Eastern Illinois Panthers vs Murray State Racers

atEastern Illinois at Murray State

Week 1

August 27 · 7:00 PM EDT

· MUR -4.5 · O/U 49.5

Murray State hosts struggling Eastern Illinois

Eastern Illinois has lost five straight. Murray State arrives at Roy Stewart Stadium riding momentum after winning its most recent outing, and the Racers' 1-4 mark over their last five games stands in sharp contrast to Eastern Illinois' winless stretch.

Keys to the game

Murray State's roster includes Santos Alvarez, Kaleb Bailey, Blaze Berry, Rodreques Boller, Josh Bratcher, Ty Brown, Wyatt Buffington, and Cam Bulluck.

Our predictionLow confidence

Our pick, projected final

Eastern Illinois25

Murray State28

Murray State to win

Rosters

Each club's roster, as filed with ESPN. Neither side has a confirmed lineup on file to project from yet, so this is the group available to play, sorted by position.

Eastern Illinois Panthers100 players

Offense45

Kenny Ajose6' 6"2 yr

Taiye Ajose6' 6"2 yr

Alejandro Arellano6' 3"4 yr

Tatum Bentley6' 3"3 yr

Ayden Billups6' 1"3 yr

Tyren Buggs6' 2"2 yr

Jeremiah Cadet5' 9"4 yr

Brandin Carpenter6' 6"2 yr

Abbas Clark6' 3"2 yr

Micheal Curry Jr5' 11"1 yr

Antonie De Lau6' 7"4 yr

Logan Duhachek6' 4"1 yr

Jesse Eaton6' 5"1 yr

Eli Evans6' 1"3 yr

Payton Faker6' 5"2 yr

Grady Farley6' 6"1 yr

Dominic Fasano6' 3"1 yr

Carson Fichtel6' 3"4 yr

Jacarre Fleming-Page5' 9"2 yr

Alex Ginnever6' 5"4 yr

Samuel Gonzalez6' 1"3 yr

Landers Green6' 4"4 yr

Dejan Guzina6' 8"1 yr

Aidan Hubble6' 7"4 yr

Rahfeeq Katumbusi6' 3"2 yr

Charles Kellom6' 0"4 yr

Cole LaCrue6' 1"3 yr

Zeke Lewis6' 0"4 yr

Max Loveall6' 3"2 yr

Niko Menos6' 2"1 yr

Panayiotis Mihalopoulos6' 3"3 yr

Carlyun Neal5' 11"2 yr

Azeon Nelson5' 10"3 yr

Gianni Pangallo6' 6"3 yr

OJ Powell6' 3"1 yr

Jeremy Reeves6' 4"2 yr

Jazel Riley IV6' 1"3 yr

Cole Roberson6' 3"3 yr

Jeremiah Salem6' 3"4 yr

Jalin Strowder6' 1"1 yr

Nick Thomas6' 4"1 yr

David Trujillo6' 2"3 yr

Chris Viveros6' 4"2 yr

Whitten Weems6' 5"3 yr

Devin Whitlock5' 7"3 yr

Defense46

Jerry Addo-Boateng6' 1"4 yr

Aidan Archibald6' 2"2 yr

Daniel Autrey6' 2"3 yr

Osvaldo Avila6' 2"3 yr

Kendall Ayersman6' 1"4 yr

