1985 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

1985 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Eastern Illinois Panthers football
1985 Eastern Illinois Panthers football
Conference	Gateway
1985 record	6–5 (2–1 )
Head coach	Al Molde (3rd season)
Home stadium	O'Brien Stadium
	Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

The 1985 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Panthers played their home games at O'Brien Stadium in Charleston, Illinois.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 7	at [[{{{school}}}\|Northeast Missouri]]*	Kirksville, Missouri	L 24–31
September 14	[[{{{school}}}\|Indiana State]]*	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 39–7
September 21	Saginaw Valley State*	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 35–27
September 28	at Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 13–42
October 5	at Kansas*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	L 20–44
October 12	[[{{{school}}}\|Illinois State]]	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 21–14
October 19	[[{{{school}}}\|Southwest Missouri State]]	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 28–27
October 26	[[{{{school}}}\|Western Illinois]]	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	L 20–34
November 2	[[{{{school}}}\|Northern Michigan]]*	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	W 27–12
November 9	at [[{{{school}}}\|Northern Iowa]]	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, Iowa	L 20–21
November 16	at [[{{{school}}}\|Western Kentucky]]*	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, Kentucky	W 14–13
*Non-conference game

1985 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`2`	Roy Banks	Jr
T	`78`	Chris Geile	Jr
QB	`18`	Sean Payton	Jr
T	`63`	Dave Popp	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`98`	Mel Black	Sr
LB	`44`	Rob DeVita	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`8`	Evan Arapostathis	Sr

↑ "EIU Football Online Guide, 2019" (PDF). Eastern Illinois athletics. Retrieved February 12, 2020.

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1985 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 [[{{{school}}}\|Northern Iowa]] $^	5	–	0	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
[[{{{school}}}\|Southwest Missouri State]]	2	–	2	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
[[{{{school}}}\|Western Illinois]]	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Southern Illinois	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Eastern Illinois	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
[[{{{school}}}\|Illinois State]]	1	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	2

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll