2019 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team


The 2019 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Adam Cushing and played their home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 1–11, 1–7 in OVC play to finish in last place.

Previous season

The Panthers finished the 2018 season 3–8, 3–5 in OVC play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 22, 2019. The Panthers were picked to finish in eighth place.

Preseason All-OVC team

The Panthers had one player selected to the preseason all-OVC team.
Defense
Terrell Greer – DL

Schedule

Game summaries

at Chattanooga

at Indiana

Illinois State

at Indiana State

Tennessee Tech

at Murray State

Jacksonville State

at UT Martin

Eastern Kentucky

at Tennessee State

Southeast Missouri State

at Austin Peay