2009 Eastern Illinois
5–4 (3–2 Ohio Valley Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 8–4, over 12 games to the nine on file here. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat UT Martin 49–13Nov 14
By 36 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs Illinois State | W 31–6 | 63% |
| Sep 12 | at Indiana State | W 31–0 | 74% |
| Sep 19 | vs Southeast Missouri State | W 23–14 | 62% |
| Sep 26 | at Austin Peay | W 30–20 | 68% |
| Oct 3 | vs Eastern Kentucky | L 31–36 | 57% |
| Oct 10 | at 14Penn State | L 3–52 | 10% |
| Nov 14 | vs UT Martin | W 49–13 | 67% |
| Nov 19 | vs Tennessee State | L 10–21 | 69% |
| Nov 28 | vs Southern IllinoisNCAA Division I Football Championship – First Round | L 7–48 | 19% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Southern Illinois 48–7 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship – First Round; unranked in the final AP poll; Ohio Valley Conference champions.
In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 47 on file).
Games missing from our records
Wikipedia’s season articles list three games of Eastern Illinois’s 2009 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17 | vsTennessee Tech | W 23–15 | Eastern Illinois’s article |
| Oct 24 | atJacksonville State | W 28–20 | Jacksonville State’s article, Eastern Illinois’s article |
| Oct 31 | atMurray State | W 16–10 | Eastern Illinois’s article |
Ohio Valley Conference champions3–2 in the conference
- Record
- 5–4
- Conference
- 3–2 tied for 3rd in Ohio Valley Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 215–210
- Coach
- —
- Elo
- 1320 +17 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −25.2 No. 50 of 125 in FCS
- Recruiting class
- —
Drafted in 2010
The 2010 draft| Rd 5 | Otis Hudson OT | Cincinnati Bengals |
2009 Ohio Valley Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Jacksonville State | 4–0 | 6–2 | |
| Tennessee State | 3–1 | 4–4 | |
 Eastern Illinois | 3–2 | 5–4 | |
 Tennessee Tech | 3–2 | 4–4 | |
| Eastern Kentucky | 3–2 | 3–5 | |
| UT Martin | 2–3 | 3–5 | |
| Austin Peay | 2–3 | 3–5 | |
| Southeast Missouri State | 1–4 | 2–6 | |
 Murray State | 0–4 | 1–6 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.