Defending Champions Square Off EIU Hosts UTM For Homecoming

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1 Contact: Rich Moser (217) Fax (217) GAME 8 Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Martin Saturday - October 20-1:30 p.m. - O Brien Stadium Defending Champions Square Off EIU Hosts UTM For Homecoming No. 24 Eastern Illinois (4-3, 3-1 OVC) vs. Tennessee Martin (1-6, 1-3 OVC) O Brien Stadium (10,000) Charleston, Ill. October 20, :30 p.m. TV: WEIU Channel 51 QUICK FACTS COACHES: Bob Spoo (Purdue, 1960) EIU Record (20th year) OVC Record (11th) vs. Tennessee Martin Jason Simpson (Southern Miss, 1994) UTM Record (2nd year) OVC Record (2nd year) vs. EIU SERIES 13th meeting (EIU leads 10-2 LAST YEAR UTM 15, EIU 9 (at Graham Stadium) RANKINGS Eastern Illinois... RV/24 Tennessee Martin... Not Ranked... Sports Network/FCS Coaches THE GAME Last year s co-defending champions Eastern Illinois and Tennessee Martin square off for the Panthers 91st edition of homecoming on Saturday afternoon at O Brien Stadium. Last season Tennessee Martin was able to knock off Eastern Illinois 15-9 during the Skyhawks homecoming contest in Martin. This year the two squads enter on different ends of the spectrum. EIU needs to win to keep pace in the OVC race and keep any possible NCAA FCS playoff hopes alive. The Panthers most likely need to win out to have any post-season hopes. Tennessee Martin had a cinderella season last year finishing at 9-3 to earn the schools first Division I playoff berth. This year the slipper has faded a little as the Skyhawks are 1-6. Eastern Illinois enters at 4-3 overall after a hang on victory at Murray State over the weekend. The Panthers are third in the OVC with a 3-1 mark. Tennessee Martin may be 1-6 on the year but they have lost their three OVC games by a combined nine points. UTM turned the corner last Saturday with a win over Samford. EASTERN ILLINOIS-TENNESSEE MARTIN SERIES Until recent year s Eastern Illinois dominated the series with Tennessee Martin. Last year UTM won 15-9 in Martin to give them two wins in the last four years. The schools have met since 1995 with EIU holding a commanding 10-2 series lead. EIU is 6-0 against Tennessee Martin all time at O Brien Stadium with the closest contest coming in 1995 with a EIU victory. RADIO Hit Mix 88.9 FM Play-by-Play... Mike Bradd Analyst... Jack Ashmore TELEVISION WEIU Channel 51 Play-by-Play... Mike Bradd Analyst... Jack Ashmore INTERNET Live Stats... Live Video... Eastern Illinois (4-3, 3-1 OVC) Date Opponent Score/Time Aug. 30 * TENNESSEE TECH W Sept. 8 at Purdue L 6-52 Sept. 15 ILLINOIS STATE L Sept. 22 at Indiana State W Sept. 29 * at Southeast Missouri W Oct. 6 * EASTERN KENTUCKY L Oct. 13 * at Murray State W Oct. 20 * TENNESSEE MARTIN 1:30 p.m. Oct. 27 * at Tennessee State 6 p.m. Nov. 3 Open Date Nov. 10 * at Jacksonville State Noon Nov. 17 * SAMFORD 1:30 p.m. Nov. 24 FCS Playoffs TBA * Ohio Valley Conference Game All Times Central Tennessee Martin (1-6, 1-3 OVC) Date Opponent Score/Time Sept. 1 at Southern Mississippi L Sept. 8 MISSOURI STATE L Sept. 15 at Central Arkansas L Sept. 22 * at Austin Peay L Sept. 29 * TENNESSEE TECH L Oct. 6 * at Jacksonville State L Oct. 13 * SAMFORD W Oct. 20 * at Eastern Illinois 1:30 p.m. Oct. 27 * SOUTHEAST MISSOURI Noon Nov. 3 Open Date Nov. 10 * MURRAY STATE Noon Nov. 17 * at Tennessee State 12:30 p.m. * Ohio Valley Conference Game Times Central

2 October 20, 2007 Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Martin Page SPORTS NETWORK TOP 25 (Week 8) Rk. Team 2007 Record 1. Northern Iowa (35) North Dakota State (23) Montana (40) Massachusetts (4) Appalachian State (3) McNeese State (2) Wofford (3) James Madison Southern Illinois Hofstra New Hampshire Youngstown State Nicholls State Delaware Delaware State Yale Western Illinois Richmond Cal Poly Montana State Eastern Kentucky Eastern Washington Grambling State Elon Norfolk State FCS Coaches Poll (Week 8) Rk. Team 2007 Record 1. North Dakota State (12) Northern Iowa (1) Montana (12) Massachusetts (2) Appalachian State 5-1 T6. McNeese State (1) 6-0 Wofford James Madison Hofstra Southern Illinois New Hampshire Youngstown State Delaware Nicholls State Yale Delaware State Western Illinois Richmond Montana State Cal Poly Eastern Kentucky Eastern Washington Grambling State EASTERN ILLINOIS 4-3 T25. Hampton 4-2 San Diego 6-0 OTHER POLL RANKINGS AnyGivenSaturday.com SME Broadcasters 23rd 25th EASTERN ILLINOIS HEAD COACH BOB SPOO Eastern Illinois head coach Bob Spoo returns to the sidelines this season after missing all of last season due to a preseason surgery that was supposed to only sideline the long time face of the Panther program for 4-to-6 weeks. Spoo returned this year for his second run at his 20th season as the EIU head coach winning the season opener over Tennessee Tech. His career record is at EIU including a mark in OVC action. He ranks third all-time in OVC wins trailing Eastern Kentucky s Roy Kidd (207) and Tennessee Tech s Don Wade (60). Spoo is a 1960 graduate of Purdue University. TENNESSEE MARTIN HEAD COACH JASON SIMPSON Jason Simpson is in the midst of his second season as head coach at Tennessee Martin. During his first year, Simpson helped guide the Skyhawks into uncharted waters as they shared the OVC regular-season championship with Eastern Illinois and made their first NCAA FCS playoff appearance. Simpson was named the OVC Coach of the Year with UTM finishing the season at 9-3. This year the Skyhawks have fallen short in several close games and Simpson s career record now stands at 10-9 overall. Simpson played baseball and football at Mississippi State before transferring to finish his baseball career at Southern Mississippi. He earned his degree from Southern Miss in SCOUTING TENNESSEE MARTIN The Skyhawks come into this week s game with a much better team than their record indicates. The offensive is triggered by co-ovc Offensive Player of the Year Don Chapman who has been contained to only 80.3 yards per game this season. Tennessee Martin also features a mobile quarterback in Dexter Anoka who has thrown for 1249 yards while running for another 148. The Skyhawks defense is also very active with Josh Yarbrough and Dontrell