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2007 Eastern Kentucky

8–⁠3 (7–⁠0 Ohio Valley Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 9–⁠3, over 12 games to the 11 on file here.

Schedule and results

Eastern Kentucky in 2007, game by game: lost at Kentucky 10–50; won vs. Western Carolina 45–21; lost at Western Kentucky 6–26; won at Jacksonville State 31–20; won vs. Samford 43–20; won at Eastern Illinois 28–21; won vs. Tennessee State 49–7; won at Murray State 46–35; won at Austin Peay 28–14; won vs. Tennessee Tech 38–24; lost vs. Richmond 14–31+42−40Lost 10–50 at Kentucky-40KentuckyWon 45–21 vs. Western Carolina+24Western CarolinaLost 6–26 at Western Kentucky-20Western KentuckyWon 31–20 at Jacksonville State+11Jacksonville St…Won 43–20 vs. Samford+23SamfordWon 28–21 at Eastern Illinois+7Eastern IllinoisWon 49–7 vs. Tennessee State+42Tennessee StateWon 46–35 at Murray State+11Murray StateWon 28–14 at Austin Peay+14Austin PeayWon 38–24 vs. Tennessee Tech+14Tennessee TechLost 14–31 vs. Richmond-17Richmond
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1atKentuckyL 10–⁠5021%
Sep 8vsWestern CarolinaW 45–⁠2171%
Sep 15atWestern KentuckyL 6–⁠2641%
Sep 22atJacksonville StateW 31–⁠2042%
Sep 29vsSamfordW 43–⁠2071%
Oct 6atEastern IllinoisW 28–⁠2140%
Oct 20vsTennessee StateW 49–⁠777%
Oct 27atMurray StateW 46–⁠3574%
Nov 10atAustin PeayW 28–⁠1463%
Nov 17vsTennessee TechW 38–⁠2482%
Nov 24vsRichmondIaa PlayoffsL 14–⁠3141%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Richmond 31–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; Ohio Valley Conference champions.

In program history: The 2nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 42 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Eastern Kentucky’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 13vsSoutheast Missouri StateW 44–⁠17Eastern Kentucky’s article

Ohio Valley Conference champions7–⁠0 in the conference

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
7–⁠0 first in Ohio Valley Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
338–⁠269
Coach
—
Elo
1417 +85 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−19.7 No. 31 of 123 in FCS
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 2008

The 2008 draft
Rd 3Antwaun Molden CBHouston Texans

2007 Ohio Valley Conference standings

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.