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2024 Eastern Illinois Football Schedule

Zach McKinnell

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Eastern Illinois finished last season 8-3 (4-2 Big South-OVC) in a massive turnaround under head coach Chris Wilkerson. The Panthers will look to make their first appearance in the FCS Playoffs in 2015.

Eastern Illinois' 2024 schedule features two FBS matchups, two FCS out-of-conference games, and eight Big South-OVC conference matchups.

The full 2024 schedule for Eastern Illinois is below.

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2024 Eastern Illinois Football Schedule

Aug. 29: at Illinois
Sep. 7: Indiana State
Sep. 14: at Northwestern
Sep. 21: at Illinois State
Sep. 28: Lindenwood
Oct. 5: SEMO
Oct. 12: at Tennessee State
Oct. 19: Bye Week
Oct. 26: at UT Martin
Nov. 2: Western Illinois
Nov. 9: at Gardner-Webb
Nov. 16: Charleston Southern
Nov. 23: at Tennessee Tech

* Italics indicate conference matchups

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Zach McKinnell
ZACH MCKINNELL

Zach McKinnell is the Founder and Senior Editor of FCS Football Central. He is also a columnist for HERO Sports and a contributor for Athlon Sports. In 2022, he became an official voter in the FCS Stats Perform Top-25. He is a former contributor for Vols Wire, part of the USA TODAY Sports Network, and Fly War Eagle on FanSided. Zach graduated from Auburn University in 2018.