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Tennessee State at Eastern Illinois

Saturday, November 11, 2023

Eastern Illinois beat Tennessee State 30–⁠17. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Eastern Illinois led the series 11–⁠8.

AwayTennessee State6–⁠5 in 2023
17
HomeEastern Illinois8–⁠3 in 2023
30

Final at O’Brien Stadium, CharlestonTV: ESPN+Attendance 3,423

At kickoff
49°F, clear, wind 3 mphWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Coles County Memorial Airport (KMTO), 8 km from the stadium, seven minutes before kickoff
Official
Drew MyersGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Tennessee State0143017
Eastern Illinois1409730

Standouts

Player stats

Tennessee State

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Deveon Bryant10/158610
Draylen Ellis9/115211
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Draylen Ellis944016
Jordan Gant1840014
Deveon Bryant81007
Tre Boone III31007
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Chevy Brenson645122
Dayron Johnson436111
Delanie Majors224016
Jordan Gant416013

Eastern Illinois

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Pierce Holley10/259900
RushingCarYdsTDLong
M.J. Flowers22149331
Kendi Young4504
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Eli Mirza450017
M.J. Flowers222014
Justin Thomas111011
Anthony Manaves1707
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Tyris Harvey0001

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

Tennessee StateEastern Illinois
244Total yards246
138Passing yards99
106Rushing yards147
5.3Yards per pass3.7
2.7Yards per rush5.3
18First downs11
2–⁠12Third downs3–⁠13
1–⁠1Fourth downs1–⁠1
2Turnovers0
3–⁠30Penalties6–⁠55
28:44Possession21:30

Efficiency

Tennessee StateEastern Illinois
42%Success rate32%
0.03EPA per play0.08
0.99Explosiveness1.37
−0.10Rushing EPA0.28
0.36Passing EPA−0.09
29%Passing-down success27%

From CollegeFootballData.com: each offense’s efficiency, and the havoc each defense caused. The better side of each line is bold.

Before kickoff

Our ratings and the line, going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Eastern Illinois 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The line

Eastern Illinois −4, over/under 45.5.

The last line on file before kickoff: the consensus line when the books publish one, otherwise a single major sportsbook’s.