Miller the top tacklers at 60 and 59 stops. Despite only one pass interception this season, UTM does have 23 pass break-ups on the season. NUMBER TO REMEMBER This week s number to remember is 7... that is the number of rushing touchdowns the Panthers defense has allowed this season. Murray State was the first team to score multiple rushing touchdowns against EIU with both coming in the second half when All-American linebacker Donald Thomas was on the sidelines with a foot injury. Prior to Murray State s third quarter rushing score, Eastern Illinois has gone eight straight quarters without allowing a rushing touchdown. A LITTLE HISTORY This will be the second time that Eastern Illinois has hosted Tennessee Martin for homecoming. The previous meeting was Oct. 25, 2003 when Vincent Webb rushed for 206 yards to lead EIU to a victory over the Skyhawks. EIU is 6-0 all time against UTM at O Brien Stadium and the Panthers have won seven straight homecoming games. MATCH-UPS TO WATCH THIS WEEK PRIDE FACTOR OF BOTH TEAMS The pride of both football teams may be one of the biggest factors in this week s game. Eastern Illinois is still in the hunt for both an OVC title and FCS playoff berth. To accomplish both of those items, EIU probably needs to win out and then get some help. Tennessee Martin has already been eliminated from any title hopes or playoff possibilities, still the Skyhawks have a good number of players back from last year s playoff team that would like to spoil any post-season plans for EIU. WHICH TEAM CAN MAKE CLUTCH FIELD GOALS One of Eastern Illinois Achilles heels this season has been the absence of a field goal game. The Panthers have struggled this season with Tyler Wilke only hitting on 4-of-9 attempts this season. He is only 1-for-5 beyond 30 yards. Tennessee Martin s kicker Tom Hansen has been one of the better kickers in the OVC this season hitting on 73 percent of his attempts. Hansen is perfect from inside of 40 yards going 7-for-7.

3 October 20, 2007 Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Martin Page 3 LAST TIME OUT Seniors Ademola Adeniji and Micah Rucker each posted career days as the Panthers escaped Murray State with a win during the Racers homecoming game. Adeniji ran for 197 yards and three touchdowns. He just missed a fourth touchdown when the ball was stripped as he was reaching for the goal line. Rucker hauled in 11 passes for 153 yards and a touchdown as the Panthers made it seven straight games without an interception. Despite the big offensive numbers, Joel Evers had to recover an onside kick attempt with 20 seconds left to help preserve the win. Murray State was able to take advantage of three EIU fumbles including two on punt returns. CAMPANELLA A DRADDY SEMIFINALIST Senior tight end Jordan Campanella has been named a semifinalist for the 2007 Draddy Trophy presented by the National Football Foundation. One of college football s most sought after and competitive awards, the Draddy Trophy recognizes an individual as the absolute best in the country for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary community leadership. Campanella currently has a 3.87 GPA in political science. This season Campanella has 11 catches for 123 yards and one touchdown. NO INTERCEPTIONS STREAK STILL ALIVE Eastern Illinois extended its school record of games without an interception to seven straight as the Panthers had 29 more passing attempts on Saturday at Murray State. EIU is currently chasing the national record of pass attempts without an interception which was set by Lamar in Lamar was not intercepted in 275 straight attempts over a stretch of eight games. EIU is currently up to 208 attempts in seven games with two different quarterbacks - Cole Stinson & Bodie Reeder - combining for those attempts. COACH FOR A DAY A new program started this season allows EIU faculty and staff members to sign up for a chance to be a Coach For A Day. This allows the individual to attend pregame drills and stand on the sideline during the contest. This week EIU has two Coach For A Day participants in Don Dawson, Gateway Academic Advisor and Debbie Cunningham, Sociology Instructor. Cradle of NFL Coaches Still Rockin TALE OF THE TAPE Points Per Game Average Points Allowed First Downs Rushing Yards Per Game Rushing Touchdowns Passing Yards Per Game Passing Touchdowns Average Yards Per Game Interceptions Thrown Fumbles Lost Turnovers Gained Punting Average Field Goals (ATT/MADE)...4-for for-11 3rd Down Conversions... 44/98 (45%)... 40/102 (39%) 4th Down Conversions... 5/12 (42%)... 10/16 (62%) Sacks (Yards)...8 (48)... 9 (66) Penalties (Yards)...40 (299) (470) Time of Possession (Game)...29: :49 Last season Eastern Illinois earned the distinction of being the new cradle for NFL head coaches as they became one of only three NCAA schools that could claim three current NFL head coaches as alumni. All three of those schools are still deadlocked but EIU now has a one-up on the other schools after former Panther quarterback and current New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton was named the 2006 NFL Coach of the Year. EIU Head Coaches Mike Shanahan...Denver Broncos Sean Payton... New Orleans Saints Brad Childress...Minnesota Vikings San Diego State Joe Gibbs (Washington) John Fox (Carolina) Herman Edwards (Kansas City) USC Mike Holmgren (Seattle) Jeff Fisher (Tennessee) Jack Del Rio (Jacksonville) ADENIJI BREAKS LOOSE - II Not content for his effort against Eastern Kentucky to be a career highlight, EIU senior running back Ademola Adeniji topped that effort with a 197 yard performance against Murray State last Saturday. In addition to rushing for a new career high against the Racers, Adeniji also moved into 13th place on the EIU career rushing charts with 1,634 yards. He has scored eight touchdowns on the season which ranks first on the EIU team and sixth in the OVC. Counting only conference contests this, Adeniji currently ranks first among OVC rushers with 122 yards per game in OVC action. Chris Fletcher of Austin Peay is second at while Tennessee State s Javarris Williams is third at Adeniji needs to average 96.5 yards per game over the final four contests to crack the 1,000 yard mark for the season.

