2006 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
American college football season
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The 2006 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by interim head coach Mark Hutson, as head coach Bob Spoo was unable to coach for medical reasons, and played their home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois. The Panthers finished the season with an 8–5 record overall and a 7–1 mark in conference play, sharing the OVC title with Tennessee–Martin. The team received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they lost to Illinois State in the first round.[1] Eastern Illinois was ranked No. 15 in The Sports Network's postseason ranking of NCAA Division I FCS teams.[2]
- Mark Hutson (1st season)
| 2006 Eastern Illinois Panthers football | |
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OVC co-champion | |
NCAA Division I First Round, L 13–24 vs. Illinois State | |
| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 15 |
| Record | 8–5 (7–1 OVC) |
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| Home stadium | O'Brien Field |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Eastern Illinois +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Tennessee–Martin +^ | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee State | 5 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jacksonville State | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 4 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeast Missouri State | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samford | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 2 | at Illinois* | No. 14 | L 17–42 | 45,444 | [3] | |
| September 9 | Indiana State* | No. 20 | W 31–21 | 7,517 | [4] | |
| September 16 | at Illinois State* | No. 18 | L 30–44 | 12,512 | [5] | |
| September 23 | at Samford | No. 20 | W 24–13 | 5,355 | [6] | |
| September 30 | at Hawaii* | No. 20 | L 9–44 | 29,358 | [7] | |
| October 7 | Southeast Missouri State | No. 20 |
| W 21–0 | 10,215 | [8] |
| October 14 | at Eastern Kentucky | No. 16 | W 28–21 | 10,100 | [9] | |
| October 21 | Murray State | No. 17 |
| W 20–10 | 9,422 | [10] |
| October 28 | at No. 12 Tennessee–Martin | No. 14 | L 9–15 | 6,935 | [11] | |
| November 4 | Tennessee State | No. 20 |
| W 29–3 | 5,912 | [12] |
| November 11 | at Tennessee Tech | No. 20 | W 38–14 | 2,268 | [13] | |
| November 18 | Jacksonville State | No. 17 |
| W 28–24 | 1,224 | [14] |
| November 25 | No. 11 Illinois State* | No. 14 |
| L 13–24 | 4,400 | [15] |
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