFl)EIu-Nasti(8-1-1),Haynes(7-0-0),S.Campbell(2-6-0)Jsu-Henderson(11-4-0),Cain(2-5-0)

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EasternIllinoispickeduponeofitsbiggestwinsintheOVCera as thePanthersknockedoffNo.12 JacksonvilleState28-20totakecontroloftheOVClead.LorenceRickswasaforceonspecialteamsscoringonetouchdownwithan87-yardkickreturnandsettingupanotherscorewithablockedpunt which EIU recovered at the 5 yard line. EIU builtanearly14-0 leadasErikLoracaughtaJakeChristensenpassthathadbouncedoffofRicksfora6-yardscore.MonWilliamsrushed infrom4yardsout forhisseventhgamethisseasonwithatouchdown.Leading28-20,EIUwasabletomakeastandonthefinaldriveofthegameforthesecondstraightweekasCJJamesinterceptedaRyanPerrillouxpasswith1:38 remaining to ice thegame. Ricksfinishedwith165allpurposeyardswhileNickNastiledthedefensewith9tackles.

GaME 9 - oct. 31, 2009Eastern Illinois .............. 16MurrayState................... 10

Murray,Ky.StewartStadium(A:2,444)

scoring 1 2 3 4 FinalEastern Illinois ........0....... 10 ...... 0 ....... 6 .............16MurrayState..............7........ 0....... 0....... 3.............10

FIrst QuartErMUR-Jordan3run(Cullenkick)(12:43)

sEcond QuartErEIU-Haynes34interceptionreturn(Signorkick)(8:19)EIU-Signor37fieldgoal(0:28)

Fourth QuartErMUR-Cullen29fieldgoal(13:03)EIU-Signor37fieldgoal(8:58)EIU-Signor36fieldgoal(6:02)

tEaM stats ........EIu .........MurFirstDowns............................... 12......................10Rushes-Yards...........................39-97................34-41Passing-Yards........................... 121....................127Comp-Att-Int..........................9-22-0.............. 16-28-1TotalOffense............................ 218....................168Fumbles-Lost............................2-1....................5-1Penalties-Yards.........................4-35..................4-30IntReturns-Yards-TD.............1-34-1................ 0-0-0TimeofPossession..................29:51................30:09Sacks-Yards..............................6-34..................5-35

lEadErs

rushInG (no-Yds-td)EIu - Walker(8-55-0),M.Williams(10-46-0)Mur-Jordan(14-38-1),Harris(6-21-0)

PassInG (att-cmp-Int-Yds-td)EIu-Christensen(22-9-0-121-0)Mur-Yantko(28-16-1-127-0)

rEcEIVInG (no -Yds -td)EIu-Ricks(3-56-0),Potempa(3-16-0)Mur-Townsel(6-51-0),Harris(4-22-0)

dEFEnsE (tackles - solo, assist, tFl)EIu-Nasti(3-5-0.5),Kickels(4-4-0),Frericks(5-2-2.5)Mur-Fennell(2-10-0.5),Butler(6-4-1)

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EasternIllinoisneededabigdefensiveplayandsolidspecialteams as the Panthers escaped Murray State with a 16-10wintoremaininfirstplaceintheOVCstandings.Trailing7-0,RashadHaynespickedoffapassandraced34-yardsforatouchdowntotiethegameinthesecondquarter.KickerAustinSignorwouldknockhomethreefieldgoalsfrom37,37and36yardstoprovidethePantherswiththeiradditionalpoints.TheEIUdefensewoudlimitMurrayStatetojust41yardsrushingand168yardsoftotaloffense.NickNastiandGordyKickelseachtalliedeighttacklestoleadthePanthersdefenseasEIUrecordedsixsacks.


GaME 10 - nov. 14, 2009UTMartin....................... 13Eastern Illinois .............. 49


scoring 1 2 3 4 FinalUTMartin.................7........ 0....... 0....... 6.............13Eastern Illinois .......14...... 14 ..... 21 ...... 0 .............49

FIrst QuartErEIU-M.Williams2run(Signorkick)(11:26)EIU-James79interceptionreturn(Signorkick)(7:39)UTM-Barnes2run(Hansenkick)(3:03)

sEcond QuartErEIU-Ricks27passfromChristensen(Signorkick)(14:54)EIU-Graves9passfromChristensen(Signorkick)(2:17)

thIrd QuartErEIU-Potempa3passfromChristensen(Signorkick)(9:08)EIU-Graves45passfromChristensen(Signorkick)(7:27)EIU-Walker10run(Signorkick)(2:20)

Fourth QuartErUTM-McNair16run(runfailed)(10:13)

tEaM stats ........EIu .........utMFirstDowns............................... 21......................17Rushes-Yards..........................40-135..............31-127Passing-Yards........................... 322....................170Comp-Att-Int.........................18-23-0............. 16-32-1TotalOffense............................ 457....................297Fumbles-Lost............................1-1....................4-1Penalties-Yards.........................7-75..................5-33IntReturns-Yards-TD.............1-79-1................ 0-0-0TimeofPossession..................33:07................26:53Sacks-Yards...............................0-0....................1-7

lEadErs

rushInG (no-Yds-td)EIu - M.Williams(12-54-1),Ward(11-32-0),utM-Barnes(11-49-1),McNair(6-36-1)

PassInG (att-cmp-Int-Yds-td)EIu-Christensen(21-18-0-322-4)utM-Thompson(24-13-1-140-0),Carr(8-3-0-12-0)

rEcEIVInG (no -Yds -td)EIu-Graves(4-108-2),Potempa(3-46-1)utM-Hicks(6-64-0),Barnes(4-33-0)

dEFEnsE (tackles - solo, assist, tFl)EIu-Cooper(4-2-0),Nasti(3-3-0.5),Kickels(4-0-0)utM-Bey(4-5-1.5),Harper(4-2-0)

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Jake Christensen was 18-of-21 for 322 yards and fourtouchdowns as the Panthers clinched a share of the OVCtitlewitha49-13winoverUTMartin.ChristensenbecamethefirstEIUquarterbacksinceTonyRomoin2002tothrowfour touchdown passes in a game. Hewas the first EIUquarterbacksinceColeStinson in the2007openeragainstTennesseeTechtothrowformorethan300yards.CharlesGraves hauled in four passes for 108 yards including twotouchdowns. ThedefensehelpedshutdowntheSkyhawkspassing game limiting OVC Offensive Player of theYearCadeThompsontojust13-of-24for140yards. CJJameshelpedEIUgoup14-0earlyinthegamewhenheinterceptedapassandreturnedit79yardsforascore.ItwasthesecondinterceptionreturnedforatouchdownbyJamesthisseason.

GaME 11 - nov. 19, 2009tennessee state .............. 21EasternIllinois................ 10


scoring 1 2 3 4 Finaltennessee state ........0........ 0 ....... 7 ...... 14 ............21EasternIllinois..........0........ 3....... 0....... 7.............10

sEcond QuartErEIU-Signor20fieldgoal(2:23)

thIrd QuartErTSU-McNairl1run(Tahirkick)(3:39)

Fourth QuartErTSU-Bright3passfromMcNairl(Tahirkick)(13:44)EIU-Graves22passfromChristensen(Signorkick)(10:11)TSU-Thomas10run(Tahirkick)(6:57)

tEaM stats ........EIu ..........tsuFirstDowns............................... 14......................16Rushes-Yards...........................27-96...............53-176Passing-Yards........................... 149....................135Comp-Att-Int.........................12-33-3.............. 9-16-0TotalOffense............................ 245....................311Fumbles-Lost............................2-1....................2-0Penalties-Yards.........................3-35..................4-42IntReturns-Yards-TD..............0-0-0................ 3-14-0TimeofPossession..................25:13................34:47Sacks-Yards..............................2-20..................2-11

lEadErs

rushInG (no-Yds-td)EIu - M.Williams(12-39-0),Christensen(8-28-0)tsu-Thomas(20-70-1),McNairl(15-57-1)