4 October 20, 2007 Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Martin Page OVC Standings Team... OVC...Pct...All... Pct. Eastern Kentucky Tennessee State Eastern Illinois Jacksonville State Austin Peay Tennessee Tech Samford Tennessee Martin Murray State Southeast Missouri This Week In The OVC Saturday - October 20 Tennessee Eastern Illinois * Austin Samford * Tennessee Eastern Kentucky * Tennessee Jacksonville State * Murray Southeast Missouri * Next Week In The OVC Saturday - October 27 Eastern Tennessee State * Eastern Murray State * Tennessee Tech * Southeast Tennessee Martin * THE EASTERN ILLINOIS 2-MINUTE DRILL... Senior Donald Thomas was named to the mid-season Buck Buchanan Award watch list. Thomas is one of 16 players currently on the watch list. He holds the team lead with 55 tackles, four for loss, one pass break-up and one quarterback hurry. Eastern Illinois was able to get after the quarterback on Saturday at Murray State as the Panthers had three sacks. Trevor Frericks, Tim Kelly and Rashad Haynes were all credited with sacks against the Racers. Pierre Walters is the team leader with two. Eastern Illinois moved into a tie for 9th in the NCAA in rushing touchdowns as the Panthers increased their season total to 19 rushing scores. The national leader is Wofford with 25. Though they have not thrown an interception this season, all 11 of EIU s turnovers have come via the fumble. The 11 fumbles ranks EIU 112th out of 116 schools in fumbles lost this season. Four of those fumbles have been lost on punts and kickoffs. Serving as the primary kick returner in the last couple of games, Quinten Ponius has moved into 78th in the NCAA rankings in kick returns. Ponius is averaging 21.4 yards per kick return with a season long of 45 yards. Corner back Rashad Haynes continues to rank first in the OVC for interceptions with four on the season. Haynes also ranks tied for 16th in the NCAA ranks. The Panthers have picked off eight passes this season. OVC Predicted Order Of Finish 1. EASTERN ILLINOIS (8) 2. Jacksonville State (6) 3. Tennessee Martin (4) 4. Eastern Kentucky (1) 5. Tennessee State (1) 6. Tennessee Tech 7. Murray State 8. Southeast Missouri 9. Samford 10. Austin Peay Eastern Illinois Players On All-OVC Preseason Team Offense Micah Rucker - Wide Receiver Jordan Campanella - Tight End Anthony Rubican - Offensive Tackle Defense Pierre Walters - Defensive End Donald Thomas - Linebacker Seymour Loftman - Safety Eastern Illinois ability to convert on third down late in games has been part of its success this season. While converting 45 percent on the season, EIU raises that average in the fourth quarter converting on 14-of-26 attempts for 53.8 percent. The Panthers have done a good job of getting six when they enter the red zone. This season EIU has scored on 25 of 34 chances inside the red zone for a 73.5 percent rating. Of those 25 scores, 21 have been for touchdowns giving EIU a 61.7 percent touchdown rating in the redzone. The EIU defense has been solid in not allowing six points in the red zone. This season opponents have scored on 25 of 30 attempts in the red zone for 83.3 percent. While they may be scoring, most times they are walking away with three points as EIU has allowed only 14 touchdowns for a 46.6 percent rating. While Donald Thomas gets most of the defensive attention two new starters have really stepped up this season. Safeties Ke Andre Sams and Adrian Arrington have accepted the challenge to start this year. Sams is second on the team with 45 tackles while Arrington is third with 39. Arrington is the team leader with 32 solo tackles this year. Both have also picked off one pass for the defense. After a close call at Murray State, Eastern Illinois saw its streak of 23 straight weeks of being ranked in the Sports Network poll come to a close as the Panthers were the first team listed receiving votes. EIU did stay in the FCS Coaches poll at No. 24. Weekly OVC Award Winners (October 14) Offense - Cedric Johnson (JSU) Defense - Corey Reed (TTU) Special Teams - Zach Walden (JSU) Newcomer - Cedric Johnson (JSU) Kudos should be handed out the EIU offensive line as the Panthers once again rank among the nation s leaders in least amount of sacks and tackles for loss allowed. EIU is 11th nationally allowing only six sacks in seven games. EIU is rated No. 28 in tackles for loss allowed. The Panthers have played the last 2 1/2 games without the services of All-OVC tackle Anthony Rubican. Senior linebacker Matt Westrick has stepped up his play in OVC action ranking second on the team with 27 tackles including two for loss and two pass break-ups.

