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EASTERN ILLINOISPANTHER FOOTBALL

GAME 7

QUICk FACtS

COACHES: Bob Spoo (Purdue, 1960) EIURecord..........136-111-1(22ndyear) OVCRecord................61-30(13thyear) vs.TennesseeTech.......................... 10-2

Watson Brown (Vanderbilt, 1973) TTURecord................. 10-18(3rdyear) OverallRecord.... 104-169-1(25thyear) OVCRecord..................12-20(5thyear) vs.EIU............................................... 0-2

SERIES EIUleads11-4 Lastmeeting,EIUwon38-20 onNov.22,2008atCookeville,Tenn.

RANkINGS EasternIllinois........................... RV/25 PennState..................................RV/NR .............................. SportsNetwork/FCSCoaches

RADIO PantherRadioNetwork HitMix88.9FM-flagshipstation WHOW1510AM&WMKR94.3FM www.weiuhitmix.net Play-by-Play........................ MikeBradd Analyst............................. JackAshmore

tELEVISION WEIU-Channel51 Play-by-Play........................ MikeBradd Analyst............................. JackAshmore Sideline.................................JohnTwork

INtERNEt LiveStats.............www.eiupanthers.com VideoStream........www.OVCSports.TV

Panthers Return to O’Brien Field ForHomecoming Game Against tennessee tech

No. 25 Eastern Illinois (4-2, 2-1 OVC) vs. tennessee tech (3-2, 2-1 OVC)O’Brien Field (10,000) • Charleston, Ill.

October 17, 2009 • 1:30 p.m. • tV: WEIU Channel 51

tHE GAME EasternIllinois returns toOhioValleyConferenceactiononSaturdayafternoonas thePanthershostTennesseeTechatO’BrienField.Bothteamsenterthecontestwitha2-1recordintheOVCandsittiedforthirdintheconferencerace.ThegamewillserveasthePanthershomecomingcontestandathletichalloffamegame.DuringthegameEasternIllinoiswillretiretheNo.17formerlywornbyAll-AmericanquarterbackTonyRomo. Eastern Illinois enters the game on a two game losing skid following a home loss toEasternKentuckyonOct.3andlastweekend’slossatPennState.ThePantherswerelimitedtoonlythreepointsagainsttheNittanyLionsduringthe52-3setbackinHappyValley.EIUhasnotlostahomecominggamesince1999,thatlosswastoTennesseeTech. TennesseeTech enters the weekend with two straight OVC wins as they knocked offAustinPeayonOct.3beforewinningontheroadatUTMartinovertheweekend.IntheirtwoOVCwinsTTUhaswonbyeightpointsorlessonbothoccasions.TheironeOVClossthisyearwasa17-7lossatEasternKentucky.

tHE SERIES This will be the 16th meeting between Eastern Illinois and Tennessee Tech with thePanthersholdingan11-4all-timeserieslead.EIUhaswonfourstraightintheseriesand11-of-13sincejoiningtheOhioValleyConference.OneofthetwolosseswastoTennesseeTechin1999duringthePanthershomecomingcontest,thelastEIUlossduringhomecoming.LastyearinCookeville,EIUchurnedout296rushingyardsduringa38-20winovertheGoldenEagles.InthatgameTrevorusBess(163)andChevonWalker(109)bothrushedformorethan100yardswhileDesminWardscoredthreerushingtouchdowns.

Eastern Illinois (4-2, 2-1 OVC)

Date Opponent Score/timeSept. 3 ILLINOISSTATE W31-6Sept. 12 atIndianaState W31-0Sept. 19 *atSoutheastMissouri W23-14Sept.26 *atAustinPeay W30-20Oct. 3 *EASTERNKENTUCKY L31-36Oct. 10 atPennState L3-52Oct. 17 *TENNESSEETECH(HC) 1:30pmOct. 24 *atJacksonvilleState 1pmOct. 31 *atMurrayState 1pmNov. 14 *UTMARTIN 1:30pmNov. 19 *TENNESSEESTATE 5:30pm *OhioValleyConferenceGame AllTimesCentral

tennessee tech (3-2, 2-1 OVC)

Date Opponent Score/timeSept. 10 PIKEVILLECOLLEGE W51-10Sept. 19 *atEasternKentucky L7-17Sept. 26 atKansasState L7-49Oct. 3 *AUSTINPEAY W31-23Oct. 10 *atUTMartin W35-28Oct. 17 *atEasternIllinois 1:30pmOct. 24 *SOUTHEASTMISSOURI 1:30pmOct. 31 *TENNESSEESTATE 1:30pmNov. 7 atGeorgia NoonNov. 14 *atJacksonvilleState NoonNov. 21 *MURRAYSTATE 1:30pm

*OhioValleyConferenceGame AllTimesCentral

October 17, 2009 • Eastern Illinois vs. tennessee tech • • www.EIUpanthers.com


2009 SPORtS NEtWORktOP 25

(Week 6)

Rk. team 2009 Record 1. Richmond(119) 5-0 2. NorthernIowa(11) 5-1 3. Montana 5-0 4. NewHampshire(1) 5-0 5. SouthernIllinois 4-1 6. Villanova 5-1 7. William&Mary 5-1 8. Elon 5-1 9. AppalachianState 3-2 10. CentralArkansas 4-1 11. SouthCarolinaState 4-1 12. JacksonvilleState 4-2 13. McNeeseState 3-2 14. SouthDakotaState 4-1 15. WeberState 3-3 16. JamesMadison 2-3 17. Colgate 6-0 18. Massachusetts 3-2 19. CalPoly 2-3 20. StephenF.Austin 4-1 21. EasternWashington 4-2 22. FloridaA&M 4-1 23. Delaware 4-2 24. EasternKentucky 3-2 25. HolyCross 4-1 Also Receiving Votes EAStERN ILLINOIS 4-2

2009 FCS Coaches Poll (Week 6)

Rk. team 2009 Record 1. Richmond(28) 5-0 2. Montana 5-0 3. NorthernIowa 5-1 4. NewHampshire 5-0 5. SouthernIllinois 4-1 6. Villanova 5-1 7. William&Mary 5-1 8. CentralArkansas 4-1 9. Elon 5-1 10. AppalachianState 3-2 11. McNeeseState 3-2 12. SouthCarolinaState 4-1 13. JacksonvilleState 4-2 14. SouthDakotaState 4-1 15. WeberState 3-3 16. JamesMadison 2-3 17. EasternWashington 4-2 18. Colgate 6-0 19. CalPoly 2-3 20. Massachusetts 3-2 21. StephenF.Austin 4-1 22. FloridaA&M 4-1 23. EasternKentucky 3-2 24. HolyCross 3-1 25. EAStERN ILLINOIS 4-2

EAStERN ILLINOIS HEAD COACH BOB SPOO ThedeanofOhioValleyConferenceCoaches,Eastern Illinois head coachBobSpoo returns tothesidelinesforhis22ndseasononthesidelinesand23rd seasonoverall. Spoomissed the2006seasonwithamedical illness. Hiscareerrecordis 136-111-1 at EIU including a 61-30 mark inOVC action. Since taking over the program in1987,Spoohasbecomeoneofthemostrespectedcoaches in thegamewithnumerous assistantsmovingon to succeed at all levels of thecoachingbusiness.Hewasthe1995FootballGazetteI-AACoachoftheYearandrunner-upfortheEddieRobinsonCoachoftheYearAwardin2000.A1960graduateofPurdueUniversity,SpoohascoachedthePanthersto8NCAAFCSplayoffberthsandtenTop25national rankings. This seasonEIUwillplayatPennStatematching twoof the longesttenuredheadcoacheshead-to-headonOct.10.

tENNESSEE tECH HEAD COACH WAtSON BROWN WatsonBrownentershis25thyearasacollegiateheadcoachthisyearandhis thirdseason as the head man at Tennessee Tech. A native of Cookeville, Tenn., Brown hadpreviouslyservedastheheadcoachatAustinPeay,Cincinnati,Rice,VanderbiltandUABbefore takingoveratTennesseeTech in2007. Hiscareer record is104-169-1whilehisrecord atTTU is 10-18. Brown is a 1973graduate ofVanderbiltwhere heplayedbothfootballandbaseballfortheCommodores.

SCOUtING tENNESSEE tECH TennesseeTechhasoneofthebestquarterbacksintheOhioValleyConferenceinseniorLeeSweeney.Thisseasonhehaspassedfor957yardsand7touchdownsspreadingtheballoutto14differentreceivers.LastSaturdayatUTMartinSweeneybecametheTennesseeTechcareerleaderinpassingyardswith6,346.HisfavoritetargetisTimBenfordwith19catchesfor355yards. ThedefenseisledbyOVCDefensivePlayeroftheWeekDustinDillehaywith41tackles.DedrickMileyistheteamleaderinsackswiththree.

