1965 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

1965 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
ConferenceInterstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record3–5 (1–3 IIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLincoln Field
Seasons
1965 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northern Illinois $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Central Michigan 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Western Illinois 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Eastern Illinois 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Illinois State 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1965 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Clyde Biggers and played their home games at Lincoln Field in Charleston, Illinois. The Panthers finished the season with a 3–5 record overall and a 1–3 record in conference play.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at Indiana State*
L 0–17[2]
September 25Ferris State*
W 35–22[3]
October 2Milwaukee*
W 28–24[4]
October 9at Illinois State
W 8–7[5]
October 16Northwood*
  • Lincoln Field
  • Charleston, IL
L 7–42[6]
October 23Western Illinoisdagger
  • Lincoln Field
  • Charleston, IL
L 8–28[7]
October 30No. 8 Northern Illinois
  • Lincoln Field
  • Charleston, IL
L 11–20[8]
November 6at Central Michigan
L 6–486,200[9][10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[11]

References

  1. ^ "Football Record Book" (PDF). Eastern Illinois University Athletics. p. 46. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  2. ^ Van Sant, Rick (September 19, 1965). "Strong Defense By Ind. State". Terre Haute Tribune. p. 49. Retrieved May 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Hoppin, Tom (September 27, 1965). "Eastern Dumps Ferris; Most Points Since 1954". Mattoon Journal Gazette. p. 7. Retrieved May 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Hoppin, Tom (October 4, 1965). "EIU Wins Second Straight; Nips Wisconsin-Milwaukee". Mattoon Journal Gazette. p. 6. Retrieved May 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Eastern Wins 3rd". Evansville Courier & Press. October 10, 1965. p. 5C. Retrieved May 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Hoppin, Tom (October 18, 1965). "Eastern Clobbered, 42-7, By Northwood Saturday". Mattoon Journal Gazette. p. 7. Retrieved May 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Hoppin, Tom (October 25, 1965). "Illini Deck Duke, 28-14; Western Clobbers Eastern". Mattoon Journal Gazette. p. 6. Retrieved May 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Beard, Curt (November 1, 1965). "Puzzling Huskies Play Hard Enough To Win, Laments Fletcher". The DeKalb Daily Chronicle. p. 14. Retrieved May 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "EIU Trounced 48-6". Decatur Sunday Herald and Review. November 7, 1965. p. 20. Retrieved May 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  11. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved June 3, 2022.


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