American college football season
The 2012 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Dino Babers, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 7–5 overall with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, winning the OVC title. Eastern Illinois earned the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they lost in the first round to South Dakota State. The team played home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 6:30 pm | Southern Illinois* | | | WEIU | W 49–28 | 8,275 |
September 8 | 6:00 pm | at Western Michigan* | | | | L 21–52 | 22,536 |
September 15 | 1:00 pm | at No. 15 Illinois State* | | | | L 51–54 2OT | 7,700 |
September 22 | 6:30 pm | Murray State | | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| WEIU | W 50–49 | 5,319 |
September 29 | 1:30 pm | Austin Peay | | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| WEIU | W 65–15 | 9,154 |
October 6 | 2:00 pm | at UT Martin | | | | L 37–51 | 5,456 |
October 13 | 1:30 pm | Jacksonville State | | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| WEIU | W 31–28 | 7,358 |
October 27 | 12:00 pm | at No. 18 Eastern Kentucky | | | | W 24–7 | 4,400 |
November 3 | 1:30 pm | at Tennessee Tech | | | | W 31–24 | 8,968 |
November 10 | 1:30 pm | Southeast Missouri State | | - O'Brien Field
- Charleston, IL
| WEIU | W 39–20 | 5,575 |
November 17 | 3:00 pm | at No. 10 Central Arkansas* | No. 24 | | | L 30–48 | 6,754 |
November 24 | 2:00 pm | at No. 19 South Dakota State* | No. 25 | | ESPN3 | L 10–58 | 4,367 |
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National championships in bold † WKU claims a co-championship, while both the OVC and Tennessee Tech state it is not shared |