1986 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

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1986 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
GCAC champion
Conference Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference
Record11–2 (5–1 GCAC)
Head coach
Home stadium O'Brien Stadium
Seasons
←  1985
1987  →
1986 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Eastern Illinois $^ 5 –1 –011 –2 –0
No. 17 Southern Illinois 4 –2 –07 –4 –0
Northern Iowa 4 –2 –07 –3 –1
Illinois State 3 –3 –05 –5 –0
Western Illinois 2 –4 –06 –5 –0
SW Missouri State 1 –5 –03 –7 –0
Indiana State 1 –5 –03 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1986 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Al Molde, the Panthers played their home games at O'Brien Stadium in Charleston, Illinois. Eastern Illinois finished the season with an overall record of 11–2 and won the GCAC title with a mark of 5–1 in conference play. The team was invited to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they beat Murray State in the first round before losing to Eastern Kentucky in the quarterfinals.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 30at Illinois State No. 18
L 20–23 [1]
September 6 Northeast Missouri State *No. 18
W 41–31 [2]
September 13at Northern Michigan *No. 18
W 24–21 [3]
September 20No. 20 Southern Illinois
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
W 52–710,100 [4]
October 4 Liberty *No. 16
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
W 40–156,850 [5]
October 11No. 8 Northern Iowa No. 11
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
W 31–3011,052 [6]
October 18at Western Illinois No. T–9
W 37–3 [7]
October 25at Southwest Missouri State No. T–8
W 34–206,000 [8]
November 1 Winona State *No. 6
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
W 64–0 [9]
November 8at Indiana State No. 4
W 31–14 [10]
November 15 Western Kentucky *No. 4
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
W 35–186,020 [11]
November 29No. 18 Murray State *No. 3
W 28–214,500 [12]
December 6No. 10 Eastern Kentucky *No. 3
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)
L 22–244,149 [13]

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Roster

1986 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 2 Roy Banks Sr
QB 11Pat CarrollJr
OT 78 Chris Geile Sr
WR 44Dave LewandowkiJr
TE 32Shon McCrayJr
WR 13Mike MilosovicJr
QB 18 Sean Payton Sr
OT 63Dave PoppSo
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
SS 42Bob BronaughSr
LB 59Bill CochraneJr
FS 12Scott JohnsonSo
DT 67 John Jurkovic So
DE 95Dave LewandowkiJr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
LS 75Walter BrzeskiJr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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  2. ↑ "Eastern Illinois 41, NE Missouri 31". The Rock Island Argus . September 7, 1986 – via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. ↑ "Eastern wins 24-21". Herald and Review . September 14, 1986 – via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. ↑ "E. Illinois 52, S. Illinois 7". The Dispatch . September 21, 1986 – via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. ↑ "LU falls to Eastern Illinois despite Johnson's passing". The News & Daily Advance. October 5, 1986. Retrieved March 31, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Late field goal sinks No. 8 UNI". Quad-City Times. October 12, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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  12. ↑ "Payton, E. Illinois vanquish Murray St". Chicago Tribune. November 30, 1986. Retrieved March 23, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Eastern Illinois eliminated when 2-point attempt fails". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. December 7, 1986. Retrieved March 23, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "EIU Football Online Guide, 2019" (PDF). Eastern Illinois athletics.
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