2011 EastErn IllInoIs Football sprIng prospEctus

GENERAL INFORMATIONName of School.................... Eastern.Illinois.UniversityCity/Zip........................................Charleston,.IL..61920Founded................................................................ 1895Enrollment...........................................................11,630Nickname....................................................... .PanthersSchool Colors............................. Blue,.Grey.and.WhiteStadium.................................................... O’Brien.FieldCapacity............................................................ .10,000Surface..........................................................Pro-GrassAffiliation.............................NCAA.FCS.(formerly.I-AA)Conference.................................................. Ohio.ValleyPresident........................................ Dr..William.L..PerryAlma Mater, Yr.................................Park.College,.1967Faculty Representative........ Dr..Jim.Davis.(eff..July.1)Athletics Director.................................. Barbara.BurkeAlma Mater, Yr.........................Western.Michigan,.1980Athletics Department Phone...............(217).581-2319

FOOTBALL HISTORYFirst Year of Football............................................ 1899All-Time Playoff-Record (FCS)............................. 3-13Years In Post Season............................................... 13Last Post Season Appearance........................... .2009Result....................................L.7-48.at.Southern.IllinoisAll-Time Record..........................................468-474-43

MEDIA RELATIONSAssociate AD/Media&PR........................... .Rich.MoserEmail...................................................rlmoser@eiu.eduOffice Phone.........................................(217).581-7480Cell Phone.............................................(217).508-8317SID Fax..................................................(217).581-6434Press Box Phone..................................(217).581-7770Assistant SID...........................................Bart.RettbergAssistant SID.................................Greg.LautzenheiserGraphic Designer/Photographer...............Sandy.KingSID Mailing Address..................... .600.Lincoln.Avenue.................................................................... Lantz.Arena.....................................................Charleston,.IL..61920Overnight Mailing Address.................................Same

Athletics Website......................www.EIUpanthers.com

COACHING STAFFHead Coach ................................................. Bob SpooAlma Mater/Year......................................Purdue,.1960Record at School (Yrs)......................... 142-122-1.(23)Overall Record (Yrs)............................................SameFootball Office Phone..........................(217).581-5031Best Time To Reach Coach......................... .Mornings

ASSISTANT COACHESOffensive Line ...................Brian Callahan (2nd year).......Alma.Mater.......................... (Eastern.Illinois,.1992).Wide Receivers ........................Mike Lynch (7th year).......Alma.Mater....................................(Montana,.1999)Quarterbacks ..........................Roy Wittke (17th year).......Alma.Mater.............. (Wisconsin.Eau-Claire.-.1982)Linebackers...................... Roc Bellantoni (11th year).......Alma.Mater............................ (Iona.College,.1993))Defensive Line ..................Brian Strandley (1st year).......Alma.Mater.........................................(Idaho,.1995)Defensive Backs ...................................................TBA.......Alma.Mater..............................................................Special Teams ..................Matthew Smiley (3rd year).......Alma.Mater........................................(Illinois,.2001)Tight Ends ............................. Jason Fisher (3rd year).......Alma.Mater.......................... (Eastern.Illinois,.2008)Safeties ............................. Chad Cleveland (4th year).......Alma.Mater.......................... (Eastern.Illinois,.2007)Defensive Assistant ...........Bodie Reeder (2nd year).......Alma.Mater.......................... (Eastern.Illinois,.2010)Offensive Coordinator ...............................Roy WittkeDefensive Coordinator ....................... Roc Bellantoni

TEAM INFORMATIONOverall Record......................................................... 2-9Conference Record/Finish................................ 2-6/7thFinal Ranking........................................................... NRBasic Offense....................................................SpreadBasic Defense.......................................................... 4-3

Letterwinners Returning/Lost:........................... 36/18Offense................................................................... 15/8Defense.................................................................. 19/9Special Teams.......................................................... 2/1

Starters Returning/Lost...................................... 17/10Offense..................................................................... 9/3Defense.................................................................... 6/6Special Teams.......................................................... 2/1

EastErn IllInoIs PanthErs2011 Football schEdulE

Day Date OppOnent LOcatiOn time

thur. sept. 1 IllInoIs statE o’brIEn FIEld 6:30 pm (centennial Game)

Sat. Sept.10 atNorthwestern Evanston,Ill. TBA

sat. sept. 17 * tEnnEssEE tEch o’brIEn FIEld 6:30 pm (hall of Fame)

Sat. Sept.24 *atJacksonvilleState Jacksonville,Ala. 6pm

Sat. Oct.1 *atSoutheastMissouri CapeGirardeau,Mo. 6pm

sat. oct. 8 * EastErn KEntucKY o’brIEn FIEld 1:30 pm (Family Weekend)

Sat. Oct.15 *atMurrayState Murray,Ky. 3pm

sat. oct. 22 * ut MartIn o’brIEn FIEld 1:30 pm (homecoming)

Sat. Oct.29 *atAustinPeay Clarksville,Tenn. TBA

sat. nov. 5 * tEnnEssEE statE o’brIEn FIEld 1:30 pm (senior day & bob spoo celebration)

Sat. Nov.12 atSouthernIllinois Carbondale,Ill. 2pm

Sat. Nov.19 Open

Sat. Nov.26 NCAAFCSPLAYOFFFirstRound TBA

*OhioValleyConferenceContests AllTimesCentral&SubjecttoChangeHOMEGAMESINBOLDCAPS-PLAYEDATO’BRIENSTADIUM

bob sPooEasternIllinoisHeadFootballCoach(Purdue,1960)25thSeason

Bob Spoo, the dean ofcoaches in the Ohio ValleyConferencereturnsforhis25thand final season on the Panthers sidelines looking to guide thePanthers to their 14th NCAAFCSplayoffappearance. Spoocurrentlyranksfourthamong Division I coacheswith the longest tenure at oneschooltrailingPennState’sJoePaterno, Albany’s Bob FordandVillanova’sAndyTalleyonthatlist.

SpooannouncedatapressconferenceinNovemberthatthe2011 season would be his final year at EIU. The 2011 season will markhis25thseasonatEIUandhis50thyearcoachingfootballatthehighschoolandcollegiatelevels. In2009EIUclimbedbacktothetopoftheOVCstandingsasthe Panthers capturing their fifth conference crown since 2001. Spoo was named the OVC Coach of the Year and one of five finalists for the Liberty Mutual National Coach of the Year as EIU finished the year at 8-4 overall. The Panthers advanced to the their seventh playoff appearance since 2000 ending the year ranked15thintheFCSCoachespoll. After missing the 2006 season for medical reasons, Spooreturnedtotheteaminafull-timecapacityfollowingthePanthers2006 first round playoff loss. In 2007 that recognized drive and “voice” returned in full force as Spoo guided EIU to its thirdstraightFCSplayoffappearanceand12thoverall. EIU would finish the 2007 season with an 8-4 record, 7-1 in the OVC. The Panthers were ranked No. 15 in the final FCS Coaches poll making their sixth playoff appearance in the lasteightseasons. ThewinningestcoachinEasternIllinoishistoryandtheactiveleaderinwinsamongOVCcoaches,Spoomaintainsacareermarkof140-113-1.HehasledthePanthersto11winningseasonsinthelast15years. Under his leadership the Panthers qualified for an unprecedented threestraighttripstotheNCAAI-AAplayoffsbetween2000-02and again from 2005-07. EIU has won (or shared) Ohio Valley Conference championship in five of the past ten seasons. In his 24 yearsatEIUthePanthershavemadetentripstotheNCAAplayoffswith 11 finishes in the Top 25 poll. EIU’s deepest run in the playoffs under Spoo came in 1989 when the Panthers knocked off Idaho in

the first round before losing the quarterfinals at Montana. DuringhistenureatEIU,thePanthershaveproducednumerousAll-ConferencepicksincludingsevenOffensiveorDefensiveOVCPlayersoftheYearsincethe2000season.EIUhasalsohadanumberof All-American players both on the field and in the classroom. Spooalsocoached2002WalterPaytonAwardwinnerTonyRomo,nowaProBowlquarterbackwiththeDallasCowboys. Overhis24yearsontheEIUsidelines,SpoohasbeennamedtheOVCCoachoftheYearthreetimes(2001,2005,2009),GatewayConferenceCoachoftheYearonce(1995)andtheRegionCoachoftheYeartwotimes(1995and2001).In2000hewastherunner-upfortheEddieRobinsonCoachoftheYearAward.In1995hewasnamedthe Football Gazette I-AACoachoftheYear. Demanding excellence on the field and in the classroom, Spoobelievesthatthefoundationforconstructingachampionshipprogram lies with a strong defense and sound kicking game,revolvingaroundaball-controlpassingattack. Spoo and his staff have been commended publicly by theFacultySenatefortheiremphasisonacademics.TheDaily Eastern News,thecampusdailynewspaper,namedSpooastheir“PersonoftheYear”inhissecondyearinCharleston. A threeyearPurdue letterman,SpooreplacedNFLHall-of-Famer Len Dawson as the starting quarterback in 1957 and guided theBoilermakerstoatwo-yearrecordof11-5.Heco-captainedthe1958 Blue team in the Blue-Gray All-Star game. Spoolaterreturnedtohisalmamatertocoachquarterbacksinthe 1980’s, building his resume by coaching such nationally known passersasMarkHermann,ScottCampbellandJimEverett.AllthreewouldgoontoplayintheNationalFootballLeague.Duringhistimeat Purdue (1978-1986) the team made four bowl appearances. Spoo also spent several years at Wisconsin (1973-77) as the quarterbacks coach. Priortobecomingamainstayinthecollegecoachingranks,SpoowasoneofthemostsuccessfulprepcoachesinIllinois.Hewas the head coach at Loyola Academy in Wilmette from 1967-72 directingtheschooltoa51-9-2recordandthe1969Chicagocitychampionship. He was the 1970 National High School Athletic CoachesAssociation“FootballCoachoftheYear”,1969IllinoisCoach of the Year and 1972 Chicago Coach of the Year. SpooandhiswifeSusanhaveonedaughterKate.

