2007 Eastern Illinois

7–⁠4 (6–⁠1 Ohio Valley Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 8–⁠4, over 12 games to the 11 on file here.

Schedule and results

Eastern Illinois in 2007, game by game: won vs. Tennessee Tech 45–24; lost at Purdue 6–52; lost vs. Illinois State 21–24; won at Indiana State 54–20; won vs. Southeast Missouri State 31–16; lost vs. Eastern Kentucky 21–28; won vs. UT Martin 29–23; won at Tennessee State 38–35; won at Jacksonville State 37–23; won vs. Samford 33–17; lost vs. Southern Illinois 11–30+34−46Won 45–24 vs. Tennessee Tech+21Tennessee TechLost 6–52 at Purdue-46PurdueLost 21–24 vs. Illinois State-3Illinois StateWon 54–20 at Indiana State+34Indiana StateWon 31–16 vs. Southeast Missouri State+15Southeast Misso…Lost 21–28 vs. Eastern Kentucky-7Eastern KentuckyWon 29–23 vs. UT Martin+6UT MartinWon 38–35 at Tennessee State+3Tennessee StateWon 37–23 at Jacksonville State+14Jacksonville St…Won 33–17 vs. Samford+16SamfordLost 11–30 vs. Southern Illinois-19Southern Illino…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Southern Illinois 30–⁠11; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Ohio Valley Conference.

In program history: The 2nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 47 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Eastern Illinois’s 2007 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 13atMurray StateW 27–⁠24Eastern Illinois’s article
Record
7–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠1 2nd in Ohio Valley Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
326–⁠292
Coach
—
Elo
1392 +38 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−25.4 No. 53 of 123 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jorge Munoz
Defensive coordinator
Roc Bellantoni

2007 Ohio Valley Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Eastern Kentucky7–⁠08–⁠3
Eastern Illinois6–⁠17–⁠4
Austin Peay5–⁠27–⁠3
Jacksonville State4–⁠35–⁠5
Tennessee State3–⁠34–⁠6
UT Martin3–⁠43–⁠7
Samford2–⁠54–⁠6
Tennessee Tech2–⁠54–⁠6
Southeast Missouri State1–⁠53–⁠7
Murray State1–⁠62–⁠8

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