1998 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| sport = football
| year = 1998
| team = Eastern Illinois Panthers
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| conference = Ohio Valley Conference
| short_conf = OVC
| record = 6–5
| conf_record = 4–3
| head_coach = Bob Spoo
| hc_year = 12th
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| stadium = O'Brien Field
}}
{{1998 Ohio Valley Conference football standings}}
The 1998 Eastern Illinois Panthers represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 12th-year head coach Bob Spoo, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 6–5 and a mark of 4–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the OVC.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 3
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1998|team=Saint Joseph's Pumas|title=Saint Joseph's (IN)}}
| site_stadium = O'Brien Field
| site_cityst = Charleston, IL
| score = 24–7
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 12
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = UCF
| site_stadium = Florida Citrus Bowl
| site_cityst = Orlando, FL
| score = 0–48
| attend = 35,219
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 19
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Northern Illinois
| site_stadium = Huskie Stadium
| site_cityst = DeKalb, IL
| score = 24–10
| attend = 20,184
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 26
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1998|team=Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles|title=Tennessee Tech}}
| site_stadium = O'Brien Field
| site_cityst = Charleston, IL
| score = 13–6
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1998|team=Southeast Missouri State Redhawks|title=Southeast Missouri State}}
| site_stadium = O'Brien Field
| site_cityst = Charleston, IL
| score = 35–33
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Illinois State
| site_stadium = O'Brien Field
| site_cityst = Charleston, IL
| score = 22–36
| attend = 9,064
| source = {{cite news |title=Illinois St. Tops Eastern For 4th Straight Victory |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86452248/ |access-date=October 3, 2021 |work=Chicago Tribune |agency=Associated Press |date=October 18, 1998 |page=3:9 |via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Middle Tennessee
| site_stadium = Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
| site_cityst = Murfreesboro, TN
| score = 35–32
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| w/l = l
| opponent = Tennessee State
| site_stadium = O'Brien Field
| site_cityst = Charleston, IL
| score = 21–27
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| w/l = l
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1998|team=Murray State Racers|title=Murray State}}
| site_stadium = O'Brien Field
| site_cityst = Charleston, IL
| score = 21–35
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 14
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1998|team=Tennessee–Martin Skyhawks|title=Tennessee–Martin}}
| site_stadium = Graham Stadium
| site_cityst = Martin, TN
| score = 56–35
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 21
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1998|team=Eastern Kentucky Colonels|title=Eastern Kentucky}}
| site_stadium = Roy Kidd Stadium
| site_cityst = Richmond, KY
| score = 24–28
| attend =
}}
}}
References
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