Every drive

Eastern Illinois end zoneTennessee State end zoneQ1 Eastern IllinoisPunt, 3 playsQ1 Tennessee StatePunt, 3 playsQ1 Eastern IllinoisTouchdown, 2 playsQ1 Eastern IllinoisPunt, 3 playsQ1 Tennessee StatePunt, 3 playsQ1 Eastern IllinoisTouchdown, 3 playsQ1 Tennessee StatePunt, 3 playsQ1 Tennessee StatePunt, 6 playsQ1 Eastern IllinoisPunt, 3 playsQ1 Tennessee StateTouchdown, 9 playsQ2 Tennessee StateTouchdown, 7 playsQ2 Tennessee StateInterception, 10 playsQ2 Eastern IllinoisPunt, 4 playsQ2 Eastern IllinoisMissed FG, 13 playsQ2 Eastern IllinoisResult not recorded, 3 playsQ3 Eastern IllinoisPunt, 3 playsQ3 Tennessee StatePunt, 9 playsQ3 Tennessee StateField goal, 4 playsQ3 Eastern IllinoisPunt, 3 playsQ3 Eastern IllinoisTouchdown, 3 playsQ3 Tennessee StatePunt, 3 playsQ3 Eastern IllinoisField goal, 9 playsQ3 Tennessee StatePunt, 3 playsQ4 Eastern IllinoisPunt, 3 playsQ4 Tennessee StatePunt, 7 playsQ4 Eastern IllinoisResult not recorded, 3 plays
Solid bars scored; an outline in the other team’s color marks points the defense scored. Eastern Illinois drives left to right, Tennessee State right to left. Our source’s drive data for this game doesn’t add up to the final score, so a score may be missing here; the scoring by quarter above is complete.
  1. Q1 Eastern IllinoisPunt, 3 plays, −30 yards
  2. Q1 Tennessee StatePunt, 3 plays, 88 yards
  3. Q1 Eastern IllinoisTouchdown, 2 plays, −95 yards
  4. Q1 Eastern IllinoisPunt, 3 plays, −19 yards
  5. Q1 Tennessee StatePunt, 3 plays, 63 yards
  6. Q1 Eastern IllinoisTouchdown, 3 plays, −61 yards
  7. Q1 Tennessee StatePunt, 3 plays, 0 yards
  8. Q1 Tennessee StatePunt, 6 plays, 0 yards
  9. Q1 Eastern IllinoisPunt, 3 plays, −7 yards
  10. Q1 Tennessee StateTouchdown, 9 plays, 52 yards
  11. Q2 Tennessee StateTouchdown, 7 plays, 65 yards
  12. Q2 Tennessee StateInterception, 10 plays, 73 yards
  13. Q2 Eastern IllinoisPunt, 4 plays, 0 yards
  14. Q2 Eastern IllinoisMissed FG, 13 plays, 0 yards
  15. Q2 Eastern IllinoisResult not recorded, 3 plays, −26 yards
  16. Q3 Eastern IllinoisPunt, 3 plays, −2 yards
  17. Q3 Tennessee StatePunt, 9 plays, 90 yards
  18. Q3 Tennessee StateField goal, 4 plays, 29 yards
  19. Q3 Eastern IllinoisPunt, 3 plays, 0 yards
  20. Q3 Eastern IllinoisTouchdown, 3 plays, −64 yards
  21. Q3 Tennessee StatePunt, 3 plays, 0 yards
  22. Q3 Eastern IllinoisField goal, 9 plays, −38 yards
  23. Q3 Tennessee StatePunt, 3 plays, 0 yards
  24. Q4 Eastern IllinoisPunt, 3 plays, −38 yards
  25. Q4 Tennessee StatePunt, 7 plays, 96 yards
  26. Q4 Eastern IllinoisResult not recorded, 3 plays, −25 yards

