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2024 Western Illinois Football Schedule

Zach McKinnell

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Western Illinois has lost 24 consecutive games and will enter a new era under head coach Joe Davis, who served as the offensive coordinator at Eastern Illinois. The Leathernecks will also make the transition to the Big South-OVC after 16 seasons in the MVFC.

Western Illinois' 2024 schedule features one Division II matchup, two FBS games, one FCS out-of-conference game, and eight Big South-OVC conference matchups.

The full 2024 schedule for Western Illinois is below.

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2024 Western Illinois Football Schedule

Aug. 31: at Northern Illinois
Sep. 7: at Indiana
Sep. 14: at Illinois State
Sep. 21: Bye Week
Sep. 28: McKendree
Oct. 5: at Charleston Southern
Oct. 12: UT Martin
Oct. 19: Tennessee Tech
Oct. 26: at Lindenwood
Nov. 2: at Eastern Illinois
Nov. 9: Tennessee State
Nov. 16: at SEMO
Nov. 23: Gardner-Webb

* 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.