Career Record: 142-122-1 (.538), 23 seasonsOVC Record: 67-37 (.644), 14 seasons

FCS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES 1... RoyKidd(EasternKentucky).................................................. 17 2.... JerryMoore(AppalachianState).......................................... 16* 3.... TubbyRaymond(Delaware)................................................... 11 4.... JimTressel(YoungstownState)............................................... 10 5 .... bob spoo (Eastern Illinois) ................................................... 9 * .... AndyTalley(Villanova)......................................................... 9* .... W.C.Gorden(JacksonState)..................................................... 9*denotesactivecoach

roc bEllantonIAssociateHeadCoach-DefensiveCoordinatorLinebackersCoach(Iona,1993)-11thSeason

WinningtheturnoverbattleissomethingthatEasternIllinoisdefensivecoordinatorRocBellantonihaspreachedsincehejoinedthe Panthers staff. In 2006 that mantra was proven correct asthePanthersledthenationinturnoversgainedwith31.In2009EasternIllinoisforced26turnoverstorank19thinthenation. His2010defensewas ledbyseniorNickNastiwhoearnedfirst team All-OVC honors after leading the OVC in tackles and ranking20thnationally.EIUforced22turnoversasEIUhasrankedinthetop25nationallyinturnoversgainedinfourofBellantoni’snineseasonsasdefensivecoordinator. Bellantoni joined the Panthers defensive staff in 2001 andwas promoted to his current role of coordinator following the2002springpracticeseason. Inspringof2009hewaselevatedtoassociateheadcoachfordefenseaftertwoseasonsasassistantheadcoach. In his career he has coached three OhioValley ConferenceDefendersoftheYearinlcudingback-to-backwinnersClintSellersin 2005 and Donald Thomas in 2006. In 2007 Thomas finished as a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award handed out to the nation’s top FCS defensive player. Bellantoni also coached Nick Ricksto being named a two-time finalist for the Buchanan Award after winning OVC Defender of the Year honors in 2002. In 2008 he coached Pierre Walters who was a midseason BuchananAwardcandidatewho laterplayed in theTexasvs.TheNationAll-StargamebeforeearningarosterspotwiththeKansasCityChiefs. In 2005 Bellantoni’s defense ranked 19th in the country inscoringdefenseallowingjust19.2pointspergame.ThePanthersranked first in the OVC in rushing defense and second nationally inturnovermarginwith+1.5pergame.ThePanthersscoredanunprecedentedeightdefensivetouchdowns. PriortocomingtoEIU,BellantoniwasthedefensivecoordinatoratDrakeUniversitywhichsharedthePioneerLeaguetitlein2000with a 7-4 record. Drake’s defense forced 26 turnovers and had 36quarterbacksacksthatseason.Healsocoacheddefensivelineat Drake in 1998 and 1999 with the Bulldogs winning the 1998 conferencetitle. Bellantoni startedhiscoachingcareeratMamoroneckHighSchool High School in New York in 1993 and made his first collegiate coaching stop at Buena Vista University in Iowa in1995. A 1993 graduate of Iona College, Bellantoni earned threevarsitylettersplayingdefensetacklefortheGaels.Hestatedhisplaying career at Massachusetts as a member of the 1998 Yankee Conferencechampionshipteam. Bellantoni currently serves as the Panthers recruitingcontactforsouthFlorida.Healsoservesastheliaisonwithcampusfoodservicesandhousingandisthesummercampdirector. Bellantoni and his wife Jenny have four sons, Gino,MarcoandtwinsNicolasandRicky.

roY WIttKEAssociateHeadCoach-OffensiveCoordinatorQuarterbacksCoach(Wisconsin Eau-Claire, 1982) - 17th Season

Former Eastern Illinois offensive coordinator RoyWittkerejoined the Panthers football program on May 1, 2008 in a position hepreviouslyservedinfrom1990-2002.Wittkewaselevatedtohiscurrentpositionofassociateheadcoachforoffenseinthespringof2009. Followingthelossoftwoseniorquarterbacksfrom2009andthe lossof twosenior runningbacks toopen theseason,WittkehelpedcoachfreshmanquarterbackJimmyGaroppoloasheearnedAll-OVCNewcomerhonors.GaroppolowouldhaverankedthirdintheOVCinpassingyardsbutdidnotappearinenoughgames. EIU’s2009offensefeaturedamorebalancedoffensiveattackasquarterbackJakeChristensenandrunningbackMonWilliamswerebothsecondteamAll-OVCselections.ThePanthersscored19touchdownsthroughtheairandanother11ontheground. In 2008 the Panthers offense produced a 1,000 rusher for the fifth straight season as Travorus Bess climbed into the career Top 15onthePantherscharts. WittkecomesbacktoEIUfollowinghismostrecentstintatNorthern Illinois during the 2007 season where he served as the offensivecoordinatorandquarterbackscoach. Wittke is best known for helping to develop current DallasCowboys signal caller Tony Romo as the Panthers offensivecoordinatorfrom1990-2002.DuringthattimeframeEIUposted82 wins, made five FCS playoff appearances and was capped off byRomoearningthe2002WalterPaytonAward.HewasnamedtheAFCADivisionI-AAAssistantCoachoftheYearin2002asthePanthersoffensiveunitrankedfourthinthenationinscoring(35.3 ppg) and fifth in total offense (452.6 yards/game). During his first stop at EIU, Wittke coached 14 players who earned offensive All-American honors and numerous All-Conference selections in both the Ohio Valley Conference andGateway Football Conference. Three of his offensive unitsrank among the top five at EIU for total offense and scoring in a season. Following the2002 season,Wittkeworkedas theoffensivecoordinatorattheUniversityofArkansasfrom2003-05andoneseason at both Arizona State University (2006) and Northern Illinois University (2007). Wittke coached in both the 2003 Independence Bowl withArkansas and the 2006 Hawai’i Bowlwith Arizona State. He has also had stints at his alma mater Wisconsin Eau-Claire (1979-81), Montana State University (1982-84) and Central Missouri State (1985-89). Wittke is a native of Racine, Wis., and a 1982 graduate of WisconsinEau-Claire.HeandhiswifePattyhavethreechildren:sonsBradandJeffanddaughterBekah.

MatthEW sMIlEYSpecial Teams Coach / Running Backs(Illinois,2001)-3rdyear

MatthewSmileyentershisthirdseasonasthePanthersspecialteamscoordinatorhavingcoachedtwooftheOVC’sbestspecialteamsplayersin2009. In2009SmileycoachedpunterKevinCookandkickerAustinSignor as Signor earned first team All-OVC honors after leading the nation in kick offs for touchback. Signor also ranked 30thnationally in field goals. Cook finished the season ranked 9th in thenation inpunting. Special teamsplayerLorenceRicksalsoearnedNationalSpecialTeamsPlayeroftheWeekdistinctionin2009duringthePantherswinoverJacksonvilleState. In2010SmileyagaincoachedaspecialteamsunitthatledtheOVC in fewest kick return yards allowed. Cook would finish his EIUcareerasthePantherscareerleaderinpuntingaverageasheearned first team All-OVC honors. Cook ended the season ranked 8th in the nation in punting average. Smiley came to Eastern Illinois following two seasons atEureka College where he served one season as the offensivecoordinatorandoneseasonasthedefensivecoordinator.InOctoberof 2008 he was named interim head coach and preceded to win his first contest with a 47-19 win over Principia College. AtEureka,SmileyalsooversawthedevelopmentoftheRedDevilsspecialteamswiththekickoffcoverageteamrankingNo.2 in NCAA Division III for least return yards allowed in 2007. Duringatwo-yearstinthecoachedeightAll-SLIACperformers. PriortocoachingatEureka,SmileyworkedfortwoseasonsasaspecialteamscoachatDartmouthCollegeservingasthespecialteams coordinator in 2006. In 2007 the Big Green special teams blocked five kicks while improving in both kickoff and punt return yardageallowed. Smiley entered the coaching ranks as an undergraduate atIllinoisservingasastudent-assistantcoachafterbeingawalk-onwidereceiverwiththeFightingIllini.HegraduatedfromIllinoisin May 2001 and served in the United States Air Force as a first lieutenant in Grand Forks, North Dakota. While on active dutySmileywasdeployedfourtimesinsupportofOperationEnduringFreedom and received the USAF Commendation Medal for hisefforts. While stationed in Grand Forks he also worked with thespecialists at the University of North Dakota where he coachedtwoAll-Americankickersin2001and2003. SmileyalsoholdsamastersdegreefromNorthDakota.HeismarriedtotheformerMarissaBushue,aformerrecordholderfortheEIUwomen’strackteaminthetriplejump.ThecouplehavetwodaughtersMadelynandElla.

addItIonal Football coachEs

OffensiveLineCoach...........................................BrianCallahanWideReceiversCoach.............................................. MikeLynchTightEndsCoach......................................................JasonFisherDefensiveLineCoach..........................................BrianStrandleyDefensiveBacksCoach........................................................TBASafetiesCoach..................................................... ChadClevelandDefensiveAssistantCoach......................................BodieReeder

addItIonal Football suPPort staFF

HeadAthleticTrainer..............................................SamLaingenFootballTrainer..........................................................DavidJagerGraduateAssistantFBTrainer................................. JennaMooreStrength&ConditioningCoach.................................... EricCashFootballSecretary................................................. RichelleHeiseTeamPhysician....................................................Dr.KarlRudertTeamPhysician.............................................. Dr.AaronEubanksEquipmentManager.....................................................ClintBays

2010 ohIo VallEY conFErEncE FInal Football standInGs

tEaM oVc oVErall Southeast Missouri $ 7-1 9-3JacksonvilleState$ 6-2 9-3EasternKentucky 5-2 6-5MurrayState 5-3 6-5UTMartin 5-3 6-5TennesseeTech 4-4 5-6EASTERNILLINOIS 2-6 2-9Austin Peay 1-7 2-9Tennessee State 0-7 3-8

$NCAAFCSPlayoffParticipant

FuturE schEdulEs

2012August30 southErn IllInoIsSeptember 8 at Western MichiganSeptember15 atIllinoisStateSeptember22 * MurraY statESeptember29 * austIn PEaYOctober6 atUTMartinOctober13 * JacKsonVIllE statEOctober20 OpenDateOctober 27 * at Eastern KentuckyNovember3 *atTennesseeTechNovember10 * southEast MIssourINovember 17 at Central ArkansasNovember24 FCSPlayoffs

*DenotesOhioValleyConferenceGameHOMEGAMESINBOLDCAPSPlayedatO’BrienFieldSchedulessubjecttochange