5 October 20, 2007 Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Martin Page 5 RUCKER BACK ON TARGET Eastern Illinois senior wide receiver Micah Rucker was back on target on Saturday at Murray State hauling in a career-high 11 passes for 153 yards. Rucker s previous career-high was 10 catches against Southeast Missouri last year. Rucker now has 41 catches on the year for 601 yards and five touchdowns. Rucker s 11 grabs were the ninth best single game effort by an Eastern Illinois receiver in a game. Willie White holds the single-game record with 15 catches against Illinois State in Andre Raymond (2002 at Hawaii) and Rob Mehalic (1981 vs. Delaware State) both rank second with 14 catches. COOK NOW NATION S LEADER IN PUNTING Following a three punt day that averaged 55.3 yards per punt, redshirt freshman punter Kevin Cook has moved into the national lead for punters with a 45.4 yard per punt average. For the season Cook has 27 punts with seven pinned inside the 20 yard line. He also has a season long of 61 yards. Cook holds a slight national lead over Jahmal Blanchard of Hampton who is also just over 45 yards per punt. Cook remains the only freshman to rank in the Top 15 in the nation and has been above a 42-yard average all season. The EIU single season record for punting average is 43.0 held by Jeff Gossett in Since 1963 only eight punters have averaged over 40 yards per punt, the last was Bill Besenhofer at 41.0 in SPECIAL TEAMS STARTERS In addition to naming starters on offense and defense, EIU special teams coordinator Justin Lustig has named three players as special teams starters. Those players are recognized for the contributions they make on special teams and to show what an important facet of the game special teams is. This year s special teams starters are seniors Ademola Adeniji and Nick Kray along with junior Quinten Ponius. A special teams starter can not be a starter at an offensive or defensive position. OUT FOR THE YEAR Eastern Illinois athletic training staff has announced that the following players will miss the entire season for a medical redshirt. The list includes junior wide receiver Adam Kesler, junior safety Seymour Loftman, senior linebacker Stephen Washington and senior offensive lineman William Hodor. Sophomore Nathan Shortridge was added to that list in week No. 2. Junior fullback Chip Keys who suffered a broken ankle at Southeast Missouri. MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES & RESOURCES OVC TELECONFERENCE: Each week during the football season all 10 head coaches in the Ohio Valley Conference will take part in a weekly teleconference on Tuesday mornings. The first teleconference will be Tuesday, August 28. EIU head coach will speak at 10:07 a.m. (Central) each Tuesday. Media members can obtain the phone number and pass code from the EIU Sports Information office. EXTRA POINT FOOTBALL LUNCHEONS: Each Wednesday throughout the football season Eastern Illinois will host an Extra Point Media Luncheon which will also be open to the public. The event will take place at Noon at the Panther Paw Bar & Grill in Charleston. Head coach Bob Spoo, a selected assistant coach and selected player will be available for media interviews along with some questions from the public. A lunch buffet will be available with a cost of $6 per person. PANTHER SPORTS TALK: Each Monday night during the football season fans can listen to head coach Bob Spoo along with other special guests and players as they talk about the 2007 football season. The show will be broadcast on Hit Mix 88.9 FM with a live stream available at The show will also be simulcast live on Consolidated Channel Your 13 with tape delayed airings on WEIU TV on Tuesday at 5 p.m. and Consolidated Your 13 on Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. OVCSPORTS.TV: For the second straight year, the Ohio Valley Conference will allow fans to watch live streams of its football games through the OVCSPORTS.TV website. Fans can purchase a season package or individual games to watch their favorite OVC team. This year EIU will have seven of its eleven games available on OVCSPORTS.TV. The only games not available will be road games at Purdue, Indiana State and Jacksonville State along with the home opener against Tennessee Tech. LIVE STATS: Live stats of most EIU games can be found on the EIU athletics webpage at INTERNET RADIO: Live streaming of all EIU football games can be heard at WHERE THEY RANK IN 2007 Category... NCAA (Statistics)... OVC (Leader)...FCS LEADER (Statistics) Rush Offense... 30th (188.71)... 4th (Southeast Missouri)...Georgia Southern (351.50) Pass Offense... 43rd (223.29)... 4th (Tennessee State)...Portland State (355.67) Total Offense... 31st (412.00)... 2nd (Tennessee State)...San Diego (494.50) Scoring Offense... 36th (29.29)... 3rd (Tennessee Tech)...San Diego (47.50) Rush Defense... 45th (142.71)... 2nd (Tennessee State)...Morehead State (32.83) Pass Efficiency Defense... 74th (129.87)... 5th (Eastern Kentucky)...Robert Morris (85.60) Total Defense... 65th (365.00)... 3rd (Tennessee State)...Lafayette (223.50) Scoring Defense... 61st (26.86)... 5th (Jacksonville State)...Prairie View A&M (10.50) Turnover Margin... 56th (0.00)... 5th (Eastern Kentucky)...Eastern Kentucky (2.14) Sacks th (1.14)... 8th (Jacksonville State)...Dayton (4.86) Least Sacks Allowed... 11th (0.86)... 2nd (Samford)...Pennsylvania (0.40)

