2007 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team

The 2007 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team represented Eastern Michigan University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Eastern Michigan competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) West Division. The team was coached by Jeff Genyk and played their homes game in Rynearson Stadium. The Eagles finished the season 4-8, tied with the 2004 and 2005 seasons for the most wins in Genyk's career.[1]

2007 Eastern Michigan Eagles football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest
2007 record4–8 (3–4 MAC)
Head coachJeff Genyk (4th season)
Home stadiumRynearson Stadium
(Capacity: 30,200)
2007 Mid-American Conference football standings
Div  Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L    W L 
East Division
Miami xy  4 –2     5 –2     6 –7  
Bowling Green x  4 –2     6 –2     8 –5  
Buffalo x  4 –2     5 –3     5 –7  
Ohio  3 –3     4 –4     6 –6  
Temple  3 –3     4 –4     4 –8  
Akron  2 –4     3 –5     4 –8  
Kent State  1 –5     1 –7     3 –9  
West Division
Central Michigan xy$  4 –1     6 –1     8 –6  
Ball State x  4 –1     5 –2     7 –6  
Eastern Michigan  3 –2     3 –4     4 –8  
Western Michigan  2 –3     3 –4     5 –7  
Toledo  2 –3     3 –5     5 –7  
Northern Illinois  0 –5     1 –6     2 –10  
Championship: Central Michigan 35, Miami 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth.

Recruiting

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 PMat Pittsburgh*
L 3–2736,183
September 812:00 PMBall State
CLL 16–385,794
September 1512:00 PMat Northern Illinois
W 21–1920,012
September 223:30 PMHoward*
  • Rynearson Stadium
  • Ypsilanti, MI
W 38–1510,141
September 297:00 PMat Vanderbilt*
L 7–3037,220
October 612:00 PMat Michigan*
BTNL 22–33108,415
October 1312:00 PMat Ohio
L 42–4817,031
October 197:00 PMNorthwestern*
ESPNUL 14–2610,000
October 273:30 PMWestern Michigan
CLW 19–27,002
November 37:00 PMat Toledo
L 28–5217,270
November 97:30 PMBowling Green
  • Rynearson Stadium
  • Ypsilanti, MI
ESPNUL 32–394,304
November 167:00 PMat Central Michigan
W 48–4515,822

Roster
See also: American football positions

Coaching staff
Name Position Year at school
Jeff Genyk Head Coach 4th

Game summaries

Pittsburgh
See also: 2007 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
Eastern Michigan playing at Pittsburgh.

Ball State
See also: 2007 Ball State Cardinals football team

Northern Illinois
See also: 2007 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

After falling behind 13-0, the Eagles came back, and won 21-19 by blocking a Northern Illinois field goal attempt at the end of the game.

Howard
See also: Howard Bison football

Vanderbilt
See also: 2007 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

Michigan
See also: 2007 Michigan Wolverines football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Eastern Michigan 3 5 6 8 22
Michigan 10 6 17 0 33

The Eagles registered their best showing ever against the Michigan Wolverines. In this 33-22 loss, EMU largely stifled Michigan's all-time leading quarterback, Chad Henne, and returned a blocked kick for a touchdown.

Ohio
See also: 2007 Ohio Bobcats football team

Northwestern
See also: 2007 Northwestern Wildcats football team

Western Michigan
See also: 2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Broncos 2 0 0 0 2
Eagles 0 3 6 10 19

This game was the first of three games that would determine the 2007 Michigan MAC Trophy winner (Central Michigan vs. WMU November 17 and CMU vs. EMU November 17). Prior to this game, Western led the all-time series 26-14-2 and had not lost in Rynearson Stadium since 1991 (7 wins).

Only a first quarter safety kept the Eagles from registering their first shutout since 1997.

Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notes

Toledo
See also: 2007 Toledo Rockets football team

Bowling Green
See also: 2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team

Central Michigan
See also: 2007 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

This was the final game in determining the 2007 Michigan MAC Trophy winner. With their win in this game, the Eagles captured the trophy for the first time.[2]

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References
  1. "Jeff Genyk Records By Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved September 7, 2010.
  2. "CMU/WMU Rivalry Trophy to Debut Saturday". Scout.com. October 15, 2008. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2010. Sponsored by the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame, the Michigan MAC Trophy is presented annually to the team with the best round-robin record between Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan. Eastern Michigan won the trophy in 2007.


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