EastErn IllInoIs unIVErsItY2011 PanthEr Football rostEr

(numerical)

# naME Pos ht Wt Yr EXP hoMEtoWn (hIGh school/Jc/last) 1 Jimmy Lera + RB 5-8 161 R-FR RS Lake Park, Fla. (Palm Beach Gardens) 2 TavaresCrawford DB 5-10 163 SO 1V BelleGlade,Fla.(GladesCentral) 3 Lorence Ricks + WR 6-1 174 R-SR 3V Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Ft. Lauderdale) 4 Kenny Whittaker WR 5-10 181 JR 2V Miami Shores, Fla. (Columbus) 5 Jake Walker + RB 5-10 210 R-JR 1V Delray Beach, Fla. (American Heritage/Univ. of Toledo) 6 Carlos Reyna + FS 6-0 189 SR 3V Miami, Fla. (Columbus) 7 Antonio Taylor + LB 6-2 215 R-SO 1V Maywood, Ill. (Immaculate Conception) 8 Cory Leman + LB 6-0 219 R-SR 3V Champaign, Ill. (Central) 9 ChavarWatkins+ WR 6-2 200 R-JR 2V Sunrise,Fla.(Piper) 10 RandolphTribble CB 5-10 163 JR 2V RivieraBeach,Fla.(PalmBeachGardens) 11 Shadonta Travis + WR 6-1 188 R-JR SQ Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook/Univ. of St. Francis) 12 Deonte Jackson DB 5-10 175 SO TR Olympia Fields, Ill. (Rich Central/Harper College) 13 VonWise+ TE 6-4 209 R-JR 1V Cincinnati,Ohio(Finneytown) 14 TaylorDuncan+ QB 6-3 204 R-FR RS Marshall,Ill.(Marshall) 15 Jimmy Garoppolo QB 6-3 208 SO 1V Arlington Heights, Ill. (Rolling Meadows) 16 DougReynolds+ TE 6-2 212 R-JR SQ Cincinnati,Ohio(Colerain) 19 Nick Martinez + SS 6-0 208 R-SR 3V Miami, Fla. (Dade Christian) 20 AJ Woodson + DB 5-8 167 R-FR RS Oakland Park, Fla. (Northeast) 21 Pete Houlihan DB 5-11 168 SO 1V New Lenox, Ill. (Providence Catholic) 22 Erik Lora WR 5-10 187 JR 2V Miami, Fla. (Columbus) 24 James Cooper + CB 5-10 178 R-JR 2V Maywood, Ill. (Proviso East) 28 Nick Beard + DB 6-1 178 R-SO 1V Delray Beach, Fla. (Atlantic) 31 Alex McNulty + DB 5-10 186 R-SO 1V Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook) 32 ArtaviousDowdell DL 6-2 236 JR 2V BelleGrade,Fla.(GladesCentral) 35 JohnWurm+ DB 6-1 196 R-FR RS Dublin,Ohio(Coffman) 38 D.J. Bland + DB 6-1 175 R-FR RS Chicago, Ill. (De La Salle Institute) 40 Keithan Hedrick + SS 5-11 186 R-SO 1V Markham, Ill. (Bremen) 41 Andy Bays + DB 5-8 175 R-SO HS Charleston, Ill. (Charleston) 42 Alex Helms & LB 6-2 225 JR TR Naperville, Ill. (North/Concordia (Minn.) Univ.) 44 JudesAmilcar+ DE 6-2 229 R-SO 1V Pompano,Fla.(OlympicHeights) 45 KeaganRobinson+ TE 6-6 243 R-JR 2V Petersburg,Ill.(PORTA) 46 GordyKickels LB 6-1 222 SR 3V Lemont,Ill.(Lemont) 47 J.R. Ridgner + LB 6-0 207 R-JR 2V Chicago, Ill. (Morgan Park) 48 Marcus Lee + LB 6-0 212 R-FR RS Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook) 50 AdamGristick+ LB 5-10 202 R-FR RS Allentown,Pa.(Parkland) 51 AdamBaker LS 6-2 241 JR 2V Champaign,Ill.(Central) 52 Clinton Simpkins + DL 6-3 230 R-SO TR Fredricksburg, Va. (Chancellor/Dodge City CC) 53 GregMahan+ DL 6-3 241 R-JR 1V CarolStream,Ill.(GlenbardNorth) 54 PerryMaynard+ LB 6-2 232 R-JR 2V Southlake,Texas(Carroll) 55 Matt Soria + LB 6-1 187 R-FR RS Naperville, Ill. (Naperville Central) 56 Jerone Williams DL 6-4 280 JR TR St. Louis, Mo. (Oakville/Ellsworth CC) 58 Cameron Berra K 5-11 203 SO 1V St. Louis, Mo. (Parkway Catholic) 59 Scott Weatherford + P 6-1 186 R-SO SQ Terre Haute, Ind. (North) 62 ShaneKelly+ OL 6-4 245 R-JR 1V Rhinelander,Wis.(Rhinelander) 63 DimitriTripkos+ DL 6-3 255 R-FR RS Skokie,Ill.(NilesWest) 64 Josh Bryant + OL 6-0 274 R-JR SQ Chicago, Ill. (Morgan Park) 66 MattParks+ OL 6-5 305 R-FR RS MachesneyPark,Ill.(Harlem) 67 Mike O’Neill + OL 6-2 284 R-JR 2V Chicago, Ill. (St. Patrick) 69 Eric Varela OL 6-6 315 JR TR Temecula, Calif. (Great Oak/Mt. San Jacinto JC) 71 Kevin Kapellas + OL 6-4 290 R-JR 2V Cincinnati, Ohio (Moeller) 72 Alex Pierce + OL 6-6 322 R-SO 1V Carmel, Ind. (Carmel) 73 Angelo Tripkos & OL 6-4 300 SO TR Skokie, Ill. (Niles West/Concordia (Minn.) Univ.) 74 Collin Seibert + OL 6-4 261 R-FR RS Oswego, Ill. (Oswego) 75 Mike Garrity + OL 6-6 313 R-JR SQ Batavia, Ill. (Batavia/Univ. of Illinois)

EastErn IllInoIs unIVErsItY2011 PanthEr Football rostEr

(numerical)

# naME Pos ht Wt Yr EXP hoMEtoWn (hIGh school/Jc/last) 76 Eric Zink OL 6-6 264 SR 3V Oshkosh, Wis. (West) 77 Dominic Pagliara + OL 6-6 292 R-SO 1V Quincy, Ill. (Quincy Notre Dame) 78 Mitch Reab OL 6-4 280 JR TR Forestville, Calif. (El Molino/Santa Rosa JC) 79 Jon Voytilla DL 6-3 276 SO 1V St. Charles, Ill. (St. Charles East) 81 Chris Wright WR 6-1 180 JR 2V Skokie, Ill. (Niles West) 83 Adam Tapling + WR 6-0 181 R-JR RS Chicago, Ill. (St. Laurence/Saint Joseph’s (IL) College) 84 Sam Hendricks + TE 6-4 197 R-FR RS Cincinnati, Ohio (Indian Hill) 86 Rex Bonham + TE 6-3 224 R-FR RS New Carlisle, Ohio (Tecumseh) 88 Adam Drake + WR 6-2 163 R-FR RS Charleston, Ill. (Charleston) 89 Jeremy Rykard WR 5-10 170 JR TR O’Fallon, Ill. (O’Fallon/Mt. San Jacinto JC) 90 RooseveltHolliday DL 6-3 303 JR 2V Maywood,Ill.(Bolingbrook) 91 Brandon Tucker + DT 6-1 279 R-FR HS Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook) 92 Mike Letton DL 6-4 247 SR 2V Custer Park, Ill. (Bishop McNamara/Navy) 93 Pat Wertz + DL 6-4 240 R-JR TR Orland Hills, Ill. (Andrew/Illinois State) 96 TorySquires+ DT 6-4 230 R-FR RS Chicago,Ill.(GordonTech) 99 Noah Decker + DE 6-3 218 R-SO SQ Charleston, Ill. (Charleston) +-indicatesredshirtyearused&-indicateswillnotplayduetoNCAAtransferrules

2011 IncoMInG FrEshMan class (Fall sEMEstEr)(Players who signed letters of intent only)

# naME Pos ht Wt Yr EXP hoMEtoWn (hIGh school/Jc/last) Nick Borre OL 6-4 280 FR HS Bloomingdale, Ill. (Lake Park) Reggie Box RB 6-0 175 FR HS Glen Carbon, Ill. (Edwardsville) DevinBrinson RB 6-0 193 FR HS Carmel,Ind.(Carmel) AJ Chappelle LB 5-9 210 FR HS Florissant, Mo. (Hazelwood Central) Vinnie Cordova OL 6-5 280 FR HS Columbus, Ohio (New Albany) FedneyDelphonse DE 6-3 215 FR HS Naples,Fla.(GoldenGate) Dino Fanti DT 6-1 248 FR HS Venice, Fla. (Venice) TimotheusGranger DE 6-2 200 FR HS RivieraBeach,Fla.(Suncoast) Josh Griffin DL 6-6 265 FR HS Paris, Ill. (Paris) Mike Gunter SAF 6-3 200 FR HS Springfield, Ill. (Rochester) JosephHall C 6-5 220 FR HS X,Ill.(Wheaton-WarrenvilleSouth) KennethHankerson LB 6-0 203 FR HS Ft.Lauderdale,Fla.(St.ThomasAquinas) RobertHaynes LB 6-0 225 FR HS PuntaGorda,Fla.(Charlotte) AndreHodge LB 6-0 240 FR HS Keyport,N.J.(MatawanRegional) Taylor Kerr K/P 6-1 175 FR HS Indianapolis, Ind. (Pike) BenKrol QB 6-6 220 FR HS Woodstock,Ill.(MarianCentralCatholic) Shepard Little RB 5-10 173 FR HS Schaumburg, Ill. (Schaumburg) EricLuhrsen OL 6-5 235 FR HS Wheaton,Ill.(Wheaton-WarrenvilleSouth) TreyPendergrass ATH 5-6 155 FR HS RoyalPalmBeach,Fla.(JupiterChristian) Jason Schuman TE 6-7 225 FR HS Warrenville, Ill. (Wheaton-Warrenville South) Clinton Scott DE 6-4 230 FR HS Casey, Ill. (Casey-Westfield) Matt Talley SAF 6-1 205 FR HS Deerfield Beach, Fla. (Deerfield Beach) DemetreTaylor DE 6-3 220 FR HS Tampa,Fla.(Middleton) JourdanWickliffe WR 6-1 195 FR HS Columbus,Ohio(St.CharlesCollegePrep)