Play by play

1st quarter10 drives, then Eastern Illinois 14, Tennessee State 0
Eastern Illinois Punt, 3 plays
15:001st & 10 at own 19MJ Flowers run for a loss of 1 yard to the EIU 18
15:002nd & 11 at own 18Pierce Holley pass incomplete to Justin Thomas, broken up by Josh Green
15:003rd & 11 at own 18Pierce Holley sacked for a loss of 4 yards to the EIU 14
14:561st & 10 at own 35James Lowery kickoff for 59 yds , Mark Aitken return for 13 yds to the EIU 19
13:364th & 15 at own 14Jacob Horvath punt for 49 yds
Tennessee State Punt, 3 plays
13:361st & 10 at own 37Deveon Bryant pass complete to Karate Brenson for a loss of 4 yards to the TNST 33
13:362nd & 14 at own 33Deveon Bryant run for 7 yds to the TNST 40
13:363rd & 7 at own 40pass incomplete to Jordan Gant
12:274th & 7 at own 40Jackson Foster punt for 30 yds
Eastern Illinois Punt, 3 plays
12:271st & 10 at own 30Pierce Holley pass incomplete to Justin Thomas, broken up by Ken Garlington
12:272nd & 10 at own 30Kendi Young run for 2 yds to the EIU 32
12:273rd & 8 at own 32Pierce Holley pass complete to Justin Bowick for 4 yds to the EIU 36
10:534th & 4 at own 36Jacob Horvath punt for 53 yds , Dayron Johnson returns for 1 yd to the TNST 12
Tennessee State Punt, 3 plays
10:531st & 10 at own 12Draylen Ellis pass complete to Karate Brenson for a loss of 1 yard to the TNST 11
10:532nd & 11 at own 11Draylen Ellis pass incomplete to Trenton Gillison, broken up by Tyler Clark
10:533rd & 11 at own 11Jordan Gant run for a loss of 1 yard to the TNST 10
9:464th & 12 at own 10Jackson Foster punt for 29 yds
Eastern Illinois Touchdown, 3 plays
9:461st & 10 at opp 39Pierce Holley pass complete to Eli Mirza for 17 yds to the TNST 22 for a 1ST down
9:461st & 10 at opp 22Pierce Holley pass complete to MJ Flowers for 14 yds to the TNST 8 for a 1ST down
9:001st & goal at opp 8MJ Flowers run for 8 yds for a TD (Stone Galloway KICK)Eastern Illinois 7, Tennessee State 0
Tennessee State Punt, 3 plays
9:001st & 10 at own 35Stone Galloway kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
9:001st & 10 at own 25Jordan Gant run for a loss of 2 yards to the TNST 23
9:002nd & 12 at own 23Jordan Gant run for 1 yd to the TNST 24
9:003rd & 11 at own 24Deveon Bryant sacked for a loss of 5 yards to the TNST 19
7:134th & 16 at own 19punt for no gain , NiJhay Burt returns for 4 yds to the TNST 5
Eastern Illinois Touchdown, 2 plays
7:131st & goal at opp 5MJ Flowers run for 3 yds to the TNST 2
6:312nd & goal at opp 2MJ Flowers run for 2 yds for a TD (Stone Galloway KICK)Eastern Illinois 14, Tennessee State 0
Tennessee State Punt, 6 plays
6:311st & 10 at own 35Stone Galloway kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
6:311st & 10 at own 25Draylen Ellis run for 6 yds to the TNST 31
6:312nd & 4 at own 31Jordan Gant run for 4 yds to the TNST 35 for a 1ST down
6:311st & 10 at own 35Draylen Ellis pass complete to Jordan Gant for 13 yds to the TNST 48 for a 1ST down
6:311st & 10 at own 48Draylen Ellis run for 7 yds to the EIU 45
6:312nd & 3 at opp 45Jordan Gant run for 1 yd to the EIU 44
6:313rd & 2 at opp 44Gant,Jordan rush middle (Barrows,Joel).
3:464th & 2 at opp 44Jackson Foster punt for 37 yds
Eastern Illinois Punt, 3 plays
3:461st & 10 at own 7Kendi Young run for a loss of 1 yard to the EIU 6
3:462nd & 11 at own 6Pierce Holley pass complete to MJ Flowers for 8 yds to the EIU 14
3:463rd & 3 at own 14Pierce Holley pass incomplete, broken up by Cameron Stewart
2:084th & 3 at own 14Jacob Horvath punt for 43 yds , Dayron Johnson returns for 5 yds to the TNST 48
Tennessee State Touchdown, 9 plays
