2013 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

2013 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
2013 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
OVC champion
NCAA Division I Quarterfinal, L 39–49 vs. Towson
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 4
FCS Coaches	No. 4
Record	12–2 (8–0 OVC)
Head coach	Dino Babers (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Sterlin Gilbert (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Veer and shoot
Defensive coordinator	Kim McCloud (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	O'Brien Field
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The 2013 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Dino Babers in his second and final season as head coach, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 12–2 overall with a mark of 8–0 in conference play, winning the OVC title for the second consecutive season. Eastern Illinois earned the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Panthers defeated Tennessee State in the second round before losing to Towson in the quarterfinals. The team played home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois.

Sports NetworkNo. 4

FCS CoachesNo. 4

Record12–2 (8–0 OVC)

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2013 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Eastern Illinois $^	8	–	0	12	–	2
No. 17 Tennessee State ^	6	–	2	10	–	4
No. 10 Jacksonville State ^	5	–	3	11	–	4
UT Martin	5	–	3	7	–	5
Eastern Kentucky	4	–	4	6	–	6
Murray State	4	–	4	6	–	6
Tennessee Tech	2	–	6	5	–	7
Southeast Missouri State	2	–	6	3	–	9
Austin Peay	0	–	8	0	–	12

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

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On December 18, Babers resigned to become the head football coach at Bowling Green State University.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 pm	at San Diego State*	No. 21	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	MWN	W 40–19	42,978
September 7	6:00 pm	at Southern Illinois*	No. 14	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL		W 40–37 ^2OT	10,038
September 14	6:00 pm	No. 18 Illinois State*	No. 9	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL (Mid-America Classic)	WEIU	W 57–24	10,741
September 21	7:00 pm	at Northern Illinois*	No. 8	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPN3	L 39–43	23,595
September 28	1:30 pm	Eastern Kentucky	No. 8	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	ESPN3	W 42–7	11,469
October 12	6:00 pm	at Austin Peay	No. 5	Governors Stadium Clarksville, TN	OVCDN	W 63–7	5,501
October 19	1:30 pm	Southeast Missouri State	No. 3	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	WEIU	W 55–33	11,569
October 26	4:00 pm	at No. 21 Tennessee State	No. 2	LP Field Nashville, TN	OVCDN	W 34–16	22,157
November 2	12:00 pm	Tennessee Tech	No. 2	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	WEIU	W 56–21	6,939
November 9	12:00 pm	at Murray State	No. 2	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	OVCDN	W 37–17	3,119
November 16	12:00 pm	No. 22 Jacksonville State	No. 2	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	ESPN3	W 52–14	6,693
November 23	1:00 pm	at UT Martin	No. 2	Graham Stadium Martin, TN	ESPN3	W 70–22	3,167
December 7	1:00 pm	No. 19 Tennessee State*	No. 2	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN3	W 51–10	4,825
December 13	7:00 pm	No. 5 Towson*	No. 2	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)	ESPN2	L 39–49	3,850
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• #21 (FCS) Panthers	7	12	7	14	40
Aztecs	13	3	3	0	19


1	12:57	SDSU	41-yard field goal by Wes Feer	SDSU 3–0

1	11:14	EIU	Erik Lora 37-yard touchdown reception from Jimmy Garoppolo, Cameron Berra kick good	EIU 7–3

1	9:11	SDSU	Colin Lockett 48-yard touchdown run, Feer kick good	SDSU 10–7

1	4:25	SDSU	35-yard field goal by Feer	SDSU 13–7

2	13:43	EIU	Lora 4-yard touchdown reception from Garoppolo, Berra kick no good	Tied 13–13

2	3:22	EIU	Keiondre Gober 62-yard touchdown reception from Garoppolo, Berra kick blocked	EIU 19–13

2	:16	SDSU	22-yard field goal by Feer	EIU 19–16

3	10:57	SDSU	38-yard field goal by Feer	Tied 19–19

3	7:36	EIU	Taylor Duncan 2-yard touchdown run, Berra kick good	EIU 26–19

4	13:43	EIU	Punt returned 60 yards for touchdown by Shephard Little, Berra kick good	EIU 33–19

4	4:30	EIU	Duncan 45-yard touchdown run, Berra kick good	EIU 40–19

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