Tennessee State at Eastern Illinois

Saturday, October 8, 2016

Eastern Illinois beat Tennessee State 35–⁠34. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Eastern Illinois led the series 8–⁠4.

AwayTennessee State7–⁠4 in 2016
34
HomeEastern Illinois6–⁠5 in 2016
35

Final at O’Brien Stadium, CharlestonAttendance 4,319

At kickoff
64°F, clear, wind 5 mph from the northeastWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Coles County Memorial Airport (KMTO), 8 km from the stadium, seven minutes before kickoff
Officials
Referee Matt Young; umpire Thomas Floyd; head linesman Jeff Irwin; line judge D. Crosthwaite; side judge Jim Toth; field judge Brandon Harris; back judge Jimmy ColwellGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Tennessee State31014734
Eastern Illinois1477735

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Eastern Illinois 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Eastern Illinois leads 12–⁠9 in 21 meetings, counting the nine since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Eastern Illinois 31, Tennessee State 7
2024Tennessee State 41, Eastern Illinois 17
2023Eastern Illinois 30, Tennessee State 17
2022Tennessee State 37, Eastern Illinois 17
2021Tennessee State 28, Eastern Illinois 0
2020Tennessee State 21, Eastern Illinois 20

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