2011 EastErn IllInoIs Football sprIng prospEctus

PLayerBreakDOwn(yearListeDFOrreturnersis2011,yearListeDFOrpLayersLOstis2010)

returningOFFensivestarters:

pOs pLayer Ht wt yr 2010stats/nOtes

WR Lorence Ricks 6-1 174 R-SR Started 10 games (20 receptions, 285 yards, 3 touchdowns)WR Eric Lora 5-10 187 JR Started 9 games (50 receptions, 478 yards, 2 touchdowns)QB Jimmy Garoppolo 6-3 208 SO Started 7 games (124-for-211, 1,639 yards, 14 TD, 13 INT), All-OVC Newcomer TeamLT Dominic Pagiliara 6-6 292 R-SO Started 10 games (8 at left tackle, 2 at right tackle)LG Eric Zink 6-6 264 SR Started 10 games (8 at left guard, 2 at left tackle)C Mike O’Neill 6-2 284 R-JR Started 7 games (4 at center, 3 at left guard)RG AlexPierce 6-6 322 R-SO Started11gamesatrightguardRT Kevin Kapellas 6-4 290 R-JR Started 8 games at right tackle

returningDeFensivestarters:

pOs pLayer Ht wt yr 2010stats/nOtes

DT Roosevelt Holliday 6-3 303 JR Started 8 games, 36 tackles (15 solo), 5.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacksDE ArtaviousDowdell 6-2 236 JR Started11games,52tackles(25solo),12.5tacklesforloss,4.5sacksMLB Gordy Kickels 6-1 222 SR Started 9 games, 72 tackles (31 solo), 7.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, 1 interceptionOLB CoryLeman 6-0 219 R-SR Started11games,95tackles(41solo),5tacklesforlossRover Nick Martinez 6-0 208 R-SR Started 11 games, 74 tackles (38 solo), 3 tackles for loss, 1 interception, 5 pass break-upsFS Carlos Reyna 6-0 189 SR Started 9 games, 42 tackles (23 solo), 2 pass break-ups

returningspeciaLists:

pOs pLayer Ht wt yr 2010stats/nOtes

K Cameron Berra 5-11 203 SO 8-for-11 field goals (long 43), 19-for-20 on extra points, 43 points scoredLS AdamBaker 6-2 241 JR longsnapperforall11gamesKR Lorence Ricks 6-1 174 R-SR 32 kick returns for 795 yards (24.8 yard average ranked 37th in NCAA)

OtHerkeyreturningreserves

pOs pLayer Ht wt yr 2010stats/nOtes

WR Chris Wright 6-1 180 JR Started 1 game, 21 receptions for 557 yards, 6 touchdownsWR Kenny Whittaker 5-10 181 JR Started 3 games, 42 receptions for 382 yards, 1 touchdownOL MikeGarrity 6-6 313 R-JR Appearedin2games,onestartbeforesufferingseasonendinginjuryTE KeaganRobinson 6-6 243 R-JR Appearedin11gamesasablockingtightend,1receptionTE Von Wise 6-4 209 R-JR Appeared in 9 games, 11 receptions for 138 yards, 2 touchdowns

DL Mike Letton 6-4 247 SR Started 3 games, 22 tackles (8 solo), 1.5 tackles for lossSAF Nick Beard 6-1 178 R-SO Started 2 games, 38 tackles (24 solo), 2 pass break-upsDB TavaresCrawford 5-10 163 SO 11gamesplayed,15tackles(11solo)DB Alex McNulty 5-10 186 R-SO 11 games played, 15 tackles (11 solo), 1 pass break-upDE Judes Amilcar 6-2 229 R-JR 11 games played, 15 tackles (7 solo), 2 tackles for lossLB AntonioTaylor 6-2 215 R-SO 11gamesplayed,14tackles(6solo),1forcedfumble,1fumblerecoveryDB James Cooper 5-10 178 R-JR 11 games played, 14 tackles (7 solo), 0.5 tackles for loss

startersLOst

pOs pLayer Ht wt yr 2010stats/nOtes

C Willie Henderson 6-2 266 R-JR Preseason All-OVC... started 7 games... injury forced completion of eligibilityTE Cody Bruns 6-4 214 R-SR Started 9 games, second team All-OVC, 20 receptions for 238 yards, 3 touchdownsWR Charles Graves 6-1 182 R-SR Started 10 games, 9 receptions for 105 yardsRB Jimmy Potempa 5-7 179 SR Started 7 games, 491 yards rushing on 117 attempts (44.6 ypg), 2 touchdowns

DE PerryBurge 6-2 234 JR Started11games,44tackles(24solo),5tacklesforloss,2sacksDT Spyros Bazigos 5-11 279 R-SR Started 11 games, 46 tackles (18 solo), 13.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, first team All-OVCLB Nick Nasti 6-1 232 SR Started 11 games, 114 tackles (47 solo), 3.5 tackles for loss, first team All-OVCCB CJ James 5-8 182 SR Started 11 games, 56 tackles (33 solo), 5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, second team All-OVCCB Rashad Haynes 5-11 178 R-SR Started 11 games, 56 tackles (36 solo), 0.5 tackles for loss, 5 pass break-ups

P Kevin Cook 6-2 219 R-SR 11 games played, 8th in nation in punting at 42.9 yards per kick, first team All-OVC

aDDitiOnaLkeyreservesLOst(name,pOsitiOn,year)

MonWilliams(RB,SR),BrandonLarge(QB,R-SO),SeanCampbell(LB,SR),DannyVehovic(TE,SR)

QuartErbacK 15... JimmyGaroppolo...............6-3.............208.................So 14...TaylorDuncan....................6-3.............204..............R-FrrunnInG bacK 5... JakeWalker........................5-10............210.............. R-Jr 1... JimmyLera.........................5-8.............161..............R-Fr 20...AJWoodson........................5-8.............167..............R-FrsPlIt 3...LorenceRicks.....................6-1.............174..............R-Sr 81...ChrisWright.......................6-1.............180.................. JrFlanKEr 22...ErikLora............................5-10............187.................. Jr 9...ChavarWatkins...................6-2.............200.............. R-Jrslot 4...KennyWhittaker...............5-10............181.................. Jr 83...AdamTapling.....................6-0.............181.............. R-JrtIGht End 45...KeaganRobinson................6-6.............243.............. R-Jr 13...VonWise.............................6-4.............209.............. R-JrlEFt tacKlE 75...MikeGarrity.......................6-6.............313.............. R-Jr 74...CollinSeibert......................6-4.............261..............R-FrlEFt Guard 76...Eric Zink.............................6-6.............264..................Sr 78...MitchReab.........................6-4.............280.................. JrcEntEr 71...KevinKapellas...................6-4.............290.............. R-Jr 67...MikeO’Neill......................6-2.............284.............. R-JrrIGht Guard 72...AlexPierce.........................6-6.............322.............R-So 78...MitchReab.........................6-4.............280.................. JrrIGht tacKlE 69...DominicPagliara................6-6.............292.............R-So 69...EricVarela..........................6-6.............315.................. Jr

EIU OFFENSE

KIcKEr 58...CameronBerra...................5-11............203.................SoPuntEr 59...ScottWeatherford...............6-1.............186.............R-SoholdEr 59...ScottWeatherford...............6-1.............186.............R-SolonG snaPPEr 51...AdamBaker........................6-2.............241.................. JrPunt rEturns 22...ErikLora............................5-10............187.................. Jr 12...DeonteJackson..................5-10............175.................SoKIcK rEturns 3...LorenceRicks.....................6-1.............174..............R-Sr 1... JimmyLera.........................5-8.............161..............R-Fr

EIU SPECIALISTS

lEFt End 32...ArtaviousDowdell..............6-2.............236.................. Jr 79... JonVoytilla.........................6-3.............276.................SolEFt tacKlE 92...MikeLetton........................6-4.............247..................Sr 53...GregMahan........................6-3.............241.............. R-JrrIGht tacKlE 73...RooseveltHolliday.............6-3.............303.................So 93...Pat Wertz.............................6-4.............240.............. R-JrrIGht End 97... JudesAmilcar.....................6-2.............229.............R-So 52...ClintonSimpkins................6-3.............230.............R-SoWIll lInEbacKEr 8...CoryLeman........................6-0.............219..............R-Sr 54...PerryMaynard....................6-2.............232.............. R-JrMIddlE lInEbacKEr 46...GordyKickels.....................6-1.............222..................Sr 50...AdamGristick...................5-10............202..............R-FrsaM lInEbacKEr 7...AntonioTaylor....................6-2.............215.............R-So 47... JRRidgner..........................6-0.............207.............. R-JrlEFt cornErbacK 10...RandolphTribble...............5-10............163.................. Jr 2...TavaresCrawford..............5-10............163.................SoroVEr 19...Nick Martinez.....................6-0.............208..............R-Sr 24... JamesCooper.....................5-10............178.............. R-JrFrEE saFEtY 6...CarlosReyna......................6-0.............189..................Sr 28...NickBeard..........................6-1.............178.............R-SorIGht cornErbacK 12...DeonteJackson..................5-10............175.................So 21...PeteHoulihan....................5-11............168.................So

EIU DEFENSE

EIU COACHING STAFFhead coach:BobSpoo(Purdue,1960-25thyear) (career record142-123-1;oVc record 67-37)

associate head coach/defensive coordinator: RocBellantoni(11thyear)

associate head coach/offensive coordinator: Roy Wittke (17th year)

special teams coach:MatthewSmiley(3rdyear)offensive line coach:BrianCallahan(2ndyear)Wide receivers: Mike Lynch (7th year)defensive line:BrianStrandley(1styear)secondary coach:TBAtight Ends:JasonFisher(3rdyear)safeties:ChadCleveland(4thyear)defensive assistant:BodieReeder(2ndyear)trainer:DavidJager(2ndyear)strength coach:EricCash(3rdyear)

