1948 Eastern Illinois Panthers football | |
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IIAC champion | |
Corn Bowl, L 0–6 vs.
Illinois Wesleyan | |
Conference | Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 7–3 (4–0 IIAC) |
Head coach |
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State Normal | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1948 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois State College—now known as Eastern Illinois University—as a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1948 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Maynard O'Brien, the Panthers finished the season with a 7–3 record overall and a 4–0 mark in conference play, winning the IIAC. They were invited to the postseason Corn Bowl, where they lost to Illinois Wesleyan, 6–0. [1]
Eastern Illinois was ranked at No. 187 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948. [2]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 18 | St. Joseph's (IN)* | Charleston, IL | W 19–6 | [3] | |
September 24 | at Eastern Kentucky* | Richmond, KY | L 14–25 | [4] | |
October 2 | Ball State* | Charleston, IL | W 12–0 | [5] | |
October 9 | at Western Illinois |
| W 7–0 | [6] | |
October 16 | Northern Illinois State | Charleston, IL | W 15–6 | [7] | |
October 23 | at Illinois State Normal |
| W 13–7 | 6,000 | [8] |
October 30 | Indiana State* | Charleston, IL | L 20–21 | [9] | |
November 6 | Millikin* | Charleston, IL | W 27–7 | [10] | |
November 13 | Southern Illinois | Charleston, IL | W 38–0 | [11] | |
November 25 | vs. Illinois Wesleyan* |
| L 0–6 | 8,500 | [12] |
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1948 Eastern Illinois Panthers football | |
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IIAC champion | |
Corn Bowl, L 0–6 vs.
Illinois Wesleyan | |
Conference | Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 7–3 (4–0 IIAC) |
Head coach |
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State Normal | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1948 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois State College—now known as Eastern Illinois University—as a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1948 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Maynard O'Brien, the Panthers finished the season with a 7–3 record overall and a 4–0 mark in conference play, winning the IIAC. They were invited to the postseason Corn Bowl, where they lost to Illinois Wesleyan, 6–0. [1]
Eastern Illinois was ranked at No. 187 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948. [2]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 18 | St. Joseph's (IN)* | Charleston, IL | W 19–6 | [3] | |
September 24 | at Eastern Kentucky* | Richmond, KY | L 14–25 | [4] | |
October 2 | Ball State* | Charleston, IL | W 12–0 | [5] | |
October 9 | at Western Illinois |
| W 7–0 | [6] | |
October 16 | Northern Illinois State | Charleston, IL | W 15–6 | [7] | |
October 23 | at Illinois State Normal |
| W 13–7 | 6,000 | [8] |
October 30 | Indiana State* | Charleston, IL | L 20–21 | [9] | |
November 6 | Millikin* | Charleston, IL | W 27–7 | [10] | |
November 13 | Southern Illinois | Charleston, IL | W 38–0 | [11] | |
November 25 | vs. Illinois Wesleyan* |
| L 0–6 | 8,500 | [12] |
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