American college football season
The 2018 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season . They were led by fourth-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 1–11, 0–8 in MAC play to finish in last place in the West Division.
On November 23, following a loss to Toledo, head coach John Bonamego was fired.[1] He finished at Central Michigan with a four-year record of 22–29. On December 2, the school hired Michigan wide receivers coach Jim McElwain , who previously served as head coach at Colorado State and Florida .[2]
Preseason [ edit ] Award watch lists [ edit ] Listed in the order that they were released
Preseason media poll [ edit ] The MAC released their preseason media poll on July 24, 2018, with the Chippewas predicted to finish in fifth place in the West Division.[4]
West Division Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Northern Illinois 133 (15) 2 Toledo 125 (7) 3 Western Michigan 87 (1) 4 Eastern Michigan 67 5 Central Michigan 58 (1) 6 Ball State 34
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 3:30 p.m. at Kentucky * ESPNU L 20–3549,138 September 8 3:00 p.m. Kansas * ESPN+ L 7–3118,127 September 15 3:30 p.m. at Northern Illinois ESPN+ L 16–2412,354 September 22 3:00 p.m. No. 13 (FCS) Maine * Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI ESPN+ W 17–516,474 September 29 12:00 p.m. at No. 21 Michigan State * FS1 L 20–3173,752 October 6 12:00 p.m. Buffalo Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI CBSSN L 24–3414,044 October 13 3:00 p.m. Ball State Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI ESPN3 L 23–2410,255 October 20 3:30 p.m. Western Michigan ESPN+ L 10–3510,097 October 27 12:00 p.m. at Akron ESPN3 L 10–1717,582 November 3 12:00 p.m. at Eastern Michigan ESPN3 L 7–1713,468 November 10 3:00 p.m. Bowling Green Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI ESPN+ L 13–248,041 12:00 p.m. at Toledo ESPN3 L 13–5115,521 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries [ edit ] At Kentucky [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Chippewas 3 17 0 0 20 Wildcats 7 14 7 7 35
1 2 3 4 Total Jayhawks 0 7 14 10 31 Chippewas 0 0 7 0 7
At Northern Illinois [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Chippewas 0 3 7 6 16 Huskies 0 14 7 3 24
1 2 3 4 Total No. 13 (FCS) Black Bears 0 0 3 2 5 Chippewas 0 10 0 7 17
At Michigan State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Chippewas 3 0 0 17 20 No. 21 Spartans 0 17 14 0 31
Buffalo [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulls 7 10 7 10 34 Chippewas 3 0 14 7 24
Ball State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 0 7 0 17 24 Chippewas 3 17 0 3 23
Western Michigan [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Broncos 7 14 0 14 35 Chippewas 0 0 10 0 10
At Akron [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Chippewas 0 0 10 0 10 Zips 7 10 0 0 17
At Eastern Michigan [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Chippewas 0 7 0 0 7 Eagles 7 0 0 10 17
Bowling Green [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Falcons 0 0 17 7 24 Chippewas 7 6 0 0 13
1 2 3 4 Total Chippewas 0 0 0 13 13 Rockets 14 10 13 14 51
Players drafted into the NFL [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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