1982 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

1982 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
1982 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
Mid-Con co-champion
NNCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 19–20 vs. Tennessee State
Conference	Association of Mid-Continent Universities
Ranking
AP	No. 5
Record	11–1–1 (2–0–1 Mid-Con)
Head coach	Darrell Mudra (5th season);
Home stadium	O'Brien Stadium
	Seasons ← 1981 1983 →

1982 Association of Mid-Continent Universities football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Eastern Illinois +^	2	–	0	–	1	11	–	1	–	1
Northern Iowa +	2	–	0	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Southwest Missouri State	1	–	2	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Western Illinois	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule[edit]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	Illinois State*		O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL (rivalry)	W 27–14
September 11	Northeast Missouri State*		O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 18–17
September 18	Wayne State (MI)*		O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 27–0
September 25	at Northern Iowa		UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa	T 10–10
October 2	at Youngstown State*		Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, Ohio	W 27–23
October 9	Akron*		O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 18–0
October 16	at Indiana State	No. 20	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	W 16–12
October 23	at Western Illinois	No. 11	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	W 31–7
October 30	Southern Illinois*	No. 7	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 20–7	9,120
November 6	at Southwest Missouri State	No. 6	Robert W. Plaster Stadium Springfield, MO	W 36–7
November 13	Kentucky State*	No. 5	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 73–0
November 27	No. 8 Jackson State*	No. 5	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	W 16–13 ^OT		^[1]
December 4	at No. 4 Tennessee State*	No. 5	Hale Stadium Nashville, TN (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)	L 19–20		^[2]
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

1982 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`11`	Jeff Christensen	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "Kicker's 3d try saves EIU in OT". Chicago Tribune. November 28, 1982. Retrieved August 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Eastern's playoff hopes come to a soggy end". Chicago Tribune. December 5, 1982. Retrieved April 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "EIU Football Online Guide, 2019" (PDF). Eastern Illinois athletics. Retrieved February 12, 2020.

v t e Eastern Illinois Panthers football
Venues	O'Brien Field (1970–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Illinois State: Mid-America Classic
Culture & lore	Billy the Panther
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold