Eastern Illinois Panthers @ Tennessee State Tigers — Nov 14, 2026

NCAA Division FCS·Round 1 November 14, 2026
Panthers Eastern Illinois EIL 3-5, 3-2 Away
November 14, 2026 8:30 pm
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Tennessee State Tigers Tennessee St. TNST 2-6, 1-3 Home
Key Players
Eastern Illinois
C. LaCrue QB
925 PASS
186 RUSH
0 REC
C. Kellom RB
0 PASS
407 RUSH
99 REC
JF
J. Fleming
0 PASS
201 RUSH
90 REC
Tennessee St.
D. Lee
1603 PASS
120 RUSH
0 REC
CB
C. Bullock WR
0 PASS
0 RUSH
527 REC
B. Montgomery WR
0 PASS
0 RUSH
206 REC
Stats Comparison
Overall Away vs Home
League Percentile Ranking
Eastern Illinois
Tennessee St.
Scoring 3–0
21.5 90th
Points
118th 17.1
26.3 72nd
Opp Points
78th 26.9
-4.8 86th
Point Diff
106th -9.8
Offense 4–2
166.5 29th
Total Yds
81st 67.6
130.8 111th
Pass Yds
28th 222.9
106.8 83rd
Rush Yds
124th 51.4
8.6 32nd
1st Downs
80th 4.1
40.4 55th
3rd Down%
20th 50.0
100.0 1st
Red Zone%
98th 0.0
Kicking & Discipline 1–0
100.0 1st
FG%
64th 66.7
0.0 1st
Turnovers
1st 0.0
0.0 1st
Penalties
1st 0.0
0.0 1st
Penalty Yds
1st 0.0
Recent Form
Eastern Illinois
W @ UTM 45-16
L vs SEMO 10-20
L vs LIN 13-20
W @ GWB 21-7
L @ SDKS 7-42
Tennessee St.
L @ LIN 0-27
L vs CCH 7-20
W vs MGN 25-16
L vs UTM 28-42
L @ WIU 21-28
Form Comparison
Eastern Illinois vs Tennessee St.
10 20 50
Win-loss trend: each win +1, each loss −1
League
NCAA Division FCS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
November 14, 2026
Time
8:30 pm