The 2018 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented

Eastern Illinois University Eastern Illinois University (EIU) is a public university in Charleston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1895 as the Eastern Illinois State Normal School, a teacher's college offering a two-year degree, Eastern Illinois University gradual ...

as a member of the

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(OVC) during the

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. Led by Kim Dameron in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 3–8 overall with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the OVC. Eastern Illinois played home games at O'Brien Field in

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. On November 18, Dameron was fired. He finished his tenure at Eastern Illinois with a five-year record of 27–30.

Preseason

OVC media poll

On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Panthers predicted to finish in fifth place. On July 23, the OVC released their coaches poll with the Panthers predicted to finish in fourth place.

Preseason All-OVC team

The Panthers had three players selected to the preseason all-OVC team. Offense *Isaiah Johnson – RB *Alexander Hollins – WR Defense *Mark Williams – DB

Schedule

Game summaries

At Arkansas

At Illinois State

Indiana State

Tennessee State

At Tennessee Tech

Murray State

At Jacksonville State

UT Martin

At Eastern Kentucky

Austin Peay

At Southeast Missouri State

References

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