6 October 20, 2007 Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Martin Page 6 THE RUCKER REPORT MICAH RUCKER - ALL-AMERICAN Eastern Illinois senior wide receiver Micah Rucker has become one of the most prolific scoring and receiving threats in Panther history. As a junior transfer from Minnesota he earned All-American honors in 2006 with 49 catches for 966 yards and 13 touchdowns. The 966 yards ranks as the sixth best single season total at EIU while the 13 touchdowns tied for second on the single season list. THE THOMAS FILE DONALD THOMAS - ALL-AMERICAN Eastern Illinois senior linebacker Donald Thomas is the latest Panther defensive player to start the season as a Buck Buchana Award nominee. Thomas was the OVC Defensive Player of the Year last season making 127 tackles to lead EIU. He also added two interceptions, four fumble recoveries, one sack and 12 tackles for loss. Thomas had seven games with ten or more tackles last season including a career-high 16 in the conference championship win over Jacksonville State Game Totals Opponent...Rec...Yards... TD 8/30 Tennessee Tech /8 at Purdue /15 Illinois State /22 at Indiana State /29 at Southeast Missouri /6 Eastern Kentucky /13 at Murray State Career 100-Yard Games Opponent...Rec...Yards... TD 10/13/07 at Murray State /30/07 Tennessee Tech /18/06 Jacksonville State /7/06 Southeast Missouri /9/06 Indiana State /2/06 at Illinois Multiple-TD Games Opponent...Rec...Yards... TD 8/30/07 Tennessee Tech /18/06 Jacksonville State /11/06 at Tennessee Tech /7/06 Southeast Missouri /16/06 at Illinois State /9/06 Indiana State Game Totals Opponent...Tackles... TFL...FF 8/30 Tennessee Tech /8 at Purdue /15 Illinois State /22 at Indiana State /29 at Southeast Missouri /6 Eastern Kentucky /13 at Murray State Career Double Digit Tackle Games Opponent...Tackles... TFL...FF 10/6/07 Eastern Kentucky /22/07 at Indiana State /8/07 at Purdue /18/06 Jacksonville State /11/06 at Tennessee Tech /4/06 Tennessee State /28/06 at Tennessee Martin /14/06 at Eastern Kentucky /16/06 at Illinois State /2/06 at Illinois /19/05 at Jacksonville St /22/05 at Murray State /17/05 Illinois State

7 October 20, 2007 Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Martin Page 7 Based on a late season hire and several fall camp additions the following players and one coach were not in the media guide. Listed below are key player bios that may see action this season. Other players not in the media guide are also listed at the bottom. Bobby Babich - Defensive Secondary Coach Babich was hired in July as the newest member of the EIU staff... he worked last year as a graduate assistant coach at Kent State... Babich is a 2006 graduate of North Dakota State where he played defensive back for the Bison leading the team in interceptions as a senior. 23 John Gadson (WR, 5-10, 170, R-FR, Ocala, FL) Gadson was a Top 100 recruit in 2006 as rated by Rivals.com... redshirted at EIU last year as an NCAA non-qualifier... set two records at Fleming Island HS including yards receiving in a season and a 97-yard kick off return. 36 Drew Spies (FB, 6-0, 215, JR, Barrington, IL) Spies made team as a walk-on in the fall and could see time on special teams... played at Barrington HS... also attended Phoenix College in Arizona for two years. 62 Ryan Keys (LB, 6-1, 225, JR, Paris, IL) Keys returns to the EIU team after being a scout team player for the 2005 OVC Championship team... brother Chip also plays for Panthers as a fullback on offense... was an All-Conference player at Paris HS. HOW DO YOU SAY THAT - EIU Pronunciation Guide 3..Ke Andre Sams... KEY-on-Dre 4..Bodie Reeder... Read-err 6..Sinque Turner... sin-q 7..Alicus Nozinor...Al-ah-cuss 8..Travorus Bess...Tra-vore-us 12..Bobson Mercier...Mur-see-air 15..Quinten Ponius... Pony-knee-us 18..Joel Evers... Joe-L 24..Irvin Jean-Charles... Jean (like blue jeans) 36..Drew Spies...sp-EEZE 37..Ademola Adeniji... Add-ah-nidge-E 51..Alain Marcelin... mar-sa-lynn 55..Corey Leman...Lay-man 60..Seth Knolhoff... Noll-off 65..Trevor Frericks... Fra-air-ricks 79..Matthew Buettner...Bit-ner 89..Daniel Vehovic...Va-hoe-vick 94..Andre Lima... lee-mah 96..Colin Luczynski...Loo-chin-ski Coach Jorge Munoz...George 87 Charles Graves (WR, 6-1, 175, SO, Aurora, IL) Graves joined team during fall camp after playing at NCAA Division II Upper Iowa College last season... may see playing time on special teams... All-Conference player at West Aurora HS. 29 Mike LaRocco (RB, 5-9, 191, R-FR, Chicago, IL) 39 Nick McHenry (WR, 5-8, 160, FR, Oak Forest, IL) 52 Haakim Lewis (DL, 6-0, 290, FR, Oswego, IL) 79 Matt Buettner (OL, 6-2, 284, FR, Collinsville, IL) EASTERN ILLINOIS QUICK FACTS LOCATION:... Charleston, Illinois FOUNDED: ENROLLMENT:...12,129 COLORS:... Blue & Gray CONFERENCE:...Ohio Valley STADIUM:...O Brien (10,000) SURFACE:...Pro-Grass PRESIDENT:...Dr. William L. Perry ATHLETIC DIRECTOR:... Ken Baker (Interim) O BRIEN PRESS BOX PHONE:...(217) EIU TICKET OFFICE:...(217) EIU SPORTS INFORMATION:...(217) EIU WEBSITE:... EIU 2007 ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY STATE/YEAR EIU Roster By Home State Illinois Florida Ohio... 3 Indiana... 2 Missouri... 2 Alabama... 1 California... 1 Idaho... 1 EIU Roster By Class (includes redshirts) Senior Junior Sophomore Freshman EASTERN ILLINOIS CAPTAINS OFFENSE 63..Drew Cairo-Gross...Center 80..Micah Rucker...Wide Receiver DEFENSE 54..Donald Thomas... Linebacker 90..Tim Kelly...Defensive Tackle

