Eastern Michigan Athletics
2016 EMU Football Schedule Announced
2/22/2016 2:00:00 PM | Football
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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — Six total home dates including a pair of midweek tilts against West Division rivals Northern Illinois University and Central Michigan University, along with a Tuesday night contest at Ball State, highlight the 2016 Eastern Michigan football schedule released Monday, Feb. 22, by the Mid-American Conference office.
Overall, the campaign will feature six home contests at "The Factory" at Rynearson Stadium for the second consecutive season and just the 14th time since the building opened in 1969. Additionally, the three midweek contests to close the schedule are a program first since the MAC began playing nationally-televised non-Saturday November games in 1999.
An updated release of the MAC's 2016 football schedule will be released in June with kick times and a television schedule for the first three weeks of the regular season and midweek games during October and November. All other game kick times and television will be announced 12 days prior to the scheduled game.
Eastern Michigan opens the season at home against Football Championship Subdivision foe Mississippi Valley State University, Sept. 2 or 3. EMU travels to the University of Missouri, Sept. 17, before playing at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The Eagles close the non-conference portion of the schedule at home against the University of Wyoming, Sept. 24.
The Green and White open its 41st season in the MAC Saturday, Oct. 1, at defending league champion Bowling Green State University before returning home for the annual homecoming contest against the University of Toledo, Oct. 8. EMU will then play back-to-back road games at Ohio University, Oct. 15, and Western Michigan University, Oct. 22, and then close out the month with a home game versus Miami University, Oct. 29.
Eastern Michigan will enjoy a bye week in week 10, as it transitions to midweek football that has become referred to in pop culture as MACtion. Third-year Head Coach Chris Creighton leads his team to Muncie, Ind. Tuesday, Nov. 8, to battle Ball State University. The West Division affair will be shown on either ESPN2 or CBS Sports Network.
A Wednesday, Nov. 16, contest inside The Factory then awaits EMU against Northern Illinois. A national television audience will be able to watch the game on either ESPN2 or ESPNU. The Eagles then close the regular season against in-state rival Central Michigan Tuesday, Nov. 22, on either ESPNU or ESPN3. The pre-Thanksiving finale marks the first time since the 2007 that the Eagles will not have to play on "Black Friday".
The league's regular season concludes with the 20th Marathon MAC Football Championship game Friday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. at Ford Field in Detroit on ESPN2. This will mark the 13th Marathon MAC Football Championship game at Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions, Super Bowl XL, and the 2009 NCAA Men's Final Four.
Fans interested in purchasing season tickets for the upcoming season can now put down a deposit to secure their seats. For just a $25 deposit, fans can reserve a spot inside "The Factory" at Rynearson Stadium. The deposit allows fans to renew their seats from 2015 or to ensure the best available seat locations for the upcoming season. Season tickets are just $75 per seat including all six home games. In addition, there is a brand new Ultimate Fan package available for 2016 which includes a padded chair back seat on the 50 yard line, free parking, a food voucher and a VIP discount card to local businesses.
To place this deposit down, contact the EMU Ticket Office at 734.487.2282 or go to EMUEagles.com/tickets. Complete 2016 ticket prices will be announced in the coming days.
