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The Mid-America Classic is an American college football rivalry game played annually by the Panthers of the Eastern Illinois University and Redbirds of Illinois State University. It has continued almost completely uninterrupted through the years as the Panthers and Redbirds played in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference until it disbanded in 1970. They would play in different conferences until 1985 when they both joined the newly formed Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference. After the Panthers left the Gateway for the Ohio Valley Conference in 1995, the certainty of an annual meeting was no longer assured. Despite this, the two sides have met almost every year since, including twice in 2006. The rivalry between the two schools began in 1901 and is the oldest in the state of Illinois. The two teams have played 102 times in total, with Illinois State holding a 53–40–9 advantage in the all-time series. For the 100th game in the series, representatives from both schools met and developed the Mid-America Classic renaming for the rivalry. The two schools also collaborated on a traveling trophy, which holds plaques with the results of the previous 100 games in the series and has room for results of future games in the series.〔http://wjbc.com/illinois-state-and-eastern-illinois-unveil-mid-america-classic-trophy/〕 ==Notable Games== October 27, 1906 – Illinois State's six-hour bus drive to Charleston, Ill., was only made worse by an 11–6 defeat.〔http://www.goredbirds.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/091112aad.html〕 November 3, 1915 – Both teams fumbled inside each other's 10-yard line in this 0–0 game played at EIU.〔 November 11, 1916 – EIU visited Normal, Ill., for the first ever Homecoming game on Illinois State's campus. ISU scored its only points on a 45-yard blocked punt by Ritter in a 24–7 loss. November 5, 1921 – ISU rolled to a 42–3 victory in its Homecoming game, as five different ISU players scored a touchdown (Brown, Stewart, Clark, Jensen, Frkyman).〔 November 14, 1959 – Illinois State linemen wear gloves for the first time on a snowy, icy day, as Dave Babcock scored the only Illinois State touchdown in a 6–6 tie.〔 September 30, 1961 – Illinois State's Keith Reiger's touchdown pass to Bill Monken "probably set an IIAC record for the shortest TD pass: 18 inches" in the Redbirds' 18–0 win.〔 September 29, 1962 – Paul Whitmore's 91-yard punt return was the only score in this 6–0 Redbird victory. It still remains the longest punt return for a touchdown in Illinois State history.〔 October 10, 1981 – ISU reserve Andy Fladung came off the bench to intercept a school-record four passes in the Redbirds' 25–3 win.〔 September 16, 2006 – Marked the first time in the history of the Illinois State-Eastern Illinois series where both teams were nationally ranked. The Redbirds entered the game No. 7 and Panthers were ranked No. 18. ISU trailed, 10–0, after the first quarter, but a 23-point second quarter put the 'Birds in control of a 44–30 win. Pierre Jackson had a career-high 132 receiving yards on six catches.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eastern Illinois Panthers vs. Illinois State Redbirds – Box Score – September 16, 2006 – ESPN )〕 November 25, 2006 – Two months after facing each other in the regular season, ISU and EIU met each other in the first round of the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs. ISU's Jason Tate (41 yards) and Jesse Caesar (45 yards) each return interceptions for touchdowns in the 24–13 Redbird win.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Illinois State Redbirds vs Eastern Illinois Panthers – Recap )〕 September 15, 2012 – Matt Brown accounted for seven touchdowns, and his fifth scoring pass of the game, a 25-yarder to Tyrone Walker in the second overtime period, capped a career-high 473-yard performance and gave Illinois State a wild 54–51 victory Saturday over Eastern Illinois.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eastern Illinois Panthers vs Illinois State Redbirds – Recap )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mid-America Classic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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