American college football season
The 2017 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Kim Dameron, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 6–5 overall with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing third in the OVC. Eastern Illinois played home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 6:00 p.m. | at Indiana State* | | ESPN3 | W 22–20 | 4,670 |
September 9 | 2:30 p.m. | at Northern Illinois* | | ESPN3 | L 10–38 | 16,722 |
September 16 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 18 Illinois State* | | OVCDN | L 13–44 | 7,031 |
September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | Southeast Missouri State | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| OVCDN | W 19–16 | 3,699 |
September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 24 Tennessee State | | ESPN3 | W 19–16 2OT | 11,013 |
October 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Tennessee Tech | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| OVCDN | W 24–23 | 3,016 |
October 14 | 3:00 p.m. | at Murray State | | OVCDN | W 27–24 2OT | 3,263 |
October 21 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 3 Jacksonville State![dagger](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| ESPN3 | L 14–30 | 8,176 |
October 28 | 2:00 p.m. | at UT Martin | | OVCDN | L 10–27 | 1,682 |
November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| OVCDN | W 23–20 OT | 2,828 |
November 18 | 5:00 p.m. | at Austin Peay | | OVCDN | L 13–28 | 8,214 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
13
|
3
|
0
|
6 |
22 |
Sycamores
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
10 |
20 |
At Northern Illinois
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
10 |
Huskies
|
7
|
24
|
7
|
0 |
38 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 18 Redbirds
|
10
|
17
|
10
|
7 |
44 |
Panthers
|
0
|
6
|
7
|
0 |
13 |
Southeast Missouri State
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Redhawks
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
7 |
16 |
Panthers
|
6
|
6
|
0
|
7 |
19 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT |
Total |
Panthers
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
0 | 9 |
19 |
No. 24 Tigers
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0
|
7
|
0
|
3 | 6 |
16 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles
|
14
|
0
|
6
|
3 |
23 |
Panthers
|
0
|
3
|
14
|
7 |
24 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT |
Total |
Panthers
|
0
|
14
|
7
|
0 | 6 |
27 |
Racers
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7
|
0
|
0
|
14 | 3 |
24 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 3 Gamecocks
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0
|
9
|
14
|
7 |
30 |
Panthers
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
14 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
10 |
Skyhawks
|
10
|
7
|
7
|
3 |
27 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT |
Total |
Colonels
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7
|
3
|
3
|
7 | 0 |
20 |
Panthers
|
7
|
3
|
3
|
7 | 3 |
23 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
7 |
13 |
Governors
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
28 |
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