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1985 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
ConferenceGateway Collegiate Athletic Conference
Record6–5 (2–3 GCAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumO'Brien Stadium
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Northern Iowa $^ 5 – 0 – 0 11 – 2 – 0
Southwest Missouri State 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Western Illinois 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Southern Illinois 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Eastern Illinois 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Illinois State 1 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1985 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by third-year head coach Al Molde, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the GCAC. Eastern Illinois played their home games at O'Brien Stadium in Charleston, Illinois.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 7at Northeast Missouri State*
L 24–31[1]
September 14Indiana State*
W 39–7[2]
September 21Saginaw Valley State*
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
W 35–27[3]
September 28at Southern Illinois
L 13–4211,200[4]
October 5at Kansas*
L 20–4437,500[5]
October 12Illinois State
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL (rivalry)
W 21–14[6]
October 19No. 15 Southwest Missouri State
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
W 28–274,065[7]
October 26Western Illinois
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
L 20–34[8]
November 2No. 14 (D-II) Northern Michigan*
  • O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
W 27–12[9]
November 9at No. 5 Northern Iowa
L 20–2110,875[10]
November 16at Western Kentucky*
W 14–134,500[11]

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Roster

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1985 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 2 Roy Banks Jr
OT 78 Chris Geile Jr
QB 18 Sean Payton Jr
OT 63 Dave Popp Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 98 Mel Black Sr
LB 44 Rob DeVita Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 8 Evan Arapostathis Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

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  1. ^ "Eastern loses thriller". The Rock Island Argus. September 8, 1985 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "Eastern Illinois 39, Indiana State 7". The Republic. September 15, 1985 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "Payton powers Eastern". Herald and Review. September 22, 1985 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "SIU burns EIU". Southern Illinoisan. September 29, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Kansas cruises by Panthers". Olathe News. October 6, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Eastern Illinois 21, Illinois State 14". Evansville Courier & Press. October 13, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Eastern turns tables on Southwest Missouri". Herald and Review. October 20, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "McKinney's 3 scores lift Leathernecks". The Des Moines Register. October 27, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Northern loses to Eastern Ill". The Grand Rapids Press. November 3, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Title already assured, UNI survives late scare". The Des Moines Register. November 10, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Western claws back, tehn falls short to Eastern Illinois". The Courier-Journal. November 17, 1985. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "EIU Football Online Guide, 2019" (PDF). Eastern Illinois athletics. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
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