American college football season
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 . 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 Tony Romo 's efforts earned him the Walter Payton Award given to the most outstanding offensive player in NCAA Division I-AA, now known as NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision . Despite not being selected at the 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
Date Time Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance Source August 31 10:00 p.m. at Hawaii * No. 4 L 36–61 39,958 September 14 1:10 p.m. at Kansas State * No. 8 L 13–63 45,642 September 21 Indiana State No. 13 W 26–19 8,340 September 28 Illinois State No. 13 O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL (rivalry ) W 45–10 10,731 October 5 at Tennessee Tech No. 13 W 35–28 10,850 October 12 No. 19 Eastern Kentucky No. 9 O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL W 25–24 8,397 October 19 at Southeast Missouri State No. 7 W 44–27 9,178 November 2 at Tennessee State No. 6 W 54–48 7,216 November 9 Tennessee–Martin No. 6 O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL W 55–43 3,822 November 16 Florida Atlantic *No. 3 O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL W 47–6 3,740 November 23 at Murray State No. 2 L 35–37 6,112 November 30 at No. 3 Western Illinois * No. 10 L 9–48 2,429
Roster
2002 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
CB
8
Nick Allison
So
LB
99
Lance Thompson
Sr
Special teams
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) IneligibleRoster
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.
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.
References
"College Football Statistics" . www.totalfootballstatistics.com . Total Football Statistics. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2020."Panthers dominate Redbirds in record win" . Herald & Review Newspapers.com ."Eastern wins despite Tennessee State's 675 yards" . Herald and Review . November 3, 2002. Retrieved March 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com ."WIU storms Eastern" . Quad-City Times Newspapers.com ."Statistics Summary for 2002" . static.eiupanthers.com . eiupanthers. Retrieved March 26, 2020."Kansas State Rout Is a Dunn Deal" . Los Angeles Times
Ohio Valley Conference football champions Pre-divisional
NCAA College Division
Division II
I-AA/FCS
National championships in bold
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