Kham Boecker6' 0"4 yr

Josh Brown6' 1"2 yr

Lonnie Burt6' 0"3 yr

James Collins II6' 2"4 yr

Dillon Conway6' 3"2 yr

Dajon Doss6' 1"2 yr

Isaac Engle6' 1"3 yr

Aidan Flores6' 1"3 yr

Tyler Fortis6' 3"2 yr

Erik Hehl6' 0"4 yr

Collin Henry6' 3"2 yr

Salah Hill5' 11"4 yr

Joey Hiner6' 0"3 yr

Davian Humphrey6' 2"1 yr

Joel Jameson6' 7"4 yr

Adam Kaminski6' 7"2 yr

Cale Kimbro6' 2"1 yr

Alex Koulovatos6' 2"2 yr

Kaleb Lyons6' 0"4 yr

Nephi Maiava5' 8"1 yr

Saipeti Maiava Jr5' 11"4 yr

Christian Markum6' 0"3 yr

Nasir Maryland6' 2"4 yr

Bruce Mitchell6' 0"3 yr

Leon Muller6' 4"4 yr

Ja'Wuan Nickson6' 0"4 yr

Le'Javier Payne5' 8"1 yr

Trevon Piggee6' 1"3 yr

Christopher Sharp5' 11"3 yr

Barron Sholl6' 4"1 yr

Jacob Simmons6' 1"1 yr

Jordyn Stewart6' 1"2 yr

Mafileo Tupou5' 11"4 yr

David Uzoma6' 2"3 yr

Micah Valenzuela6' 0"2 yr

Maximo Vaughn6' 5"3 yr

Nick Vecchiarelli6' 0"4 yr

Daniel Viramontes6' 1"3 yr

Premiere Whitley6' 2"4 yr

Micah Williams6' 2"2 yr

Noah Williams5' 11"4 yr

Special teams9

Cade Cox6' 0"4 yr

Jaxon Cummings6' 0"3 yr

Jacob Gettman6' 0"2 yr

Danny Mahoney6' 1"1 yr

Jefferson McKinnon6' 0"2 yr

Calvin Ogawa6' 1"1 yr

Drew Schiller6' 1"2 yr

Alex Stoyanovich5' 9"2 yr

Matthew Toledo6' 0"2 yr

Murray State Racers100 players

Offense43

Cade Allbright6' 4"1 yr

Mykel Allen5' 9"3 yr

Sloan Bass6' 3"1 yr

Blaze Berry6' 2"2 yr

Kynjrick Boyd6' 5"4 yr

Josh Bratcher6' 1"2 yr

Ty Brown6' 4"3 yr

Tyrell Campbell5' 10"3 yr

Jake Coffey6' 2"1 yr

Daniel Cole6' 6"2 yr

Zayden Cook5' 10"2 yr

Trace Corum6' 0"4 yr

Jacob Darby6' 4"2 yr

Terrell Davis6' 3"4 yr

Dylan Embry5' 11"2 yr

Kevin Emmanuel5' 8"4 yr

Cade Fields6' 1"4 yr

Christian Fields6' 2"1 yr

Trey Firestone6' 3"4 yr

Liam Fordham6' 4"3 yr

Jaheer Foucault6' 5"2 yr

Daz Galloway6' 1"4 yr

Chase Golson6' 3"1 yr

Nick Graham6' 3"1 yr

LJ Green6' 0"3 yr

Calerbe Hermane6' 4"1 yr

Dimitri Howard5' 10"2 yr

Brooks Kleinpeter6' 3"2 yr

Micah Martin6' 3"1 yr

Zaye Martin6' 1"1 yr

Jack Massey5' 9"2 yr

Myles McLaughlin5' 10"1 yr

Graham McLelland6' 3"3 yr

Thatcher Nagle6' 8"2 yr

Spencer Newman6' 4"1 yr

Lake Norris5' 10"1 yr

Jawaun Northington5' 9"4 yr

Jim Ogle6' 2"3 yr

Brody Phelps6' 4"3 yr