2:081st & 10 at own 48Ike Brown run for 2 yds to the 50 yard line
2:082nd & 8 at the 50Deveon Bryant pass complete to Dayron Johnson for 11 yds to the EIU 39 for a 1ST down
2:081st & 10 at opp 39Deveon Bryant pass complete to Avery Williams for 11 yds to the EIU 28 for a 1ST down
2:081st & 10 at opp 28Jordan Gant run for 1 yd to the EIU 27
2:082nd & 9 at opp 27Deveon Bryant pass complete to Trenton Gillison for 6 yds to the EIU 21
Q2 15:003rd & 3 at opp 21Deveon Bryant pass complete to Dayron Johnson for 8 yds to the EIU 13 for a 1ST down
Q2 15:001st & 10 at opp 13Jordan Gant run for 5 yds to the EIU 8
Q2 15:002nd & 5 at opp 8Jordan Gant run for a loss of 1 yard to the EIU 9
Q2 15:003rd & 6 at opp 9Deveon Bryant pass complete to Dayron Johnson for 9 yds for a TD (James Lowery KICK)Eastern Illinois 14, Tennessee State 7
2nd quarter6 drives, then Tied at 14
Eastern Illinois Punt, 4 plays
13:231st & 10 at own 35James Lowery kickoff for 64 yds , Mark Aitken return for 16 yds to the EIU 17
13:231st & 10 at own 17pass incomplete to Eli Mirza
13:232nd & 10 at own 17pass incomplete to Justin Thomas
13:233rd & 10 at own 17Pierce Holley pass complete to Anthony Manaves Eastern Illinois Penalty, Offensive holding (Eli Mirza) to the EIU 9
13:233rd & 18 at own 9MJ Flowers run for 16 yds to the EIU 25
12:024th & 2 at own 25Jacob Horvath punt for 30 yds Tennessee State Penalty, Offensive holding (Dylan King) to the TNST 35
Tennessee State Touchdown, 7 plays
12:021st & 10 at own 35Jordan Gant run for 5 yds to the TNST 40
12:022nd & 5 at own 40Draylen Ellis pass complete to Delanie Majors for 8 yds to the TNST 48 for a 1ST down
12:021st & 10 at own 48Jordan Gant run for 2 yds to the 50 yard line
12:022nd & 8 at the 50Draylen Ellis pass complete to Karate Brenson for 22 yds to the EIU 28 for a 1ST down
12:021st & 10 at opp 28Draylen Ellis run for 16 yds to the EIU 12 for a 1ST down
12:021st & 10 at opp 12Draylen Ellis run for 5 yds to the EIU 7
9:232nd & 5 at opp 7Draylen Ellis pass complete to Karate Brenson for 7 yds for a TD (James Lowery KICK)Tied at 14
Eastern Illinois Missed FG, 13 plays
9:231st & 10 at own 35James Lowery kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
9:231st & 10 at own 25pass incomplete to Eli Mirza
9:232nd & 10 at own 25Flowers,MJ rush left (Allen,Terrell).
9:233rd & 10 at own 25Pierce Holley pass complete to Eli Mirza for 11 yds to the EIU 36 for a 1ST down
9:231st & 10 at own 36pass incomplete to DeAirious Smith
9:232nd & 10 at own 36Pierce Holley pass incomplete to Eli Mirza, broken up by Josh Green
9:231st & 10 at opp 38pass incomplete to MJ Flowers
9:231st & 10 at opp 25Eastern Illinois Penalty, false start (Eli Mirza) to the TNST 30
9:232nd & 10 at opp 38MJ Flowers run for 13 yds to the TNST 25 for a 1ST down
9:231st & 15 at opp 30Pierce Holley pass complete to DeAirious Smith for 5 yds to the TNST 25
9:232nd & 10 at opp 25Pierce Holley pass incomplete to Justin Thomas Eastern Illinois Penalty, Offensive holding (Sebastian Pares) to the TNST 35
9:232nd & 20 at opp 35MJ Flowers run for 1 yd to the TNST 34
9:233rd & 19 at opp 34Pierce Holley pass complete to Anthony Manaves for 7 yds to the TNST 27
4:354th & 12 at opp 27Stone Galloway 45 yd FG MISSED
4:353rd & 10 at own 36Pierce Holley pass complete to Justin Thomas for 11 yds to the TNST 47 Tennessee State Penalty, face mask (15 yards) (Terrell Allen) to the TNST 38
Tennessee State Interception, 10 plays
4:351st & 10 at own 27Tre Boone III run for 7 yds to the TNST 34
4:352nd & 3 at own 34Tre Boone III run for 3 yds to the TNST 37 for a 1ST down
