American college football season
The 2015 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by second-year head coach Kim Dameron, the Eastern Illinois compiled an overall record of 7–5 overall with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, placing second in the OVC. The Panthers received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Northern Iowa. The team played home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 7:00 pm | at Western Illinois* | | | ESPN3 | L 5–33 | 5,985 |
September 12 | 3:00 pm | at Northwestern* | | | ESPNews | L 0–41 | 29,131 |
September 19 | 6:00 pm | No. 5 Illinois State* | | | WCIA | L 31–34 OT | 8,104 |
October 3 | 4:00 pm | at Austin Peay | | | OVCDN | W 40–16 | 2,531 |
October 10 | 1:00 pm | Southeast Missouri State | | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| ESPN3 | W 33–28 | 7,911 |
October 17 | 6:00 pm | at Tennessee State | | | ASN | W 25–22 OT | 22,144 |
October 24 | 1:00 pm | Tennessee Tech![dagger](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| WEIU | W 51–20 | 6,713 |
October 31 | 1:00 pm | at Murray State | | | OVCDN | W 34–20 | 2,108 |
November 7 | 1:00 pm | No. 1 Jacksonville State | | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| WEIU | L 3–24 | 4,221 |
November 14 | 2:00 pm | at UT Martin | | | OVCDN | W 23–21 | 3,761 |
November 21 | 1:00 pm | No. 23 Eastern Kentucky | | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| WEIU | W 21–7 | 1,438 |
November 28 | 5:00 pm | at No. 15 Northern Iowa | No. 24 | | ESPN3 | L 17–53 | 7,062 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 25 |
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Coaches | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 24 |
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National championship seasons in bold |