Jaxon Potter5' 10"2 yr

JB Potter6' 2"1 yr

Wyatt Robbins6' 0"1 yr

AJ Shadid6' 3"2 yr

Defense51

Keyaan Abdul-Rahim6' 0"4 yr

Daniel Aganbi6' 3"1 yr

Zion Allen6' 1"1 yr

Jackson Biser6' 2"4 yr

Corde Boller6' 2"1 yr

Bubba Boone6' 3"1 yr

DeMarkus Boykin6' 2"2 yr

Cohen Campbell6' 3"1 yr

Demetrius Carman6' 8"1 yr

Caleb Caudle6' 0"1 yr

Tay Cline6' 1"3 yr

Duke Condie6' 0"1 yr

Joshua Crawford6' 0"1 yr

Conlee Crossno6' 1"3 yr

Preston Crump6' 2"1 yr

Cameron Daniels6' 3"2 yr

JD Davis5' 11"1 yr

JT Edge5' 11"1 yr

Brooks Esplin5' 11"4 yr

Presley Fant5' 11"1 yr

Tristan Flounoy6' 0"1 yr

Colby Foster5' 11"1 yr

Dominic Girard5' 11"1 yr

Tomorris Green5' 9"2 yr

Rett Hemphill6' 0"2 yr

Cedric Henderson6' 0"2 yr

Brayden Hightower6' 2"1 yr

Reece Hunt6' 2"2 yr

Klayton Ingram6' 0"2 yr

Ardin Jeanty6' 3"1 yr

Steven Jones6' 1"4 yr

Terry Lewis II6' 0"4 yr

Jerome Logan Jr.6' 2"4 yr

Jadon Martin6' 3"2 yr

Jerry Martin6' 0"1 yr

Ryan McCall6' 0"3 yr

Jake McConnell6' 3"1 yr

Amari McGill5' 11"1 yr

Marley McKenzie6' 6"3 yr

Kamden Miller6' 1"2 yr

Brandon Mills5' 10"2 yr

Kyson Morgan6' 2"1 yr

James Morrow6' 3"1 yr

Jarard Mosely6' 2"4 yr

Joshua Murphy6' 2"2 yr

J.W. Muster VI6' 4"1 yr

Daniel O'Brien6' 3"2 yr

Harlem Phillips6' 4"2 yr

Dax Pregeant6' 0"1 yr

Dylan Rowsey6' 1"4 yr

CJ Sanderson6' 4"2 yr

Special teams6

Spencer Ashby6' 3"3 yr

Rocco Devita6' 2"1 yr

Tyler Dorn6' 0"2 yr

Cooper Ford5' 11"2 yr

Blake Jones6' 2"1 yr

Victor Kyatt6' 2"2 yr

Eastern Illinois at Murray State

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Post Game SummaryStat Savant

atEastern Illinois at Murray State

Week 1

August 27 · 7:00 PM EDT

· MUR -4.5 · O/U 49.5

Murray State hosts struggling Eastern Illinois

Keys to the game

Murray State's roster includes Santos Alvarez, Kaleb Bailey, Blaze Berry, Rodreques Boller, Josh Bratcher, Ty Brown, Wyatt Buffington, and Cam Bulluck.

Our predictionLow confidence

Our pick, projected final

Eastern Illinois25

Murray State28

Murray State to win

Rosters

Each club's roster, as filed with ESPN. Neither side has a confirmed lineup on file to project from yet, so this is the group available to play, sorted by position.

