2024 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

The 2024 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team will represent Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Big South–OVC Football Association during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers are led by third-year head coach Chris Wilkerson, the Panthers play their home games at O'Brien Field located in Charleston, Illinois.

2024 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
Conference	Big South–OVC
Record	0–0 (0–0 Big South–OVC)
Head coach	Chris Wilkerson (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Kyle Derickson (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Collin Geier (1st season)
Home stadium	O'Brien Field

2024 Big South–OVC football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Charleston Southern		0	–	0					0	–	0
Eastern Illinois		0	–	0					0	–	0
Gardner–Webb		0	–	0					0	–	0
Lindenwood *		0	–	0					0	–	0
Southeast Missouri State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Tennessee State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Tennessee Tech		0	–	0					0	–	0
UT Martin		0	–	0					0	–	0
Western Illinois		0	–	0					0	–	0
Note: Lindenwood ineligible for Big South–OVC title and FCS postseason play due to transition from NCAA Division II. Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
August 29	at Illinois*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL
September 7	Indiana State*	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL
September 14	at Northwestern*	TBD TBD
September 21	at Illinois State*	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL
September 28	Lindenwood	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL
October 5	Southeast Missouri State	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL
October 12	at Tennessee State	Hale Stadium Nashville, TN
October 26	at UT Martin	Graham Stadium Martin, TN
November 2	Western Illinois	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL
November 9	at Gardner-Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC
November 16	Charleston Southern	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL
November 23	at Tennessee Tech	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN
*Non-conference game