Eastern Michigan Eagles football
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| First season | 1891 | ||
| Athletic director | Heather Lyke | ||
| Head coach |
Chris Creighton 3rd year, 10–26 (.278) |
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| Stadium | Rynearson Stadium | ||
| Seating capacity | 30,200 | ||
| Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
| Location | Ypsilanti, Michigan | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | Mid-American Conference | ||
| Division | West | ||
| Past conferences |
MIAA (1894–1926) MCC (1927–1930) IIAC (1950–1961) PAC (1964–1965) |
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| All-time record | 430–529–47 (.451) | ||
| Bowl record | 1–1 (.500) | ||
| Conference titles | 10 (1896, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1987) | ||
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| Fight song | "Eagles Fight Song", "Go Green" | ||
| Mascot | Swoop | ||
| Marching band | Pride of the Peninsula | ||
| Rivals |
Central Michigan Chippewas Western Michigan Broncos |
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| Website | Eastern Michigan Eagles Football | ||
The Eastern Michigan Eagles are a college football program at Eastern Michigan University. They compete in Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and the Mid-American Conference. Past names include Michigan State Normal College Normalites (1899 to 1928), Michigan State Normal College Hurons (1929 to 1955), and Eastern Michigan Hurons (1956 to 1990).
Since 1891, Eastern Michigan University has compiled an all-time record of 428-519-47, fielding a team in each year except 1944. The team has achieved five undefeated seasons, in 1906, 1925, 1927, 1943 (holding opponents scoreless), and 1945 and eight winless seasons, in 1891, 1910, 1941, 1949, 1960, 1961, 1981 and 2009. The team has never ended a season ranked in any major poll, and is among the worst Division I FBS schools both in all-time win percentage (45.4%, for 107 out of 120) and in all-time scoring margin (-1898, for 108 out of 120). The team saw its greatest period of success from 1925 through 1939 under head coach Elton Rynearson, for whom their home field, Rynearson Stadium, is named. Among the lowest periods in the team's history was a 27-game losing streak in the early 1980s; under head coach Mike Stock the team was held scoreless seven times and posted an average margin of loss of 18 points per game.
Michigan State Normal School first fielded a football team in 1891. Initially the team had no official nickname, being known variously as the "Normalites" or the "Men from Ypsi".
From 1892 to 1926, the team competed in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, winning conference championships in 1896 and 1925. (Although the MIAA did not recognize football as an official sport until 1894, MIAA teams competed against each other as early as 1891.)
The 1916 season was cut short after four games when Coach Elmer Mitchell and four players contracted smallpox; the last game was played October 28 against the University of Detroit.
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