ON tHIS DAtE IN EIU HIStORY October17,1970–EasternIllinoisfailedonthreepoint-afterconversionsandalloweda90-yardkickoffreturnbyBillyLewislateinthethirdquarterasthePanthersdroppedtheirfirsthomecominggameatLincolnField(laterO’BrienField)toIllinoisState29-20.RonGustafsonpassed for two touchdowns andKenWerner rushed forone score and caughtanothertouchdownpassforEIU.

PANtHERS ON HOMECOMING EasternIllinoiswillbeplayingits93rdhomecominggamethisyearwhenthePanthershostTennesseeTech.ThiswillmarkonlythesecondtimethattheGoldenEagleshavebeentheopponentforEIU’shomecomingcontestwithTTUwinningthatgame14-7in1999.EasternIllinoishasposteda47-37-8recordall-time inhomecominggames includingninestraightwins.ThefirstEIUhomecominggamewasin1915withthePantherspickingupa52-6winoverShurtleffCollege.SincemovingtoO’BrienFieldforthe1970seasonEasternIllinoishasposteda27-10-2recordinhomecominggames.

HALL OF FAME HONOREES AspartoftheweekendfestivitiesEasternIllinoiswillalsobeinductingfivepeopleintoitsathleticshalloffame.BeinginductedpriortothegameatabrunchonSaturdaymorningandthenhonoredduringhalftimeofthegamewillbe:longtimeathleticsupporterand2006GlenHeslerAwardwinnerEdCorley;formermen’sbasketballAll-AmericanandEIUcareerleadingscorerHenryDomercant;formerbaseballstandoutandAll-OVCselectionSeanLyons;1965NAIANationalChampionwrestlerDonNeece;andformerAll-Americanquarterbackand2002WalterPaytonAwardwinnerTonyRomo.

Longest tenured division i Head CoaCHes

(at same sCHooL)

1..JoePaterno(PennState)........................since1966 2...BobFord(Albany).................................since1973 3...BobbyBowden(FloridaState)..............since1976 4...AndyTalley(Villanova)........................since1985 5...FrankBeamer(VirginiaTech)...............since1987 ...Bob Spoo (Eastern Illinois) ................ since 1987



tALE OF tHE tAPE

PointsPerGame............................. 24.8........................26.2AveragePointsAllowed................. 21.3........................25.4FirstDowns.....................................111.......................... 79RushingYardsPerGame.............. 137.5.......................88.4RushingTouchdowns........................6............................ 10PassingYardsPerGame............... 207.3......................203.4PassingTouchdowns........................11............................ 7AverageYardsPerGame.............. 344.8......................291.9InterceptionsThrown........................4............................. 3Fumbles-Lost..............................14-11....................... 4-1TurnoversGained.............................13............................ 7PuntingAverage............................. 39.5........................36.7FieldGoals(ATT/MADE)..........7-for-10.................. 2-for-53rdDownConversions........... 38-78(49%)..........24-60(40%)4thDownConversions....................2-6......................... 2-2Sacks(Yards)...............................14(92).................... 6(42)Penalties(Yards).........................33(305)................. 34(310)TimeofPossession(Game)..........30:38......................27:54

Statistical Leaders

RUSHING YARDSEAStERN ILLINOIS tENNESSEE tECHMonWilliams....................505 DonteyGay........................206ChevonWalker..................181 TremaineHudson...............160

PASSING YARDSEAStERN ILLINOIS tENNESSEE tECHJakeChristensen..............1227 LeeSweeney......................957

RECEPtIONSEAStERN ILLINOIS tENNESSEE tECHJimmyPotempa...................21 TimBenford.........................19KennyWhittaker.................18 AntonioRobinson................13ChrisWright........................12 TremaineHudson.................11

tACkLESEAStERN ILLINOIS tENNESSEE tECHCoryLeman........................55 DustinDillehay....................41GordyKickels.....................30 CalebMitchell......................30NickNasti...........................29 HowardGriffin.....................29

INtERCEPtIONSEAStERN ILLINOIS tENNESSEE tECHCJJames................................2 DustinDillehay......................2CarlosReyna.........................1 TravidAdkins.........................1

COOk NAMED tOP SPECIALISt Eastern Illinois punterKevinCookwas named theOhioValleyConferenceSpecialistoftheWeekfollowinghiseffortsatPennState.Thejunioraveraged48.2yardsperpuntonsixattemptswithalongpunt of 58 yards and another punt pinned inside the 20. For theseasonCook isaveraging43.4yardsperpuntwhich leads theOVCandwouldrank10thintheFCSifhehadenoughattemptstoqualifyforthenationalstandings.Cookhashadfourpuntsofmorethan50yardswithanotherfourpinnedinsidethe20.TwoyearsagoCookwasanhonorablementionAll-AmericanashebrokeJeffGossett’sseasonpuntingrecordwithanaverageof44.6yardsperpunt.

ROMO tO GEt REtIRED AspartofSaturday’scontestEasternIllinoiswillofficiallyretiretheNo.17previouslywornbyquarterbackTonyRomo. RomowillbecomethefirstEasternIllinoisplayertohavehisnumberretiredandonlythefifthformerEIUathletetobehonoredinthatmanner.RomowasthePanthersstartingquarterbackfrom2000-02leadingtheteamtothreestraightFCSplayoffberthswhilewinningthreestraightOVCPlayeroftheYearAwards.In2002hewasnamedtheWalterPaytonAwardwinnerendinghiscareertheOVCcareerleaderintouchdownpasseswith85.RomojoinsformerbaseballstarMartyPattin,basketballstarKevinDuckworth,women’sbasketballstarNancyKassebaumandmen’ssoccerplayerErikProffittasplayersformerlyrecognized.

PANtHERS PLAY tO BIG CROWD Eastern Illinoisplayednotonly toanationalaudienceonESPNClassiconSaturdayatPennStatebutthePanthersalsoplayedinfrontofthebiggestcrowdtoeverwatchanEasternIllinoisgame.TheBeaverStadiumcrowdwasannouncedat104,488whicheasilysurpassedtheprevioushighof60,131thatwatchedin2008whenthePanthersplayedatMemorialStadiuminIllinois.Thecrowdof100,000-pluswasalsothelargestcrowdevertoseeanOVCteamplaypassingthemarkof85,754whenTennesseeTechplayedatAuburnin2007.

PANtHERS DRAW A BIG CROWD At HOME WhilethecrowdthatEasternIllinoisdrewinitslasthomegameagainstEasternKentucky paled in comparison towhat thePanthersplayedinfrontofatPennState,thecrowdwasstillnoteworthy.DuringthePanthersgameonOct.3againsttheColonels,EIUdrewacrowdof11,271whichrankedasthe9thlargestcrowdevertowitnessagameatO’BrienField.Itmarkedonlythe10thtimethatacrowdof11,000ormorehadattendedagameandthethirdtimethathashappenedsincethePanthersjoinedtheOVC.Thepreviouscrowdof11,000-pluswasOct.27,2001whenEIUquarterbackedbyTonyRomowonashootoutwithTennesseeState,52-49.

HALFWAY tO A 1,000 RunningbackMonWilliamsseemedtogetslightlybackontrackonSaturdayatPennStateashefinishedthedaywith64yardson14carriesfora4.6yardspercarryaverage.ThateffortpushedWilliamsover the 500 yard mark for the season giving him 505 yards in sixgames.WilliamsislookingtogivethePanthersarunningbackovera1,000yardsforthesixthstraightseasonandbecomethe10thrunningback to accomplish that feat. Williams is averaging 84.2 yards pergamewhichranks34thinthecountryand3rdintheOVC.Thisseasonhehashadtwogameswithmorethan100-yardsrushing.



2009 OVC Standings

team ........................ OVC ......Pct............All ...... Pct.TennesseeState............2-0....1.000...........3-3...... .500EasternKentucky.........3-1.......750...........3-2...... .600Eastern Illinois ...........2-1 .......667...........4-2 ...... .667TennesseeTech.............2-1.......667...........3-2...... .600UTMartin....................1-2.......333...........2-4...... .333AustinPeay..................1-2.......333...........2-4...... .333MurrayState.................0-2.......000...........1-4...... .200SoutheastMissouri.......0-4.......000...........1-5...... .167

JacksonvilleState.......................................4-2...... .600

This Week In The OVCSaturday - October 17Tennessee Tech @ Eastern Illinois -- 1:30 [email protected]@TennesseeState--6p.m.

AustinPeay-OpenDateJacksonvilleState-OpenDateSoutheastMissouri-OpenDate

LAST WEEK’S OVC RESULTS@ Penn State 52, Eastern Illinois 3JacksonvilleState41,@MurrayState7TennesseeTech35,@UTMartin28TennesseeState20,@EasternKentucky17AustinPeay24,@SoutheastMissouri14

OVC Predicted Order Of Finish1.EaternKentucky(10)2.UTMartin(4)3. EAStERN ILLINOIS (2)4.TennesseeState(1)5.MurrayState(1)6.TennesseeTech7.AustinPeay8.SoutheastMissouri*JacksonvilleState(first place votes in parenthesis)JSUisnoteligiblefortheOVCChampionshiportheNCAAFCSplayoffsduetoanNCAAAPRpenalty.They can receive votes for both national polls.

