1975 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

American college football season

1975 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5–2 ( Independent)
Head coach	John Konstantinos (1st season)
Home stadium	O'Brien Stadium
Seasons← 1974 1976 →

1975 NCAA Division II independents football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 2 Northern Michigan ^		–		13	–	1	–	0
American International		–		8	–	1	–	0
Lehigh ^		–		9	–	3	–	0
Delaware		–		8	–	3	–	0
Portland State		–		8	–	3	–	0
Akron		–		7	–	4	–	0
Kentucky State		–		7	–	4	–	0
UNLV		–		7	–	4	–	0
Santa Clara		–		6	–	5	–	0
Tennessee State		–		5	–	4	–	0
Youngstown State		–		5	–	4	–	0
Chattanooga		–		5	–	5	–	1
Bucknell		–		5	–	5	–	0
Indiana State		–		5	–	5	–	0
Lafayette		–		5	–	5	–	0
Southern Connecticut State		–		5	–	5	–	0
Central Connecticut		–		4	–	5	–	0
Central State (OH)		–		4	–	6	–	0
Eastern Michigan		–		4	–	6	–	0
Eastern Illinois		–		3	–	5	–	2
Northeastern		–		3	–	6	–	0
Western Carolina		–		3	–	7	–	0
Nevada		–		3	–	8	–	0
Nebraska–Omaha		–		2	–	9	–	0
Arkansas–Pine Bluff		–		0	–	11	–	0

^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University during the 1975 NCAA Division II football season. The Panthers played their home games at O'Brien Stadium in Charleston, Illinois.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 6	at Northern Iowa	O. R. Latham Stadium Cedar Falls, IA	L 8–14	8,500
September 13	at Northern Michigan	Memorial Field Marquette, MI	L 22–38	5,325
September 27	Southwest Missouri State	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	T 7–7	8,000
October 4	at Central Missouri State	Audrey J. Walton Stadium Warrensburg, MO	L 18–23	5,000
October 11	at Tennessee Tech	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	L 0–37	9,000
October 18	Western Illinois	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	T 3–3	7,500
October 25	Ferris State	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 17–3	3,000
November 8	at Missouri-Rolla	Allgood–Bailey Stadium Rolla, MO	W 24–14	1,500
November 15	Murray State	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 14–6	4,000
November 15	Illinois State	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL (rivalry)	L 13–31	2,500

v t e Eastern Illinois Panthers football
Venues	O'Brien Field (1970–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Illinois State: Mid-America Classic
Culture & lore	Billy the Panther
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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