8 October 20, 2007 Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Martin Page 8 EASTERN ILLINOIS PLAYOFF HISTORY (FCS/I-AA Playoffs) 2006 (First Charleston, IL) Illinois State def. Eastern Illinois, (First Charleston, IL) Southern Illinois def. Eastern Illinois, (First McComb, IL) Western Illinois def. Eastern Illinois, (First Charleston, IL) Northern Iowa def. Eastern Illinois, (First Missoula, MT) Montana def. Eastern Illinois, (First Cedar Falls, IA) Northern Iowa def. Eastern Illinois, (First Nacogdoches, TX) Stephen F. Austin def. Eastern Illinois, (First Moscow, ID) Eastern Illinois def. Idaho, Missoula, MT) Montana def. Eastern Illinois, Charleston, IL) Eastern Kentucky def. Eastern Illinois, (First Terre Haute, IN) Indiana State def. Eastern Illinois, (2OT) 1982 (First Charleston, IL) Eastern Illinois def. Jackson State, (OT) 1982 Nashville, TN) Tennessee State def. Eastern Illinois, *** Note *** Eastern Illinois has made the NCAA FCS Playoffs 11 times since joining that level of football in The 11 playoff appearances currently ranks 10th among active FCS level schools. Division II Playoffs 1978 (National Champions) Eastern Illinois def. UC Davis, Eastern Illinois def. Youngstown State, Eastern Illinois def. Delaware, (National Runners-up) Eastern Illinois def. Northern Colorado, Eastern Illinois def. Northern Alabama, Cal Poly def. Eastern Illinois, (First Charleston, IL) Eastern Illinois def. Murray State, Eastern Illinois Football The Last Time It Happened... Passed for more than 300 yards... Cole Stinson, 308 vs. Tennessee Tech (August 30, 2007) Passed for more than 400 yards... Tony Romo, 414 at Toledo (Sept. 16, 2000) Threw four touchdown passes... Tony Romo, 4 at Tennessee State (Nov. 2, 2002) Rushed for more than 200 yards... Vincent Webb, 206 at Samford (Sept. 23, 2006) Rushed for three touchdowns... Ademola Adeniji, 3 at Murray State (Oct. 13, 2007) Rushed for four touchdowns... J.R. Taylor, 4 vs. Florida Atlantic (Nov. 16, 2002) Had 10 Receptions... Micah Rucker, 11 vs. Murray State (Oct. 13, 2007) Had 3 touchdown receptions... Micah Rucker, 3 vs. Southeast Missouri (Oct. 7, 2006) Had 200 yards receiving... Frank Cutolo, 239 vs. Tennessee State (Oct. 27, 2001) Returned a punt for a touchdown... Jermaine Mobley, 1 vs. Tennessee State (Oct. 30, 2004) Returned a kick-off for touchdown... Andre Raymond, 1 vs. Indiana State (Sept. 21, 2002) Returned an interception for touchdown... Terrance Sanders, 1 vs. Illinois State (Nov. 25, 2006) Returned a fumble for touchdown... Tristan Burge, 1 at Murray State (Oct. 22, 2005) Blocked a punt... Rashad Haynes, 1 at Indiana State (Sept. 22, 2007) Returned a blocked punt for touchdown - blocked by... Quinten Ponius, 1 at Indiana State (Sept. 22, 2007) - Rashad Haynes

9 EIU OFFENSE October 20, 2007 Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Martin Page 9 EASTERN ILLINOIS 2-DEEP vs. Tennessee Martin (October 20) QUARTERBACK 4...Bodie Reeder R-So 13...Cole Stinson Sr RUNNING BACK 37...Ademola Adeniji R-Sr 8...Travorus Bess R-Jr WIDE RECEIVER 80...Micah Rucker R-Sr 18...Joel Evers R-So WIDE RECEIVER 84...Jason Fisher R-Sr 15...Quinten Ponius R-Jr WIDE RECEIVER 7...Alicus Nozinor R-Jr 15...Quinten Ponius R-Jr TIGHT END 43...Trent Steckel R-Jr 88...Jordan Campanella Sr LEFT TACKLE 72...Will Norris R-So 66...Chris Campbell R-So LEFT GUARD 76...Ryan Spears R-Sr 75...Kevin Mahoney R-So CENTER 63...Drew Cairo-Gross Sr 74...Chaz Millard R-So RIGHT GUARD 74...Chaz Millard R-So 68...Mike Scheibel R-So RIGHT TACKLE 68...Mike Scheibel R-So or 75...Kevin Mahoney R-So EIU COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Bob Spoo (Purdue, th year) (Career Record ; OVC Record 56-20) Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator: Roc Bellantoni (7th year) Offensive Coordinator: Jorge Munoz (3rd year) Special Teams Coach: Justin Lustig (2nd year) Offensive Line Coach: Jeff Hoover (1st year) Wide Receivers: Mike Lynch (3rd year) Defensive Line: Shannon Jackson (3rd year) Secondary Coach: Bobby Babich (1st year) Offensive Assistant: Antoine Livingston (2nd year) Defensive Assistant: Forrest Jackson (4th year) Student Coach: Chad Cleveland (2nd year) Trainer: Jen Tymkew (2nd year) Strength Coach: Michael Hall (2nd year) EIU DEFENSE LEFT END 99...Michael Torres R-Sr 93...Ryan Bennett R-Jr LEFT TACKLE 90...Tim Kelly Sr 94...Andre Lima R-So RIGHT TACKLE 97...Jeff Sobol R-Jr 65...Trevor Frericks R-So RIGHT END 91...Pierre Walters R-Jr 30...Donovan Johnson R-Jr OUTSIDE LINEBACKER 28...Jack Kosinski R-Jr 59...James Larson R-Jr MIDDLE LINEBACKER 54...Donald Thomas Sr 51...Alain Marcelin Fr OUTSIDE LINEBACKER 47...Matt Westrick Sr 56...Nick Nasti Fr LEFT CORNERBACK 6...Sinque Turner Sr 12...Bobson Mercier R-Fr ROVER 3...Ke Andre Sams Jr 24...Irvin Jean-Charles Jr FREE SAFETY 1...Adrian Arrington Jr 31...Louis Cairo R-Fr RIGHT CORNERBACK 26...Rashad Haynes R-Fr 21...CJ James Fr EIU SPECIALISTS PLACEKICKER 33...Tyler Wilke R-Jr 27...Zach Yates Jr PUNTER 41...Kevin Cook R-Fr KICK OFFS 33...Tyler Wilke R-Jr HOLDER 41...Kevin Cook R-Fr LONG SNAPPER 50...Brady Woolverton R-Jr PUNT RETURNS 7...Alicus Nozinor R-Jr 15...Quinten Ponius R-Jr KICK RETURNS 15...Quinten Ponius R-Jr 20...Ron Jordan So

