1997_Eastern_Illinois_Panthers_football_team

1997 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
1997 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	8–3 (5–2 OVC)
Head coach	Bob Spoo (11th season);
Offensive coordinator	Roy Wittke (8th season)
Home stadium	O'Brien Stadium
	Seasons ← 1996 1998 →

1997 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

American college football season

The 1997 Eastern Illinois Panthers represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
August 28	at Western Illinois*	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	L 0–41	^[1]
September 6	UT Martin	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 42–6
September 13	Saint Joseph's (IN)*	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 41–20
September 20	at Illinois State*	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	W 25–14
September 27	at Tennessee Tech	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, Tennessee	W 10–7
October 4	at Southeast Missouri State	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, Missouri	W 32–7
October 18	Middle Tennessee	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 30–17
October 25	Austin Peay*	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 42–14
November 1	at Indiana State*	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	W 21–14
November 8	at Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, Kentucky	L 17–24
November 22	at Eastern Kentucky	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	L 7–49
*Non-conference game

1997 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 19 Eastern Kentucky $^	7	–	0	8	–	4
No. 16 Eastern Illinois	5	–	2	8	–	3
Murray State	5	–	2	7	–	4
Tennessee Tech	4	–	3	6	–	5
Tennessee State	4	–	3	4	–	7
Middle Tennessee	2	–	5	4	–	6
Southeast Missouri State	1	–	6	4	–	7
Tennessee–Martin	0	–	7	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll