2017 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

2017 Mid-American Conference football standings
	East Division
	West Division
	Championship: Toledo 45, Akron 28
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant;

Central Michigan Chippewas football
2017 Central Michigan Chippewas football
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, L 14–37 vs. Wyoming
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	West Division
2017 record	8–5 (6–2 MAC)
Head coach	John Bonamego (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Chris Ostrowsky (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Greg Colby (3rd season)
Home stadium	Kelly/Shorts Stadium; (Capacity: 32,885)

The 2017 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach John Bonamego and played their home games at Kelly/Shorts Stadium as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in MAC play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They received an invitation to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl where they lost to Wyoming.

Previous season

The Chippewas finished the 2016 season 6–7, 3–5 to finish in fifth place in the MAC West. They received an invitation to the Miami Beach Bowl where they were blown out by Tulsa 55–10.

Preseason

Central Michigan was picked to finish in fifth place in the MAC West Division in a preseason poll of league media.[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	Rhode Island*	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN3	W 30–27 ^3OT	16,311
September 9	3:00 p.m.	at Kansas*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	FSN	W 45–27	28,531
September 16	3:30 p.m.	at Syracuse*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ACCN Extra	L 17–41	33,004
September 23	3:30 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN3	L 14–31	17,193
September 30	1:00 p.m.	at Boston College*	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ACCN Extra	L 8–28	27,036
October 7	2:00 p.m.	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPN3	W 26–23	23,570
October 14	3:30 p.m.	Toledo	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN3	L 10–30	15,572
October 21	3:00 p.m.	at Ball State	Scheumann Stadium Muncie, IN	ESPN3	W 56–9	15,850
November 1	8:00 p.m.	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI (Michigan MAC Trophy/Victory Cannon)	ESPN2	W 35–28	11,776
November 8	8:00 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI (Michigan MAC Trophy)	ESPNU	W 42–30	9,700
November 14	7:00 p.m.	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	ESPNU	W 42–23	5,580
November 24	12:00 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	CBSSN	W 31–24	8,744
December 22	4:00 p.m.	vs. Wyoming*	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID (Famous Idaho Potato Bowl)	ESPN	L 14–37	16,512
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
Rams	0	0	7	14	3	0	3	27
Chippewas	0	13	0	8	3	0	6	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Kansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	0	24	7	14	45
Jayhawks	3	3	14	7	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2007	KAN, 52–7

at Syracuse

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	10	7	0	0	17
Orange	10	14	17	0	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	1999	SYR, 47–7

Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	14	14	3	0	31
Chippewas	0	14	0	0	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–13–1	2016	MIA, 37–17

at Boston College

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	2	6	0	0	8
Eagles	14	7	7	0	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	2002	BC, 43–0

at Ohio

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	7	6	6	7	26
Bobcats	7	7	0	9	23

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–5–2	2016	CMU, 27–20

Toledo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rockets	7	10	0	13	30
Chippewas	0	0	3	7	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–24–3	2016	TOL, 31–17

at Ball State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	7	21	7	21	56
Cardinals	3	3	3	0	9

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–24–1	2016	CMU, 24–21

at Western Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	7	0	7	21	35
Broncos	14	7	7	0	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
37–48–2	2016	WMU, 49–10

In an increasingly heavy downpour in Kalamazoo, the Chips avenged their 49-10 loss to the Broncos the year before. During the battle between the two bitter in-state rivals, the Chippewas fell behind 28-14 in the 3rd quarter. The Chips then staged a dramatic comeback in the 4th quarter, scoring 21 unanswered points, capped off by Shane Morris’ 77 yard touchdown pass to Corey Willis with 2:37 left in the game to defeat the Broncos for the first time since 2013 by a score of 35-28.

Eastern Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	7	10	0	13	30
Chippewas	14	14	7	7	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
59–29–6	2016	EMU, 26–21

at Kent State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	7	21	0	14	42
Golden Flashes	3	14	0	6	23

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–11	2016	KENT, 27–24

Northern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	14	3	0	7	24
Chippewas	0	0	17	14	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–23–1	2016	CMU, 34–28^3OT

vs. Wyoming–Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	7	0	7	0	14
Cowboys	21	6	3	7	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2002	CMU, 32–20

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References

"MAC Football 2017: Toledo, Ohio University picked as division winners in preseason poll". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
2017 Central Michigan Chippewas football schedule 'FBSchedules.com'. Accessed April 14, 2017.

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[1] "MAC Football 2017: Toledo, Ohio University picked as division winners in preseason poll". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2017-10-27.

[2] 2017 Central Michigan Chippewas football schedule 'FBSchedules.com'. Accessed April 14, 2017.

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