10 October 20, 2007 Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Martin Page 10 GAME 1 - August 30, 2007 Tennessee Tech Eastern Illinois Charleston, IL/O Brien Stadium A: 6935 Scoring Final Tennessee Tech Eastern Illinois FIRST QUARTER EIU - Gadson 13 run (Wilke kick) (12:14) TTU - Kraemer 27 field goal (7:21) TTU - Shipp 15 pass from Sweeney (Kraemer kick) (1:03) SECOND QUARTER EIU - Wilke 29 field goal (9:36) EIU - Rucker 31 pass from Stinson (Wilke kick) (2:26) EIU - Keys 3 run (Wilke kick) (2:07) THIRD QUARTER EIU - Rucker 18 pass from Stinson (Wilke kick) (11:29) TTU - Jackson 2 run (Kraemer kick) (1:06) FOURTH QUARTER EIU - Keys 1 run (Wilke kick) (14:56) EIU - Adeniji 1 run (Wilke kick) (2:48) TTU - Waters 19 pass from Sweeney (Kraemer kick) (0:37) GAME 2 - Sept. 8, 2007 Eastern Illinois... 6 Purdue West Lafayette, IN/Ross-Ade Stadium A: 52,504 Scoring Final Eastern Illinois Purdue FIRST QUARTER PUR - Standeford 13 pass from Painter (Summers kick) (12:30) PUR - Summers 39 field goal (10:44) EIU - Wilke 24 field goal (6:11) PUR - Orton 20 pass from Painter (Summers kick) (3:10) SECOND QUARTER PUR - Keller 37 pass from Painter (Summers kick) (9:34) PUR - Keller 3 pass from Painter (Summers kick) (3:09) THIRD QUARTER PUR - Bryant 10 pass from Painter (Summers kick) (8:18) EIU - Wilke 27 field goal (2:26) FOURTH QUARTER PUR - Wasikowski 1 pass from Painter (Summers kick) (12:37) PUR - Dierking 4 run (Summers kick) (3:45) GAME 3 - Sept. 8, 2007 Illinois State Eastern Illinois Charleston, IL/O Brien Stadium A: 9,028 - Hall-of-Fame Day Scoring Final Illinois State Eastern Illinois FIRST QUARTER ILST - Harcar 6 pass from Drone (Funk kick) (10:23) EIU - Adeniji 8 run (Wilke kick) (5:40) SECOND QUARTER ILST - Funk 23 field goal (13:22) EIU - Rucker 7 pass from Stinson (Wilke kick) (8:54) ILST - Meredith 22-pass from Drone (Funk kick) (0:16) FOURTH QUARTER EIU - Keys 1 run (Wilke kick) (13:05) ILST - Rice 2 run (Funk kick) (6:52) TEAM STATS...EIU... TTU First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing-Yards Comp-Att-Int Total Offense Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Int Returns-Yards-TD Time of Possession...27: :48 Sacks-Yards LEADERS RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) EIU - Bess , Gadson TTU - White , Jackson PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) EIU - Stinson TTU - Sweeney RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) EIU - Rucker , Nozinor TTU - Shipp , Solima DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) EIU - Sams 4-5-0, Turner 5-3-1, Westrick TTU - Smith 6-5-0, Williams RECAP Senior Cole Stinson tossed for a career-high 308 yards hitting 19-of-26 passes with two touchdowns as the Panthers routed Tennessee Tech in the conference opener for both teams. TTU lead 10-7 in the first quarter as Lee Sweeney hit Larry Shipp for a 15-yard score with 1:03 left in the first. EIU scored the next 24 points and put the contest out of reach as Micah Rucker hauled in 9 passes for 169 yards and two touchdowns. Chip Keys also scored two short yardage touchdowns as the Panthers improved to 11-1 in Ohio Valley Conference openers. The EIU defense limited TTU to only 83 yards rushing including one yard rushing in the second quarter. The Panthers also forced three turnovers. TEAM STATS...EIU... PUR First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing-Yards Comp-Att-Int Total Offense Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Int Returns-Yards-TD Time of Possession...23: :22 Sacks-Yards LEADERS RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) EIU - Bess , Adeniji PUR - Taylor , Dierking PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) EIU - Stinson PUR - Painter RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) EIU - Rucker , Ponius PUR - Bryant , Orton DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) EIU - Thomas 7-3-0, Turner 5-2-0, Walters PUR - Heygood 6-1-2, Ferguson RECAP All-American candidates Curtis Painter and Dorien Bryant both had big days as Purdue spoiled EIU head coach Bob Spoo s homecoming to West Lafayette. Painter threw for six touchdowns while Bryant had 111 yards receiving during the 52-6 Boilermakers win. Tyler Wilke provided all of EIU s scoring as he connected on field goal attempts of 24 and 27 yards during the first and third quarters. EIU was held to less than a 100 yards rushing for the second straight game as Purdue was able to put pressure on the EIU quarterbacks most of the afternoon. The game was slowed by a one hour lighting delay as both teams came out of the locker rooms for the second half. TEAM STATS...EIU...ILST First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing-Yards Comp-Att-Int Total Offense Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Int Returns-Yards-TD Time of Possession...29: :04 Sacks-Yards LEADERS RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) EIU - Bess , Keys , Adeniji ILST - Rice , Drone PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) EIU - Stinson ; Reeder ILST - Drone RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) EIU - Rucker , Fisher ILST - Horton , Meredith DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) EIU - Arrington 8-2-1, Haynes 6-4-0, Sams ILST - Caesar 3-9-1, Stewart RECAP Illinois State s Kaschiev Hunter recovered a fumble on the 20-yard line with 26 seconds remaining in the game that ended an Eastern Illinois potential game tying or winning drive. The fumble helped ISU secure a win as the No. 17 Redbirds and No. 14 Panthers did battle in their annual rivalry game. EIU was driving down the field under the direction of back-up quarterback Bodie Reeder who had already marched EIU down the field early in the fourth quarter for a Chip Keys touchdown and EIU lead. Rafael Rice scored what proved to be the game winning touchdown on a two-yard dive with 6:52 left in the game.