2011 EIu sprIng DEpth chart

2011 EastErn IllInoIs Football sprIng notEs

outlooK LongtimeEasternIllinoisheadcoachBobSpooannouncedthat the 2011 season will his 25th and final season guiding the Panthers program. The all-time leader in coaching victories atEIU,SpoowouldliketotakehisprogramoutontopandendhiscareerwithanothershotattheNCAApost-season.LastyearEIUsuffered through a 2-9 season, including starting the year at 0-8. Whatdevelopedfromlastseasonwas thePantherswereable toplayanumberofyoungplayerswhogainedvaluableexperiencethatcouldpaydividendsthisseason

oFFEnsE outlooK QuarterbackJimmyGaroppolotookhislumpsasafreshmanstarter last season before starting to click in the final four games of theyear.InthosefourcontestsGaroppolopassedfor1,052yardsand14touchdownswithonlythree interceptions. EIUposteda2-2 record in those games as a young offensive line seemed tomatureastheseasonprogressed. ThisseasonasasophomoreGaroppolowillbesurroundedbythesameoffensivetargetsthathelpedhimbesuccessfulattheend of 2010. The Panthers return their top four pass receiversin Erik Lora (50 rec./478 yards), Kenny Whittaker (42 rec./382 yards), Chris Wright (21 rec./557 yards) and Lorence Ricks (20 rec./285 yards). InadditionthePanthersreturnanoffensivelinethatstartedtogethermostoflastseason.Thatgroupallowed31sacksinthefirst seven games but only six sacks in the final four games as Garoppolo gained some confidence behind that unit. Senior Eric Zink will anchor that group at left guard with returning starters Alex Pierce and Dominic Pagliara on the right side of the line.KevinKapellasastarteratlefttacklelastyearisslatedtomovetocenterandMikeGarrityispenciledinasthestarteratlefttackleaftermissingninegameslastyearduetoinjury.

oFFEnsIVE arEas oF concErn ThePanthersstruggledtoruntheballlastseasonbasedona combination of a young line and an injured backfield. Senior JimmyPotempaledtheteamwithjust491yardsontheground.This season the offense will have a relatively new group in thebackfield with Jake Walker (53 rush/180 yards) the lone returner fromlastyear.RedshirtfreshmenJimmyLeraandAJWoodsonbothhadproductivespringsandwillprovidetheEIUoffensewithadiversegroupofbacks.

sPEcIal tEaMs outlooK EIU returns most of its special teams unit with kickerCameron Berra, long snapper Adam Baker and kick returnerLorence Ricks. Berra took over the place kicker role as a truefreshman last season making 8-of-11 field goals and 19-of-20 on extrapointattempts.Rickshasbeenoneoftheleague’stopkickreturn men over the past two seasons averaging 24.8 yards per kick returnin2010. ThePanthersmustreplacepunterKevinCookwhorankedinthetoptennationallyinpuntinglastseason.ScottWeatherfordwill compete for the job in the fall. EIU must also find a punt returner to replace Rashad Haynes. Haynes averaged 10.7 yards perreturnwithonetouchdownlastseason.

dEFEnsIVE outlooK ThePantherslostseveralkeyplayersfromlastyear’sdefensebutdo return severalveterans thatcouldmakean impactas theseason progresses. Senior linebackers Cory Leman and GordyKickelsshouldsecurethatpositiongroupwhileCarlosReynaandNick Martinez return at the strong and free safety positions. All seniors; Leman, Kickels and Martinez ranked second, third and fourthontheteamintackleslastseasoncombiningfor241totaltacklesincluding15.5tacklesforloss. Partofthedefensivelinereturnsintactwithanewpositioncoach also coming onboard in the spring. Artavious Dowdellshouldcontinuetoshowimprovementasthejuniorledtheteaminsackslastyearwith4.5whilerecording12.5tacklesfor loss.RooseveltHolidayreturnsatoneinteriorlinepositionandseniorMikeLetton,apart-timestarterlastyearisslottedintotheotherspot. Holiday and Letton combined for 48 tackles and 7 tackles for losslastseasonrotatingin-and-outoftheline-upforeachother.

dEFEnsIVE arEas oF concErn EasternIllinoislostfourkeyplayerstograduationfollowingthe 2010 season with first-team All-OVC players Nick Nasti and Spyros Bazigos along with multiple year starting corner backs Rashad Haynes and CJ James. Bazigos will be replaced in the starting line-up by Mike Letton, a part-time starter last seasonwhileNastiwillbereplacedbyAntonioTayloranup-and-cominglinebacker.ThecornerbackpositionswillbethekeyreplacementsforEIUasRandolphTribbleandtransferDeonteJacksonendedthespringasthestartersinthosepositions.

rEcruItInG class Eastern Illinois addressed some areas of concern with its2011 recruiting class. The Panthers added five junior college playerswithtwoontheoffensiveline,twoonthedefensivelineandonedefensiveback.DeonteJacksonisthelonejuniorcollegeplayer to break through to the starting line-up following springpracticeastheprojectedstarteratonecornerbackposition. With its high school recruiting class the Panthers stockedup on running backs, defensive lineman and linebackers. Witha young group currently competing for the starting spot in thebackfield look for one of the freshman running backs to get a shot atplayingtimein2011.Oneortwodefensivelinemanmayalsoearnashotatextendedplayingtimewithagoodfallcamp.

thE schEdulE EasternIllinoisopensthe2011seasonwithahistoricscheduleas thePantherswillmeet in-state rival IllinoisState toopen theseasononSept. 1. Thiswill be the100thmeetingbetween thetwo schools and kick off the final season for head coach Bob Spoo atEIU’sO’BrienField.Spoo,aChicagonative,willthencoachinhishometownasthePantherssquareoffwithNorthwesternonSept.10.EIUopenstheOVCseasonathomewithTennesseeTechon Sept. 17 then plays back-to-back road games at Jacksonville StateandSoutheastMissouri.JSUandSEMObothearnedbidsto the NCAA FCS playoffs last season. The final regular season homegame,whichwillserveas theBobSpooLegacygame, isNov. 5 against Tennessee State. The final regular season game is ontheroadatSouthernIllinoisonNov.12.

#3 - lorEncE rIcKsWide Receiver / Kick ReturnerRS-Senior (6-1, 174)Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./Ft. Lauderdale HS

RicksservesasadualthreatasthePantherstopdeeproutereceiverandasakickreturnspecialist...Heisalsoastarteronspecialteamskickandpuntcoverage...Asajuniorhe hauled in 11 passes for 285 yards and threetouchdowns...Returned32kicksfor795 yards (24.8 average) with a long return of 69 yards... Ranked 37th in the NCAA inkickreturnyardageasajunior...EarnedNationalSpecialTeamsPlayeroftheWeekhonorsasasophomoreduringthePantherswinoverJacksonvilleState...Electedteamcaptainfor2011season.

#8 - corY lEManLinebackerRS-Senior(6-0,219)Champaign, Ill./Central HS

Lemanreturnsas thePanthers top tacklerfromlastseason...Herecorded95tacklesto rank second on the team (41 solo, 54assisted)... Leman added five tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and two passbreak-ups...LemanrankedthirdintheOhioValley Conference in tackles per game...Will be a starter at outside linebacker forthe third straight season... Elected teamcaptainforthe2011season.

#15 - JIMMY GaroPPoloQuarterbackSophomore (6-3, 208)Arlington Heights, Ill./Rolling Meadows HS

Garoppolo enters the fall as the Panthersreturning signal caller... He took overthe starting position midway through the2010 seasonearningOVCAll-Newcomerhonors...Heappearedineightgameswithseven starts passing for 1,639 yards and14 touchdowns... His pass completionpercentage was 58.8... He twice earned All-OVCNewcomeroftheWeekhonors...Did not have enough games played torankamongOVCleadersbutwouldhaverankedthirdinpassingyardspergameandthird in pass efficiency... He was fourth in theOVCintotalpassingyardsandthirdintouchdownpasses.

2011 EastErn IllInoIs all-star canDIDatEs

EastErn IllInoIs PlaYoFF hIstorY(Fcs/I-aa Playoffs)

2009 (First round @ carbondale, Il)Southern Illinois def. Eastern Illinois, 48-7

2007 (First round @ carbondale, Il)SouthernIllinoisdef.EasternIllinois,30-11

2006 (First round @ charleston, Il)IllinoisStatedef.EasternIllinois,24-13

2005 (First round @ charleston, Il)SouthernIllinoisdef.EasternIllinois,21-6

2002 (First round @ Mccomb, Il)Western Illinois def. Eastern Illinois, 48-9

2001 (First round @ charleston, Il)NorthernIowadef.EasternIllinois,49-43

2000 (First round @ Missoula, Mt)Montanadef.EasternIllinois,45-13

1996 (First round @ cedar Falls, Ia)NorthernIowadef.EasternIllinois,21-14

1995 (First round @ nacogdoches, tX)StephenF.Austindef.EasternIllinois,34-29

1989 (First round @ Moscow, Id)Eastern Illinois def. Idaho, 38-21

1989 (Quarterfinals @ Missoula, MT)Montanadef.EasternIllinois,25-19

1986 (First round @ charleston, Il)Eastern Illinois def. Murray State, 28-21

1986 (Quarterfinals @ Charleston, IL)EasternKentuckydef.EasternIllinois,24-22

1983 (First round @ terre haute, In)IndianaStatedef.EasternIllinois,16-13(2OT)

1982 (First round @ charleston, Il)EasternIllinoisdef.JacksonState,16-13(OT)

1982 (Quarterfinals @ Nashville, TN)TennesseeStatedef.EasternIllinois,20-19

All-TimeFCSPlayoffRecord:3-13HomeRecord:2-4RoadRecord:1-9

***Note***EasternIllinoishasnowmadetheNCAAFCSPlayoffs 13 times since joining that level of football in 1981. The12playoffappearancescurrentlyranks9thamongactiveFCSlevelschools.

ncaa PlaYoFF aPPEarancEs(by school)

school ..............................# appearances (last)Montana............................................... 20(2009)EasternKentucky................................. 19 (2008)AppalachianState............................... 18 (2010)GeorgiaSouthern................................. 17 (2010)Furman................................................. 15(2006)NorthernIowa...................................... 15(2010)Delaware.............................................. 15(2010)McNeeseState..................................... 14(2009)EastErn IllInoIs ....................... 13 (2009)JacksonState........................................ 12 (1997)YoungstownState.................................11(2006)*Idaho..................................................11(1995) Idaho currently plays at the NCAA I level

