1991 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

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1991 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
Conference Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference
Record4–7 (2–4 GCAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRoy Wittke (2nd season)
Home stadium O'Brien Stadium
Seasons
  1990
1992  
1991 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Northern Iowa $^ 5 1 011 2 0
No. 14 Western Illinois ^ 4 2 07 4 1
Southern Illinois 4 2 07 4 0
Southwest Missouri State 3 3 06 4 1
Indiana State 2 4 05 6 0
Eastern Illinois 2 4 04 7 0
Illinois State 1 5 05 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1991 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Bob Spoo, the Panthers played their home games at O'Brien Stadium in Charleston, Illinois. Eastern Illinois finished the season with on overall record of 4–7 and a conference mark of 2–4, tying for fifth place.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 31 Lock Haven *W 62–16 [1]
September 71:00 p.m.at Iowa State *L 13–4241,680 [2]
September 14 Eastern Washington *
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
W 31–12 [3]
September 21at Murray State *L 27–28 [4]
October 5 Western Illinois
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
L 15–164,208 [5]
October 12at Indiana State L 15–16
October 19 Illinois State
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL (rivalry)
W 37–28
November 2at Southern Illinois L 30–316,500
November 9at Western Kentucky L 26–284,124
November 16 Southwest Missouri State
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
W 35–29
November 23at No. 4 Northern Iowa L 17–18

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References

  1. "Eastern Illinois 62, Lock Haven St. 16". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . September 1, 1991 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. "Iowa State 42, Eastern Illinois 13". The Des Moines Register . September 8, 1991 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. "Thorne Helps E. Illinois Needle E. Washington". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . September 15, 1991 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. "Murray State....... 28 E. Illinois............ 27". Southern Illinoisan . September 22, 1991 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. Lampe, Jeff (October 6, 1991). "Eastern stumbles after blocked conversions". Herald and Review . p. D3. Retrieved November 10, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "EIU Football Online Guide, 2019" (PDF). Eastern Illinois athletics. Retrieved February 12, 2020.