Eastern Illinois Panthers100 players

Offense45

Kenny Ajose6' 6"2 yr

Taiye Ajose6' 6"2 yr

Alejandro Arellano6' 3"4 yr

Tatum Bentley6' 3"3 yr

Ayden Billups6' 1"3 yr

Tyren Buggs6' 2"2 yr

Jeremiah Cadet5' 9"4 yr

Brandin Carpenter6' 6"2 yr

Abbas Clark6' 3"2 yr

Micheal Curry Jr5' 11"1 yr

Antonie De Lau6' 7"4 yr

Logan Duhachek6' 4"1 yr

Jesse Eaton6' 5"1 yr

Eli Evans6' 1"3 yr

Payton Faker6' 5"2 yr

Grady Farley6' 6"1 yr

Dominic Fasano6' 3"1 yr

Carson Fichtel6' 3"4 yr

Jacarre Fleming-Page5' 9"2 yr

Alex Ginnever6' 5"4 yr

Samuel Gonzalez6' 1"3 yr

Landers Green6' 4"4 yr

Dejan Guzina6' 8"1 yr

Aidan Hubble6' 7"4 yr

Rahfeeq Katumbusi6' 3"2 yr

Charles Kellom6' 0"4 yr

Cole LaCrue6' 1"3 yr

Zeke Lewis6' 0"4 yr

Max Loveall6' 3"2 yr

Niko Menos6' 2"1 yr

Panayiotis Mihalopoulos6' 3"3 yr

Carlyun Neal5' 11"2 yr

Azeon Nelson5' 10"3 yr

Gianni Pangallo6' 6"3 yr

OJ Powell6' 3"1 yr

Jeremy Reeves6' 4"2 yr

Jazel Riley IV6' 1"3 yr

Cole Roberson6' 3"3 yr

Jeremiah Salem6' 3"4 yr

Jalin Strowder6' 1"1 yr

Nick Thomas6' 4"1 yr

David Trujillo6' 2"3 yr

Chris Viveros6' 4"2 yr

Whitten Weems6' 5"3 yr

Devin Whitlock5' 7"3 yr

Defense46

Jerry Addo-Boateng6' 1"4 yr

Aidan Archibald6' 2"2 yr

Daniel Autrey6' 2"3 yr

Osvaldo Avila6' 2"3 yr

Kendall Ayersman6' 1"4 yr

Kham Boecker6' 0"4 yr

Josh Brown6' 1"2 yr

Lonnie Burt6' 0"3 yr

James Collins II6' 2"4 yr

Dillon Conway6' 3"2 yr

Dajon Doss6' 1"2 yr

Isaac Engle6' 1"3 yr

Aidan Flores6' 1"3 yr

Tyler Fortis6' 3"2 yr

Erik Hehl6' 0"4 yr

Collin Henry6' 3"2 yr

Salah Hill5' 11"4 yr

Joey Hiner6' 0"3 yr

Davian Humphrey6' 2"1 yr

Joel Jameson6' 7"4 yr

Adam Kaminski6' 7"2 yr

Cale Kimbro6' 2"1 yr

Alex Koulovatos6' 2"2 yr

Kaleb Lyons6' 0"4 yr

Nephi Maiava5' 8"1 yr

Saipeti Maiava Jr5' 11"4 yr

Christian Markum6' 0"3 yr

Nasir Maryland6' 2"4 yr

Bruce Mitchell6' 0"3 yr

Leon Muller6' 4"4 yr

Ja'Wuan Nickson6' 0"4 yr

Le'Javier Payne5' 8"1 yr

Trevon Piggee6' 1"3 yr

Christopher Sharp5' 11"3 yr

Barron Sholl6' 4"1 yr

Jacob Simmons6' 1"1 yr

Jordyn Stewart6' 1"2 yr

Mafileo Tupou5' 11"4 yr

David Uzoma6' 2"3 yr

Micah Valenzuela6' 0"2 yr

Maximo Vaughn6' 5"3 yr

Nick Vecchiarelli6' 0"4 yr

Daniel Viramontes6' 1"3 yr

Premiere Whitley6' 2"4 yr

Micah Williams6' 2"2 yr

Noah Williams5' 11"4 yr

Special teams9

Cade Cox6' 0"4 yr

Jaxon Cummings6' 0"3 yr

Jacob Gettman6' 0"2 yr

Danny Mahoney6' 1"1 yr

Jefferson McKinnon6' 0"2 yr

Calvin Ogawa6' 1"1 yr

Drew Schiller6' 1"2 yr

Alex Stoyanovich5' 9"2 yr

Matthew Toledo6' 0"2 yr

Murray State Racers100 players

Offense43

Cade Allbright6' 4"1 yr

Mykel Allen5' 9"3 yr

Sloan Bass6' 3"1 yr

