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2006 Eastern Illinois

8–⁠5 (7–⁠1 Ohio Valley Conference).

Schedule and results

Eastern Illinois in 2006, game by game: lost at Illinois 17–42; won vs. Indiana State 31–21; lost at Illinois State 30–44; won at Samford 24–13; lost at Hawai’i 9–44; won vs. Southeast Missouri State 21–0; won at Eastern Kentucky 28–21; won vs. Murray State 20–10; lost at UT Martin 9–15; won vs. Tennessee State 29–3; won at Tennessee Tech 38–14; won vs. Jacksonville State 28–24; lost vs. Illinois State 13–24+26−35Lost 17–42 at Illinois-25IllinoisWon 31–21 vs. Indiana State+10Indiana StateLost 30–44 at Illinois State-14Illinois StateWon 24–13 at Samford+11SamfordLost 9–44 at Hawai’i-35Hawai’iWon 21–0 vs. Southeast Missouri State+21Southeast Misso…Won 28–21 at Eastern Kentucky+7Eastern KentuckyWon 20–10 vs. Murray State+10Murray StateLost 9–15 at UT Martin-6UT MartinWon 29–3 vs. Tennessee State+26Tennessee StateWon 38–14 at Tennessee Tech+24Tennessee TechWon 28–24 vs. Jacksonville State+4Jacksonville St…Lost 13–24 vs. Illinois State-11Illinois State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atIllinoisL 17–⁠4240%
Sep 9vsIndiana StateW 31–⁠2181%
Sep 16atIllinois StateL 30–⁠4437%
Sep 23atSamfordW 24–⁠1349%
Sep 30atHawai’iL 9–⁠4425%
Oct 7vsSoutheast Missouri StateW 21–⁠066%
Oct 14atEastern KentuckyW 28–⁠2149%
Oct 21vsMurray StateW 20–⁠1086%
Oct 28atUT MartinL 9–⁠1544%
Nov 4vsTennessee StateW 29–⁠372%
Nov 11atTennessee TechW 38–⁠1467%
Nov 18vsJacksonville StateW 28–⁠2462%
Nov 25vsIllinois StateNCAA Division I Football ChampionshipL 13–⁠2455%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Illinois State 24–⁠13 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship; unranked in the final AP poll; Ohio Valley Conference champions.

In program history: The 4th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 47 on file).

Ohio Valley Conference champions7–⁠1 in the conference, shared with UT Martin

Record
8–⁠5
Conference
7–⁠1 first in Ohio Valley Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
297–⁠275
Coach
—
Elo
1381 +25 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−20.0 No. 29 of 120 in FCS
Recruiting class
—

2006 Ohio Valley Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Eastern Illinois7–⁠18–⁠5
UT Martin6–⁠19–⁠3
Tennessee State5–⁠26–⁠5
Eastern Kentucky5–⁠36–⁠5
Jacksonville State5–⁠36–⁠5
Tennessee Tech4–⁠44–⁠7
Southeast Missouri State2–⁠64–⁠7
Samford1–⁠73–⁠8
Murray State0–⁠81–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.