Eastern Illinois Panthers at Tennessee State Tigers

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Eastern Illinois Panthers

1-6, 0-4 Away

Final
17 - 41

Tennessee State Tigers

5-2, 3-0 Home

Draylen Ellis throws 4 TD passes to help Tennessee State beat Eastern Illinois 41-17

Ellis threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Brenson that made it 7-3 with about 10 minutes left in the second quarter and Tennessee State (5-2, 3-1 Big South-OVC) led the rest of the way. The Panthers went three-and-out on their ensuing drive and Ellis led a six-play, 69-yard drive that he capped with a 7-yard scoring strike to Bryant Williams with 6:28 left in the first half and CJ Evans added a 4-yard TD run to make it 20-3 about 4 minutes later.

Eastern Illinois (1-6, 0-3) answered with 1:31 left in the second quarter when MJ Flowers caught a 9-yard touchdown pass from Pierce Holley and then went 75 yards in eight plays on the opening drive of the second half to trim its deficit to 20-17 when Flowers ran it in from the 1 with 11:04 left in the third quarter.

Ellis hit Jalal Dean for a 31-yard touchdown with 4:07 left in the third quarter and then connected with Gerard Bullock for an 8-yard TD pass-and-catch that made it 34-17 going into the fourth.

Tevin Carter's 12-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter capped the scoring.

The Panthers have lost five games in a row.

Holley finished 28-of-46 passing for 338 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Cooper Willman had eight receptions for 141 yards and Quenton Rogers

added 105 yards receiving for Eastern Illinois.

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Scoring Summary

FG	2nd Period 14:56	Julian Patino 30 Yd Field Goal
TD	2nd Period 10:27	Karate Brenson 4 Yd pass from Draylen Ellis (James Lowery Kick)
TD	2nd Period 6:28	Bryant Williams 7 Yd pass from Draylen Ellis (James Lowery Kick)
TD	2nd Period 2:23	CJ Evans 4 Yd Run (James Lowery PAT blocked)
TD	2nd Period 1:31	MJ Flowers 9 Yd pass from Pierce Holley (Julian Patino Kick)
TD	3rd Period 11:04	MJ Flowers 1 Yd Run (Julian Patino Kick)
TD	3rd Period 4:07	Jalal Dean 31 Yd pass from Draylen Ellis (James Lowery Kick)
TD	3rd Period 0:32	Gerard Bullock 8 Yd pass from Draylen Ellis (James Lowery Kick)
TD	4th Period 9:38	Tevin Carter 12 Yd Run (James Lowery Kick)

Statistics

EIU		TNST
23	1st Downs	20
10-18	3rd down efficiency	6-13
0-2	4th down efficiency	1-1
435	Total Yards	365
360	Passing	237
30/51	Comp/Att	21/33
7.1	Yards per pass	7.2
75	Rushing	128
30	Rushing Attempts	29
2.5	Yards per rush	4.4
4-40	Penalties	2-20
1	Turnovers	0
0	Fumbles lost	0
1	Interceptions thrown	0
31:54	Possession	28:06