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Eastern Kentucky Colonels
| Location: Richmond, KY Founded: 1874  Enrollment: 16,183 Nickname: Colonels School Colors: Maroon and White Mascot: The Colonel Joined the OVC: 1948 U. President: Dr. Charles Douglas Whitlock Director of Athletics: Mark Sandy Head Coach: Dean Hood Conference (co) Champions: 1954, 1967-1968, 1974, 1976, 1981-84, 1987-88, 1990-91, 1993-94, 1997, 2007 Stadium: Roy Kidd Stadium Current Capacity: 22,000 First Year of Football: 1909 |
Based in Richmond, Kentucky, the Eastern Kentucky Colonels are members of the Ohio Valley Conference in the NCAA Division I-AA. The Colonels have been part of the OVC since 1948 and play their home games at the Roy Kidd Stadium.
In their history at the OVC, the Colonels have won twenty OVC conference titles and two Division I FCS National Championships, in 1979 and 1982. With its victory over Southeast Missouri State University in 2008, Eastern's football team protected its 31st consecutive winning season.
With an 8-4 overall record for the 2008 season, Eastern Kentucky ended in 1st place of the OVC, finishing in the conference play with an even 7-1 record and losing the last game of the season against Richmond 10-38.
Eastern Kentucky 2009 Schedule
| DATE | OPPONENT | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| September 5 | at Indiana | 8:00 PM |
| September 12 | Open | |
| September 19 | Tenn Tech | 7:00 PM |
| September 26 | at Murray State | 8:00 PM |
| October 3 | at Eastern Ill | 2:30 PM |
| October 10 | Tennessee St | 6:00 PM |
| October 17 | Tenn-Martin | 3:00 PM |
| October 24 | at Austin Peay | 7:00 PM |
| October 31 | Missouri St | 1:00 PM |
| November 7 | at Kentucky | TBA |
| November 14 | vs. Western Carolina | 1:00 PM |
| November 21 | at Jacksonville St | 1:00 PM |