Eastern’s athletics department made $715,000 in the fall semester of 2023 from football and basketball games. The football team received $350,000 for playing Bowling Green State University. The basketball team received a combined amount of $365,000 for playing the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the University of Kansas, Iowa State University and Loyola University.
20 seconds left on the clock in the fourth quarter and a 56-yard field goal attempt is what stood between the Eastern Illinois football team and its third win of the 2023 season. But the adversity was no match for senior kicker Stone Galloway. Galloway ran onto O’Brien Field for the first time this season.
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Eastern Illinois won the 111th Mid-American Classic at O’Brien Field on Saturday afternoon. The Panthers won the game against the 25th-ranked Illinois State Redbirds 14-13. In addition to gaining the Mid-American Classic trophy for the first time since 2016, the Panthers also beat a ranked opponent for the first time since 2017. “We’re so excited.