Eastern Illinois Players OnAll-OVC Preseason TeamOffenseChazMillard-OffensiveGuard

MILLARD StREAk CONtINUES• Senior center Chaz Millard continueshis streak of consecutive games withoutallowingasackasheplayedagainstPennState.Millardhasnotallowedasackfor32straightgamesplayingrightguardthelast two seasons and center the first sixgamesthisyear.ThatstreakdatesbacktoNov.4,2006whenMillardallowedasacktoTennesseeState.

PANtHER INJURY REPORt• Eastern Illinois lost the services ofsophomore linebacker Cory Leman onSaturdayafterhesufferedanMCLinjuryto his knee which will keep him out oftheline-upfor4-to-6weeks.LemanwasthePanthersleadingtacklerwith55stopswhich ranked 44th in the nation. JuniorNateGalanwillbeagametimedecisionaftergettingbangedupinthegameatPennState. ThePanthersshouldhaveredshirtfreshman tight end Keagan Robinsonavailable toplayafterhemissed the lastfourweekswithahamstringinjury.

NO tACkLES FOR LOSS•EasternIllinoiswasheldwithoutatackleforlossonSaturdayatPennStatemarkingthe first time inmore than 22 years thathadhappened.ThelasttimeEIUwasheldwithout a tackle for losswasonSept.5,1987duringa24-3lossatSanJoseState.OntheseasonEasternIllinoisisaveraging6.33tacklesforlosspergamewhichranks51stoveralland6thintheOVC.

SIGNOR SENDS tWO MORE OUt• Though he was limited to only twochances to kickoff atPennState, seniorAustin Signor made the most of bothchances as he sailed both kicks into theend zone. Signor continues to lead theFCS ranks with 14 kicks for touchbackthis season. The only other kicker indouble digits this year is Ryan Griffithwith ten kicks for touchback. Signor isalso handling the field goal duties thisseasonandranksfirstintheOVCinfieldgoalsconverting7-of-10thisyear.

REEDER SEES tIME•BodieReederwasabletoseesometimeonthefieldatPennStatecompleting2-of-4passesfor10yards.Thosecompletionsmove his career total up to 350 whichplaceshimfourshyoftyingRogerHabererfor8thplaceonthecareerlist.

HOLDING tHEM UNDER 100•EasternIllinoiswasabletoholdarunningbacktolessthan100yardsinagameforthesixthstraightgamethisseasonasPennState’s top rusher Evan Royster finishedwith94yardsagainstthePanthers.DatingbacktolastseasonEIUhadnotalloweda100yard rusher in seven straightgames.On the season EIU ranks 45th againstthe run allowing only 126.67 yards percontest.

ANOtHER tURNOVER GAINED• Eastern Illinois added to its seasonturnovermarkonSaturdaywithNickNastigettinganinterceptionforthedefense.ThePanthersnowhave13turnoversgainedthisseasonwith interceptions in five straightgamesandatleastoneturnovergainedinallsixcontests. DatingbacktolastyearEIUnowhasastreakoftenstraightgameswithatleastoneturnovergained.

WHIttAkER BECOMING tARGEt• For the second straight week freshmanKennyWhittakerhasbecomethePanthersfavorite target at wide receiver makingfivecatchesineachofthelasttwogames.FortheseasonWhittakerhashauledin18passes fora team-high199yards. He isaveraging 11.1 yards per catchwith twotouchdownsontheyear.

FIRSt DOWN CAtCHES• When Eastern Illinois hits one of itsreceiversthisseasonmoreoftenthatnotithasresulted inafirstdown. Entering thegame with Tennessee Tech this weekendseven of the Panthers top eight receiversare averaging more than 10 yards perreception. Chavar Watkins and LorenceRickshavebeenthetwodeepthreatswithboth averaging over 20 yards per catch.ThePanthers leading receiver in termsofnumber of catches, Jimmy Potempa, isthelonereceiverinthetopeightundertenyardsperreceptionatonly6.4.

HAYNES ON tHE BREAk-UP•JuniorRashadHaynesaddedanotherpassbreak-up to his career stats on Saturdaygiving him 20 pass break-ups for hiscareerandateam-highsixontheseason.Haynesisamongagroupofplayerswhoare tied for 50th in the nation in passbreak-upsthisseasonwhileheranksthirdintheOVCbehindT.J.HeathofJSUandJeremyCaldwellofEKU.

October 17, 2009 • Eastern Illinois at tennessee tech • • www.EIUpanthers.com


Eastern Illinois In theOVC/NCAA Stats

(2009stats)

tEAMNCAA..........OVCRushingOffense(137.50)................... 63rd.............6thPassingOffense(207.33).................... 47th.............4thPassingEfficiency(137.46)............... 32nd.............3rdTotalOffense(344.83)........................ 50th.............4thScoringOffense(24.83)...................... 48th.............3rdRushingDefense(126.67).................. 45th.............4thPassDefense(187.50)......................... 50th.............3rdPassEfficiencyDef.(121.94)............ 62nd.............3rdTotalDefense(314.17)........................ 39th.............3rdScoringDefense(21.33)..................... 47th.............4thNetPunting(34.00)............................. 54th.............5thPuntReturns(8.00)............................ 52nd.............8thKickoffReturns(21.87)...................... 33rd.............6thTurnoverMargin(-0.33)..................... 75th.............7thTurnoversGained(13)....................... 22nd.............3rdSacks(2.33)......................................... 36th.............3rdTacklesForLoss(6.33)........................51st.............6thSacksAllowed(2.83).......................... 98th.............7th3rdDownConversion(48.72).............. 6th............. 1st4thDownConversion(33.33)............. 80th.............6th3rdDownDefense(42.31).................. 97th.............8thRedZoneOffense............................ 109th.............9thRedZoneDefense............................... 59th.............5thTimeofPossession(30:39)................. 44th.............4th

INDIVIDUAL (top 50)NCAA..........OVCMonWilliams(Rushing)..................... 34th.............3rdJakeChristensen(Pass.Eff.)............... 23rd.............3rdAustinSignor(FieldGoals)................ 33rd............. 1stCoryLeman(Tackles)......................... 44th.............3rdPerryBurge(Sacks)............................ 47th.............4th

DECADES BESt• Eastern Illinois enters the final seasonof thedecade tiedwithEasternKentuckyforthemostwinsofanyOVCschooloverthe lastnineyearswith68wins. Overallamong FCS schools, EIU ranks 28th tiedwithEasternKentucky.

Wins Since 200068 - Eastern Illinois68-EasternKentucky61-JacksonvilleState48-TennesseeState46-TennesseeTech39-MurrayState38-UTMartin37-SoutheastMissouri34-AustinPeay

AVOIDING tHE SHUtOUt• Eastern Illinois enters this week with astreakof72straightgameswithoutbeingshutout. The last time EIU was heldscorelesswasOct. 11, 2003 - a41-0 lossversusEasternKentucky.ThePanthersdidhaveastreakof26straightgamesinwhichthey have scored a touchdown snappedin the loss at Penn State. EIU’s longeststreakofconsecutivegameswithoutbeingshutout was 197 from 1977-1996 whichranksfourthall-timeamongFCSschools.

Longest OVC Active Streaks95-JacksonvilleState72-EasternIllinois52-UTMartin47-MurrayState

NCAA FBS tRANSFERS•LikemostschoolsattheNCAAFCSlevel,Eastern Illinois has its share of NCAAFBSleveltransfersintotheprogram.ThisseasonEIUaddedthreemoreFBSplayersgivingthematotaloftenFBStransfers.

EIU FBS transfers2-JimmyPotempa(Michigan)4-BodieReeder(Wyoming)5-ChevonWalker(Florida)7-MonWilliams(Florida)11-JakeChristensen(Iowa)25-SheltonPenrow(FloridaInternational)48-AustinSignor(Iowa)63-OtisHudson(Minnesota)92-MichaelLetton(Navy)99-TrevorFrericks(BowlingGreen)

SAME FACE, NEW NUMBER•SeveralEastern Illinoisplayerschangeduniforms numbers during the off seasonincluding starters Charles Graves andLorenceRicks.BelowarethesixplayerswhowillbedonninganewnumberforthePanthersthisseason.

