2022 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

2022 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; ^ – FCS playoff participant; Note: Lindenwood ineligible for OVC title and FCS postseason play due to transition from NCAA Division II.; Rankings from STATS Poll

2022 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
2022 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	2–9 (1–4 OVC)
Head coach	Chris Wilkerson (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Joe Davis (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Adam Gristick (1st season)
Home stadium	O'Brien Field; (capacity: 10,000)

The 2022 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represents Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers are led by first-year head coach Chris Wilkerson and play home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois.

Previous season

The Panthers finished the 2021 season 1–10, 1–5 in OVC play to finish in a tie for last place. On January 11, 2022 Adam Cushing has resigned and accept the offensive line position at Duke. Chris Wilkerson was named head coach at Eastern Illinois.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 19, 2022. The Panthers were picked to finish in second to last place.[1]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	UT Martin	70 (10)
2	Southeast Missouri	59 (3)
3	Murray State	51
4	Tennessee State	46 (1)
5	Tennessee Tech	29
6	Eastern Illinois	20
7	Lindenwood	19

Preseason All-OVC team

The Panthers had six players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[2]

Offense

Isaiah Hill – WR
Jay Vallie — TE

Defense

Jordan Miles – DE
Tim Varga — DE
Russell Dandy — CB
Jordan Vincent — NB

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 p.m.	at Northern Illinois*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPN+	L 27–34	10,864
September 10	6:00 p.m.	No. 11 Chattanooga*	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	ESPN+	L 20–38	6,565
September 17	6:30 p.m.	at Illinois State*	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL (Mid-America Classic)	Marquee	L 7–35	8,208
September 24	4:00 p.m.	at Murray State	Roy Kidd Stadium Murray, KY	ESPN+	W 35–21	10,112
October 8	2:00 p.m.	Northwestern State*	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	ESPN+	W 35–27	3,153
October 15	2:00 p.m.	Lindenwood	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	ESPN+	L 34–37 ^2OT	6,875
October 22	2:00 p.m.	at Tennessee State	Hale Stadium Nashville, TN	ESPN+	L 17–37	6,237
October 29	2:00 p.m.	Tennessee Tech	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	ESPN+	L 17–20	5,817
November 5	7:00 p.m.	at McNeese State*	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA	ESPN+	L 15–29	7,520
November 12	2:00 p.m.	No. 20 Southeast Missouri State	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	ESPN+	L 7–31	1,831
November 19	2:00 p.m.	at No. 25 UT Martin	Graham Stadium Martin, TN	ESPN+	L 31–34	3,003
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Source:[3]

Game summaries

At Northern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	3	3	7	14	27
Huskies	7	14	7	6	34

No. 11 Chattanooga

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 11 Mocs	7	7	14	10	38
Panthers	10	0	10	0	20

At Illinois State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	7	0	0	0	7
Redbirds	7	14	14	0	35

Murray State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	14	10	0	11	35
Racers	7	7	0	7	21

Northwestern State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demons	7	0	7	13	27
Panthers	21	14	0	0	35

Lindenwood

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Lions	0	14	0	10	7	6	37
Panthers	7	3	7	7	7	3	34

At Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	0	14	3	17
Tigers	3	24	0	10	37

Tennessee Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	3	10	7	20
Panthers	3	14	0	0	17

At McNeese State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	7	0	8	15
Cowboys	10	9	7	3	29

No. 20 Southeast Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Redhawks	0	21	3	7	31
Panthers	0	7	0	0	7

At No. 25 UT Martin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	17	0	7	7	31
No. 25 Skyhawks	14	7	6	7	34

References

"UT Martin Picked as 2022 Ohio Valley Conference Football Favorites". ovcsports.com. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
"2021 Preseason All-OVC Football Team Announced; APSU's Ellis and Jackson Named Preseason Players of the Year". ovcsports.com. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
"2022 Football Schedule". Eastern Illinois University. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

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[Preseason_poll-1] "UT Martin Picked as 2022 Ohio Valley Conference Football Favorites". ovcsports.com. Retrieved August 25, 2022.

[OVC_team-2] "2021 Preseason All-OVC Football Team Announced; APSU's Ellis and Jackson Named Preseason Players of the Year". ovcsports.com. Retrieved October 23, 2021.

[3] "2022 Football Schedule". Eastern Illinois University. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

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