11 October 20, 2007 Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Martin Page 11 GAME 4 - Sept. 22, 2007 Eastern Illinois Indiana State Terre Haute, IN/Memorial Stadium A: 4,079 Scoring Final Eastern Illinois Indiana State FIRST QUARTER EIU - Ponius 14 block punt return (Pass failed) (11:11) EIU - Keys 2 run (Wilke kick) (7:01) EIU - Keys 1 run (Wilke kick) (1:49) SECOND QUARTER INST - Robison 25 pass from Dowdell (kick failed) (14:55) INST - Woods 81 fumble return (Varnadore kick) (12:09) EIU - Bess 9 run (Wilke kick) (9:49) INST - Barcliff 2 run (Johansen kick) (5:22) EIU - Bess 4 run (Wilke kick) (0:42) THIRD QUARTER EIU - Adeniji 7 run (Pass failed) (11:41) EIU - Keys 2 run (Wilke kick) (5:58) FOURTH QUARTER EIU - Jordan 35 run (Wilke kick) (10:59) GAME 5 - Sept. 29, 2007 Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri Cape Girardeau, Mo./Houck Stadium A: 9925 Scoring Final Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri SECOND QUARTER SEMO - Holloman 52 run (Spada kick) (14:50) EIU - Fisher 10 pass from Reeder (Wilke kick) (11:40) SEMO - Spada 27 field goal (8:10) SEMO - Spada 26 field goal (3:23) EIU - Campanella 5 pass from Reeder (Wilke kick) (0:49) THIRD QUARTER SEMO - Spada 38 field goal (5:19) EIU - Rucker 45 pass from Reeder (Wilke kick) (4:09) EIU - Adeniji 1 run (Wilke kick) (0:18) FOURTH QUARTER EIU - Wilke 32 field goal (9:20) GAME 5 - Oct. 6, 2007 Eastern Kentucky Eastern Illinois Charleston, Ill./O Brien Stadium A: Family Weekend Scoring Final Eastern Kentucky Eastern Illinois FIRST QUARTER EKU - Long 21 field goal (13:23) EKU - Long 32 field goal (9:12) SECOND QUARTER EIU - Fisher 29 pass from Reeder (Wilke kick) (14:25) EKU - Long 34 field goal (6:09) EIU - Adeniji 73 run (Wilke kick) (2:54) EKU - Williams 20 pass from Holland (pass failed) (0:40) THIRD QUARTER EKU - O Connor 44 field goal (11:52) EKU - Long 33 field goal (2:46) FOURTH QUARTER EKU - Barber 47 pass from Holland (Long kick) (10:59) EIU - Bess 1 run (Yates kick) (1:30) TEAM STATS...EIU...INST First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing-Yards Comp-Att-Int Total Offense Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Int Returns-Yards-TD Time of Possession...37: :28 Sacks-Yards LEADERS RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) EIU - Bess , Jordan , Adeniji INST - McCulley , Barcliff PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) EIU - Reeder INST - Dowdell , Murphy (-3)-0 RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) EIU - Nozinor , Rucker INST - Jackson 2-23, Robinson 1-25 DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) EIU - Thomas , Walters 6-0-1, Torres INST - Scott , Pence RECAP Eastern Illinois dominated the Sycamores scoring seven rushing touchdowns in a win over their local rivals. Bodie Reeder was sharp in his first collegiate start hitting 23-of-26 passes for 298 yards. Chip Keys had three scores while Travorus Bess added two. Alicus Nozinor led the way with eight catches for 93 yards. Special teams and defense were also strong as Rashad Haynes set up two Panther scores with a blocked punt returned for touchdown and an interception. Donald Thomas led the way with 12 tackles. TEAM STATS...EIU...SEMO First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing-Yards Comp-Att-Int Total Offense Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Int Returns-Yards-TD Time of Possession...31: :42 Sacks-Yards LEADERS RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) EIU - Jordan , Adeniji SEMO - Holloman , Anderson PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) EIU - Reeder SEMO - Callanan RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) EIU - Rucker , Nozinor , Fisher SEMO - Gugler DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) EIU - Kosinski 6-4-0, Thomas 2-5-0, Wetrick SEMO - Casper , Ketelsleger RECAP Brady Woolverton recovered a muffed punt at the Southeast Missouri 3-yard line and Ademola Adeniji scored two plays later to help lift Eastern Illinois to a victory. EIU overcame two first half fumbles on its half of the field as the Panthers defense limited the Redhawks to only two Doug Spada field goals. Bodie Reeder hit Jordan Campanella on a 5-yard pass to give EIU a halftime lead. Following another Spada field goal that put SEMO up 16-14, Reeder hit Micah Rucker on a 45-yard fly pattern to put EIU up for good. Rashad Haynes picked off his second pass of the game at the five yard line to ice the game in the fourth. TEAM STATS...EIU... EKU First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing-Yards Comp-Att-Int Total Offense Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Int Returns-Yards-TD Time of Possession...26: :38 Sacks-Yards LEADERS RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) EIU - Adeniji , Bess EKU - Washington , Dunn PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) EIU - Reeder EKU - Holland RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) EIU - Campanella , Fisher EKU - Williams , Barber DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) EIU - Thomas 8-3-1, Arrington EKU - Curry 3-7-0, Gathof RECAP Eastern Illinois had an onside kick recovery overturned by penalty with 1:30 left in the game as Eastern Kentucky recovered the second attempt to hold on for a win. Colonels quarterback Allan Holland was an effective 30-for- 44 for 321 yards. Both of his touchdown passes came as he eluded a Panthers pass rush and hit open receivers while scrambling out of the pocket. EIU s offense was led by Ademola Adeniji s career-high 186 yards rushing. Adeniji had a 73-yard touchdown burst and added 58 yards on three pass receptions. EIU s defense held one of the OVC s top rushing games in check with only 74 yards.

12 October 20, 2007 Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee Martin Page 12 GAME 7 - Oct. 13, 2007 Eastern Illinois Murray State Murray, Ky/Stewart Stadium A: 5843 Scoring Final Eastern Illinois Murray State FIRST QUARTER EIU - Rucker 2 pass from Reeder (Yates kick failed) (7:58) MUR - Weiss 35 field goal (1:00) THIRD QUARTER EIU - Adeniji 35 run (Wilke kick) (5:42) MUR - Jordan 35 run (Weiss kick) (4:05) EIU - Adeniji 10 run (Wilke kick) (0:02) FOURTH QUARTER MUR - Jordan 5 run (Weiss kick) (12:42) EIU - Adeniji 18 run (Wilke kick) (9:07) MUR - Harper 20 pass from Ehrhardt (Weiss kick) (0:20) TEAM STATS...EIU...MUR First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing-Yards Comp-Att-Int Total Offense Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Int Returns-Yards-TD Time of Possession...33: :34 Sacks-Yards LEADERS RUSHING (No-Yds-TD) EIU - Adeniji , Bess MUR - Jordan , Jones PASSING (Att-Cmp-Int-Yds-TD) EIU - Reeder MUR - Ehrhardt RECEIVING (No -Yds -TD) EIU - Rucker , Nozinor MUR - Nelson , Harper DEFENSE (Tackles - Solo, Assist, TFL) EIU - Sams 7-1-1, Westrick 5-1-0, Frericks MUR - Marshall , Parrott RECAP Seniors Ademola Adeniji and Micah Rucker each posted career days as the Panthers escaped Murray State with a win during the Racers homecoming game. Adeniji ran for 197 yards and three touchdowns. He just missed a fourth touchdown when the ball was stripped as he was reaching for the goal line. Rucker hauled in 11 passes for 153 yards and a touchdown as the Panthers made it seven straight games without an interception. Despite the big offensive numbers, Joel Evers had to recover an onside kick attempt with 20 seconds left to help preserve the win. Murray State was able to take advantage of three EIU fumbles including two on punt returns.