*Mid-American Conference game
Home games in BOLD CAPS
(as of Feb. 22, 2016)
2016 MAC Football Schedule (composite by date)
Sept. 1 – Thursday
Presbyterian at Central Michigan
Sept. 2 – Friday
Mississippi Valley State at Eastern Michigan
Ball State at Georgia State
Sept. 3 – Saturday
Mississippi Valley State at Eastern Michigan
Albany at Buffalo
Bowling Green at Ohio State
Kent State at Penn State
Miami at Iowa
NIU at Wyoming
Texas State at Ohio
Toledo at Arkansas State
Virginia Military Institute at Akron
Western Michigan at Northwestern
Sept. 10 – Saturday
Eastern Michigan at Missouri
Akron at Wisconsin
Ball State at Indiana
Central Michigan at Oklahoma State
Eastern Illinois at Miami
Maine at Toledo
NIU at South Florida
North Carolina A&T at Kent State
North Carolina Central at Western Michigan
North Dakota at Bowling Green
Ohio at Kansas
Sept. 17 – Saturday
Eastern Michigan at Charlotte
Akron at Marshall
Buffalo at Nevada
Eastern Kentucky at Ball State
Fresno State at Toledo
Middle Tennessee at Bowling Green
Monmouth at Kent State
Ohio at Tennessee
San Diego State at NIU
UNLV at Central Michigan
Western Kentucky at Miami
Western Michigan at Illinois
Sept. 24 – Saturday
Wyoming at Eastern Michigan
Appalachian State at Akron
Army at Buffalo
Ball State at Florida Atlantic
Bowling Green at Memphis
Central Michigan at Virginia
Gardner-Webb at Ohio
Georgia Southern at Western Michigan
Kent State at Alabama
Miami at Cincinnati
Western Illinois at NIU
Sept. 30 – Friday
Toledo at BYU
Oct. 1 – Saturday
*Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green
*Akron at Kent State
Buffalo at Boston College
*Miami at Ohio
*NIU at Ball State
*Western Michigan at Central Michigan
Oct. 8 – Saturday
*Toledo at Eastern Michigan
*Ball State at Central Michigan
*Bowling Green at Ohio
*Kent State at Buffalo
*Miami at Akron
*NIU at Western Michigan
Oct. 15 – Saturday
*Eastern Michigan at Ohio
*Ball State at Buffalo
*Bowling Green at Toledo
*Central Michigan at NIU
*Kent State at Miami
*Western Michigan at Akron
Oct. 22 – Saturday
*Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan
*Akron at Ball State
*Buffalo at NIU
*Central Michigan at Toledo
*Kent State at Ohio
*Miami at Bowling Green
Oct. 27 – Thursday
*Akron at Buffalo, TBA (CBS Sports Network/ESPN3)
*Ohio at Toledo, TBA (CBS Sports Network/ESPN3)
Oct. 29 – Saturday
*Miami at Eastern Michigan
*Kent State at Central Michigan
Nov. 1 – Tuesday
*Bowling Green at NIU, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)
*Western Michigan at Ball State, TBA (ESPN2, ESPNU)
Nov. 2 – Wednesday
*Toledo at Akron, TBA (ESPN2)
Nov. 3 – Thursday
*Buffalo at Ohio, TBA (CBS Sports Network)
Nov. 4 – Friday
*Central Michigan at Miami, TBA (CBS Sports Network)
Nov. 8 – Tuesday
*Eastern Michigan at Ball State, TBA (ESPN2/CBS Sports Network)
*Western Michigan at Kent State, TBA (ESPN2/CBS Sports Network)
Nov. 9 – Wednesday
*Bowling Green at Akron, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)
*Toledo at NIU, TBA at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Nov. 12 – Saturday
*Miami at Buffalo
Nov. 15 – Tuesday
*Kent State at Bowling Green, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)
*Ohio at Central Michigan, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Nov. 16 – Wednesday
*NIU at Eastern Michigan, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)
*Ball State at Toledo, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Nov. 19 – Saturday
*Buffalo at Western Michigan
Nov. 22 – Tuesday
*Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan (ESPNU/ESPN3)
*Akron at Ohio, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)
*Ball State at Miami, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)
Nov. 25 – Friday
*Buffalo at Bowling Green (TV TBD)
*NIU at Kent State (TV TBD)
*Toledo at Western Michigan (TV TBD)
Dec. 2 – Friday
East Division Champion vs. West Division Champion
Marathon MAC Championship Game, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
At Ford Field in Detroit, Mich.
Place a Deposit on Season Tickets.
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — Six total home dates including a pair of midweek tilts against West Division rivals Northern Illinois University and Central Michigan University, along with a Tuesday night contest at Ball State, highlight the 2016 Eastern Michigan football schedule released Monday, Feb. 22, by the Mid-American Conference office.
Overall, the campaign will feature six home contests at "The Factory" at Rynearson Stadium for the second consecutive season and just the 14th time since the building opened in 1969. Additionally, the three midweek contests to close the schedule are a program first since the MAC began playing nationally-televised non-Saturday November games in 1999.
An updated release of the MAC's 2016 football schedule will be released in June with kick times and a television schedule for the first three weeks of the regular season and midweek games during October and November. All other game kick times and television will be announced 12 days prior to the scheduled game.
Eastern Michigan opens the season at home against Football Championship Subdivision foe Mississippi Valley State University, Sept. 2 or 3. EMU travels to the University of Missouri, Sept. 17, before playing at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The Eagles close the non-conference portion of the schedule at home against the University of Wyoming, Sept. 24.
The Green and White open its 41st season in the MAC Saturday, Oct. 1, at defending league champion Bowling Green State University before returning home for the annual homecoming contest against the University of Toledo, Oct. 8. EMU will then play back-to-back road games at Ohio University, Oct. 15, and Western Michigan University, Oct. 22, and then close out the month with a home game versus Miami University, Oct. 29.
Eastern Michigan will enjoy a bye week in week 10, as it transitions to midweek football that has become referred to in pop culture as MACtion. Third-year Head Coach Chris Creighton leads his team to Muncie, Ind. Tuesday, Nov. 8, to battle Ball State University. The West Division affair will be shown on either ESPN2 or CBS Sports Network.
A Wednesday, Nov. 16, contest inside The Factory then awaits EMU against Northern Illinois. A national television audience will be able to watch the game on either ESPN2 or ESPNU. The Eagles then close the regular season against in-state rival Central Michigan Tuesday, Nov. 22, on either ESPNU or ESPN3. The pre-Thanksiving finale marks the first time since the 2007 that the Eagles will not have to play on "Black Friday".
The league's regular season concludes with the 20th Marathon MAC Football Championship game Friday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. at Ford Field in Detroit on ESPN2. This will mark the 13th Marathon MAC Football Championship game at Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions, Super Bowl XL, and the 2009 NCAA Men's Final Four.
Fans interested in purchasing season tickets for the upcoming season can now put down a deposit to secure their seats. For just a $25 deposit, fans can reserve a spot inside "The Factory" at Rynearson Stadium. The deposit allows fans to renew their seats from 2015 or to ensure the best available seat locations for the upcoming season. Season tickets are just $75 per seat including all six home games. In addition, there is a brand new Ultimate Fan package available for 2016 which includes a padded chair back seat on the 50 yard line, free parking, a food voucher and a VIP discount card to local businesses.
To place this deposit down, contact the EMU Ticket Office at 734.487.2282 or go to EMUEagles.com/tickets. Complete 2016 ticket prices will be announced in the coming days.
Eastern Michigan University 2016 Football Schedule | |||||
Day | Date | Opponent | Time | ||
| Sat. | April | 9 | SPRING GAME | TBA | |
| Fri./Sat. | Sept. | 2/3 | MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE | TBA | |
| Sat. | Sept. | 10 | at Missouri | TBA | |
| Sat. | Sept. | 17 | at Charlotte | TBA | |
| Sat. | Sept. | 24 | WYOMING | TBA | |
| Sat. | Oct. | 1 | at Bowling Green* | TBA | |
| Sat. | Oct. | 8 | TOLEDO* | TBA | |
| Sat. | Oct. | 15 | at Ohio* | TBA | |
| Sat. | Oct. | 22 | at Western Michigan* | TBA | |
| Sat. | Oct. | 29 | MIAMI* | TBA | |
| Tues. | Nov. | 8 | at Ball State* (ESPN2/CBS Sports Network) | TBA | |
| Wed. | Nov. | 16 | NORTHERN ILLINOIS* (ESPN2/ESPNU) | TBA | |
| Tues. | Nov. | 22 | CENTRAL MICHIGAN (ESPNU/ESPN3) | TBA | |
Fri. | Dec. | 2 | at MAC Championship Game (Ford Field - Detroit, Mich.) | 7 p.m. | |
*Mid-American Conference game
Home games in BOLD CAPS
(as of Feb. 22, 2016)