Player..............................New ...............OldLorenceRicks...................... 3................. 81CoryLeman......................... 8................. 55CharlesGraves................... 18................. 87NickMartinez.................... 19................. 40JamesCooper..................... 24................. 39AlainMarcelin................... 44................. 51

PANtHERS tO PLAY ON ESPNU• EIU will make its first ever footballappearance on ESPNU this season whenthe Panthers host Tennessee State in theregular season finale. The game wasmovedtoThursday,Nov.19fortelevisionpurposes and will be a 5:30 p.m. kickoff. EIUcurrentlyhas everyhomegametelevised in the Central Illinois region byWEIU TV. The last nationally televisedcontest was on ESPN Classic on Oct. 10thisyearatPennState.

MAkING tHE BIG tEN ROUNDS•ThePantherswillcontinuetomaketheirtrip around the Big Ten Conference thisseasonas theyplayatPennStateonOct.10.AfternotplayingaBigTenschoolformorethan100yearsoffootball,EIUwillbefacingaBigTenopponentforthefourthstraightyear.Thatstringwillcontinueoverthenext twoyearswitha trip to Iowasetfor2010andNorthwesternin2011.

WALtERS MAkES tHE CUt•ThePantherswillhaveyet another faceintheNationalFootballLeaguethisseasonas2008graduatePierreWalterswasamongthoseplayersnamed to the53-man rosterfortheKansasCityChiefspriortothe2009NFLseason.WalterswasamultipletimeAll-American at Eastern Illinois endinghis career third in career tackles for lossat42.5.HejoinscurrentDallasCowboysquarterbackTonyRomo as active playersin the NFL while EIU also has severalcoachingalumniintheNFLrankswithheadcoach Sean Payton in New Orleans andheadcoachBradChildressinMinnesota.



PANtHERS INStALL NEW VIDEO SCOREBOARD•HomegamesatO’BrienFieldwillhavealittledifferentfeelthisseasonasthePanthershaveinstalledanewvideoscoreboardinthenorthendofthefield.Thevideoboardalsoincludesanewstate-of-the-artsoundsystem.ThescoreboardsystemwaspurchasedfromDaktronics, Inc.,andwillprovideanewdimension to thePanthershomegameexperience.TheonlycatchisthatPantherfanswillnowhavetogetaccustomedtoturningnorthinsteadofsouthwerethepreviousscoreboardshavestoodfor40years.

O’BRIEN FIELD tURNS 40•EasternIllinoiswillplayits40thseasonofintercollegiatefootballatO’BrienFieldthisseason.ThefieldwasoriginallyopenedasLincoln Field in 1970 with the Panthers losing the dedicationgameonSept.12againstIndianaState,28-18.ThefieldcomplexwaslaterrenamedO’BrienFieldinhonorofformerfootball,trackandcrosscountrycoachMaynard‘Pat’O’Brien.Inthe40yearsatO’Brien,EIUhasposteda150-68-3record(68percent)withsevenundefeatedseasons.

MILLARD NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN Senior Chaz Millard has been named a preseason All-AmericanbyseveralpublicationsafterearninghonorablementionAll-Americanhonorseachofthepasttwoseasonsatrightguard.During the spring due to injuries on the offensive lineMillardmovedovertothecenterpositionandplayedsowellhewonthestartingjobatthatspot.Heentersthe2009seasonwithastreakof26gameswithoutallowingasack.Hegradedoutat93percentlastseasonwith57decleaterblocks.

FAtHER/SON COMBO• When Jake Christensen suits up at quarterback for EasternIllinoishewilljoinhisfatherasoneoftworecentPantherfather/soncombinations.Christensen’sfatherJeffplayedquarterbackatEIUfrom1980-82andleftastheschool’scareerleadingpasserwith6,282yards.HehassincefallentofourthbutdoesstillrankinmanysingleseasonandcareertoptenlistsatEIU.LastseasonlinebackerShannonCobbwasamemberofthePanthersteamafterhisfatherDavidwasadefensivebackonthe1978EIUDivisionIINationalChampionshipteam.

LORA REPRESENtS tEAM USA• Incoming freshman wide receiver Erik Lora got a little extrafootball in this summer ashewas selected as amemberof thejuniorU.S.NationalFootballTeam.LoracompetedintheJuniorWorld Football Games helping the USAwin gold as he madesix catches for 75 yards and one touchdown in the three gametournament.

PANtHERS PICkED 3RD IN OVC•EasternIllinoiswasselectedtofinishthirdintheOVCpreseasoncoaches poll that was released mid-summer. The Panthersreceivedtwofirstplacevotesasfiveteamsreceivedatleastonefirstplacevote.EasternKentuckywasselectedtofinishfirstwithUTMartinpickedsecond.ProbableleaguefavoriteJacksonvilleStatewasnoteligiblefortheOVCtitlebasedonanNCAAAPRpenaltyforthisseason.

2..JimmyPotempa..................................poe-TIM-pah 8..CoryLeman.............................coor-EE*Lay-man12..BobsonMercier.........................................Mur-sear30..SeanSobolewski................................ so-bo-lou-ski44..AlainMarcelin.................................... mar-Sa-lynn58..AlexLuhring............................................ lure-Ring60..SethKnolhoff............................................ knoll-off89..DanielVehovic.....................................Va-hoe-vick90..SpyrosBazigos................... Spear-ro*bah-zee-gos94..AndreLima................................................ lee-mah95..NathanGalan.............................................. gah-lon96..ColinLuczynski..................................Loo-chin-ski97..JudesAmilcar....................... jewd-es*AH-mil-car99..TrevorFrericks.................................... Fra-air-ricks

HOW DO YOU SAY tHAt - EIU Pronunciation Guide

EIU Roster By Home StateIllinois......................................................................... 51Florida......................................................................... 21Ohio............................................................................... 5Wisconsin...................................................................... 5Indiana........................................................................... 3Arizona.......................................................................... 2Texas............................................................................. 2California...................................................................... 1Kentucky....................................................................... 1Iowa............................................................................... 1

EIU Roster By ClassGraduate........................................................................ 1Senior.......................................................................... 13Junior........................................................................... 16Sophomore.................................................................. 18RedshirtFreshman...................................................... 17Freshman..................................................................... 27

EIU 2008 ROStER BREAkDOWN BY StAtE/YEAR

OFFENSE 4..BodieReeder........................................Quarterback74..ChazMillard.................................OffensiveGuard

DEFENSE 1..AdrianArrington............................................Rover 9..SeymourLoftman................................. FreeSafety

2009 EAStERN ILLINOIS CAPtAINS

#11 - Jake Christensen (Quarterback)6-1, 215, Grad., Lockport, Ill. (Iowa)

IOWA:2008:StartedtwogamesagainstMaineandPittsburgh as Iowafinished the season playing theOutback Bowl... appeared in eight games passingfor396yardsand two touchdowns...was36-of-63withoneinterception...2007--Listedasfirstteamquarterback following spring practice . . . startedat quarterback and played every offensive play inopeningwinoverNorthernIllinoisasoffenserushedfor250yards andgained383yards totaloffense .. . completed 12-29 passes for 133 yards and onetouchdown, a five-yard toss in the second quarter. . . startedatquarterback inwinoverSyracuseas

offensegained408yardstotaloffense.. .completed23-32passesfor278yards vs. Syracuse,with four touchdown passes and one interception . . .scoringstrikescovered52,36,fiveandsixyards...startedatquarterbackand played every offensive down in loss at Iowa State, completing 12-23attemptsfor118yards,withnoturnovers...scoredIowa’sonlytouchdownon 11-yard run in the third period for first career rushing touchdown . . .startedatquarterbackandplayedeveryoffensivedowninlossatWisconsin. . . completed 17-37 passes for 169 yards and one touchdown, with nointerceptions . . . also rushed eight times for 11 yards . . . scoring strikecovered21yardswithfoursecondsremaininginsecondperiod...startedatquarterbackandplayedeveryoffensivedowninlosstoIndiana...completed24-42passesfor308yardsandthreetouchdowns,withoneinterception. ..scoringpassescovered33,10and18yards...startedatquarterbackandplayedeveryoffensivedowninlossatPennState...completed16-29passesfor146yards,with an11-yard touchdownstrike andno interceptions . . .started at quarterback andplayed every offensive down inwin over 18th-rankedIllinois...completed17-25passesfor182yardsandonetouchdown,with no interceptions, vs. Illinois . . . completed 20-yard scoring strike infinalminuteof thirdperiodforonly touchdownof thegamein10-6win .. . startedatquarterback in lossatPurdue . . .completed17-40passesfor177yardsatPurdue,withoneinterception,stoppingastreakof111passesbetweeninterceptions...startedatquarterbackandplayedeveryoffensivedownindoubleOTwinoverMichiganState...completed5-15passesfor53yardsandonescorevs.MSU,withtheTDpasscovering23yardsinthefirstovertimeperiod...startedatquarterbackandplayedeveryoffensivedowninwinatNorthwesternasoffensegained299passingyardsand369yardstotaloffense...completed21-36passesfor299yardsandonetouchdownatNorthwestern,withnointerceptions...scoringpasscovered20yardsforIowa’sfirst scoreof thegame . . . startedatquarterbackandplayedeveryoffensivedowninwinoverMinnesota...completed14-25passesfor157yards and one touchdown, with one interception . . . connected with TEBrandonMyersoneight-yardscoringpassforfirsttouchdownofthegame...startedatquarterbackandplayedeveryoffensivedowninlosstoWesternMichigan as offense gained 397 yards total offense . . . completed 20-37passesfor249yardsandthreetouchdownsvs.WesternMichigan,withtwointerceptionsand45yardson12rushingattempts...2006--Listedasthirdteamquarterbackfollowingspringpractice...sawactionin41-7winoverMontanaasoffensegained416yards totaloffense . . . competedall threepassattemptsfor19yardsvs.Montanainfirstactionofcareer...didnotseeactioninwinatSyracuse...didnotseeactioninwinoverIowaState...didnotseeactioninwinatIllinois...didnotseeactioninlosstotop-rankedOhioState...sawactioninwinoverPurdueasoffensereachedseasonhighmarksinpoints(47)andrushingyards(286).. .didnotseeactioninlossatIndiana. . .didnotseeactioninlossatMichigan.. .startedfirstgameofhiscareerinNorthernIllinois,leadingoffenseto405yardstotaloffenseinwin...completed19-30passesfor256yardsandtwoscores,withoneinterception...completedscoringpassesofsixand10yards,withfinalTDpasssealingthevictoryinthefourthquarter...didnotseeactioninlossto

