2006 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

2006 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
OVC co-champion
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 15
Record8–5 (7–1 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumO'Brien Field
Seasons
← 2005
2007 →
2006 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 15 Eastern Illinois +^   7 1     8 5  
No. 13 Tennessee–Martin +^   6 1     9 3  
Tennessee State   5 2     6 5  
Jacksonville State   5 3     6 5  
Eastern Kentucky   5 3     6 5  
Tennessee Tech   4 4     4 7  
Southeast Missouri State   2 6     4 7  
Samford   1 7     3 8  
Murray State   0 8     1 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2006 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by interim head coach Mark Hutson, as head coach Bob Spoo was unable to coach for medical reasons, and played their home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois. The Panthers finished the season with an 8–5 record overall and a 7–1 mark in conference play, sharing the OVC title with Tennessee–Martin. The team received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they lost to Illinois State in the first round.[1] Eastern Illinois was ranked No. 15 in The Sports Network's postseason ranking of NCAA Division I FCS teams.[2]

  1. ^ "Football Record Book" (PDF). Eastern Illinois University Athletics. p. 52. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Division I-AA Poll". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. December 19, 2006. p. 5C. Retrieved December 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.