2016 MAC Football Schedule (composite by date)
Sept. 1 – Thursday
Presbyterian at Central Michigan
Sept. 2 – Friday
Mississippi Valley State at Eastern Michigan
Ball State at Georgia State
Sept. 3 – Saturday
Mississippi Valley State at Eastern Michigan
Albany at Buffalo
Bowling Green at Ohio State
Kent State at Penn State
Miami at Iowa
NIU at Wyoming
Texas State at Ohio
Toledo at Arkansas State
Virginia Military Institute at Akron
Western Michigan at Northwestern
Sept. 10 – Saturday
Eastern Michigan at Missouri
Akron at Wisconsin
Ball State at Indiana
Central Michigan at Oklahoma State
Eastern Illinois at Miami
Maine at Toledo
NIU at South Florida
North Carolina A&T at Kent State
North Carolina Central at Western Michigan
North Dakota at Bowling Green
Ohio at Kansas
Sept. 17 – Saturday
Eastern Michigan at Charlotte
Akron at Marshall
Buffalo at Nevada
Eastern Kentucky at Ball State
Fresno State at Toledo
Middle Tennessee at Bowling Green
Monmouth at Kent State
Ohio at Tennessee
San Diego State at NIU
UNLV at Central Michigan
Western Kentucky at Miami
Western Michigan at Illinois
Sept. 24 – Saturday
Wyoming at Eastern Michigan
Appalachian State at Akron
Army at Buffalo
Ball State at Florida Atlantic
Bowling Green at Memphis
Central Michigan at Virginia
Gardner-Webb at Ohio
Georgia Southern at Western Michigan
Kent State at Alabama
Miami at Cincinnati
Western Illinois at NIU
Sept. 30 – Friday
Toledo at BYU
Oct. 1 – Saturday
*Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green
*Akron at Kent State
Buffalo at Boston College
*Miami at Ohio
*NIU at Ball State
*Western Michigan at Central Michigan
Oct. 8 – Saturday
*Toledo at Eastern Michigan
*Ball State at Central Michigan
*Bowling Green at Ohio
*Kent State at Buffalo
*Miami at Akron
*NIU at Western Michigan
Oct. 15 – Saturday
*Eastern Michigan at Ohio
*Ball State at Buffalo
*Bowling Green at Toledo
*Central Michigan at NIU
*Kent State at Miami
*Western Michigan at Akron
Oct. 22 – Saturday
*Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan
*Akron at Ball State
*Buffalo at NIU
*Central Michigan at Toledo
*Kent State at Ohio
*Miami at Bowling Green
Oct. 27 – Thursday
*Akron at Buffalo, TBA (CBS Sports Network/ESPN3)
*Ohio at Toledo, TBA (CBS Sports Network/ESPN3)
Oct. 29 – Saturday
*Miami at Eastern Michigan
*Kent State at Central Michigan
Nov. 1 – Tuesday
*Bowling Green at NIU, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)
*Western Michigan at Ball State, TBA (ESPN2, ESPNU)
Nov. 2 – Wednesday
*Toledo at Akron, TBA (ESPN2)
Nov. 3 – Thursday
*Buffalo at Ohio, TBA (CBS Sports Network)
Nov. 4 – Friday
*Central Michigan at Miami, TBA (CBS Sports Network)
Nov. 8 – Tuesday
*Eastern Michigan at Ball State, TBA (ESPN2/CBS Sports Network)
*Western Michigan at Kent State, TBA (ESPN2/CBS Sports Network)
Nov. 9 – Wednesday
*Bowling Green at Akron, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)
*Toledo at NIU, TBA at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Nov. 12 – Saturday
*Miami at Buffalo
Nov. 15 – Tuesday
*Kent State at Bowling Green, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)
*Ohio at Central Michigan, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Nov. 16 – Wednesday
*NIU at Eastern Michigan, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)
*Ball State at Toledo, TBA (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Nov. 19 – Saturday
*Buffalo at Western Michigan
Nov. 22 – Tuesday
*Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan (ESPNU/ESPN3)
*Akron at Ohio, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)
*Ball State at Miami, TBA (ESPNU/ESPN3)
Nov. 25 – Friday
*Buffalo at Bowling Green (TV TBD)
*NIU at Kent State (TV TBD)
*Toledo at Western Michigan (TV TBD)
Dec. 2 – Friday
East Division Champion vs. West Division Champion
Marathon MAC Championship Game, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
At Ford Field in Detroit, Mich.
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