FCS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES(BY COACH)

1.. RoyKidd(EasternKentucky)................................17 2... JerryMoore(AppalachianState)........................16* 3... TubbyRaymond(Delaware).................................11 4... JimTressel(YoungstownState).............................10 5 ... bob spoo (Eastern Illinois) .................................9 * ... AndyTalley(Villanova).......................................9* ... W.C.Gorden(JacksonState)...................................9*denotesactivecoach

division II Playoffs

1978 (national champions)EasternIllinoisdef.UCDavis,35-31

EasternIllinoisdef.YoungstownState,26-22EasternIllinoisdef.Delaware,10-9

1980 (national runners-up)EasternIllinoisdef.NorthernColorado,21-14EasternIllinoisdef.NorthernAlabama,56-31

CalPolydef.EasternIllinois,21-13

2010 EastErn IllInoIs startErs

oPPonEnt slot lt lG c rG rt tE sPlIt FlanK Qb rbIowa Wright Pagliara Zink Henderson Pierce Kapellas Bruns lora Wise Large PotempaCentralArk. ricks Grossman Zink Henderson Pierce Garrity Bruns Whittaker Graves Large PotempaUTMartin ricks Pagliara Zink o’neill Pierce Kapellas Bruns lora Graves Large PotempaJacksonvilleSt. ricks Pagliara Zink o’neill Pierce Kapellas Bruns lora Graves Garoppolo PotempaSEMissouri ricks Pagliara Zink o’neill Pierce Kapellas Bruns lora Graves Garoppolo M.WilliamsEasternKy. ricks Pagliara Zink o’neill Pierce Kapellas Bruns lora Wright Garoppolo PotempaTenn.Tech ricks Pagliara Zink Henderson Pierce Kapellas Whittaker lora Graves Garoppolo M.WilliamsMurrayState ricks Pagliara Zink Henderson Pierce Kapellas Bruns Whittaker Graves Garoppolo PotempaAustinPeay ricks Zink o’neill Henderson Pierce Pagilara Bruns lora Graves Garoppolo PotempaTennesseeSt. ricks Zink o’neill Henderson Pierce Pagliara Bruns lora Graves Garoppolo M.WilliamsIllinoisState ricks Pagliara o’neill Henderson Pierce Kapellas Vehovic lora Graves Garoppolo M.Williams

oPPonEnt dE dt dt dE saM Mlb WIll cb roVEr Fs cbIowa Burge Bazigos holliday dowdell Nasti Kickels leman James Martinez reyna HaynesCentral Ark. Burge Bazigos holliday dowdell Nasti leman Campbell James Martinez beard HaynesUT Martin Burge Bazigos holliday dowdell Nasti Kickels leman James Martinez reyna HaynesJacksonville St. Burge Bazigos letton dowdell Nasti Kickels leman James Martinez reyna HaynesSE Missouri Burge Bazigos letton dowdell Nasti Kickels leman James Martinez beard HaynesEastern Ky. Burge Bazigos letton dowdell Nasti Kickels leman James Martinez reyna HaynesTenn. Tech Burge Bazigos holliday dowdell Nasti Kickels leman James Martinez reyna HaynesMurray State Burge Bazigos holliday dowdell Nasti Kickels leman James Martinez reyna HaynesAustin Peay Burge Bazigos holliday dowdell Nasti leman Campbell James Martinez reyna HaynesTennessee St. Burge Bazigos holliday dowdell Nasti Kickels leman James Martinez reyna HaynesIllinois State Burge Bazigos holliday dowdell Nasti Kickels leman James Martinez reyna Haynes

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2010 EIU PANTHERS FOOTBALL EASTERN ILLINOIS Game Results

All games

Overall Ohio Valley Date Opponent Score Record Record Time Attend ---- -------- ----- -------- -------- ---- ------ Sep 4, 2010 at No. 9 Iowa 7-37 L 0- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 2:43 70,585 Sep 11, 2010 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 7-37 L 0- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 2:55 5,529 * Sep 18, 2010 at UT Martin 10-20 L 0- 3- 0 0- 1- 0 2:56 4,791 * Sep 25, 2010 No. 4 JACKSONVILLE STATE 23-28 L 0- 4- 0 0- 2- 0 3:05 4,311 * Oct 2, 2010 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 13-28 L 0- 5- 0 0- 3- 0 2:38 8,007 * Oct 9, 2010 at Eastern Kentucky 7-35 L 0- 6- 0 0- 4- 0 2:44 5,100 * Oct 16, 2010 at Tennessee Tech 20-34 L 0- 7- 0 0- 5- 0 3:13 4,420 * Oct 23, 2010 MURRAY STATE 28-38 L 0- 8- 0 0- 6- 0 3:00 6,111 * Oct 30, 2010 AUSTIN PEAY W 28-10 1- 8- 0 1- 6- 0 2:50 4,385 * Nov 6, 2010 at Tennessee State W(ot) 31-28 2- 8- 0 2- 6- 0 3:21 21,596 Nov 13, 2010 at Illinois State 23-27 L 2- 9- 0 2- 6- 0 2:33 4,566 * indicates Ohio Valley Conferece game

2010 EastErn IllInoIs FInal statIstIcs

2010 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALLEastern Illinois Overall Team Statistics (as of May 19, 2011)

All games

Team Statistics EIU OPPSCORING 197 322 Points Per Game 17.9 29.3FIRST DOWNS 186 228 R u s h i n g 64 125 P a s s i n g 108 93 P e n a l t y 14 10RUSHING YARDAGE 962 2340 Yards gained rushing 1457 2607 Yards lost rushing 495 267 Rushing Attempts 350 472 Average Per Rush 2.7 5.0 Average Per Game 87.5 212.7 TDs Rushing 6 33PASSING YARDAGE 2279 1895 C o m p - A t t - I n t 193-340-18 204-317-5 Average Per Pass 6.7 6.0 Average Per Catch 11.8 9.3 Average Per Game 207.2 172.3 TDs Passing 18 5TOTAL OFFENSE 3241 4235 Total Plays 690 789 Average Per Play 4.7 5.4 Average Per Game 294.6 385.0KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 47-1037 37-675PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 12-82 19-182INT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-116 18-239KICK RETURN AVERAGE 22.1 18.2PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 6.8 9.6INT RETURN AVERAGE 23.2 13.3FUMBLES-LOST 31-15 29-17PENALTIES-Yards 49-413 69-551 Average Per Game 37.5 50.1PUNTS-Yards 57-2360 46-1775 Average Per Punt 41.4 38.6 Net punt average 35.1 34.6TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 8 : 0 4 3 3 : 1 73RD-DOWN Conversions 41/138 69/157 3rd-Down Pct 30% 44%4TH-DOWN Conversions 7/21 13/20 4th-Down Pct 33% 65%SACKS BY-Yards 12-83 37-237MISC YARDS 0 0TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 25 41FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 8-12 11-18ON-SIDE KICKS 1-1 1-1RED-ZONE SCORES (20-28) 71% (40-54) 74%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (14-28) 50% (32-54) 59%PAT-ATTEMPTS (21-22) 95% (41-41) 100%ATTENDANCE 28343 111058 Games/Avg Per Game 5/5669 6/18510 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalEastern Illinois 54 71 21 48 3 197Opponents 79 107 71 65 0 322

2010 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALLEastern Illinois Overall Individual Statistics (as of May 19, 2011)

All games

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g

POTEMPA, Jimmy 11 117 558 67 491 4.2 2 52 44.6

WILLIAMS, Mon 9 62 262 53 209 3.4 3 71 23.2

WALKER, Jake 10 53 205 25 180 3.4 0 17 18.0

LORA, Erik 10 15 109 2 107 7.1 0 20 10.7

WHITTAKER, Kenny 10 6 39 0 39 6.5 0 19 3.9

BRUNS, Cody 10 1 36 0 36 36.0 0 36 3.6

RICKS, Lorence 11 4 25 4 21 5.2 0 14 1.9

LARGE, Brandon 6 39 133 118 15 0.4 0 20 2.5

WRIGHT, Chris 10 2 13 0 13 6.5 0 10 1.3

NASTI, Nick 11 2 7 0 7 3.5 0 5 0.6

COOK, Kevin 11 1 0 11 -11 -11.0 0 0 -1.0

GAROPPOLO, Jimmy 8 41 70 138 -68 -1.7 1 12 -8.5

TEAM 8 7 0 77 -77 -11.0 0 0 -9.6

Total 11 350 1457 495 962 2.7 6 71 87.5

Opponents 11 472 2607 267 2340 5.0 33 76 212.7

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g

GAROPPOLO, Jimmy 8 133.59 124-211-13 58.8 1639 14 81 204.9

LARGE, Brandon 6 98.41 69-128-5 53.9 640 4 37 106.7

RICKS, Lorence 11 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0

Total 11 119.95 193-340-18 56.8 2279 18 81 207.2

Opponents 11 116.62 204-317-5 64.4 1895 5 37 172.3

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g

LORA, Erik 10 50 478 9.6 2 35 47.8

WHITTAKER, Kenny 10 42 382 9.1 1 28 38.2

WRIGHT, Chris 10 21 557 26.5 6 81 55.7

RICKS, Lorence 11 20 285 14.2 3 45 25.9

BRUNS, Cody 10 20 238 11.9 3 28 23.8

POTEMPA, Jimmy 11 17 84 4.9 0 14 7.6

WISE, Von 9 11 138 12.5 2 33 15.3

GRAVES, Charles 10 9 105 11.7 0 27 10.5

WALKER, Jake 10 2 7 3.5 0 12 0.7

ROBINSON, Keagan 11 1 5 5.0 1 5 0.5

Total 11 193 2279 11.8 18 81 207.2

Opponents 11 204 1895 9.3 5 37 172.3

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg

HAYNES, Rashad 7 75 10.7 1 46

HOULIHAN, Pete 4 7 1.8 0 9

WATKINS, Chavar 1 0 0.0 0 0

Total 12 82 6.8 1 46

Opponents 19 182 9.6 1 42

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg

CAMPBELL, Sean 2 14 7.0 0 10

NASTI, Nick 1 37 37.0 0 37

MARTINEZ, Nick 1 0 0.0 0 0

KICKELS, Gordy 1 65 65.0 0 65

Total 5 116 23.2 0 65

Opponents 18 239 13.3 2 48

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg

RICKS, Lorence 32 795 24.8 0 69

LORA, Erik 8 144 18.0 0 45

HAYNES, Rashad 3 48 16.0 0 18

VEHOVIC, Danny 1 15 15.0 0 15

WALKER, Jake 1 21 21.0 0 21

TAYLOR, Antonio 1 13 13.0 0 13

GRAVES, Charles 1 1 1.0 0 1

Total 47 1037 22.1 0 69

Opponents 37 675 18.2 0 45

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg

TAYLOR, Antonio 1 20 20.0 0 20

HAYNES, Rashad 1 6 6.0 0 6

Total 2 26 13.0 0 20

Opponents 3 34 11.3 0 25

2010 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALLEastern Illinois Overall Individual Statistics (as of May 19, 2011)