Northwestern...didnotseeactioninlosstoWisconsin...sawactioninlossatMinnesota,completing1-2passesfor10yards,withoneinterception,asoffensegainedseason-best546yardstotaloffense...sawactionvs.TexasinAlamoBowl,gainingoneyardontworushingattempts...2005--Redshirted...TeamLeaderAward,offense.HIGH SCHOOL: Earnedall-AmericanrecognitionfromUSAToday,SuperPrep,Rivals.comandParadeMagazine...namedIllinoisPlayeroftheYearbyChampaignNews-Gazette...wasfirst teamall-stateandall-conferenceasasenior . . .earnedfirst teamall-conference,all-areaandall-statehonorsasajuniorafterleadingprepteamtosecondstraightClass8Astatetitle...Career--careertotalsinclude404-774for6,555yardsand69touchdowns...completed178-317attemptsasaseniorfor2,874yardsand36touchdownsasasenior,with11interceptions...passedfor3,681yardsand33touchdowns,withfiveinterceptionsasajunior,completing226-457passattempts...earnedthreelettersinfootballandthreelettersasbaseballoutfielder...PERSONAL:--parentsareLindaFrevelettiandJeffChristensen...memberofprepHonorRollforfouryears...fatherplayedwithCincinnati,PhiladelphiaandClevelandintheNFL...highschoolcoachwasBretKooi.

#2 - Jimmy Potempa (Running Back)5-7, 171, R-So., Mundelein, Ill. (Michigan)

MICHIGAN: Sophomore (2008): Redshirted atMichigan...Freshman(2007)...playedinthreegamesattailback...madecareerdebutvs.NotreDame(Sept.15), rushing twice for nine yards ... carried threetimes for sixyardsagainstEasternMichigan (Oct.6)...hadaone-yardcarryvs.Minnesota(Oct.27)...HIGH SCHOOL: attendedCarmelCatholicHighSchool (2007) ... National Honor Society member... four-year varsity letterman ... playedonkickoffteamforstatechampionshipsquadasafreshman...KeyStatistics...setschoolrecordsforcareerrushingyardsandcareertouchdowns...carriedtheball150times for 1,368 yards and scored 21 touchdowns

as a senior ... gained 976 rushing yards and scored 12TDs junior year ...gained1,203 rushingyards and scored15TDsas a sophomore ...HonorsandRankings...Class7AAll-StateselectionfromtheIllinoisHighSchoolCoachesAssociationasasenior...Class7AAcademicAll-Statesenioryear...TomLemming’sPrepFootballReportAll-Areaselectionasasophomore,juniorandsenior...EastSuburbanCatholicConferenceOffensivePlayeroftheYearasasenior...earnedAll-EastSuburbanCatholicConferencehonorsassophomore,juniorandsenior...three-timeteamMVP...DailyHeraldAll-Areaselectionthreestraightseasons...OtherSports...two-yearlettermanintrack...fourth-placefinisherinthe100-meterdashandafifth-placefinisherinthe200-meterdashattheEastSuburbanCatholicConferenceChampionshipsenioryear...memberof4x200-meterrelayteamthatwonconferencetitle...earnedvarsitylettersinbasketballandbaseball...PERSONAL: father,Gary,playedfootballatNotreDame(1970-74)...brother,Dan,playedfootballatIowaState(1997-99)andMillikinUniversity(1999-2002).

NEW PLAYERS ON tHE EIU ROStER



October. 17, 2009 • Eastern Illinois vs. tennessee tech • • www.EIUpanthers.com


QUARTERBACK 11...JakeChristensen........... 6-1...........215...........Grad 4...BodieReeder................ 6-0...........208........... R-SrRUNNING BACK 7...MonWilliams................. 6-2...........220............R-Jr 5...ChevonWalker............. 5-10..........197............R-JrSPLIT 3...LorenceRicks................ 6-1...........178.......... R-So 81...ChrisWright................... 6-1...........175............... FrFLANKER 15...KennyWhittaker........... 5-10..........183............... Fr 86...ChavarWatkins............. 6-2...........198........... R-Fr 22...ErikLora....................... 5-10..........166............... FrSLOT 18...CharlesGraves............. 6-1...........179............R-Jr 2...JimmyPotempa............. 5-7...........171.......... R-SoTIGHT END 45...KeaganRobinson.......... 6-6...........249........... R-Fror89...DannyVehovic.............. 6-2...........227............R-JrLEFT TACKLE 66...ChrisCampbell.............. 6-5...........320........... R-Sr 77...RyanGrossman............ 6-4...........277.......... R-SoLEFT GUARD 76...EricZink........................ 6-6...........284.............. So 67...MikeO’Neill................... 6-2...........287........... R-FrCENTER 74...ChazMillard.................. 6-3...........291........... R-Sr 61...WillieHenderson........... 6-2...........273.......... R-SoRIGHT GUARD 61...WillieHenderson........... 6-2...........273.......... R-So 70...ChrisVaccaro................ 6-3...........288........... R-SrRIGHT TACKLE 63...OtisHudson................... 6-3...........331........... R-Sr 66...ChrisCampbell.............. 6-5...........320........... R-Sr

EIU OFFENSE

PLACEKICKER 48...AustinSignor................. 6-4...........216........... R-Sr 38...JasonBaker..................5-11...........190............... FrPUNTER 41...KevinCook.................... 6-2...........201............R-JrKICK OFFS 48...AustinSignor................. 6-4...........216........... R-SrHOLDER 41...KevinCook.................... 6-2...........201............R-JrLONG SNAPPER 46...GordyKickels................ 6-1...........216.............. So 51...AdamBaker................... 6-2...........225............... FrPUNT RETURNS 26...RashadHaynes.............5-11...........177............R-Jr 2...JimmyPotempa............. 5-7...........171.......... R-SoKICK RETURNS 21...CJJames...................... 5-8...........183................Jr 26...RashadHaynes.............5-11...........177............R-Jr

EIU SPECIALISTS

LEFT END 96...ColinLuczynski............. 6-1...........234............R-Jror95...NathanGalan................ 6-2...........236............R-Jr 32...ArtaviousDowdell.......... 6-2...........210............... FrLEFT TACKLE 94...AndreLima.................... 6-0...........289........... R-Sr 92...MichaelLetton............... 6-4...........242........... R-FrRIGHT TACKLE 99...TrevorFrericks.............. 6-1...........269........... R-Sr 90...SpyrosBazigos.............5-11........... 311............R-JrRIGHT END 98...PerryBurge................... 6-2...........235.............. So 84...TaylorDunn................... 6-5...........252...............SrOUTSIDE LINEBACKER 49...SeanCampbell.............. 6-1...........209............R-Jror44...AlainMarcelin................ 6-0...........227................JrMIDDLE LINEBACKER 46...GordyKickels................ 6-1...........216.............. So 43...RyanTurner................... 6-0...........213............... FrOUTSIDE LINEBACKER 56...NickNasti...................... 6-1...........237................Jr 54...PerryMaynard............... 6-2...........218........... R-FrLEFT CORNERBACK 26...RashadHaynes.............5-11...........177............R-Jr 24...JamesCooper.............. 5-10..........187........... R-FrROVER 1...AdrianArrington.............5-11...........205........... R-Sror12...BobsonMercier............ 5-10..........187............R-JrFREE SAFETY 9...SeymourLoftman..........5-11...........189........... R-Sr 6...CarlosReyna................. 6-0...........184.............. SoRIGHT CORNERBACK 21...CJJames...................... 5-8...........183................Jr 25...SheltonPenrow............ 5-10..........176........... R-Sr

EIU DEFENSE

EIU COACHING STAFFHead Coach:BobSpoo(Purdue,1960-21styear) (Career Record136-111-1;OVC Record61-30)

Associate Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator: RocBellantoni(9thyear)

Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator: RoyWittke(15ththyear)

Special Teams Coach:MatthewSmiley(1styear)Offensive Line Coach:JeffHoover(3rdyear)Wide Receivers:MikeLynch(5thyear)Defensive Line:ForrestJackson(6thyear)Secondary Coach:BobbyBabich(3rdyear)Offensive Assistant:JasonFisher(1styear)Defensive Assistant:ChadCleveland(2ndyear)Quality Control Coaches:NickKrayTrainer:JenTymkew(4thyear)Strength Coach:EricCash(1styear)Volunteer Football Operations:ColeSpencer(1styear)



Eastern Illinois Football the Last time It Happened....