PassInG (att-cmp-Int-Yds-td)EIu-Christensen(32-12-3-149-1)tsu-McNairl(16-9-0-135-1)

rEcEIVInG (no -Yds -td)EIu-Lora(3-40-0),Whittaker(3-29-0),Graves(2-37-1)tsu-Hills(2-77-0),Moore(2-7-0)

dEFEnsE (tackles - solo, assist, tFl)EIu-Nasti(5-4-1.0),Frericks(6-2-7.0),Kickels(3-5-1.0)tsu-Johnson(4-1-0),Nicholls(4-1-1.0)

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Trevor Frericks was a bright spot for the Eastern Illinoisdefenseashesetaschoolrecordwithseventacklesforlossas the Panthers fell on Senior Night, 21-10, to TennesseeState.EIUbuilta3-0leadatthehalfonanAustinSignorfieldgoalbutthePantherscouldnotmusteranyoffenseinthesecondhalfasTennesseeStatescoredthreesecondhalftouchdowns.Trailing14-3,EIUwasabletoclosetowithin14-10asJakeChristensenhitCharlesGravesfora22-yardtouchdownpass.TennesseeStatewouldrespondscoringona10-yardrunbyDonteThomastoicethegame.Frericksfinishedwitheighttacklesincludingthe7tacklesforloss.

GaME 12 - nov. 28, 2009EasternIllinois.................. 7southern Illinois ............ 48

Carbondale,Ill.McAndrewStadium(A:6,391)

FCSPlayoffRound1

scoring 1 2 3 4 FinalEasternIllinois..........7........ 0....... 0....... 0...............7southern Illinois ......7....... 17 ..... 17 ...... 7 .............48

FIrst QuartErEIU-Ricks11run(Signorkick)(11:42)SIU-Karim10run(Doughertykick)(7:33)

sEcond QuartErSIU-McIntosh16run(Doughertykick)(13:28)SIU-Dougherty33fieldgoal(7:24)SIU-Russo28fumblereturn(Doughertykick)(6:04)

thIrd QuartErSIU-Goode6passfromMcIntosh(Doughertykick)(11:29)SIU-Karim11passfromMcIntosh(Doughertykick)(6:37)SIU-Dougherty45fieldgoal(1:14)

Fourth QuartErSIU-Karim58run(Doughertykick)(11:31)

tEaM stats ........EIu .......... sIuFirstDowns............................... 10......................20Rushes-Yards..........................36-109..............53-323Passing-Yards............................ 80......................66Comp-Att-Int..........................7-18-1.............. 13-17-1TotalOffense............................ 189....................389Fumbles-Lost............................5-5....................1-1Penalties-Yards.........................3-40..................7-55IntReturns-Yards-TD..............1-0-0................. 1-2-0TimeofPossession..................24:32................35:28Sacks-Yards...............................0-0...................4-29

lEadErs

rushInG (no-Yds-td)EIu - M.Williams(20-107-0),Potempa(7-17-0)sIu-Karim(23-155-2),McIntosh(15-115-1)

PassInG (att-cmp-Int-Yds-td)EIu-Christensen(8-1--1-13-0);Reeder(10-6-0-67-0)sIu-McIntosh(17-13-1-66-2)

rEcEIVInG (no -Yds -td)EIu-Lora(3-28-0),Whittaker(2-28-0)sIu-Morris(3-15-0),Kernes(2-14-0),Goode(2-13-1)

dEFEnsE (tackles - solo, assist, tFl)EIu-Nasti(10-4-0.5),Kickels(5-3-1),Frericks(3-2-0.5)sIu-Jordan(1-6-0),Walker(3-2-2)

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Eastern Illinois scored on its first offensive possession asLorence Ricks scooted in from 11 yards out on a fourthand one call but five lost fumbles would eventually costthePanthers in a 48-7 loss atSouthern Illinois. TheEIUdefenseheld thehighpoweredSaluki offense topunts ontheirfirsttwopossessionsbutSIUwasabletoconvertonashortfieldfollowingafumblerecovery.SIUtiedthegameona10-yard runbyDejiKarimwith7:33 left in thefirstand never looked back. Karimbecame thefirst opposingrushertogoover100yardsontheseasonagainstEIUashefinishedwith155yardsandtwoscores.EIU’sgroundattackwasledbyMonWilliamswith107yardsbutmuchofthatrealestatewasgainedinthemiddlepartofthefield.KyleRussocappedtheSIUdaywitha28yardfumblereturnfortouchdownwith6:04leftinthefirsthalf.

EastErn IllInoIs PlaYoFF hIstorY(Fcs/I-aa Playoffs)

2009 (First round @ carbondale, Il)SouthernIllinoisdef.EasternIllinois,48-7

2007 (First round @ carbondale, Il)SouthernIllinoisdef.EasternIllinois,30-11

2006 (First round @ charleston, Il)IllinoisStatedef.EasternIllinois,24-13

2005 (First round @ charleston, Il)SouthernIllinoisdef.EasternIllinois,21-6

2002 (First round @ Mccomb, Il)WesternIllinoisdef.EasternIllinois,48-9

2001 (First round @ charleston, Il)NorthernIowadef.EasternIllinois,49-43

2000 (First round @ Missoula, Mt)Montanadef.EasternIllinois,45-13

1996 (First round @ cedar Falls, Ia)NorthernIowadef.EasternIllinois,21-14

1995 (First round @ nacogdoches, tX)StephenF.Austindef.EasternIllinois,34-29

1989 (First round @ Moscow, Id)EasternIllinoisdef.Idaho,38-21

1989 (Quarterfinals @ Missoula, MT)Montanadef.EasternIllinois,25-19

1986 (First round @ charleston, Il)EasternIllinoisdef.MurrayState,28-21

1986 (Quarterfinals @ Charleston, IL)EasternKentuckydef.EasternIllinois,24-22

1983 (First round @ terre haute, In)IndianaStatedef.EasternIllinois,16-13(2OT)

1982 (First round @ charleston, Il)EasternIllinoisdef.JacksonState,16-13(OT)

1982 (Quarterfinals @ Nashville, TN)TennesseeStatedef.EasternIllinois,20-19

All-TimeFCSPlayoffRecord:3-13HomeRecord:2-4RoadRecord:1-9

***Note***EasternIllinoishasnowmadetheNCAAFCSPlayoffs13timessincejoiningthatleveloffootballin1981.The12playoffappearancescurrentlyranks9thamongactiveFCSlevelschools.

ncaa PlaYoFF aPPEarancEs(by school)

school ..............................# appearances (last)Montana............................................... 20(2009)EasternKentucky................................. 19(2008)AppalachianState............................... 17(2009)GeorgiaSouthern................................. 16(2005)Furman................................................. 15(2006)McNeeseState..................................... 14(2009)NorthernIowa...................................... 14(2008)Delaware.............................................. 14(2007)EastErn IllInoIs ....................... 13 (2009)JacksonState........................................ 12(1997)YoungstownState.................................11(2006)*Idaho..................................................11(1995) Idaho currently plays at the NCAA I level

FCS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES(BY COACH)

1.. RoyKidd(EasternKentucky)................................17 2... JerryMoore(AppalachianState)........................15* 3... TubbyRaymond(Delaware).................................11 4... JimTressel(YoungstownState).............................10 5 ... bob spoo (Eastern Illinois) .................................9 * ... W.C.Gorden(JacksonState)...................................9 7... AndyTalley(Villanova).......................................8**denotesactivecoach

division II Playoffs

1978 (national champions)EasternIllinoisdef.UCDavis,35-31

EasternIllinoisdef.YoungstownState,26-22EasternIllinoisdef.Delaware,10-9

1980 (national runners-up)EasternIllinoisdef.NorthernColorado,21-14EasternIllinoisdef.NorthernAlabama,56-31

