1953 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

1953 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
ConferenceInterstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record1–8 (0–6 IIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLincoln Field
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central Michigan $ 5 0 1 7 1 1
Western Illinois 5 1 0 8 2 0
Michigan State Normal 4 1 1 7 1 1
Illinois State Normal 3 3 0 5 4 0
Southern Illinois 2 4 0 2 7 0
Northern Illinois State 1 5 0 1 8 0
Eastern Illinois 0 6 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1953 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois State College (now known as Eastern Illinois University) as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1953 college football season. The team was led by seventh-year head coach Maynard O'Brien and played their home games at Lincoln Field in Charleston, Illinois. The Panthers finished the season with a 1–8 record overall and an 0–6 record in conference play, finishing last in the IIAC.[1]

  1. ^ "Football Record Book" (PDF). Eastern Illinois University Athletics. p. 46. Retrieved February 20, 2022.