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Eastern Illinois beat at UT Martin 45-16 on Sat Oct 31, its third win in nine games.

Game by game · Who’s playing · Rival · Comings and goings

Game by game

  1. W 45-16 at UT Martin, Sat Oct 31

    Cole Lacrue, 269 passing yards; Cole Lacrue, 112 rushing yards

  2. L 10-20 vs Southeast Missouri State, Sat Oct 24

    Cole Lacrue, 210 passing yards; Eli Evans, 83 receiving yards

  3. L 13-20 vs Lindenwood, Sat Oct 17

    Cole Lacrue, 203 passing yards; Jeremy Reeves, 79 receiving yards

  4. W 21-7 at Gardner-Webb, Sat Oct 10

    Cole Lacrue, 11 passing yards; Charles Kellom, 150 rushing yards

  5. L 7-42 at South Dakota State, Sat Sep 26

    Cole Lacrue, 85 passing yards; Samuel Gonzalez, 37 receiving yards

  6. L 13-49 at Illinois State, Sat Sep 19

    Cole Lacrue, 150 passing yards; Jeremy Reeves, 44 receiving yards

  7. L 35-42 vs Indiana State, Sat Sep 12

    Cole Lacrue, 267 passing yards; Charles Kellom, 106 rushing yards

  8. L 7-59 at Minnesota, Thu Sep 3

    Cole Lacrue, 51 passing yards; Tyren Buggs, 38 receiving yards

  9. W 28-14 at Murray State, Thu Aug 27

    Cole Lacrue, 101 passing yards; Charles Kellom, 171 rushing yards

Fan lines come from r/CFB game threads, which cover Eastern Illinois only when it plays an FBS team. Standouts are from the box score.

Who’s playing

  • Cole LaCrue: 1,347 passing yards.
  • Charles Kellom: 580 rushing yards in 9 games.
  • Samuel Gonzalez: 273 receiving yards in 7 games.
  • Ja'Wuan Nickson: 61 tackles.
  • Aidan Archibald: 4.5 sacks.

Rival

Western Illinois

  • Next meeting: vs Western Illinois, Sat Nov 7.
  • Last meeting: W 31-23 at Western Illinois, Sat Sep 27

Comings and goings

1 player came in through the portal; 0 have played for Eastern Illinois this season.

  • Lonnie Burt, LB, from Portland State

Players who left: 7.

  • Nic DiSanto, OT, now at Central Michigan
  • Kiwaun Davis, CB, now at Southern
  • Isaiah Houi, CB, now at Oregon State
  • Kwan Johnson, OT, now at Oregon State
  • Sandro Malicevic, OT, now at Ohio
  • Reed Blake-Thomas, LB, now at East Tennessee State
  • CJ Nelson, WR, now at Ball State
CFB Zeitgeist “Go Panthers.”
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