CalPolydef.EasternIllinois,21-13

2009 EastErn IllInoIs startErs

oPPonEnt slot lt lG c rG rt tE sPlIt FlanK Qb rbIllinoisState Whittaker C.Campbell Zink Millard Vaccaro Hudson Vehovic ricks Watkins Christensen WalkerIndianaState Graves C.Campbell Zink Millard Vaccaro Hudson Vehovic ricks Watkins Christensen M. WilliamsSEMissouri Whittaker C.Campbell Zink Millard henderson Hudson Vehovic ricks Graves Christensen M. WilliamsAustinPeay Whittaker C.Campbell Zink Millard henderson Hudson Vehovic ricks Graves Christensen M. WilliamsEasternKy. Whittaker C.Campbell Zink Millard henderson Hudson Vehovic ricks Graves Christensen M. WilliamsPennState Whittaker C.Campbell Zink Millard henderson Hudson lora ricks Graves Christensen PotempaTenn.Tech Whittaker C.Campbell Zink Millard henderson Hudson Vehovic ricks Graves Christensen M. WilliamsJacksonvilleSt. Whittaker C.Campbell Zink Millard henderson Hudson Vehovic ricks Graves Christensen M. WilliamsMurrayState Whittaker C.Campbell Vaccaro Millard henderson Hudson Vehovic ricks Graves Christensen M. WilliamsUTMartin Whittaker C.Campbell Vaccaro Millard henderson Hudson Vehovic ricks Graves Christensen PotempaTennesseeState Whittaker C.Campbell Vaccaro Millard henderson Hudson Vehovic ricks Graves Christensen M. WilliamsSouthernIllinoisWhittaker C.Campbell Zink Millard henderson Hudson Vehovic ricks Graves Christensen M. Williams

oPPonEnt dE dt dt dE saM Mlb WIll cb roVEr Fs cbIllinoisState burge Lima Frericks Galan nasti Kickels leman James Arrington Loftman haynesIndianaState luczynski Lima Frericks Galan nasti Kickels leman James Arrington Loftman haynesSEMissouri burge Lima bazigos Galan s. campbell Kickels leman James Arrington Loftman haynesAustinPeay burge Lima Frericks Galan s. campbell Kickels leman James Arrington Loftman haynesEasternKy. burge Lima Frericks Galan nasti Kickels leman James Arrington Loftman haynesPennState burge Lima Frericks Galan nasti Kickels leman James Arrington Loftman haynesTenn.Tech burge Lima bazigos luczynski nasti Kickels Marcelin James Mercier Loftman haynesJacksonvilleSt. burge Lima Frericks luczynski nasti s. campbell Marcelin James Merceir Loftman haynesMurrayState dowdell Lima Frericks luczynski nasti Kickels s. campbell James Arrington Loftman haynesUTMartin burge Lima Frericks luczynski nasti Kickels s. campbell James Mercier Loftman haynesTennesseeState burge Lima Frericks luczynski nasti Kickels leman Penrow Mercier Loftman haynesSouthernIllinois burge Lima Frericks luczynski nasti Kickels leman James Mercier Loftman haynes

bold notes returning Players

2009 EIU PANTHERS FOOTBALL No. 15 EASTERN ILLINOIS Game Results

All games

Overall Ohio Valley Date Opponent Score Record Record Time Attend ---- -------- ----- -------- -------- ---- ------ Sep 3, 2009 ILLINOIS STATE W 31-6 1- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 2:30 10013 Sep 12, 2009 at Indiana State W 31-0 2- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 2:35 2977 * Sep 19, 2009 at Southeast Missouri W 23-14 3- 0- 0 1- 0- 0 2:52 9053 * Sep 26, 2009 at Austin Peay W 30-20 4- 0- 0 2- 0- 0 3:06 4618 * Oct 3, 2009 #18 EASTERN KENTUCKY 31-36 L 4- 1- 0 2- 1- 0 3:20 11271 Oct 10, 2009 at #12 Penn State 3-52 L 4- 2- 0 2- 1- 0 2:53 104488 * Oct 17, 2009 TENNESSEE TECH W 23-15 5- 2- 0 3- 1- 0 3:20 8708 * Oct 24, 2009 at #12 Jacksonville State W 28-20 6- 2- 0 4- 1- 0 3:02 12380 * Oct 31, 2009 at Murray State W 16-10 7- 2- 0 5- 1- 0 2:36 2444 * Nov 14, 2009 UT MARTIN W 49-13 8- 2- 0 6- 1- 0 2:55 5346 * Nov 19, 2009 TENNESSEE STATE 10-21 L 8- 3- 0 6- 2- 0 3:10 3509 & Nov 28, 2009 at #1 Southern Illinois 7-49 L 8- 4- 0 6- 2- 0 2:45 6391

* indicates Ohio Valley Conferece game & NCAA FCS Playoffs

2009 EastErn IllInoIs FInal statIstIcs

2009 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALLEastern Illinois Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2009)

All games

Team Statistics EIU OPPSCORING 282 255 Points Per Game 23.5 21.2FIRST DOWNS 204 204 R u s h i n g 85 102 P a s s i n g 108 85 P e n a l t y 11 17RUSHING YARDAGE 1493 1634 Yards gained rushing 1908 2011 Yards lost rushing 415 377 Rushing Attempts 440 432 Average Per Rush 3.4 3.8 Average Per Game 124.4 136.2 TDs Rushing 11 19PASSING YARDAGE 2288 2057 C o m p - A t t - I n t 184-327-11 196-341-11 Average Per Pass 7.0 6.0 Average Per Catch 12.4 10.5 Average Per Game 190.7 171.4 TDs Passing 19 13TOTAL OFFENSE 3781 3691 Total Plays 767 773 Average Per Play 4.9 4.8 Average Per Game 315.1 307.6KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 40-960 31-761PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 22-154 30-250INT RETURNS: #-Yards 11-234 11-72KICK RETURN AVERAGE 24.0 24.5PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 7.0 8.3INT RETURN AVERAGE 21.3 6.5FUMBLES-LOST 25-19 34-15PENALTIES-Yards 59-578 72-606 Average Per Game 48.2 50.5PUNTS-Yards 52-2100 69-2522 Average Per Punt 40.4 36.6 Net punt average 34.0 33.2TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 0 : 4 5 2 9 : 1 53RD-DOWN Conversions 63/153 57/163 3rd-Down Pct 41% 35%4TH-DOWN Conversions 4/13 7/21 4th-Down Pct 31% 33%SACKS BY-Yards 24-157 32-213MISC YARDS 1 10TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 34 35FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 14-22 4-8ON-SIDE KICKS 1-1 0-1RED-ZONE SCORES 26-38 68% 28-34 82%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS 17-38 45% 25-34 74%PAT-ATTEMPTS 34-34 100% 29-31 94%ATTENDANCE 38847 135960 Games/Avg Per Game 5/7769 6/22660 Neutral Site Games 1/6391

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalEastern Illinois 80 78 81 43 0 282Opponents 47 72 73 63 0 255

2009 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALLEastern Illinois Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2009)

