2012 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

2012 Eastern Illinois Panthers football

OVC champion
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 10–58 vs. South Dakota State
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 25
FCS Coaches	No. 25
2012 record	7–5 (6–1 OVC)
Head coach	Dino Babers (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Sterlin Gilbert (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Kim McCloud (1st year)
Home stadium	O'Brien Stadium (Capacity: 10,000)

2012 OVC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#25 Eastern Illinois $^		6	–	1		7	–	5
#21 Eastern Kentucky		6	–	2		8	–	3
Tennessee–Martin		6	–	2		8	–	3
Jacksonville State		5	–	3		6	–	5
Tennessee State		4	–	3		8	–	3
Murray State		4	–	4		5	–	6
Southeast Missouri State		2	–	6		3	–	8
Tennessee Tech		1	–	7		3	–	8
Austin Peay		1	–	7		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2012 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Dino Babers and played their home games at O'Brien Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). Eastern Illinois finished the season 7–5 overall and 6–1 in OVC play to be crowned conference champions. They earned the conference's automatic bid into the FCS Playoffs, where they lost in the first round to South Dakota State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:30 PM	Southern Illinois*		O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL	WEIU	W 49–28	8,275
September 8	6:00 PM	at Western Michigan*		Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI		L 21–52	22,536
September 15	1:00 PM	at No. 15 Illinois State*		Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL		L 51–54 ^2OT	7,700
September 22	6:30 PM	Murray State		O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL	WEIU	W 50–49	5,319
September 29	1:30 PM	Austin Peay		O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL	WEIU	W 65–15	9,154
October 6	2:00 PM	at UT Martin		Graham Stadium • Martin, TN		L 37–51	5,456
October 13	1:30 PM	Jacksonville State		O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL	WEIU	W 31–28	7,358
October 27	12:00 PM	at No. 18 Eastern Kentucky		Roy Kidd Stadium • Richmond, KY		W 24–7	4,400
November 3	1:30 PM	at Tennessee Tech		Tucker Stadium • Cookeville, TN		W 31–24	8,968
November 10	1:30 PM	Southeast Missouri State		O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL	WEIU	W 39–20	5,575
November 17	3:00 PM	at No. 10 Central Arkansas*	No. 24	Estes Stadium • Conway, AR		L 30–48	6,754
November 24	2:00 PM	at No. 19 South Dakota State*	No. 25	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 10–58	4,367
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Eastern Illinois Panthers football

Venues	O'Brien Stadium (1970–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Mid-America Classic (Illinois State)

Culture & lore	Billy the Panther

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

2012 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Appalachian State Bethune-Cookman Cal Poly Central Arkansas Coastal Carolina Colgate Eastern Illinois Eastern Washington Georgia Southern Illinois State Montana State New Hampshire North Dakota State Old Dominion Sam Houston State South Dakota State Stony Brook Villanova Wagner Wofford

Champion – North Dakota State

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