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PAT

Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts

BERRA, Cameron - 8-11 19-20 - - - - - 43

WRIGHT, Chris 6 - - - - - - - 36

RICKS, Lorence 3 - - - 1 - - - 20

WILLIAMS, Mon 3 - - - - - - - 18

BRUNS, Cody 3 - - - - - - - 18

LORA, Erik 2 - - - - - - - 12

WISE, Von 2 - - - - - - - 12

POTEMPA, Jimmy 2 - - - - - - - 12

HAYNES, Rashad 1 - - - - - - - 6

GAROPPOLO, Jimmy 1 - - - - - - - 6

ROBINSON, Keagan 1 - - - - - - - 6

WHITTAKER, Kenny 1 - - - - - - - 6

COOK, Kevin - 0-1 2-2 0-1 - - - - 2

LARGE, Brandon - - - - - 1-2 - - 0

Total 25 8-12 21-22 0-1 1 1-2 - - 197

Opponents 41 11-18 41-41 - - - - 1 322

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g

GAROPPOLO, Jimmy 8 252 -68 1639 1571 196.4

LARGE, Brandon 6 167 15 640 655 109.2

POTEMPA, Jimmy 11 117 491 0 491 44.6

WILLIAMS, Mon 9 62 209 0 209 23.2

WALKER, Jake 10 53 180 0 180 18.0

LORA, Erik 10 15 107 0 107 10.7

WHITTAKER, Kenny 10 6 39 0 39 3.9

BRUNS, Cody 10 1 36 0 36 3.6

RICKS, Lorence 11 5 21 0 21 1.9

WRIGHT, Chris 10 2 13 0 13 1.3

NASTI, Nick 11 2 7 0 7 0.6

COOK, Kevin 11 1 -11 0 -11 -1.0

TEAM 8 7 -77 0 -77 -9.6

Total 11 690 962 2279 3241 294.6

Opponents 11 789 2340 1895 4235 385.0

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk

COOK, Kevin 0-1 0.0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0

BERRA, Cameron 8-11 72.7 0-0 3-4 3-4 2-3 0-0 43 1

FG Sequence Eastern Illinois Opponents

Iowa Hawkeyes - -

Central Arkansas 26 (21),(39),(20),34

UT Martin (27) (31),(26)

Jacksonville State (22),29 49,44

Southeast Missouri (33),(32) -

Eastern Kentucky - -

Tennessee Tech (42),(43) 47,(43),(25)

Murray State 39 35,(43)

Austin Peay - (35),52,35

Tennessee State (37) -

Illinois State (27),40 (42),(20)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk

COOK, Kevin 55 2360 42.9 86 9 6 19 15 0

TEAM 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Total 57 2360 41.4 86 9 6 19 15 2

Opponents 46 1775 38.6 58 5 7 13 2 0

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln

BERRA, Cameron 32 1679 52.5 2 1

COOK, Kevin 10 604 60.4 0 0

Total 42 2283 54.4 2 1 18.2 37.3 32

Opponents 62 3714 59.9 12 0 22.1 39.3 30

2010 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALLEastern Illinois Overall Individual Statistics (as of May 19, 2011)

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All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g

RICKS, Lorence 11 21 285 0 795 0 1101 100.1

LORA, Erik 10 107 478 0 144 0 729 72.9

POTEMPA, Jim 11 491 84 0 0 0 575 52.3

WRIGHT, Chris 10 13 557 0 0 0 570 57.0

WHITTAKER, K 10 39 382 0 0 0 421 42.1

BRUNS, Cody 10 36 238 0 0 0 274 27.4

WILLIAMS, Mon 9 209 0 0 0 0 209 23.2

WALKER, Jake 10 180 7 0 21 0 208 20.8

WISE, Von 9 0 138 0 0 0 138 15.3

HAYNES, Rasha 11 0 0 75 48 0 123 11.2

GRAVES, Charl 10 0 105 0 1 0 106 10.6

KICKELS, Gordy 10 0 0 0 0 65 65 6.5

NASTI, Nick 11 7 0 0 0 37 44 4.0

VEHOVIC, Dann 8 0 0 0 15 0 15 1.9

LARGE, Brando 6 15 0 0 0 0 15 2.5

CAMPBELL, Se 9 0 0 0 0 14 14 1.6

TAYLOR, Antoni 11 0 0 0 13 0 13 1.2

HOULIHAN, Pet 8 0 0 7 0 0 7 0.9

ROBINSON, Ke 11 0 5 0 0 0 5 0.5

COOK, Kevin 11 -11 0 0 0 0 -11 -1.0

GAROPPOLO, J 8 -68 0 0 0 0 -68 -8.5

TEAM 8 -77 0 0 0 0 -77 -9.6

Total 11 962 2279 82 1037 116 4476 406.9

Opponents 11 2340 1895 182 675 239 5331 484.6

2010 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALLEastern Illinois Overall Defensive Statistics (as of May 19, 2011)

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Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd

## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf

56 NASTI, Nick 11 47 67 114 3.5-12 . 1-37 3 2 1-0 . . .8 LEMAN, Cory 11 41 54 95 5.0-12 . . 2 . . 2 . .19 MARTINEZ, Nick 11 38 36 74 3.0-8 . 1-0 5 1 1-0 3 . .46 KICKELS, Gordy 10 31 41 72 7.5-21 0.5-4 1-65 2 1 2-0 . . .21 JAMES, CJ 11 33 23 56 5.0-22 1.0-11 . 3 1 1-0 1 . .26 HAYNES, Rashad 11 36 20 56 0.5-2 . . 5 . 1-6 1 . .32 DOWDELL, Artavious 11 25 27 52 12.5-50 4.5-32 . 2 4 3-0 3 . .90 BAZIGOS, Spyros 11 18 28 46 13.5-34 1.0-8 . . 1 1-0 . . .98 BURGE, Perry 11 24 20 44 5.0-25 2.0-19 . . 10 1-0 1 . .6 REYNA, Carlos 9 23 19 42 1.0-2 . . 2 . 1-0 1 . .28 BEARD, Nick 11 24 14 38 . . . 2 . . . . .73 HOLLIDAY, Roosevelt 11 15 21 36 5.5-18 2.0-6 . . 1 . . . .92 LETTON, Mike 9 8 14 22 1.5-3 . . . 1 . . . .49 CAMPBELL, Sean 9 8 13 21 4.0-9 1.0-3 2-14 . 1 . . . .12 CRAWFORD, Tavares 11 11 4 15 . . . . . . . . .31 McNULTY, Alex 11 11 4 15 . . . 1 . . . . .97 AMILCAR, Jude 11 7 8 15 2.0-2 . . . . . . . .27 TAYLOR, Antonio 11 6 8 14 . . . 1 1 1-20 1 . .95 GALAN, Nate 10 7 7 14 1.5-4 . . 2 2 . . . .24 COOPER, James 10 7 7 14 0.5-0 . . . . . . . .2 POTEMPA, Jimmy 11 7 1 8 . . . . . 1-0 . . .22 LORA, Erik 10 5 1 6 . . . . . . . . .5 WALKER, Jake 10 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .53 MAHAN, Greg 6 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .TM TEAM 8 1 2 3 . . . . . 1-0 1 . .82 BRUNS, Cody 10 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .3 RICKS, Lorence 11 1 2 3 . . . 1 . . . . .54 MAYNARD, Perry 5 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .15 GAROPPOLO, Jimmy 8 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .37 HOULIHAN, Pete 8 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .79 VOYTILLA, Jon 10 1 1 2 1.0-2 . . . . . . . .41 COOK, Kevin 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .23 TRIBBLE, Randolph 9 . 1 1 . . . . . 1-0 . . .58 BERRA, Cameron 9 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .44 MARCELIN, Alain 6 1 . 1 1.0-2 . . . . . . . .67 O'NEILL, Mike 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .45 ROBINSON, Keagan 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .40 HEDRICK, Keithan 5 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .69 PAGLIARA, Dominic 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .51 BAKER, Adam 10 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .47 RIDGNER, Jonathan 7 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .89 VEHOVIC, Danny 8 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

Total 11 454 451 905 73-228 12-83 5-116 31 26 16-26 14 . .Opponents 11 388 341 729 98-438 37-237 18-239 54 27 15-34 13 4 1

2010 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALLEastern Illinois Team Game-by-Game (as of May 19, 2011)

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TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot

Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off

Sep 4 at Iowa Hawkeyes 24 65 0 36 13 92 1 37 13-20-0 92 1 37 5 70 0 18 0 0 0 0 157

Sep 11 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 24 68 0 52 10 52 1 20 10-24-2 52 1 20 8 218 0 69 3 3 0 0 120

Sep 18 at UT Martin 32 84 1 16 16 138 0 19 16-32-0 138 0 19 3 74 0 38 1 0 0 0 222

Sep 25 JACKSONVILLE STATE 33 165 2 23 18 232 1 33 18-38-3 232 1 33 4 82 0 28 0 0 0 0 397

Oct 02 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 35 100 0 43 20 163 1 14 20-33-4 163 1 14 4 95 0 33 2 17 0 12 263

Oct 09 at Eastern Kentucky 36 29 0 30 26 321 1 29 26-44-2 321 1 29 5 128 0 40 1 0 0 0 350

Oct 16 at Tennessee Tech 36 39 0 14 22 229 1 28 22-39-4 229 1 28 7 176 0 35 4 60 1 46 268

Oct 23 MURRAY STATE 28 31 0 17 26 341 4 45 26-35-0 341 4 45 1 17 0 17 1 2 0 2 372

Oct 30 AUSTIN PEAY 38 100 1 20 12 219 3 52 12-22-1 219 3 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 319