Passed for more than 300 yards...ColeStinson,308vs.TennesseeTech(August30,2007)

Passed for more than 400 yards...TonyRomo,414atToledo(Sept.16,2000)

threw four touchdown passes...TonyRomo,4atTennesseeState(Nov.2,2002)

Rushed for more than 200 yards...VincentWebb,206atSamford(Sept.23,2006)

Rushed for three touchdowns...DesminWard,3vs.TennesseeTech(Nov.22,2008)

Rushed for four touchdowns...J.R.Taylor,4vs.FloridaAtlantic(Nov.16,2002)

Had 10 Receptions...MicahRucker,11vs.MurrayState(Oct.13,2007)

Had 3 touchdown receptions...MicahRucker,3vs.SoutheastMissouri(Oct.7,2006)

Had 200 yards receiving...FrankCutolo,239vs.TennesseeState(Oct.27,2001)

Returned a punt for a touchdown...JermaineMobley,1vs.TennesseeState(Oct.30,2004)

Returned a kick-off for touchdown...QuintenPonius,1atJacksonvilleState(Nov.10,2007)

Returned an interception for touchdown...CJJames,1atIndianaState(Sept.12,2009)

Returned a fumble for touchdown...IrvinJean-Charles,1atIllinois(Sept.6,2008)

Recorded a safety...TrevorFrericks,1vs.Samford(Nov.17,2007)Teamvs.SoutheastMissouri(Sept.19,2009)

Blocked a punt...LorenceRicks,1,vs.EasternKentucky(Oct.3,2009)

Returned a blocked punt for touchdown - blocked by...AdrianArrington,1vs.JacksonvilleState(Sept.27,2008)-KennyKinchen

Blocked a field goal...PierreWalters,1vs.AustinPeay(Nov.15,2008)

Returned a blocked field goal for touchdown - block by...RashadHaynes,1vs.Samford(Nov.17,2007)-TrevorFrericks

Won a game on a field goal...TylerWilke,30-yardsatTennesseeState(Oct.27,2007)

Had 15 or more tackles on defense...CoryLeman,16atSoutheastMissouri(Sept.19,2009)

Had 3 or more sacks on defense...KoryLothe,4vs.TennesseeTech(Nov.8,2003)

EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL INSIDE THE NUMBERSEAStERN ILLINOIS QUICk FACtS

LOCAtION:....................................................Charleston,IllinoisFOUNDED:............................................................................ 1895ENROLLMENt:................................................................. 12,129COLORS:...................................................................Blue&GrayCONFERENCE:......................................................... OhioValleyStADIUM:................................................. O’BrienField(10,000)SURFACE:...................................................................... Pro-GrassPRESIDENt:..................................................Dr.WilliamL.PerryAtHLEtIC DIRECtOR:...................................... BarbaraBurke

O’BRIEN PRESS BOX PHONE:........................ (217)581-7770EIU tICkEt OFFICE:........................................ (217)581-2106EIU SPORtS INFORMAtION:......................... (217)581-7480EIU WEBSItE:.........................................www.EIUpanthers.com

OVC tELECONFERENCE:Eachweekduringthefootballseasonall9headcoachesintheOhioValleyConferencewilltakepartinaweeklyteleconferenceonTuesdaymornings.ThefirstteleconferencewillbeTuesday,Sept.1.EIUheadcoachwillspeakat10:07a.m.(Central) each Tuesday. Media members can obtain the phonenumberandpasscodefromtheEIUSportsInformationoffice.

EXtRA POINt FOOtBALL LUNCHEONS: EachWednesdaythroughout the football season Eastern Illinois will host an ExtraPointMediaLuncheonwhichwillalsobeopentothepublic.Theeventwill take place atNoon at the Panther PawBar&Grill inCharleston. HeadcoachBobSpoo,assistantcoachesandselectedplayers will be available for media interviews along with somequestionsfromthepublic.

PANtHER SPORtS tALk: Each Monday night during thefootballseasonfanscanlistentoheadcoachBobSpooalongwithotherspecialguestsandplayersastheytalkaboutthe2008footballseason. The show will be broadcast on Hit Mix 88.9 FM with alivestreamavailableatwww.weiuhitmix.net.TheshowwillalsobesimulcastliveonConsolidatedChannelYour13withtapedelayedairingsonConsolidatedYour13onWednesdaysat10:30p.m.

OVCSPORtS.tV: For the third straight year, the Ohio ValleyConferencewillallowfanstowatchlivestreamsofitsfootballgamesthroughtheOVCSPORTS.TVwebsite.FanscanpurchaseaseasonpackageorindividualgamestowatchtheirfavoriteOVCteam.

LIVE StAtS:LivestatsofmostEIUgamescanbefoundontheEIUathleticswebpageatwww.EIUpanthers.com

INtERNEt RADIO:LivestreamingofallEIUfootballgamescanbeheardatwww.weiuhitmix.net

PANtHER RADIO NEtWORk: Eastern Illinois football canbeheardliveontheradioviathePantherFootballRadioNetwork.Gameswillbebroadcastbythe“VoiceofthePanthers”MikeBraddwithcolorcommentarybyJackAshmoreandsidelinereportingofhomegamesbyJohnTwork.HitMix88.9FMWEIUistheflagshipstation with games also being carried on WHOW 1510 AM andWMKR94.3FM.

MEDIA OPPORtUNItIES & RESOURCES



EAStERN ILLINOIS PLAYOFF HIStORY(FCS/I-AA Playoffs)

2007 (First Round @ Carbondale, Ill.)SouthernIllinoisdef.EasternIllinois,30-11

2006 (First Round @ Charleston, Ill.)IllinoisStatedef.EasternIllinois,24-13

2005 (First Round @ Charleston, Ill.)SouthernIllinoisdef.EasternIllinois,21-6

2002 (First Round @ McComb, Ill.)WesternIllinoisdef.EasternIllinois,48-9

2001 (First Round @ Charleston, Ill.)NorthernIowadef.EasternIllinois,49-43

2000 (First Round @ Missoula, Mont.)Montanadef.EasternIllinois,45-13

1996 (First Round @ Cedar Falls, Iowa)NorthernIowadef.EasternIllinois,21-14

1995 (First Round @ Nacogdoches, texas)StephenF.Austindef.EasternIllinois,34-29

1989 (First Round @ Moscow, Ida.)EasternIllinoisdef.Idaho,38-21

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

1986 (First Round @ Charleston, Ill.)EasternIllinoisdef.MurrayState,28-21

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

1983 (First Round @ terre Haute, Ind.)IndianaStatedef.EasternIllinois,16-13(2OT)

1982 (First Round @ Charleston, Ill.)EasternIllinoisdef.JacksonState,16-13(OT)

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

All-TimePlayoffRecord:3-12HomeRecord:2-4RoadRecord:1-8

NCAA PLAYOFF APPEARANCES

School ....................... # Appearances (Last)Montana.........................................19(2008)EasternKentucky...........................19(2008)GeorgiaSouthern...........................16(2005)AppalachianState......................... 16(2008)Furman...........................................15(2006)NorthernIowa................................14(2008)Delaware........................................14(2007)McNeeseState...............................13(2007)EAStERN ILLINOIS .................12 (2007)JacksonState..................................12(1997)YoungstownState.......................... 11(2006)*Idaho........................................... 11(1995) Idaho currently plays at the NCAA I level

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



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)

RECAP

TransfersJakeChristensenandMonWilliamshelpedcarrythe load as Eastern Illinois openedwith 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

LEADERS

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)

RECAP

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

LEADERS

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)

RECAP

EasternIllinoisovercamefouroffensivefumblesinsidetheSoutheastMissouri25yardlineasthePanthersrespondedlatefora23-14win.EIUlostfumblesattheSEMO22andSEMO20beforecoughingituptwiceattheSEMO1yardline. JakeChristensenwas 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

LEADERS

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)

RECAP

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

Charleston,Ill.O’BrienField(A:11,271)

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

LEADERS

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)

RECAP

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...............3PennState.................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

LEADERS

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)

RECAP

Twoof the longest tenuredheadcoachesat theDivisionIlevelmetwithPennStatecoachedbyJoePaternopickingupa52-3winoverEasternIllinoiscoachedbyBobSpoo.Paterno ranksfirston the listofDivision I activecoachesatthesameschoolservingatPennStatesince1966.SpooisfifthonthatsamelistworkingatEIUsince1987.PennStatequicklyjumpedontheboardscoringontheirfirstfivepossessions. DaryllClark scored on a one yard runwith7:01togointhefirstquarterandtossedthreesecondquartertouchdownpasses.EIUhasachancetoscoregoingintothehalfbuttheNittanyLionsforcedaJakeChristensenfumbleatthenineyardlinethatNavarroBrownreturned91-yardstomakeit38-3atthehalf.ThePantherslonescoreofthegamewasa43-yardfieldgoalbyAustinSignoratthe9:35markofthethirdquarter.

