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2025 Eastern Illinois Football Schedule

Zachary McKinnell

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2024 Record: 3-9 (2-6 Big South-OVC)
Head Coach: Chris Wilkerson (4th Season, 13-21)
Last FCS Playoff Appearance: 2015

Eastern Illinois' 2025 football schedule features an FBS matchup against Alabama, three FCS out-of-conference games, and eight Big South-OVC conference games.

The full 2025 schedule for Eastern Illinois is below.

2025 Eastern Illinois Football Schedule

Aug. 28: Dayton

Sep. 6: at Indiana State

Sep. 13: Illinois State

Sep. 20: Bye Week

Sep. 27: at Western Illinois

Oct. 4: Tennessee State

Oct. 11: Gardner-Webb

Oct. 18: at SEMO

Oct. 25: at Charleston Southern

Nov. 1: UT Martin

Nov. 8: Tennessee Tech

Nov. 15: at Lindenwood

Nov. 22: at Alabama

*Italics indicate conference matchups

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Zachary McKinnell
ZACHARY 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.

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