Eastern Illinois at Austin Peay
Fortera Stadium (8,000) • Clarksville, Tenn.
November 18, 2017 • 4 p.m. • TV: OVC Digital Network
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NOTES TO KNOW
• Eastern Illinois beat Eastern Kentucky on Senior Day on a
Bradley Dewberry interception on the Colonels first offensive possession after EIU had kicked a field goal. The win secured a winning record for the Panthers marking the third straight season EIU will finish over .500. The last time EIU had three straight winning seasons was 2005-07.
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Bradley Dewberry picked off an Eastern Kentucky pass in overtime to secure the EIU 23-20 win. It was the second interception of the game for Dewberry who now has eight career interceptions. The last time an EIU player had two or more interceptions in a game was Nov. 21, 2015 when Dewberry and
Jourdan Wickliffe both picked off two passes in a 21-7 win over Eastern Kentucky.
• Eastern Illinois football is 4-1 when coming off a bye-week since the 2012 season. The Panthers one loss was an overtime road setback at Eastern Kentucky in 2014. Last season EIU had a bye in the second to last week of the year and entered the final road game with a 5-5 record. The Panthers picked up a 24-0 shutout at Eastern Kentucky to finish at 6-5 and post the first shutout for EIU since September 19, 2009 at Indiana State (W, 31-0).
• Eastern Illinois will have 21 seniors playing their final regular season game on Saturday when the Panthers play at Austin Peay. That group has posted a 21-10 record in OVC play.
THE SERIES
• Eastern Illinois and Austin Peay will be meeting for the 18th time with this being the most important match-up in series history. Both schools will be playing for second place in the OVC regular season standings and a possible at-large FCS playoff berth. EIU leads the all-time series 14-3 including eight straight wins. Austin Peay's last win was Nov. 15, 2008, a 15-13 win at O'Brien Field. The other two wins by APSU came in the 1950's. EIU is 14-1 in the series played at the Division I level.
