Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 1 |
6:00 PM |
No. 20 Western Illinois* |
|
O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL |
WEIU |
L 21–38 |
7,618 |
September 10 |
2:30 PM |
at Miami (OH)* |
|
Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH |
ESPN3 |
W 21–17 |
17,369 |
September 17 |
2:00 PM |
at No. 5 Illinois State* |
|
Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL (Mid-America Classic) |
CSNCH |
W 24–21 |
13,391 |
September 24 |
1:00 PM |
Austin Peay |
No. 18 |
O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL |
WEIU |
W 56–35 |
6,169 |
October 1 |
6:00 PM |
at Southeast Missouri State |
No. 13 |
Houck Stadium • Cape Girardeau, MO |
OVCDN |
L 14–21 |
4,892 |
October 8 |
6:00 PM |
Tennessee State |
No. 19 |
O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL |
WEIU |
W 35–34 |
4,319 |
October 15 |
6:00 PM |
at Tennessee Tech |
No. 18 |
Tucker Stadium • Cookeville, TN |
OVCDN |
W 30–24 |
4,082 |
October 22 |
1:00 PM |
Murray State |
No. 15 |
O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL |
WEIU |
L 38–40 |
7,907 |
October 29 |
2:00 PM |
at No. 2 Jacksonville State |
No. 23 |
JSU Stadium • Jacksonville, AL |
ESPN3 |
L 14–47 |
21,655 |
November 5 |
1:00 PM |
Tennessee–Martin |
|
O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL |
WEIU |
L 17–33 |
3,054 |
November 19 |
1:00 PM |
at Eastern Kentucky |
|
Roy Kidd Stadium • Richmond, KY |
OVCDN |
W 24–0 |
3,100 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. |
Game summaries
Western Illinois
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#20 Leathernecks |
14 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
38 |
Panthers |
7 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
21 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
21–41–4 |
2015 |
L 5–33 |
at Miami (OH)
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Panthers |
0 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
21 |
RedHawks |
3 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
17 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
First meeting |
at Illinois State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Panthers |
3 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
24 |
#5 Redbirds |
0 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
21 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
40–54–9 |
2015 |
L 31–34 OT |
Austin Peay
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Governors |
0 |
14 |
7 |
14 |
35 |
#18 Panthers |
14 |
7 |
14 |
21 |
56 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
13–3 |
2015 |
W 40–16 |
at Southeast Missouri State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#13 Panthers |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
Redhawks |
14 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
21 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
17–6 |
2015 |
W 33–28 |
Tennessee State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Tigers |
3 |
10 |
14 |
7 |
34 |
#19 Panthers |
14 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
35 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
12–7 |
2015 |
W 25–22 OT |
at Tennessee Tech
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#18 Panthers |
0 |
13 |
14 |
3 |
30 |
Golden Eagles |
3 |
14 |
0 |
7 |
24 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
16–6 |
2015 |
W 51–20 |
Murray State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Racers |
3 |
13 |
6 |
18 |
40 |
#15 Panthers |
21 |
0 |
3 |
14 |
38 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
18–13 |
2015 |
W 34–20 |
at Jacksonville State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#23 Panthers |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
#2 Gamecocks |
21 |
10 |
9 |
7 |
47 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
6–7 |
2015 |
L 3–24 |
Tennessee–Martin
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Skyhawks |
6 |
7 |
3 |
17 |
33 |
Panthers |
0 |
7 |
3 |
7 |
17 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
14–7 |
2015 |
W 23–21 |
at Eastern Kentucky
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Panthers |
0 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
24 |
Colonels |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
10–13 |
2015 |
W 21–7 |
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 |
Final |
STATS FCS |
RV |
RV |
RV |
18 |
13 |
19 |
18 |
15 |
23 |
RV |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
Coaches |
RV |
RV |
RV |
16 |
13 |
20 |
17 |
15 |
22 |
24 |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
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