All games

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g

WILLIAMS, Mon 12 191 926 56 870 4.6 9 65 72.5

WALKER, Chevon 11 66 345 19 326 4.9 1 30 29.6

POTEMPA, Jimmy 12 58 248 26 222 3.8 0 24 18.5

WARD, Desmin 12 32 111 4 107 3.3 0 13 8.9

LORA, Erik 12 3 34 5 29 9.7 0 24 2.4

RICKS, Lorence 12 2 13 0 13 6.5 1 11 1.1

COOK, Kevin 12 2 11 10 1 0.5 0 11 0.1

REYNOLDS, Doug 2 5 4 11 -7 -1.4 0 2 -3.5

REEDER, Bodie 6 1 0 8 -8 -8.0 0 0 -1.3

CHRISTENSEN, Jake 12 66 214 231 -17 -0.3 0 20 -1.4

TEAM 12 14 2 45 -43 -3.1 0 0 -3.6

Total 12 440 1908 415 1493 3.4 11 65 124.4

Opponents 12 432 2011 377 1634 3.8 19 58 136.2

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g

CHRISTENSEN, Jake 12 133.61 175-300-11 58.3 2204 19 52 183.7

REEDER, Bodie 6 89.20 9-18-0 50.0 84 0 15 14.0

TEAM 12 0.00 0-8-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0

GRAVES, Charles 11 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0

Total 12 127.49 184-327-11 56.3 2288 19 52 190.7

Opponents 12 114.28 196-341-11 57.5 2057 13 74 171.4

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g

POTEMPA, Jimmy 12 32 238 7.4 2 29 19.8

WHITTAKER, Kenny 12 29 358 12.3 2 44 29.8

GRAVES, Charles 11 24 333 13.9 3 45 30.3

LORA, Erik 12 23 320 13.9 2 31 26.7

WRIGHT, Chris 12 21 263 12.5 4 35 21.9

RICKS, Lorence 12 19 381 20.1 3 52 31.8

VEHOVIC, Danny 11 10 66 6.6 1 22 6.0

WATKINS, Chavar 8 8 170 21.2 2 45 21.2

WALKER, Chevon 11 6 73 12.2 0 28 6.6

WILLIAMS, Mon 12 5 29 5.8 0 9 2.4

BRUNS, Cody 10 4 49 12.2 0 20 4.9

WARD, Desmin 12 3 8 2.7 0 5 0.7

Total 12 184 2288 12.4 19 52 190.7

Opponents 12 196 2057 10.5 13 74 171.4

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg

HAYNES, Rashad 16 106 6.6 0 23

POTEMPA, Jimmy 3 10 3.3 0 4

RICKS, Lorence 1 26 26.0 0 0

JAMES, CJ 1 10 10.0 0 0

MITCHELL, Jake 1 2 2.0 0 0

Total 22 154 7.0 0 23

Opponents 30 250 8.3 0 54

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg

JAMES, CJ 5 152 30.4 2 79

FRERICKS, Trevor 1 5 5.0 0 5

MERCIER, Bobson 1 0 0.0 0 0

HAYNES, Rashad 1 34 34.0 1 34

NASTI, Nick 1 0 0.0 0 0

PENROW, Shelton 1 9 9.0 0 9

REYNA, Carlos 1 34 34.0 0 34

Total 11 234 21.3 3 79

Opponents 11 72 6.5 1 14

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg

HAYNES, Rashad 14 314 22.4 0 45

RICKS, Lorence 10 306 30.6 1 87

POTEMPA, Jimmy 8 202 25.2 0 50

WALKER, Chevon 4 82 20.5 0 27

LUCZYNSKI, Colin 1 17 17.0 0 17

WRIGHT, Chris 1 18 18.0 0 18

MAHAN, Greg 1 10 10.0 0 10

REEDER, Bodie 1 11 11.0 0 11

Total 40 960 24.0 1 87

Opponents 31 761 24.5 0 81

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg

Total 0 0 0.0 0 0

Opponents 2 114 57.0 2 91


All games

PAT

Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts

SIGNOR, Austin - 14-22 34-34 - - - - - 76

WILLIAMS, Mon 9 - - - - - - - 54

RICKS, Lorence 5 - - - - - - - 30

WRIGHT, Chris 4 - - - - - - - 24

GRAVES, Charles 3 - - - - - - - 18

JAMES, CJ 2 - - - - - - - 12

POTEMPA, Jimmy 2 - - - - - - - 12

WHITTAKER, Kenny 2 - - - - - - - 12

WATKINS, Chavar 2 - - - - - - - 12

LORA, Erik 2 - - - - - - - 12

VEHOVIC, Danny 1 - - - - - - - 6

WALKER, Chevon 1 - - - - - - - 6

HAYNES, Rashad 1 - - - - - - - 6

TEAM - - - - - - - 1 2

Total 34 14-22 34-34 - - - - 1 282

Opponents 35 4-8 29-31 0-3 - 0-1 - 2 255

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g

CHRISTENSEN, Jake 12 366 -17 2204 2187 182.2

WILLIAMS, Mon 12 191 870 0 870 72.5

WALKER, Chevon 11 66 326 0 326 29.6

POTEMPA, Jimmy 12 58 222 0 222 18.5

WARD, Desmin 12 32 107 0 107 8.9

REEDER, Bodie 6 19 -8 84 76 12.7

LORA, Erik 12 3 29 0 29 2.4

RICKS, Lorence 12 2 13 0 13 1.1

COOK, Kevin 12 2 1 0 1 0.1

REYNOLDS, Doug 2 5 -7 0 -7 -3.5

TEAM 12 22 -43 0 -43 -3.6

Total 12 767 1493 2288 3781 315.1

Opponents 12 773 1634 2057 3691 307.6

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk

SIGNOR, Austin 14-22 63.6 1-1 2-2 6-7 5-11 0-1 48 4

FG Sequence Eastern Illinois Opponents

Illinois State (18) -

Indiana State 44,(31) 48

Southeast Missouri - 43,35

Austin Peay (34),(42),(28) -

Eastern Kentucky 38,(42) -

Penn State 46,(43) (25)

Tennessee Tech (48),44,44,49,(30),(46) -

Jacksonville State - -

Murray State (37),(37),(36) (29)

UT Martin - -

Tennessee State (20),53,45 43

Southern Illinois - (33),(45)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk

COOK, Kevin 50 2100 42.0 64 4 3 14 13 1

TEAM 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Total 52 2100 40.4 64 4 3 14 13 2

Opponents 69 2522 36.6 69 4 15 19 8 3

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln

SIGNOR, Austin 60 4005 66.8 27 2

Total 60 4005 66.8 27 2 24.5 45.1 24

Opponents 51 3149 61.7 7 1 24.0 40.2 29


All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g

WILLIAMS, Mon 12 870 29 0 0 0 899 74.9

RICKS, Lorence 12 13 381 26 306 0 726 60.5

POTEMPA, Jim 12 222 238 10 202 0 672 56.0

WALKER, Chev 11 326 73 0 82 0 481 43.7

HAYNES, Rasha 12 0 0 106 314 34 454 37.8

WHITTAKER, K 12 0 358 0 0 0 358 29.8

LORA, Erik 12 29 320 0 0 0 349 29.1

GRAVES, Charl 11 0 333 0 0 0 333 30.3

WRIGHT, Chris 12 0 263 0 18 0 281 23.4

WATKINS, Chav 8 0 170 0 0 0 170 21.2

JAMES, CJ 12 0 0 10 0 152 162 13.5

WARD, Desmin 12 107 8 0 0 0 115 9.6

VEHOVIC, Dann 11 0 66 0 0 0 66 6.0

BRUNS, Cody 10 0 49 0 0 0 49 4.9

REYNA, Carlos 11 0 0 0 0 34 34 3.1

LUCZYNSKI, Co 12 0 0 0 17 0 17 1.4

MAHAN, Greg 7 0 0 0 10 0 10 1.4

PENROW, Shelt 12 0 0 0 0 9 9 0.8

FRERICKS, Tre 12 0 0 0 0 5 5 0.4

REEDER, Bodie 6 -8 0 0 11 0 3 0.5

MITCHELL, Jak 12 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.2

COOK, Kevin 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1

REYNOLDS, Do 2 -7 0 0 0 0 -7 -3.5

CHRISTENSEN, 12 -17 0 0 0 0 -17 -1.4

TEAM 12 -43 0 0 0 0 -43 -3.6

Total 12 1493 2288 154 960 234 5129 427.4

Opponents 12 1634 2057 250 761 72 4774 397.8

2009 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALLEastern Illinois Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2009)