4:351st & 10 at own 37Deveon Bryant pass incomplete to Delanie Majors, broken up by Russell Dandy
4:352nd & 10 at own 37Jordan Gant run for 2 yds to the TNST 39
4:353rd & 8 at own 39Deveon Bryant run for 5 yds to the EIU 44 for a 1ST down Eastern Illinois Penalty, personal foul (NiJhay Burt) to the EIU 41 for a 1ST down
4:351st & 10 at opp 41Jordan Gant run for 2 yds to the EIU 39
1:572nd & 8 at opp 39Draylen Ellis pass complete to Jordan Gant for 3 yds to the EIU 36
1:573rd & 5 at opp 36Draylen Ellis run for 4 yds to the EIU 32
1:574th & 1 at opp 32Draylen Ellis run for 2 yds to the EIU 30 for a 1ST down
Eastern Illinois Result not recorded, 3 plays
1:572nd & 10 at own 23MJ Flowers run for 12 yds to the EIU 35 for a 1ST down
1:571st & 10 at own 35Flowers,MJ rush middle (Green,Josh).
0:001st & 10 at opp 30Draylen Ellis pass intercepted
Eastern Illinois Result not recorded, 3 plays
0:001st & 13 at own 20MJ Flowers run for 3 yds to the EIU 23
3rd quarter8 drives, then Eastern Illinois 23, Tennessee State 17
Tennessee State Punt, 9 plays
15:001st & 10 at own 10Deveon Bryant pass complete to Dayron Johnson for 8 yds to the TNST 18
15:002nd & 2 at own 18Jordan Gant run for 14 yds to the TNST 32 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at own 32Tennessee State Penalty, false start (Karate Brenson) to the TNST 27
15:001st & 15 at own 27Jordan Gant run for 2 yds to the TNST 29
15:002nd & 13 at own 29Deveon Bryant pass incomplete, broken up by Tre’jon Lewis for a 1ST down Eastern Illinois Penalty, roughing passer (Nicholas Oliveira-Chace) to the TNST 44 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at own 44Boone III,Tre rush middle (Smith,Colby;Oliveira-Chace,Nicholas).
15:002nd & 10 at own 44Deveon Bryant pass complete to Delanie Majors for 16 yds to the EIU 40 for a 1ST down
15:001st & 10 at opp 40Gant,Jordan rush middle (Shockey,Anthony).
15:002nd & 10 at opp 40Deveon Bryant run for a loss of 1 yard to the EIU 41
15:003rd & 11 at opp 41Deveon Bryant sacked for a loss of 9 yards to the 50 yard line Tennessee State Penalty, Offensive holding (Yards) to the 50 yard line
14:541st & 10 at own 35Stone Galloway kickoff for 59 yds , Dayron Johnson return for 4 yds to the TNST 10
11:104th & 20 at the 50Jackson Foster punt for 48 yds
Eastern Illinois Punt, 3 plays
11:101st & 10 at own 2pass incomplete to DeAirious Smith
11:102nd & 10 at own 2MJ Flowers run for 3 yds to the EIU 5
11:103rd & 7 at own 5pass incomplete to Eli Mirza
11:104th & 7 at own 5Eastern Illinois Penalty, false start (NiJhay Burt) to the EIU 3
10:224th & 9 at own 3Jacob Horvath punt for 26 yds
Tennessee State Field goal, 4 plays
10:221st & 10 at opp 29Draylen Ellis run for 1 yd to the EIU 28
10:222nd & 9 at opp 28Draylen Ellis run for 2 yds to the EIU 26
10:223rd & 7 at opp 26Draylen Ellis pass complete to Trenton Gillison
8:294th & 7 at opp 26James Lowery 43 yd FG GOODTennessee State 17, Eastern Illinois 14
Eastern Illinois Punt, 3 plays
8:291st & 10 at own 35James Lowery kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
8:291st & 10 at own 25Pierce Holley pass complete to Eli Mirza for 6 yds to the EIU 31
8:292nd & 4 at own 31pass incomplete to MJ Flowers
8:293rd & 4 at own 31pass incomplete to DeAirious Smith
7:434th & 4 at own 31Jacob Horvath punt for 42 yds , Boogie Trotter returns for 9 yds to the TNST 36 Boogie Trotter fumbled, recovered by EIU Christopher Sharp Horvath,Jacob punt 42 yards to the TSU27, Trotter,Boogie return 9 yards to the TSU36, fumble by Trotter,Boogie recovered by EIU Sharp,Christopher, Sharp,Christopher return 0 yards to the TSU36. , return for no gain to the TNST 36