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 Potempa

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 Haynes

2009 EIU PANTHERS FOOTBALL 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 EASTERN KENTUCKY 31-36 L 4- 1- 0 2- 1- 0 3:20 11271 Oct 10, 2009 at Penn State 3-52 L 4- 2- 0 2- 1- 0 2:53 104488

* indicates Ohio Valley Conferece game



2009 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL

Eastern Illinois Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 10, 2009)

All games

Team Statistics EIU OPP

SCORING 149 128

Points Per Game 24.8 21.3

FIRST DOWNS 111 108

R u s h i n g 46 51

P a s s i n g 57 49

P e n a l t y 8 8

RUSHING YARDAGE 820 755

Yards gained rushing 1055 967

Yards lost rushing 235 212

Rushing Attempts 211 208

Average Per Rush 3.9 3.6

Average Per Game 136.7 125.8

TDs Rushing 6 9

PASSING YARDAGE 1244 1125

C o m p - A t t - I n t 105-173-4 107-176-5

Average Per Pass 7.2 6.4

Average Per Catch 11.8 10.5


TDs Passing 11 7

TOTAL OFFENSE 2064 1880

Total Plays 384 384

Average Per Play 5.4 4.9


KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 23-503 16-406

PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 11-88 13-80

INT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-66 4-33

KICK RETURN AVERAGE 21.9 25.4

PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 8.0 6.2

INT RETURN AVERAGE 13.2 8.2

FUMBLES-LOST 14-11 14-8

PENALTIES-Yards 33-305 40-345


PUNTS-Yards 22-868 29-1025

Average Per Punt 39.5 35.3

Net punt average 34.0 32.3

TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 0 : 3 8 2 9 : 2 2

3RD-DOWN Conversions 38/78 33/78

3rd-Down Pct 49% 42%

4TH-DOWN Conversions 2/6 2/9

4th-Down Pct 33% 22%

SACKS BY-Yards 14-92 17-107

MISC YARDS 0 0

TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 18 18

FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 7-10 1-4

ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-1

RED-ZONE SCORES 12-21 57% 13-17 76%

RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS 8-21 38% 12-17 71%

PAT-ATTEMPTS 18-18 100% 15-15 100%

ATTENDANCE 21284 121136

Games/Avg Per Game 2/10642 4/30284

Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total

Eastern Illinois 42 44 36 27 0 149

Opponents 26 49 33 20 0 128


Eastern Illinois Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 10, 2009)

All games

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

WILLIAMS, Mon 6 91 540 35 505 5.5 6 65 84.2

WALKER, Chevon 6 35 194 13 181 5.2 0 30 30.2

POTEMPA, Jimmy 6 17 102 11 91 5.4 0 24 15.2

WARD, Desmin 6 21 75 0 75 3.6 0 11 12.5

LORA, Erik 6 2 24 5 19 9.5 0 24 3.2

COOK, Kevin 6 2 11 10 1 0.5 0 11 0.2

CHRISTENSEN, Jake 6 37 109 134 -25 -0.7 0 20 -4.2

TEAM 6 6 0 27 -27 -4.5 0 0 -4.5

Total 6 211 1055 235 820 3.9 6 65 136.7

Opponents 6 208 967 212 755 3.6 9 47 125.8

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

CHRISTENSEN, Jake 6 144.95 102-161-4 63.4 1227 11 52 204.5

TEAM 6 0.00 0-6-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0

REEDER, Bodie 4 73.80 3-6-0 50.0 17 0 8 4.2

Total 6 137.45 105-173-4 60.7 1244 11 52 207.3

Opponents 6 121.93 107-176-5 60.8 1125 7 60 187.5

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g

POTEMPA, Jimmy 6 21 134 6.4 1 14 22.3

WHITTAKER, Kenny 6 18 199 11.1 2 44 33.2

WRIGHT, Chris 6 12 147 12.2 2 35 24.5

GRAVES, Charles 5 11 125 11.4 0 20 25.0

LORA, Erik 6 10 157 15.7 1 31 26.2

RICKS, Lorence 6 9 185 20.6 2 52 30.8

WATKINS, Chavar 5 8 170 21.2 2 45 34.0

WALKER, Chevon 6 4 52 13.0 0 28 8.7

WILLIAMS, Mon 6 4 23 5.8 0 9 3.8

VEHOVIC, Danny 5 4 22 5.5 1 9 4.4

BRUNS, Cody 4 3 29 9.7 0 13 7.2

WARD, Desmin 6 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.2

Total 6 105 1244 11.8 11 52 207.3

Opponents 6 107 1125 10.5 7 60 187.5

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg

HAYNES, Rashad 7 66 9.4 0 15

POTEMPA, Jimmy 2 10 5.0 0 4

JAMES, CJ 1 10 10.0 0 0

MITCHELL, Jake 1 2 2.0 0 0

Total 11 88 8.0 0 15

Opponents 13 80 6.2 0 22

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg

JAMES, CJ 2 27 13.5 1 26

REYNA, Carlos 1 34 34.0 0 34

FRERICKS, Trevor 1 5 5.0 0 5

NASTI, Nick 1 0 0.0 0 0

Total 5 66 13.2 1 34

Opponents 4 33 8.2 1 12

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg

HAYNES, Rashad 11 254 23.1 0 45

POTEMPA, Jimmy 6 133 22.2 0 32

WALKER, Chevon 2 51 25.5 0 27

RICKS, Lorence 2 44 22.0 0 27

MAHAN, Greg 1 10 10.0 0 10

REEDER, Bodie 1 11 11.0 0 11

Total 23 503 21.9 0 45

Opponents 16 406 25.4 0 57

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg

Total 0 0 0.0 0 0

Opponents 1 86 86.0 1 91



All games

PAT

Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts

SIGNOR, Austin - 7-10 18-18 - - - - - 39

WILLIAMS, Mon 6 - - - - - - - 36

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

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

RICKS, Lorence 2 - - - - - - - 12

WRIGHT, Chris 2 - - - - - - - 12

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

JAMES, CJ 1 - - - - - - - 6

LORA, Erik 1 - - - - - - - 6

POTEMPA, Jimmy 1 - - - - - - - 6

TEAM - - - - - - - 1 2

Total 18 7-10 18-18 - - - - 1 149

Opponents 18 1-4 15-15 0-2 - 0-1 - 1 128

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g

CHRISTENSEN, Jake 6 198 -25 1227 1202 200.3

WILLIAMS, Mon 6 91 505 0 505 84.2

WALKER, Chevon 6 35 181 0 181 30.2

POTEMPA, Jimmy 6 17 91 0 91 15.2

WARD, Desmin 6 21 75 0 75 12.5

LORA, Erik 6 2 19 0 19 3.2

REEDER, Bodie 4 6 0 17 17 4.2

COOK, Kevin 6 2 1 0 1 0.2

TEAM 6 12 -27 0 -27 -4.5

Total 6 384 820 1244 2064 344.0

Opponents 6 384 755 1125 1880 313.3

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

SIGNOR, Austin 7-10 70.0 1-1 1-1 2-3 3-5 0-0 43 1

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)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

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

COOK, Kevin 20 868 43.4 58 2 1 4 4 1

TEAM 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Total 22 868 39.5 58 2 1 4 4 2

