Eastern’s football team traveled to Hazard for the second of its three intrasquad scrimmages April 13.

The Colonel football team finished the season with a record of 8-3 and ranked as high as number 16 in the polls but will not compete in the FCS playoffs.

With 13 seniors playing their final home game at Eastern, the Colonels (8-3, 6-2) dominated Murray State (4-6, 3-4) 55-24. Senior Day was the last game of Eastern’s regular season.

The Colonels (7-3, 5-2 OVC) made the long trek to Southeast Missouri State and completely dominated the Redhawks (3-6, 2-4) 31-7.

Eastern Kentucky’s defense held Eastern Illinois to its second lowest point total of the year and forced 4 turnovers  Saturday at Roy Kidd Stadium but it wasn’t enough as Eastern Illinois (5-3, 4-1 OVC) defeated the Colonels (6-3, 4-2 OVC) 24-7.

The Colonels football team (6-2, 4-1 OVC) won again Saturday in Cookeville, Tenn., beating Tennessee Tech (2-5 0-4 OVC), 42-28.

What a difference a year makes. With last season’s last second rally  that came up short against still fresh in their minds, the Colonels took an early 14-0 lead against Austin Peay (0-7 0-5 OVC) and never looked back on the way to a 45-14 homecoming win.

Senior quarterback T.J. Pryor recently broke Eastern’s record for passing yards with 6,085 during the Colonels’ fresh victory against the University of Tennessee-Martin.

The Colonels football team (4-2 2-1 OVC) had the Tigers of Tennessee State (6-0 3-0 OVC) by the tail Saturday, but let them go.