Eastern Illinois Touchdown, 3 plays
7:431st & 10 at opp 36MJ Flowers run for 5 yds to the TNST 31
7:432nd & 5 at opp 31pass incomplete to Eli Mirza
6:513rd & 5 at opp 31MJ Flowers run for 31 yds for a TD (Stone Galloway PAT MISSED)Eastern Illinois 20, Tennessee State 17
Tennessee State Punt, 3 plays
6:451st & 10 at own 35Stone Galloway kickoff for 60 yds , Dayron Johnson return for 18 yds to the TNST 23
6:451st & 10 at own 23Jordan Gant run for 6 yds to the TNST 29
6:452nd & 4 at own 29Jordan Gant run for a loss of 1 yard to the TNST 28
6:453rd & 5 at own 28pass incomplete to Joshua Meriwether
5:394th & 5 at own 28Jackson Foster punt for 35 yds , Tyris Harvey returns for 1 yd to the EIU 38
Eastern Illinois Field goal, 9 plays
5:391st & 10 at own 38MJ Flowers run for 22 yds to the TNST 40 for a 1ST down
5:391st & 10 at opp 40MJ Flowers run for 2 yds to the TNST 38
5:392nd & 8 at opp 38Pierce Holley sacked for a loss of 3 yards to the TNST 41
5:393rd & 11 at opp 41MJ Flowers run for 4 yds to the TNST 37
5:394th & 7 at opp 37Pierce Holley pass complete to Eli Mirza for 16 yds to the TNST 21 for a 1ST down
5:391st & 10 at opp 21pass incomplete to MJ Flowers
5:392nd & 10 at opp 21Young,Kendi rush left (Stewart,Cameron).
5:393rd & 10 at opp 21Kendi Young run for 4 yds to the TNST 17
1:194th & 6 at opp 17Julian Patino 34 yd FG GOODEastern Illinois 23, Tennessee State 17
Tennessee State Punt, 3 plays
1:131st & 10 at own 35Stone Galloway kickoff for 60 yds , Dayron Johnson return for 20 yds to the TNST 25
1:131st & 10 at own 25Draylen Ellis run for 1 yd to the TNST 26
1:132nd & 9 at own 26Draylen Ellis pass complete to Jordan Gant for 4 yds to the TNST 30
Q4 15:003rd & 5 at own 30Draylen Ellis pass complete to Jordan Gant for a loss of 4 yards to the TNST 26
Q4 14:194th & 9 at own 26Jackson Foster punt for 36 yds
4th quarter3 drives, then Eastern Illinois 30, Tennessee State 17
Eastern Illinois Punt, 3 plays
14:191st & 10 at own 38MJ Flowers run for 8 yds to the EIU 46
14:192nd & 2 at own 46MJ Flowers run for a loss of 4 yards to the EIU 42
14:193rd & 6 at own 42pass incomplete to DeAirious Smith
12:494th & 6 at own 42Jacob Horvath punt for 54 yds
Tennessee State Punt, 7 plays
12:491st & 10 at own 4Deveon Bryant run for 5 yds to the TNST 9
12:232nd & 5 at own 9Deveon Bryant pass complete to Karate Brenson for 7 yds to the TNST 16 for a 1ST down
12:231st & 10 at own 16Deveon Bryant pass incomplete to Karate Brenson, broken up by Russell Dandy
12:232nd & 10 at own 16Deveon Bryant pass complete to Karate Brenson for 14 yds to the TNST 30 for a 1ST down
12:231st & 10 at own 30Deveon Bryant run for 3 yds to the TNST 33
12:232nd & 7 at own 33Deveon Bryant run for 5 yds to the TNST 38
12:233rd & 2 at own 38pass incomplete to Karate Brenson
9:464th & 2 at own 38Jackson Foster punt for 43 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the EIU 46 , Mark Aitken returns for 27 yds to the EIU 46
Eastern Illinois Result not recorded, 3 plays
9:461st & 10 at own 46MJ Flowers run for 7 yds to the TNST 47
9:462nd & 3 at opp 47MJ Flowers run for 14 yds to the TNST 33 for a 1ST down
9:461st & 10 at opp 33Flowers,MJ rush right (Allen,Terrell).

Play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com, as its scorers wrote it. The clock is the time left in the quarter; the spot is from the side of the team with the ball.

The series

Every Tennessee State–Eastern Illinois game

Eastern Illinois leads 12–⁠9 in 21 meetings, counting the two 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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