Blaze Berry6' 2"2 yr

Kynjrick Boyd6' 5"4 yr

Josh Bratcher6' 1"2 yr

Ty Brown6' 4"3 yr

Tyrell Campbell5' 10"3 yr

Jake Coffey6' 2"1 yr

Daniel Cole6' 6"2 yr

Zayden Cook5' 10"2 yr

Trace Corum6' 0"4 yr

Jacob Darby6' 4"2 yr

Terrell Davis6' 3"4 yr

Dylan Embry5' 11"2 yr

Kevin Emmanuel5' 8"4 yr

Cade Fields6' 1"4 yr

Christian Fields6' 2"1 yr

Trey Firestone6' 3"4 yr

Liam Fordham6' 4"3 yr

Jaheer Foucault6' 5"2 yr

Daz Galloway6' 1"4 yr

Chase Golson6' 3"1 yr

Nick Graham6' 3"1 yr

LJ Green6' 0"3 yr

Calerbe Hermane6' 4"1 yr

Dimitri Howard5' 10"2 yr

Brooks Kleinpeter6' 3"2 yr

Micah Martin6' 3"1 yr

Zaye Martin6' 1"1 yr

Jack Massey5' 9"2 yr

Myles McLaughlin5' 10"1 yr

Graham McLelland6' 3"3 yr

Thatcher Nagle6' 8"2 yr

Spencer Newman6' 4"1 yr

Lake Norris5' 10"1 yr

Jawaun Northington5' 9"4 yr

Jim Ogle6' 2"3 yr

Brody Phelps6' 4"3 yr

Jaxon Potter5' 10"2 yr

JB Potter6' 2"1 yr

Wyatt Robbins6' 0"1 yr

AJ Shadid6' 3"2 yr

Defense51

Keyaan Abdul-Rahim6' 0"4 yr

Daniel Aganbi6' 3"1 yr

Zion Allen6' 1"1 yr

Jackson Biser6' 2"4 yr

Corde Boller6' 2"1 yr

Bubba Boone6' 3"1 yr

DeMarkus Boykin6' 2"2 yr

Cohen Campbell6' 3"1 yr

Demetrius Carman6' 8"1 yr

Caleb Caudle6' 0"1 yr

Tay Cline6' 1"3 yr

Duke Condie6' 0"1 yr

Joshua Crawford6' 0"1 yr

Conlee Crossno6' 1"3 yr

Preston Crump6' 2"1 yr

Cameron Daniels6' 3"2 yr

JD Davis5' 11"1 yr

JT Edge5' 11"1 yr

Brooks Esplin5' 11"4 yr

Presley Fant5' 11"1 yr

Tristan Flounoy6' 0"1 yr

Colby Foster5' 11"1 yr

Dominic Girard5' 11"1 yr

Tomorris Green5' 9"2 yr

Rett Hemphill6' 0"2 yr

Cedric Henderson6' 0"2 yr

Brayden Hightower6' 2"1 yr

Reece Hunt6' 2"2 yr

Klayton Ingram6' 0"2 yr

Ardin Jeanty6' 3"1 yr

Steven Jones6' 1"4 yr

Terry Lewis II6' 0"4 yr

Jerome Logan Jr.6' 2"4 yr

Jadon Martin6' 3"2 yr

Jerry Martin6' 0"1 yr

Ryan McCall6' 0"3 yr

Jake McConnell6' 3"1 yr

Amari McGill5' 11"1 yr

Marley McKenzie6' 6"3 yr

Kamden Miller6' 1"2 yr

Brandon Mills5' 10"2 yr

Kyson Morgan6' 2"1 yr

James Morrow6' 3"1 yr

Jarard Mosely6' 2"4 yr

Joshua Murphy6' 2"2 yr

J.W. Muster VI6' 4"1 yr

Daniel O'Brien6' 3"2 yr

Harlem Phillips6' 4"2 yr

Dax Pregeant6' 0"1 yr

Dylan Rowsey6' 1"4 yr

CJ Sanderson6' 4"2 yr

Special teams6

Spencer Ashby6' 3"3 yr

Rocco Devita6' 2"1 yr

Tyler Dorn6' 0"2 yr

Cooper Ford5' 11"2 yr

Blake Jones6' 2"1 yr

Victor Kyatt6' 2"2 yr

Eastern Illinois Panthers vs Murray State Racers — Aug 27, 2026

Murray State hosts struggling Eastern Illinois

Keys to the game

Rosters

Eastern Illinois Panthers vs Murray State Racers — Aug 27, 2026

Murray State hosts struggling Eastern Illinois

Keys to the game

Rosters