Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
August 31 |
7:00 PM |
at San Diego State* |
No. 21 |
Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA |
MWN |
W 40–19 |
42,978[1] |
September 7 |
6:00 PM |
at Southern Illinois* |
No. 14 |
Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL |
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W 40–37 2OT |
10,038[2] |
September 14 |
6:00 PM |
No. 18 Illinois State* |
No. 9 |
O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL (Mid-America Classic) |
WEIU |
W 57–24 |
10,741[2] |
September 21 |
7:00 PM |
at Northern Illinois* |
No. 8 |
Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL |
ESPN3 |
L 39–43 |
23,595[2] |
September 28 |
1:30 PM |
Eastern Kentucky |
No. 8 |
O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL |
ESPN3 |
W 42–7 |
11,469[2] |
October 12 |
6:00 PM |
at Austin Peay |
No. 5 |
Governors Stadium • Clarksville, TN |
OVCDN |
W 63–7 |
5,501[2] |
October 19 |
1:30 PM |
Southeast Missouri State |
No. 3 |
O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL |
WEIU |
W 55–33 |
11,569[2] |
October 26 |
4:00 PM |
at No. 21 Tennessee State |
No. 2 |
LP Field • Nashville, TN |
OVCDN |
W 34–16 |
22,157[2] |
November 2 |
12:00 PM |
Tennessee Tech |
No. 2 |
O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL |
WEIU |
W 56–21 |
6,939[2] |
November 9 |
12:00 PM |
at Murray State |
No. 2 |
Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY |
OVCDN |
W 37–17 |
3,119[2] |
November 16 |
12:00 PM |
No. 22 Jacksonville State |
No. 2 |
O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL |
ESPN3 |
W 52–14 |
6,693[2] |
November 23 |
1:00 PM |
at UT Martin |
No. 2 |
Graham Stadium • Martin, TN |
ESPN3 |
W 70–22 |
3,167[2] |
December 7 |
1:00 PM |
No. 19 Tennessee State* |
No. 2 |
O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL (FCS Playoffs Second Round) |
ESPN3 |
W 51–10 |
4,825[2] |
December 13 |
7:00 PM |
No. 5 Towson* |
No. 2 |
O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals) |
ESPN2 |
L 39–49 |
3,850[2] |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. |
Game summaries
San Diego State
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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• #21 (FCS) Panthers |
7 |
12 | 7 | 14 |
40 |
Aztecs |
13 |
3 | 3 | 0 |
19 |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | 12:57 | SDSU | 41-yard field goal by Wes Feer | SDSU 3–0 |
| 1 | 11:14 | EIU | Erik Lora 37-yard touchdown reception from Jimmy Garoppolo, Cameron Berra kick good | EIU 7–3 |
| 1 | 9:11 | SDSU | Colin Lockett 48-yard touchdown run, Feer kick good | SDSU 10–7 |
| 1 | 4:25 | SDSU | 35-yard field goal by Feer | SDSU 13–7 |
| 2 | 13:43 | EIU | Lora 4-yard touchdown reception from Garoppolo, Berra kick no good | Tied 13–13 |
| 2 | 3:22 | EIU | Keiondre Gober 62-yard touchdown reception from Garoppolo, Berra kick blocked | EIU 19–13 |
| 2 | :16 | SDSU | 22-yard field goal by Feer | EIU 19–16 |
| 3 | 10:57 | SDSU | 38-yard field goal by Feer | Tied 19–19 |
| 3 | 7:36 | EIU | Taylor Duncan 2-yard touchdown run, Berra kick good | EIU 26–19 |
| 4 | 13:43 | EIU | Punt returned 60 yards for touchdown by Shephard Little, Berra kick good | EIU 33–19 |
| 4 | 4:30 | EIU | Duncan 45-yard touchdown run, Berra kick good | EIU 40–19 |
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Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
| Week |
Poll |
Pre |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
Final |
Sports Network |
21 |
14 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
Coaches |
23 |
16 |
12 |
10 |
12 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
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