All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd

## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf

56 NASTI, Nick 10 38 45 83 3.5-8 . 1-0 1 2 2-0 2 . .8 LEMAN, Cory 9 25 38 63 2.0-4 1.0-9 . . 2 2-0 3 . .46 KICKELS, Gordy 11 30 32 62 4.5-15 1.5-9 . 2 1 2-0 1 . .26 HAYNES, Rashad 12 32 14 46 1.0-2 . 1-34 11 . 1-0 1 . .21 JAMES, CJ 12 26 18 44 3.5-26 2.0-13 5-152 4 . . . 1 .99 FRERICKS, Trevor 12 23 21 44 16.0-41 2.0-13 1-5 . 1 1-0 2 . .49 CAMPBELL, Sean 11 13 28 41 3.5-8 1.0-1 . 1 1 1-0 1 . .9 LOFTMAN, Seymour 12 26 10 36 . . . . . . . . .25 PENROW, Shelton 12 22 11 33 2.5-7 0.5-2 1-9 4 . . . . .98 BURGE, Perry 11 19 12 31 7.0-32 5.0-29 . 1 6 1-0 . . .1 ARRINGTON, Adrian 8 16 14 30 3.0-27 . . 3 1 1-0 . . .94 LIMA, Andre 12 7 22 29 3.0-15 1.5-12 . 1 1 . . 1 .90 BAZIGOS, Spyros 10 12 15 27 5.5-25 1.0-11 . . 2 2-0 1 . .6 REYNA, Carlos 11 16 7 23 1.0-8 1.0-8 1-34 1 . . . . .96 LUCZYNSKI, Colin 12 8 14 22 4.5-21 1.0-6 . . 1 . . . .95 GALAN, Nathan 10 5 13 18 3.5-12 1.5-8 . . . . 1 . .12 MERCIER, Bobson 11 10 8 18 1.0-1 . 1-0 . 1 . . . .32 DOWDELL, Artavious 12 9 8 17 4.0-30 3.0-28 . 1 4 . . . .84 DUNN, Taylor 12 5 11 16 2.5-7 1.0-4 . . 1 . 1 . .44 MARCELIN, Alain 11 5 10 15 . . . . . . . . .24 COOPER, James 9 7 6 13 . . . 1 . . . . .19 MARTINEZ, Nick 7 6 5 11 . . . 3 . . . . .92 LETTON, Mike 12 4 7 11 . . . . 3 . . . .3 RICKS, Lorence 12 9 1 10 . . . . . . 2 2 .73 HOLLIDAY, Roosevelt 11 2 7 9 0.5-0 1.0-4 . . 1 . . . .2 POTEMPA, Jimmy 12 4 3 7 . . . . . . . . .29 MITCHELL, Jake 12 5 . 5 . . . . . . 1 . .48 SIGNOR, Austin 12 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .43 TURNER, Ryan 8 2 3 5 0.5-2 . . 1 . . . . .54 MAYNARD, Perry 6 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .22 LORA, Erik 12 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .23 TRIBBLE, Randolph 11 2 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . .42 MURNANE, Conor 11 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .5 WALKER, Chevon 11 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .52 LEWIS, Haakim 5 1 1 2 0.5-1 . . . 1 . . . .68 SCHEIBEL, Mike 11 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .82 BRUNS, Cody 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .47 RIDGNER, Jonathan 4 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .88 QUILL, Mitch 7 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .78 RETTKE, Eric 11 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .74 MILLARD, Chaz 12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .41 COOK, Kevin 12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .40 HEDRICK, Keithan 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .TM TEAM 12 . . . . . . . . . . . 151 BAKER, Adam 6 . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . .53 MAHAN, Greg 7 . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . .

Total 12 403 398 801 73-292 24-157 11-234 36 29 15-0 16 4 1Opponents 12 388 460 848 82-326 32-213 11-72 39 21 19-114 14 6 2

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TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot

Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off

Sep 03 ILLINOIS STATE 41 217 1 29 14 167 3 25 14-23-1 167 3 25 2 50 0 33 2 19 0 15 384

09/12/09 at Indiana State 42 218 2 54 15 152 1 27 15-21-0 152 1 27 1 28 0 28 1 6 0 0 370

09-19-09 at Southeast Missouri 41 231 1 65 19 292 2 52 19-26-0 292 2 52 3 73 0 32 2 28 0 14 523

Sep 26 at Austin Peay 29 51 1 11 21 192 2 35 21-36-0 192 2 35 3 96 0 45 3 24 0 9 243

Oct 03 EASTERN KENTUCKY 26 49 1 32 21 294 3 45 21-36-2 294 3 45 6 89 0 20 3 11 0 6 343

Oct 10 at Penn State 32 59 0 18 15 147 0 17 15-31-1 147 0 17 8 167 0 27 0 0 0 0 206

Oct 17 TENNESSEE TECH 52 166 1 12 17 182 1 23 17-29-2 182 1 23 1 26 0 26 2 -5 0 0 348

Oct 24 at Jacksonville State 35 65 1 18 16 190 2 27 16-29-1 190 2 27 3 141 1 87 1 26 0 0 255

Oct 31 at Murray State 39 97 0 12 9 121 0 30 9-22-0 121 0 30 2 31 0 23 3 31 0 23 218

Nov 14 UT MARTIN 40 135 2 19 18 322 4 45 18-23-0 322 4 45 2 51 0 28 1 0 0 0 457

Nov 19 TENNESSEE STATE 27 96 0 17 12 149 1 26 12-33-3 149 1 26 4 78 0 32 3 12 0 12 245

Nov 28 at Southern Illinois 36 109 1 22 7 80 0 15 7-18-1 80 0 15 5 130 0 50 1 2 0 2 189

Eastern Illinois 440 1493 11 65 184 2288 19 52 184-327-11 2288 19 52 40 960 1 87 22 154 0 23 3781

Opponents 432 1634 19 58 196 2057 13 74 196-341-11 2057 13 74 31 761 0 81 30 250 0 54 3691

Games played: 12

Avg per rush: 3.4

Avg per catch: 12.4

Pass efficiency: 127.49

Kick ret avg: 24.0

Punt ret avg: 7.0

All purpose avg/game: 427.4

Total offense avg/gm: 315.1

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense Blkd PAT Attempts

Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf pts

Sep 03 ILLINOIS STATE 36 26 62 6.0-53 4.0-26 0 1-0 0-0 0 3 0 4-4 0 0 0 31

09/12/0 at Indiana State 18 32 50 8.0-12 3.0-20 1 2-0 1-26 4 2 0 4-4 0 0 0 31

09-19-0 at Southeast Missouri 29 52 81 4.0-16 1.0-10 0 0-0 1-1 2 2 0 3-3 0 0 1 23

Sep 26 at Austin Peay 29 42 71 7.0-27 2.0-14 2 2-0 1-5 0 4 1 3-3 0 0 0 30

Oct 03 EASTERN KENTUCKY 50 32 82 13.0-51 4.0-22 3 3-0 1-34 1 3 1 4-4 0 0 0 31

Oct 10 at Penn State 34 34 68 0.0-0 0.0-0 2 0-0 1-0 0 4 0 0-0 0 0 0 3

Oct 17 TENNESSEE TECH 20 26 46 2.0-6 0.0-0 2 3-0 2-36 9 9 0 2-2 0 0 0 23

Oct 24 at Jacksonville State 32 36 68 4.0-20 2.0-11 1 1-0 1-19 1 3 1 4-4 0 0 0 28

Oct 31 at Murray State 37 30 67 10.0-45 6.0-34 2 1-0 1-34 2 1 0 1-1 0 0 0 16

Nov 14 UT MARTIN 28 30 58 1.0-1 0.0-0 1 1-0 1-79 6 3 0 7-7 0 0 0 49

Nov 19 TENNESSEE STATE 43 30 73 14.0-53 2.0-20 1 0-0 0-0 3 2 1 1-1 0 0 0 10

Nov 28 at Southern Illinois 47 28 75 4.0-8 0.0-0 1 1-0 1-0 1 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 7

