2015 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

The 2015 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by second-year head coach Kim Dameron, the Eastern Illinois compiled an overall record of 7–5 overall with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, placing second in the OVC. The Panthers received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Northern Iowa. The team played home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois.

2015 Eastern Illinois Panthers football

NCAA Division I First Round, L 17–53 vs. Northern Iowa
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 25
FCS Coaches	No. 24
Record	7–5 (7–1 OVC)
Head coach	Kim Dameron (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Greg Stevens (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Kane Wommack (2nd season)
Home stadium	O'Brien Field (capacity: 10,000)
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 2 Jacksonville State $^		8	–	0		13	–	2
No. 25 Eastern Illinois ^		7	–	1		7	–	5
UT Martin		6	–	2		7	–	4
Eastern Kentucky		5	–	3		6	–	5
SE Missouri State		3	–	4		4	–	7
Tennessee Tech		3	–	5		4	–	7
Murray State		2	–	6		3	–	8
Tennessee State		1	–	6		4	–	6
Austin Peay		0	–	8		0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 pm	at Western Illinois*		Hanson Field Macomb, IL	ESPN3	L 5–33	5,985
September 12	3:00 pm	at Northwestern*		Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPNews	L 0–41	29,131
September 19	6:00 pm	No. 5 Illinois State*		O'Brien Field Charleston, IL (Mid-America Classic)	WCIA	L 31–34 ^OT	8,104
October 3	4:00 pm	at Austin Peay		Governors Stadium Clarksville, TN	OVCDN	W 40–16	2,531
October 10	1:00 pm	Southeast Missouri State		O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	ESPN3	W 33–28	7,911
October 17	6:00 pm	at Tennessee State		Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN	ASN	W 25–22 ^OT	22,144
October 24	1:00 pm	Tennessee Tech		O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	WEIU	W 51–20	6,713
October 31	1:00 pm	at Murray State		Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	OVCDN	W 34–20	2,108
November 7	1:00 pm	No. 1 Jacksonville State		O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	WEIU	L 3–24	4,221
November 14	2:00 pm	at UT Martin		Graham Stadium Martin, TN	OVCDN	W 23–21	3,761
November 21	1:00 pm	No. 23 Eastern Kentucky		O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	WEIU	W 21–7	1,438
November 28	5:00 pm	at No. 15 Northern Iowa	No. 24	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	L 17–53	7,062
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time