Nov 06 at Tennessee State 38 136 0 16 20 331 4 81 20-33-0 331 4 81 4 86 0 45 0 0 0 0 467

11-13-10 at Illinois State 26 145 2 71 10 161 1 48 10-20-2 161 1 48 6 91 0 32 0 0 0 0 306

Eastern Illinois 350 962 6 71 193 2279 18 81 193-340-18 2279 18 81 47 1037 0 69 12 82 1 46 3241

Opponents 472 2340 33 76 204 1895 5 37 204-317-5 1895 5 37 37 675 0 45 19 182 1 42 4235

Games played: 11

Avg per rush: 2.7

Avg per catch: 11.8

Pass efficiency: 119.95

Kick ret avg: 22.1

Punt ret avg: 6.8

All purpose avg/game: 406.9

Total offense avg/gm: 294.6

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense Blkd PAT Attempts

Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf pts

Sep 4 at Iowa Hawkeyes 40 40 80 3.0-15 2.0-14 1 2-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 7

Sep 11 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 66 31 97 10.0-25 1.0-4 0 1-0 1-10 2 1 0 1-1 0 0 0 7

Sep 18 at UT Martin 33 44 77 9.0-31 1.0-8 0 0-0 1-4 1 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 10

Sep 25 JACKSONVILLE STATE 48 30 78 5.0-12 0.0-0 1 0-0 1-0 1 3 0 0-1 0 1 0 23

Oct 02 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 37 34 71 5.0-8 0.0-0 2 1-0 0-0 2 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 13

Oct 09 at Eastern Kentucky 33 34 67 7.0-23 2.0-8 3 3-0 0-0 2 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 7

Oct 16 at Tennessee Tech 27 59 86 6.0-20 1.0-9 0 1-0 0-0 0 6 0 2-2 0 0 0 20

Oct 23 MURRAY STATE 53 34 87 7.5-26 1.0-9 2 2-26 0-0 6 6 0 4-4 0 0 0 28

Oct 30 AUSTIN PEAY 35 53 88 5.0-13 0.0-0 3 3-0 1-37 3 2 0 4-4 0 0 0 28

Nov 06 at Tennessee State 41 32 73 9.0-33 2.0-19 1 2-0 0-0 1 3 0 4-4 0 0 0 31

11-13-1 at Illinois State 41 60 101 7.0-22 2.0-12 1 1-0 1-65 8 4 0 2-2 0 0 0 23

Eastern Illinois 454 451 905 73.5-228 12.0-83 14 16-26 5-116 26 31 0 21-22 0 1 0 197

Opponents 388 341 729 98.5-438 37.0-237 13 15-34 18-239 27 54 4 41-41 0 0 1 322

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs

Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob

Sep 4 at Iowa Hawkeyes 8 316 39.5 58 1 1 0 3 1 0-0 0 0 3 178 59.3 0 0

Sep 11 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 6 232 38.7 53 0 0 0 1 1 0-1 0 0 2 130 65.0 0 0

Sep 18 at UT Martin 8 373 46.6 75 0 1 2 3 5 1-1 27 0 3 166 55.3 0 0

Sep 25 JACKSONVILLE STATE 5 230 46.0 58 0 1 0 2 3 1-2 22 0 4 249 62.2 0 1

Oct 02 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 4 201 50.2 86 0 1 0 1 3 2-2 33 0 4 212 53.0 0 0

Oct 09 at Eastern Kentucky 4 179 44.8 48 0 2 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 2 102 51.0 0 0

Oct 16 at Tennessee Tech 5 223 44.6 58 0 1 1 1 2 2-2 43 0 4 141 35.2 0 0

Oct 23 MURRAY STATE 5 181 36.2 54 0 1 1 1 1 0-1 0 0 5 321 64.2 2 0

Oct 30 AUSTIN PEAY 6 214 35.7 65 0 0 0 2 2 0-0 0 0 5 293 58.6 0 0

Nov 06 at Tennessee State 4 174 43.5 50 0 1 0 1 1 1-1 37 0 5 256 51.2 0 0

11-13-1 at Illinois State 2 37 18.5 37 1 0 1 0 0 1-2 27 1 5 235 47.0 0 0

Eastern Illinois 57 2360 41.4 86 2 9 6 15 19 8-12 43 1 42 2283 54.4 2 1

Opponents 46 1775 38.6 58 0 5 7 2 13 11-18 43 0 62 3714 59.9 12 0

2010 EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALLEastern Illinois Opponent Game-by-Game (as of May 19, 2011)

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OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot

Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off

Sep 4 at Iowa Hawkeyes 39 179 3 16 21 256 1 35 21-26-0 256 1 35 3 73 0 35 3 59 1 42 435

Sep 11 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 38 162 4 35 30 214 0 35 30-38-1 214 0 35 2 51 0 26 4 31 0 18 376

Sep 18 at UT Martin 38 191 2 68 21 211 0 37 21-31-1 211 0 37 2 44 0 28 3 16 0 17 402

Sep 25 JACKSONVILLE STATE 47 264 4 76 15 128 0 21 15-24-1 128 0 21 4 50 0 27 3 5 0 3 392

Oct 02 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 46 277 3 18 7 41 0 9 7-10-0 41 0 9 4 100 0 45 0 0 0 0 318

Oct 09 at Eastern Kentucky 46 287 4 51 9 85 1 14 9-20-0 85 1 14 2 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 372

Oct 16 at Tennessee Tech 49 233 3 28 8 64 0 13 8-20-0 64 0 13 4 28 0 19 0 0 0 0 297

Oct 23 MURRAY STATE 34 171 3 68 41 318 2 25 41-58-0 318 2 25 3 69 0 32 0 0 0 0 489

Oct 30 AUSTIN PEAY 48 254 1 33 8 63 0 26 8-17-1 63 0 26 5 105 0 38 2 24 0 23 317

Nov 06 at Tennessee State 37 180 3 43 17 277 1 36 17-32-0 277 1 36 5 29 0 15 3 21 0 14 457

11-13-10 at Illinois State 50 142 3 15 27 238 0 20 27-41-1 238 0 20 3 83 0 44 1 26 0 11 380

Opponents 472 2340 33 76 204 1895 5 37 204-317-5 1895 5 37 37 675 0 45 19 182 1 42 4235

Eastern Illinois 350 962 6 71 193 2279 18 81 193-340-18 2279 18 81 47 1037 0 69 12 82 1 46 3241

Games played: 11

Avg per rush: 5.0

Avg per catch: 9.3

Pass efficiency: 116.62

Kick ret avg: 18.2

Punt ret avg: 9.6

All purpose avg/game: 484.6

Total offense avg/gm: 385.0

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense Blkd PAT Attempts

Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf pts

Sep 4 at Iowa Hawkeyes 21 38 59 7.0-26 2.0-13 0 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 5-5 0 0 1 37

Sep 11 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 41 15 56 10.0-62 6.0-36 5 3-0 2-22 7 6 0 4-4 0 0 0 37

Sep 18 at UT Martin 36 30 66 8.0-27 4.0-15 2 2-7 0-0 4 7 0 2-2 0 0 0 20

Sep 25 JACKSONVILLE STATE 40 18 58 9.0-38 2.0-17 0 0-0 3-44 3 7 0 4-4 0 0 0 28

Oct 02 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 45 28 73 7.0-41 3.0-23 1 1-0 4-66 2 4 0 4-4 0 0 0 28

Oct 09 at Eastern Kentucky 37 52 89 10.0-51 6.0-38 1 4-25 2-26 5 7 0 5-5 0 0 0 35

Oct 16 at Tennessee Tech 31 72 103 15.5-78 8.0-56 2 2-0 4-75 0 3 0 4-4 0 0 0 34

Oct 23 MURRAY STATE 42 18 60 13.0-46 2.0-15 0 0-0 0-0 1 6 0 5-5 0 0 0 38

Oct 30 AUSTIN PEAY 35 16 51 9.0-35 2.0-12 0 0-0 1-6 2 4 1 1-1 0 0 0 10

Nov 06 at Tennessee State 34 32 66 5.0-19 1.0-7 1 3-2 0-0 2 7 0 4-4 0 0 0 28

11-13-1 at Illinois State 26 22 48 5.0-15 1.0-5 1 0-0 2-0 1 1 2 3-3 0 0 0 27

Opponents 388 341 729 98.5-438 37.0-237 13 15-34 18-239 27 54 4 41-41 0 0 1 322

Eastern Illinois 454 451 905 73.5-228 12.0-83 14 16-26 5-116 26 31 0 21-22 0 1 0 197

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs

Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob

Sep 4 at Iowa Hawkeyes 1 43 43.0 43 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0 0 6 393 65.5 1 0

Sep 11 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 5 181 36.2 45 0 0 2 0 2 3-4 39 0 8 496 62.0 0 0

Sep 18 at UT Martin 6 231 38.5 44 0 0 1 0 3 2-2 31 0 5 261 52.2 0 0

Sep 25 JACKSONVILLE STATE 3 123 41.0 46 0 0 0 0 2 0-2 0 0 5 316 63.2 1 0

Oct 02 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 5 182 36.4 43 0 1 0 0 1 0-0 0 0 5 297 59.4 1 0

Oct 09 at Eastern Kentucky 5 218 43.6 58 0 1 1 1 1 0-0 0 0 6 348 58.0 0 0

Oct 16 at Tennessee Tech 6 226 37.7 43 0 0 1 0 1 2-3 43 0 7 440 62.9 0 0

Oct 23 MURRAY STATE 3 111 37.0 48 0 0 1 0 0 1-2 43 0 6 393 65.5 5 0

Oct 30 AUSTIN PEAY 4 136 34.0 40 0 0 0 0 1 1-3 35 0 3 210 70.0 3 0

Nov 06 at Tennessee State 7 282 40.3 55 0 2 1 1 1 0-0 0 0 5 245 49.0 1 0

11-13-1 at Illinois State 1 42 42.0 42 0 1 0 0 0 2-2 42 0 6 315 52.5 0 0

Opponents 46 1775 38.6 58 0 5 7 2 13 11-18 43 0 62 3714 59.9 12 0

Eastern Illinois 57 2360 41.4 86 2 9 6 15 19 8-12 43 1 42 2283 54.4 2 1