Eastern Illinois 403 398 801 73.0-292 24.0-157 16 15-0 11-234 29 36 4 34-34 0 0 1 282

Opponents 388 460 848 82.0-326 32.0-213 14 19-114 11-72 21 39 6 29-31 0 0 2 255

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs

Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob

Sep 03 ILLINOIS STATE 2 102 51.0 53 0 1 1 1 1 1-1 18 0 6 404 67.3 3 1

09/12/0 at Indiana State 3 107 35.7 40 0 1 0 0 0 1-2 31 0 5 340 68.0 3 0

09-19-0 at Southeast Missouri 2 87 43.5 46 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 4 275 68.8 0 0

Sep 26 at Austin Peay 5 206 41.2 55 0 0 0 1 2 3-3 42 0 7 443 63.3 3 0

Oct 03 EASTERN KENTUCKY 3 77 25.7 39 1 0 0 0 0 1-2 42 1 7 482 68.9 3 0

Oct 10 at Penn State 7 289 41.3 58 1 0 0 2 1 1-2 43 0 2 140 70.0 2 0

Oct 17 TENNESSEE TECH 4 131 32.8 48 0 0 0 0 1 3-6 48 2 7 439 62.7 3 0

Oct 24 at Jacksonville State 5 170 34.0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 4 280 70.0 4 0

Oct 31 at Murray State 8 368 46.0 57 0 0 1 4 5 3-3 37 0 5 329 65.8 1 0

Nov 14 UT MARTIN 3 119 39.7 60 0 1 1 1 1 0-0 0 0 8 550 68.8 3 1

Nov 19 TENNESSEE STATE 5 228 45.6 64 0 1 0 2 2 1-3 20 1 3 183 61.0 0 0

Nov 28 at Southern Illinois 5 216 43.2 56 0 0 0 2 1 0-0 0 0 2 140 70.0 2 0

Eastern Illinois 52 2100 40.4 64 2 4 3 13 14 14-22 48 4 60 4005 66.8 27 2

Opponents 69 2522 36.6 69 3 4 15 8 19 4-8 45 1 51 3149 61.7 7 1

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OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot

Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off

Sep 03 ILLINOIS STATE 26 18 0 14 25 166 1 17 25-30-0 166 1 17 2 44 0 23 0 0 0 0 184

09/12/09 at Indiana State 25 24 0 13 11 71 0 18 11-22-1 71 0 18 2 74 0 57 1 2 0 2 95

09-19-09 at Southeast Missouri 37 210 2 47 17 171 0 29 17-35-1 171 0 29 4 100 0 38 1 3 0 3 381

Sep 26 at Austin Peay 34 95 2 27 18 156 1 28 18-32-1 156 1 28 4 101 0 41 2 29 0 22 251

Oct 03 EASTERN KENTUCKY 50 128 2 26 19 293 2 60 19-31-1 293 2 60 4 87 0 28 3 9 0 1 421

Oct 10 at Penn State 36 285 3 26 17 268 3 51 17-26-1 268 3 51 0 0 0 0 6 37 0 20 553

Oct 17 TENNESSEE TECH 15 78 0 46 19 198 2 29 19-46-2 198 2 29 4 126 0 81 3 15 0 12 276

Oct 24 at Jacksonville State 38 129 2 17 16 236 1 38 16-26-1 236 1 38 0 0 0 0 4 56 0 28 365

Oct 31 at Murray State 34 41 1 9 16 127 0 20 16-28-1 127 0 20 4 111 0 34 5 53 0 54 168

Nov 14 UT MARTIN 31 127 2 19 16 170 0 20 16-32-1 170 0 20 4 63 0 20 0 0 0 0 297

Nov 19 TENNESSEE STATE 53 176 2 35 9 135 1 74 9-16-0 135 1 74 3 55 0 30 1 -4 0 0 311

Nov 28 at Southern Illinois 53 323 3 58 13 66 2 11 13-17-1 66 2 11 0 0 0 0 4 50 0 23 389

Opponents 432 1634 19 58 196 2057 13 74 196-341-11 2057 13 74 31 761 0 81 30 250 0 54 3691

Eastern Illinois 440 1493 11 65 184 2288 19 52 184-327-11 2288 19 52 40 960 1 87 22 154 0 23 3781

Games played: 12

Avg per rush: 3.8

Avg per catch: 10.5

Pass efficiency: 114.28

Kick ret avg: 24.5

Punt ret avg: 8.3

All purpose avg/game: 397.8

Total offense avg/gm: 307.6

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense Blkd PAT Attempts

Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf pts

Sep 03 ILLINOIS STATE 22 62 84 5.0-20 1.0-7 0 1-0 1-0 1 4 0 0-0 0 0 0 6

09/12/0 at Indiana State 32 30 62 4.0-12 3.0-27 0 1-0 0-0 1 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0

09-19-0 at Southeast Missouri 40 40 80 6.0-25 0.0-0 3 4-0 0-0 0 1 0 2-2 0 0 0 14

Sep 26 at Austin Peay 36 28 64 6.0-23 1.0-11 0 1-0 0-0 0 5 0 2-2 0 0 0 20

Oct 03 EASTERN KENTUCKY 34 32 66 8.0-38 7.0-36 2 3--5 2-22 4 2 2 4-4 0 0 1 36

Oct 10 at Penn State 27 54 81 11.0-42 5.0-30 1 1-91 1-11 0 5 1 7-7 0 0 0 52

Oct 17 TENNESSEE TECH 39 58 97 10.0-25 2.0-14 1 0-0 2-22 1 5 2 1-2 0 0 1 15

Oct 24 at Jacksonville State 25 42 67 4.0-17 1.0-6 0 0-0 1-1 1 5 0 2-3 0 0 0 20

Oct 31 at Murray State 31 38 69 9.0-47 5.0-35 2 1-0 0-0 1 1 0 1-1 0 0 0 10

Nov 14 UT MARTIN 34 38 72 8.0-18 1.0-7 1 1-0 0-0 1 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 13

Nov 19 TENNESSEE STATE 35 12 47 3.0-19 2.0-11 1 1-0 3-14 4 6 1 3-3 0 0 0 21

Nov 28 at Southern Illinois 33 26 59 8.0-40 4.0-29 3 5-28 1-2 7 2 0 6-6 0 0 0 48

Opponents 388 460 848 82.0-326 32.0-213 14 19-114 11-72 21 39 6 29-31 0 0 2 255

Eastern Illinois 403 398 801 73.0-292 24.0-157 16 15-0 11-234 29 36 4 34-34 0 0 1 282

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs

Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob

Sep 03 ILLINOIS STATE 6 220 36.7 44 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 0 0 2 121 60.5 0 0

09/12/0 at Indiana State 6 203 33.8 55 0 0 1 1 3 0-1 0 0 1 61 61.0 0 0

09-19-0 at Southeast Missouri 4 184 46.0 55 0 0 0 3 2 0-2 0 0 4 282 70.5 1 0

Sep 26 at Austin Peay 6 179 29.8 51 1 0 2 1 0 0-0 0 0 3 196 65.3 0 0

Oct 03 EASTERN KENTUCKY 5 159 31.8 45 1 0 0 0 2 0-0 0 0 6 383 63.8 0 0

Oct 10 at Penn State 2 80 40.0 43 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 25 0 9 577 64.1 1 0

Oct 17 TENNESSEE TECH 7 308 44.0 69 0 1 1 2 3 0-0 0 0 3 128 42.7 0 1

Oct 24 at Jacksonville State 6 185 30.8 46 1 1 0 0 3 0-0 0 0 4 211 52.8 0 0

Oct 31 at Murray State 9 378 42.0 62 0 1 4 1 1 1-1 29 0 3 197 65.7 1 0

Nov 14 UT MARTIN 6 215 35.8 49 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 3 198 66.0 1 0

