Eastern Illinois competes in the NCAA Football Championship Series as a member of the Big South-Ohio Valley Conference. EIU finished 8-3 overall last season and ranked No. 24 overall in the FCS.

The Illinois Fighting Illiniface the Eastern Illinois Panthers in Week 1 of the college football season. Kickoff from Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois, is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Big Ten ...

EIU men’s track and field will be represented by a freshman at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Abraham ...

CHARLESTON, Ill. (WAND) -- Eastern Illinois football is off to it's best start since 2013, and after the FCS Top 25 polls came out Monday they find themselves ranked #25, being in the national ...

CHARLESTON — Eastern Illinois football opened its camp under first-year head coach Chris Wilkerson this week in preparation for the season opener on Thursday, Sept. 1, at Northern Illinois.

CHAMPAIGN (WCIA) — Eastern Illinois football was picked second in the Big South/Ohio Valley Conference preseason poll released Wednesday. The Panthers received two first place votes with 53 ...

Eastern Illinois quarterback Pierce Holley threw for 2,741 yards and 17 touchdowns last season for the Panthers, who finished with an 8-3 record. EIU opens the 2024 season in two weeks on Aug. 29 ...

In the mid-1980s, Banks was a star receiver at Eastern Illinois. Payton, now the Broncos head coach, was his quarterback. Together, they put up prolific numbers at the Football Championship ...

Former Eastern Illinois football player Chris Wilkerson returned to his alma mater in 2022 to coach the Panthers after a successful eight-year run as the coach at the University of Chicago.

The Illinois Fighting Illini and Eastern Illinois football teams are scheduled to meet in Champaign, Illinois, for a non-conference contest on Thursday, Aug. 29. The game starts at 8 p.m. CT.

The Illinois Fighting Illini open the 2024 college football season at 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29 against the Eastern Illinois Panthers at Memorial Stadium in Champaign. Coach Bret Bielema and the ...