2020 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

2020 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	1–5 (1–5 OVC)
Head coach	Adam Cushing (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	John Kuceyeski (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Chris Bowers (2nd season)
Home stadium	O'Brien Field

2020 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 8 Jacksonville State $^		6	–	1					10	–	3
No. 19 Murray State		5	–	2					5	–	2
No. 21 Austin Peay		4	–	2					4	–	5
Southeast Missouri State		4	–	3					4	–	4
UT Martin		3	–	4					3	–	4
Tennessee Tech		2	–	5					2	–	5
Tennessee State		2	–	5					2	–	5
Eastern Illinois		1	–	5					1	–	5
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Note: Eastern Kentucky played only in the fall and opted out of the spring season. Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by second-year head coach Adam Cushing, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 1–5 overall with an identical mark in conference play, placing last out of eight teams in the OVC. Eastern Illinois played home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois.

Schedule

Eastern Illinois had a game against Kentucky, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
February 28	2:00 p.m.	No. 21 Southeast Missouri State	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	ESPN+	L 7–47	1,252
March 7	1:00 p.m.	at UT Martin	Graham Stadium Martin, TN	ESPN+	L 15–28	1,500
March 14	1:00 p.m.	at Tennessee State	Hale Stadium Nashville, TN	ESPN+	L 20–21	1,855
March 21	1:00 p.m.	Tennessee Tech	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	ESPN+	W 28–20	1,282
March 28	2:00 p.m.	at No. 19 Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	ESPN+	L 27–41	2,628
April 3	1:00 p.m.	No. 12 Jacksonville State	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	ESPN+	L 23–44	1,312
April 11	1:00 p.m.	No. 25 Austin Peay	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	ESPN+	Postponed
Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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References

1. Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
2. "2020 Eastern Illinois Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 11, 2020.