Nov 19 TENNESSEE STATE 8 272 34.0 48 0 1 2 0 3 0-1 0 1 4 222 55.5 0 0

Nov 28 at Southern Illinois 4 139 34.8 40 0 0 2 0 1 2-2 45 0 9 573 63.7 3 0

Opponents 69 2522 36.6 69 3 4 15 8 19 4-8 45 1 51 3149 61.7 7 1

Eastern Illinois 52 2100 40.4 64 2 4 3 13 14 14-22 48 4 60 4005 66.8 27 2

2009 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALLEastern Illinois Game Superlatives (as of Nov 28, 2009)

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INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 29 WILLIAMS, Mon vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009)Yards Rushing 119 WILLIAMS, Mon at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)TD Rushes 2 WILLIAMS, Mon at Indiana State (09/12/09)Long Rush 65 WILLIAMS, Mon at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)Pass attempts 36 CHRISTENSEN, Jake at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009)Pass completions 21 CHRISTENSEN, Jake at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009)

21 CHRISTENSEN, Jake vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)Yards Passing 322 CHRISTENSEN, Jake vs UT Martin (Nov 14, 2009)TD Passes 4 CHRISTENSEN, Jake vs UT Martin (Nov 14, 2009)Long Pass 52 CHRISTENSEN, Jake at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)Receptions 6 POTEMPA, Jimmy at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009)Yards Receiving 108 GRAVES, Charles vs UT Martin (Nov 14, 2009)TD Receptions 2 GRAVES, Charles vs UT Martin (Nov 14, 2009)Long Reception 52 RICKS, Lorence at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)Field Goals 3 SIGNOR, Austin at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009)

3 SIGNOR, Austin vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009)3 SIGNOR, Austin at Murray State (Oct 31, 2009)

Long Field Goal 48 SIGNOR, Austin vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009)Punts 8 COOK, Kevin at Murray State (Oct 31, 2009)Punting Avg 51.0 COOK, Kevin vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009)Long Punt 64 COOK, Kevin vs Tennessee State (Nov 19, 2009)Long Punt Return 23 HAYNES, Rashad at Murray State (Oct 31, 2009)Long Kickoff Return 87 RICKS, Lorence at Jacksonville State (Oct 24, 2009)Tackles 16 LEMAN, Cory at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)Sacks 1.0 JAMES, CJ vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009)

1.0 DOWDELL, Artavious vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009)1.0 LIMA, Andre vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009)1.0 BURGE, Perry vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009)1.0 LEMAN, Cory at Indiana State (09/12/09)1.0 HOLLIDAY, Roosevelt at Indiana State (09/12/09)1.0 FRERICKS, Trevor at Indiana State (09/12/09)1.0 DOWDELL, Artavious at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)1.0 GALAN, Nathan at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009)1.0 BURGE, Perry at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009)1.0 REYNA, Carlos vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)1.0 KICKELS, Gordy vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)1.0 BURGE, Perry vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)1.0 BURGE, Perry at Jacksonville State (Oct 24, 2009)1.0 JAMES, CJ at Murray State (Oct 31, 2009)1.0 CAMPBELL, Sean at Murray State (Oct 31, 2009)1.0 BAZIGOS, Spyros at Murray State (Oct 31, 2009)1.0 LUCZYNSKI, Colin at Murray State (Oct 31, 2009)1.0 BURGE, Perry at Murray State (Oct 31, 2009)1.0 FRERICKS, Trevor at Murray State (Oct 31, 2009)1.0 DOWDELL, Artavious vs Tennessee State (Nov 19, 2009)

Tackles For Loss 7.0 FRERICKS, Trevor vs Tennessee State (Nov 19, 2009)Interceptions 1 JAMES, CJ at Indiana State (09/12/09)

1 JAMES, CJ at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)1 FRERICKS, Trevor at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009)1 REYNA, Carlos vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)1 NASTI, Nick at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)1 JAMES, CJ vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009)1 PENROW, Shelton vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009)1 JAMES, CJ at Jacksonville State (Oct 24, 2009)1 HAYNES, Rashad at Murray State (Oct 31, 2009)1 JAMES, CJ vs UT Martin (Nov 14, 2009)


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1 MERCIER, Bobson at Southern Illinois (Nov 28, 2009)


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TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 52 vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009)Yards Rushing 231 at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)Yards Per Rush 5.6 at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)TD Rushes 2 at Indiana State (09/12/09)

2 vs UT Martin (Nov 14, 2009)Pass attempts 36 at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009)

36 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)Pass completions 21 at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009)

21 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)Yards Passing 322 vs UT Martin (Nov 14, 2009)Yards Per Pass 14.0 vs UT Martin (Nov 14, 2009)TD Passes 4 vs UT Martin (Nov 14, 2009)Total Plays 81 vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009)Total Offense 523 at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)Yards Per Play 7.8 at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)Points 49 vs UT Martin (Nov 14, 2009)Sacks By 6 at Murray State (Oct 31, 2009)First Downs 24 vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009)

24 at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)Penalties 10 at Indiana State (09/12/09)Penalty Yards 78 at Indiana State (09/12/09)Turnovers 6 at Southern Illinois (Nov 28, 2009)Interceptions By 2 vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009)


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OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 28 WALKER, C.J., vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)Yards Rushing 155 Karim, Deji, at Southern Illinois (Nov 28, 2009)TD Rushes 2 HOLT, Terrence, at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009)

2 Karim, Deji, at Southern Illinois (Nov 28, 2009)Long Rush 58 Karim, Deji, at Southern Illinois (Nov 28, 2009)Pass attempts 46 SWEENEY, Lee, vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009)Pass completions 20 Kiel, vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009)Yards Passing 293 PRYOR, T.J., vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)TD Passes 3 Clark, Daryll, at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)Long Pass 74 McNAIRL,Calvin, vs Tennessee State (Nov 19, 2009)Receptions 6 Cline, vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009)

6 ALLEN, Colin, vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009)6 TOWNSEL, Derric, at Murray State (Oct 31, 2009)6 HICKS, Mike, vs UT Martin (Nov 14, 2009)

Yards Receiving 120 HARRIS, O., vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)TD Receptions 1 Graves, vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009)

1 THOMAS, Scott, at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009)1 ALDRIN, Ryan, vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)1 HARRIS, O., vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)1 Powell, Chaz, at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)1 Moye, Derek, at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)1 Brackett, Brett, at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)1 ALLEN, Colin, vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009)1 OLVERSON, Alden, vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009)1 WILKERSON,James, at Jacksonville State (Oct 24, 2009)1 BRIGHT,Ronald, vs Tennessee State (Nov 19, 2009)1 Karim, Deji, at Southern Illinois (Nov 28, 2009)1 Goode, John, at Southern Illinois (Nov 28, 2009)

Long Reception 74 HILLS,Joseph, vs Tennessee State (Nov 19, 2009)Field Goals 2 Dougherty, Kyle, at Southern Illinois (Nov 28, 2009)Long Field Goal 45 Dougherty, Kyle, at Southern Illinois (Nov 28, 2009)Punts 9 CULLEN, Kienan, at Murray State (Oct 31, 2009)Punting Avg 50.8 LENNARTZ, Jason, vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009)Long Punt 69 LENNARTZ, Jason, vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009)Long Punt Return 54 TROTTER, Ja-Von, at Murray State (Oct 31, 2009)Long Kickoff Return 81 WALLACE, Mauric, vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009)Tackles 15 HENDERSON,Alexa, at Jacksonville State (Oct 24, 2009)Sacks 2.0 Odrick, Jared, at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)

2.0 LANE, Austen, at Murray State (Oct 31, 2009)2.0 BAKER,Kalvin, vs Tennessee State (Nov 19, 2009)

Tackles For Loss 3.5 Odrick, Jared, at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)Interceptions 2 CALDWELL, J., vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)

2 JOHNSON,Ty'Ron, vs Tennessee State (Nov 19, 2009)


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OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 53 vs Tennessee State (Nov 19, 2009)53 at Southern Illinois (Nov 28, 2009)

