2002 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

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2002
O'Brien Stadium
Seasons
2002 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 13 Eastern Illinois +^   5 – 1     8 – 4  
No. 20 Murray State +^   5 – 1     7 – 5  
No. 21 Eastern Kentucky   4 – 2     8 – 4  
No. 24 Southeast Missouri State   4 – 2     8 – 4  
Tennessee Tech   2 – 4     5 – 7  
Tennessee State   1 – 5     2 – 10  
Tennessee–Martin
   0 – 6     2 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2002 Eastern Illinois Panthers represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season.[1] Led by 16th-year head coach Bob Spoo, the Panthers compiling an overall record of 8–4 and shared the OVC title with a mark of 5–1 in conference play. They were invited to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoff, where they lost to Western Illinois in the first round.

Quarterback

2003 NFL Draft, Romo later signed with the Dallas Cowboys as a free agent, eventually landing the starting job in 2006 season, and earned four Pro Bowl
selections before his retirement in 2016.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 3110:00 p.m.at Hawaii*No. 4
L 36–6139,958
September 141:10 p.m.at Kansas State*No. 8
L 13–6345,642
September 21
O'Brien Stadium
  • Charleston, IL
    		• W 26–198,340
    September 28Illinois StateNo. 13
    • O'Brien Stadium
    • Charleston, IL (rivalry)
    		W 45–1010,731[2]
    October 5at Tennessee TechNo. 13
    		W 35–2810,850
    October 12No. 19 Eastern KentuckyNo. 9
    • O'Brien Stadium
    • Charleston, IL
    		W 25–248,397
    October 19at Southeast Missouri StateNo. 7
    		W 44–279,178
    November 2at Tennessee StateNo. 6
    		W 54–487,216[3]
    November 9
    Tennessee–Martin
    		No. 6
    • O'Brien Stadium
    • Charleston, IL
    		W 55–433,822
    November 16Florida Atlantic*No. 3
    • O'Brien Stadium
    • Charleston, IL
    		W 47–63,740
    November 23at Murray StateNo. 2
    		L 35–376,112
    November 30at No. 3 Western Illinois*No. 10
    		L 9–482,429[4]

    [5]

    Roster

    2002 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    QB 17 Tony Romo Sr
    RB 22 J. R. Taylor Sr
    		Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    CB 8 Nick Allison So
    LB 99 Lance Thompson Sr
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Roster
    Last update: 2002-12-16

    Game summaries

    At Kansas State

    1 2 3 4 Total
    Panthers 13 0 0 0 13
    Wildcats 15 28 13 7 63
    See also: 2002 Kansas State Wildcats football team

    Tony Romo was 13-14 for 120 yards and a TD in the first quarter, but Kansas State grabbed control and cruised to the 50-point win.[6]

    Team players in the NFL

    No Eastern Illinois players were selected in the

    2003 NFL Draft
    .

    The following finished their college career in 2002, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

    Player Position First NFL team
    Tony Romo Quarterback Dallas Cowboys

    References

    1. ^ "College Football Statistics". www.totalfootballstatistics.com. Total Football Statistics. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
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    5. ^ "Statistics Summary for 2002". static.eiupanthers.com. eiupanthers. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
    6. ^ "Kansas State Rout Is a Dunn Deal". Los Angeles Times. September 15, 2002. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
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