Opponents 29 1025 35.3 55 0 5 8 5 2

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln

SIGNOR, Austin 31 2084 67.2 14 1

Total 31 2084 67.2 14 1 25.4 45.1 24

Opponents 25 1620 64.8 2 0 21.9 43.1 26



All games

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

WILLIAMS, Mon 6 505 23 0 0 0 528 88.0

POTEMPA, Jim 6 91 134 10 133 0 368 61.3

HAYNES, Rasha 6 0 0 66 254 0 320 53.3

WALKER, Chev 6 181 52 0 51 0 284 47.3

RICKS, Lorence 6 0 185 0 44 0 229 38.2

WHITTAKER, K 6 0 199 0 0 0 199 33.2

LORA, Erik 6 19 157 0 0 0 176 29.3

WATKINS, Chav 5 0 170 0 0 0 170 34.0

WRIGHT, Chris 6 0 147 0 0 0 147 24.5

GRAVES, Charl 5 0 125 0 0 0 125 25.0

WARD, Desmin 6 75 1 0 0 0 76 12.7

JAMES, CJ 6 0 0 10 0 27 37 6.2

REYNA, Carlos 6 0 0 0 0 34 34 5.7

BRUNS, Cody 4 0 29 0 0 0 29 7.2

VEHOVIC, Dann 5 0 22 0 0 0 22 4.4

REEDER, Bodie 4 0 0 0 11 0 11 2.8

MAHAN, Greg 2 0 0 0 10 0 10 5.0

FRERICKS, Tre 6 0 0 0 0 5 5 0.8

MITCHELL, Jak 6 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.3

COOK, Kevin 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.2

CHRISTENSEN, 6 -25 0 0 0 0 -25 -4.2

TEAM 6 -27 0 0 0 0 -27 -4.5

Total 6 820 1244 88 503 66 2721 453.5

Opponents 6 755 1125 80 406 33 2399 399.8


Eastern Illinois Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Oct 10, 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

8 LEMAN, Cory 6 19 36 37.0 2.0-4 1.0-9 . . 1 2-0 2 . .

46 KICKELS, Gordy 6 12 18 21.0 2.5-7 1.0-5 . 2 . 1-0 1 . .

56 NASTI, Nick 4 10 19 19.5 . . 1-0 . . 1-0 . . .

1 ARRINGTON, Adrian 6 13 11 18.5 3.0-27 . . 2 1 1-0 . . .

21 JAMES, CJ 6 14 9 18.5 2.0-20 1.0-8 2-27 2 . . . 1 .

26 HAYNES, Rashad 6 14 8 18.0 1.0-2 . . 6 . . 1 . .

25 PENROW, Shelton 6 15 5 17.5 2.5-7 0.5-2 . 1 . . . . .

6 REYNA, Carlos 6 13 5 15.5 1.0-8 1.0-8 1-34 1 . . . . .

90 BAZIGOS, Spyros 6 8 9 12.5 2.0-7 . . . . 2-0 . . .

99 FRERICKS, Trevor 6 7 9 11.5 6.0-10 1.0-7 1-5 . . . 1 . .

94 LIMA, Andre 6 5 12 11.0 2.0-10 1.0-8 . . . . . . .

49 CAMPBELL, Sean 5 4 14 11.0 1.5-3 . . . 1 . . . .

98 BURGE, Perry 5 9 4 11.0 3.5-17 3.0-17 . . 1 1-0 . . .

9 LOFTMAN, Seymour 6 10 2 11.0 . . . . . . . . .

95 GALAN, Nathan 6 5 8 9.0 3.0-10 1.0-6 . . . . 1 . .

84 DUNN, Taylor 6 5 7 8.5 2.0-5 0.5-2 . . . . 1 . .

96 LUCZYNSKI, Colin 6 3 11 8.5 2.0-6 . . . . . . . .

32 DOWDELL, Artavious 6 4 5 6.5 2.0-16 2.0-16 . . . . . . .

3 RICKS, Lorence 6 5 1 5.5 . . . . . . . 1 .

92 LETTON, Mike 6 2 4 4.0 . . . . 2 . . . .

44 MARCELIN, Alain 6 1 5 3.5 . . . . . . . . .

12 MERCIER, Bobson 5 3 1 3.5 . . . . . . . . .

29 MITCHELL, Jake 6 3 . 3.0 . . . . . . 1 . .

43 TURNER, Ryan 6 2 2 3.0 . . . 1 . . . . .

73 HOLLIDAY, Roosevelt 6 . 4 2.0 . 1.0-4 . . 1 . . . .

2 POTEMPA, Jimmy 6 2 . 2.0 . . . . . . . . .

54 MAYNARD, Perry 4 1 2 2.0 . . . . . . . . .

24 COOPER, James 3 1 1 1.5 . . . . . . . . .

22 LORA, Erik 6 1 1 1.5 . . . . . . . . .

23 TRIBBLE, Randolph 5 1 1 1.5 . . . 1 . . . . .

19 MARTINEZ, Nick 1 1 1 1.5 . . . 2 . . . . .

82 BRUNS, Cody 4 1 . 1.0 . . . . . . . . .

5 WALKER, Chevon 6 1 . 1.0 . . . . . . . . .

68 SCHEIBEL, Mike 5 1 . 1.0 . . . . . . . . .

48 SIGNOR, Austin 6 . 1 0.5 . . . . . . . . .

78 RETTKE, Eric 6 . 1 0.5 . . . . . . . . .

88 QUILL, Mitch 4 . 1 0.5 . . . . . . . . .

TM TEAM 6 . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Total 6 196 218 305.0 38-159 14-92 5-66 18 7 8-0 8 2 1

Opponents 6 191 246 314.0 40-156 17-107 4-33 18 6 11-86 6 3 1


Eastern Illinois Game Superlatives (as of Oct 10, 2009)

All games

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 18 WILLIAMS, Mon at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 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 294 CHRISTENSEN, Jake vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)

TD Passes 3 CHRISTENSEN, Jake vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009)

3 CHRISTENSEN, Jake vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)

Long Pass 52 CHRISTENSEN, Jake at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)

Receptions 6 POTEMPA, Jimmy at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009)

Yards Receiving 101 RICKS, Lorence at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)

TD Receptions 1 POTEMPA, Jimmy vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009)

1 RICKS, Lorence vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009)

1 WRIGHT, Chris vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009)

1 WATKINS, Chavar at Indiana State (09/12/09)

1 RICKS, Lorence at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)

1 LORA, Erik at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)

1 WHITTAKER, Kenny at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009)

1 VEHOVIC, Danny at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009)

1 WHITTAKER, Kenny vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)

1 WRIGHT, Chris vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)

1 WATKINS, Chavar vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)

Long Reception 52 RICKS, Lorence at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)

Field Goals 3 SIGNOR, Austin at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009)

Long Field Goal 43 SIGNOR, Austin at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)

Punts 6 COOK, Kevin at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)

Punting Avg 51.0 COOK, Kevin vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009)

Long Punt 58 COOK, Kevin at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)

Long Punt Return 15 HAYNES, Rashad vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009)

Long Kickoff Return 45 HAYNES, Rashad at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009)

Tackles 11.5 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)

Tackles For Loss 2.0 FRERICKS, Trevor vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 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)



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TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 42 at Indiana State (09/12/09)

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)

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)


Yards Passing 294 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)

Yards Per Pass 11.2 at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)

TD Passes 3 vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009)


Total Plays 67 at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)

Total Offense 523 at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)

Yards Per Play 7.8 at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)

Points 31 vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009)

31 at Indiana State (09/12/09)


Sacks By 4 vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 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 5 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)

Interceptions By 1 at Indiana State (09/12/09)


1 at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009)


1 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)



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OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 28 WALKER, C.J., vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)

Yards Rushing 94 Royster, Evan, at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)

TD Rushes 2 HOLT, Terrence, at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009)

Long Rush 47 HARRIS, Henry, at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)

Pass attempts 35 SCHEIBLE, Matt, at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)

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 60 PRYOR, T.J., vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)

Receptions 6 Cline, vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 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)

Long Reception 60 HARRIS, O., vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)

Field Goals 1 Wagner, Collin, at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)

Long Field Goal 25 Wagner, Collin, at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)

Punts 6 Mazur, vs Illinois State (Sep 03, 2009)

6 Mullane, Gabe, at Indiana State (09/12/09)

Punting Avg 46.0 SPADA, Doug, at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)

Long Punt 55 Mullane, Gabe, at Indiana State (09/12/09)

55 SPADA, Doug, at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)

Long Punt Return 22 HOLT, Terrence, at Austin Peay (Sep 26, 2009)

Long Kickoff Return 57 Gates, Darrius, at Indiana State (09/12/09)

Tackles 8.0 KLAPROTH, P., at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)

8.0 WOODLIEF, J., at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)

Sacks 2.0 Odrick, Jared, at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)

Tackles For Loss 3.5 Odrick, Jared, at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)

Interceptions 2 CALDWELL, J., vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)



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OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 50 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)

Yards Rushing 285 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)

Yards Per Rush 7.9 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)

TD Rushes 3 at Penn State (Oct 10, 2009)

Pass attempts 35 at Southeast Missouri (09-19-09)

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)


Turnovers 4 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)

Interceptions By 2 vs Eastern Kentucky (Oct 03, 2009)

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