Yards Rushing 323 at Southern Illinois (Nov 28, 2009)Yards Per Rush 7.9 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)TD Rushes 3 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)

3 at Southern Illinois (Nov 28, 2009)Pass attempts 46 vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009)Pass completions 25 vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009)Yards Passing 293 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)Yards Per Pass 10.3 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)TD Passes 3 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)Total Plays 81 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)Total Offense 553 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)Yards Per Play 8.9 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)Points 52 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)Sacks By 7 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)First Downs 28 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)Penalties 9 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)Penalty Yards 70 at Indiana State (09/12/09)

70 at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)Turnovers 5 vs Tennessee Tech (Oct 17, 2009)Interceptions By 3 vs Tennessee State (Nov 19, 2009)

2009 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALLEastern Illinois By-Quarter Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2009)

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3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime

Sep 03, 2009 ILLINOIS STATE W 31-6 5-9 55.6 0-2 0.0 2-2 100.0 1-1 100.0 2-4 50.0

09/12/09 at Indiana State W 31-0 9-14 64.3 2-3 66.7 1-3 33.3 2-3 66.7 4-5 80.0

09-19-09 at Southeast Missouri W 23-14 10-13 76.9 2-2 100.0 3-4 75.0 1-2 50.0 4-5 80.0

Sep 26, 2009 at Austin Peay W 30-20 3-15 20.0 2-3 66.7 0-3 0.0 0-4 0.0 1-5 20.0

Oct 03, 2009 EASTERN KENTUCKY L 31-36 6-12 50.0 1-2 50.0 1-3 33.3 3-4 75.0 1-3 33.3

Oct 10, 2009 at Penn State L 3-52 5-15 33.3 0-2 0.0 4-8 50.0 0-2 0.0 1-3 33.3

Oct 17, 2009 TENNESSEE TECH W 23-15 7-16 43.8 0-2 0.0 2-4 50.0 3-5 60.0 2-5 40.0

Oct 24, 2009 at Jacksonville State W 28-20 4-14 28.6 3-5 60.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-6 16.7

Oct 31, 2009 at Murray State W 16-10 2-12 16.7 0-2 0.0 0-3 0.0 0-3 0.0 2-4 50.0

Nov 14, 2009 UT MARTIN W 49-13 7-10 70.0 0-0 0.0 2-3 66.7 4-4 100.0 1-3 33.3

Nov 19, 2009 TENNESSEE STATE L 10-21 3-12 25.0 1-3 33.3 0-3 0.0 2-4 50.0 0-2 0.0

Nov 28, 2009 at Southern Illinois L 7-48 2-11 18.2 0-3 0.0 0-2 0.0 1-3 33.3 1-3 33.3

Eastern Illinois 63-153 41.2 11-29 37.9 15-41 36.6 17-35 48.6 20-48 41.7 0-0 0.0

Opponents 57-163 35.0 17-41 41.5 15-45 33.3 16-37 43.2 9-40 22.5 0-0 0.0

4th-Down Conversions


Sep 03, 2009 ILLINOIS STATE W 31-6 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0

09/12/09 at Indiana State W 31-0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0

09-19-09 at Southeast Missouri W 23-14 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0

Sep 26, 2009 at Austin Peay W 30-20 2-4 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 1-2 50.0

Oct 03, 2009 EASTERN KENTUCKY L 31-36 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0

Oct 10, 2009 at Penn State L 3-52 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0

Oct 17, 2009 TENNESSEE TECH W 23-15 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0

Oct 24, 2009 at Jacksonville State W 28-20 1-3 33.3 1-2 50.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0

Oct 31, 2009 at Murray State W 16-10 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0

Nov 14, 2009 UT MARTIN W 49-13 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0

Nov 19, 2009 TENNESSEE STATE L 10-21 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0

Nov 28, 2009 at Southern Illinois L 7-48 1-3 33.3 1-1 100.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0

Eastern Illinois 4-13 30.8 2-4 50.0 0-1 0.0 1-1 100.0 1-7 14.3 0-0 0.0

Opponents 7-21 33.3 1-3 33.3 1-3 33.3 1-2 50.0 4-13 30.8 0-0 0.0

Time of Possession


Sep 03, 2009 ILLINOIS STATE W 31-6 30:39 5:37 6:59 8:44 9:19

09/12/09 at Indiana State W 31-0 34:54 7:36 6:10 9:14 11:54

09-19-09 at Southeast Missouri W 23-14 32:45 7:05 6:05 11:00 8:35

Sep 26, 2009 at Austin Peay W 30-20 29:42 5:25 6:44 7:46 9:47

Oct 03, 2009 EASTERN KENTUCKY L 31-36 25:30 3:25 6:58 9:35 5:32

Oct 10, 2009 at Penn State L 3-52 30:21 5:42 10:47 7:44 6:08

Oct 17, 2009 TENNESSEE TECH W 23-15 43:10 12:14 9:43 11:43 9:30

Oct 24, 2009 at Jacksonville State W 28-20 29:14 10:53 4:51 3:44 9:46

Oct 31, 2009 at Murray State W 16-10 29:51 4:40 8:37 6:30 10:04

Nov 14, 2009 UT MARTIN W 49-13 33:07 6:37 8:28 9:24 8:38

Nov 19, 2009 TENNESSEE STATE L 10-21 25:13 6:08 5:52 8:30 4:43

Nov 28, 2009 at Southern Illinois L 7-48 24:32 4:53 7:59 5:12 6:28

Eastern Illinois Total 368:58 80:15 89:13 99:06 100:24 0:00

Avg. 30:44 6:41 7:26 8:15 8:22 0:00

Opponents Total 351:02 99:45 90:47 80:54 79:36 0:00

Avg. 29:15 8:18 7:33 6:44 6:38 0:00

2009 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALLEastern Illinois Red-Zone Results (as of Nov 28, 2009)

All games

Eastern Illinois Inside Opponent Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ

Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game

Sep 03, 2009 ILLINOIS STATE W 31-6 5 4 24 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0

09/12/09 at Indiana State W 31-0 3 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0

09-19-09 at Southeast Missouri W 23-14 4 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0

Sep 26, 2009 at Austin Peay W 30-20 6 5 27 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0

Oct 03, 2009 EASTERN KENTUCKY L 31-36 2 1 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Oct 10, 2009 at Penn State L 3-52 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Oct 17, 2009 TENNESSEE TECH W 23-15 3 2 10 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Oct 24, 2009 at Jacksonville State W 28-20 4 3 21 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Oct 31, 2009 at Murray State W 16-10 3 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nov 14, 2009 UT MARTIN W 49-13 4 4 28 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nov 19, 2009 TENNESSEE STATE L 10-21 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nov 28, 2009 at Southern Illinois L 7-48 2 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Totals 38 26 146 17 8 9 9 2 4 0 5 1 0

26 of 38 (68.4%)

Opponents Inside Eastern Illinois Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ

Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game

Sep 03, 2009 ILLINOIS STATE W 31-6 1 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

09/12/09 at Indiana State W 31-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

09-19-09 at Southeast Missouri W 23-14 3 2 14 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Sep 26, 2009 at Austin Peay W 30-20 3 3 20 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Oct 03, 2009 EASTERN KENTUCKY L 31-36 6 3 20 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0

Oct 10, 2009 at Penn State L 3-52 4 4 24 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Oct 17, 2009 TENNESSEE TECH W 23-15 2 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Oct 24, 2009 at Jacksonville State W 28-20 2 2 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Oct 31, 2009 at Murray State W 16-10 2 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nov 14, 2009 UT MARTIN W 49-13 2 2 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nov 19, 2009 TENNESSEE STATE L 10-21 3 3 21 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nov 28, 2009 at Southern Illinois L 7-48 6 5 31 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

Totals 34 28 180 25 17 8 3 1 2 1 2 0 0

28 of 34 (82.4%)

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