Eastern Illinois (3-7, 2-3 OVC) at Tennessee State (2-8, 0-5 OVC)
Nissan Stadium (69,143)  •   Nashville, Tenn.
November 14, 2026  •   2:30 pm   •   TV: ESPN+

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• Eastern Illinois hits the road one final time this season as the Panthers play on Saturday afternoon against Tennessee State in Nashville.  EIU has won its last two road games this season and three total this year.  The Panthers are coming off a home loss to in-state rival Western Illinois last Saturday at home which ended EIU's post-season hopes.   EIU enters the game at 3-7 overall, 2-3 in the OVC.  TSU is looking for its first OVC win of the season as the Tigers are 2-8 overall, 0-5 in the OVC.  The two wins are over Florida A&M and Morgan State.  

• Jacarre Fleming-Page has become a weapon catching the ball out of the backfield for the Panthers with three consecutive touchdown receptions between the final EIU touchdown at UT Martin and the first two scores on Saturday against Western Illinois.  Fleming-Page ended the game with 115 yards receiving with his 75-yard screen pass tied for the 15th longest touchdown reception in school history.  He became just the seventh EIU running back to finish with 100 or more yards receiving in a game and the first since Korliss Marshall in 2016 against Western Illinois.

• In the October 31 game at UT Martin senior defensive lineman James Collins got a hand up and blocked an extra point by the Skyhawks for the first blocked PAT by the Panthers since October 2024.  Collins picked up a blocked extra point for the second straight week on Saturday against Western Illinois with this one returned for a two-point score by EIU.   Collins ranks first in the FCS in blocked kicks with EIU now picking up four this season.

• Jerry Addo-Boateng added his name to an exclusive list of players on Saturday as the fifth year player took a lateral from Isaac Engle following the blocked extra point and raced 80 yards for the two points.  He became just the third player in school history to return a blocked extra point for a score.  The first was Bradley Dewberry in September 2015 at Western Illinois.  The most recent was Corneliuss Page on Nov. 16, 2019 against Southeast Missouri.

• Eastern Illinois has logged some travel miles this season with five of its first six games this season on the road including long road trips to Minnesota, South Dakota State and Gardner-Webb.  EIU has picked up wins in its last two road games at Gardner-Webb and UT Martin coupled with the season opening road win at Murray State.  EIU's three road wins this season are the most for the program since the 2017 season (3-3).  The last time EIU won four or more road games in a year was 2016, going 4-2 away from O'Brien Field with a win at FBS member Miami (Ohio).

• The turnovers gained streak moved to 13 straight games with the Panthers defense coming up with at least one turnover in a game.  On Saturday against Western Illinois it was Jordyn Stewart coming up with a fumble recovery for the Panthers in the fourth quarter.  EIU opened OVC play with a six takeaway game in a road win at Gardner-Webb on Oct. 10.  EIU has 17 total turnovers gained this season which ranks the Panthers 21st in the FCS and second in the OVC.   The Panthers are sixth in the FCS in turnover margin ranking first in the OVC.