Eastern Michigan Athletics
Football Announces 2017 Home and Road MAC Games
1/24/2017 10:49:00 AM | Football
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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University football team learned its home and away opponents for the eight-game Mid-American Conference portion of the 2017 season, as announced by the league office. Dates, times and broadcast information for those matchups will be released at a later date.
The Eagles will host Ball State, Bowling Green, Ohio and Western Michigan. Road games will be at Central Michigan, Miami, Northern Illinois and Toledo.
Eastern Michigan opens the season at home against Conference USA foe University of North Carolina Charlotte, Sept. 1. EMU will then hit the road for the remainder of its non-conference tilts, first traveling to Big Ten opponent Rutgers University, Sept. 9. Then heading to the Southeastern Conference's University of Kentucky, Sept. 20. The Eagles will close out non-conference play with an Oct. 14 matchup with Army West Point.
Head Football Coach Chris Creighton will host a National Signing Day Celebration to announce the 2017 Eagles recruiting class. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place Wednesday, Feb. 1, from 6-8 p.m. inside the Convocation Center atrium.
During the event, Coach Creighton will talk about the new Eagle signees and show video highlights of the class. He will then introduce the members of his coaching staff. In addition to the presentation, fans will have the chance to interact with the coaching staff, along with several football student-athletes, and enjoy a glimpse of the 2017 team.
In addition to the event at the Convocation Center, there will be complete coverage throughout signing day at EMUEagles.com. At 2 p.m. on Feb. 1, Coach Creighton and members of his staff will appear on ESPN3 for a National Signing Day Webcast to announce the class. The broadcast will also be archived online for on-demand viewing at EMUEagles.com/watch.
At that time EMU's official recruiting class press release, which will include biographical sketches on each of the signees along with highlight videos, will also be available. During this show, fans will be able to tweet or e-mail in questions for the members of the EMU staff. Use the hashtag #EMUSigningDay or e-mail the broadcast at emueaglesradio@gmail.com.
In addition to EMUEagles.com, fans can follow Signing Day updates through Eastern Michigan Athletics' official Twitter account @emuathletics.
Eastern Michigan University 2017 Football Schedule
Friday, Sept. 1 vs. CHARLOTTE
Saturday, Sept. 9 at Rutgers
Saturday, Sept. 30 at Kentucky
Saturday, Oct. 14 at Army West Point
Mid-American Conference Games
Home: Ball State, Bowling Green, Ohio and Western Michigan
Road: Central Michigan, Miami, Northern Illinois and Toledo
The Eagles will host Ball State, Bowling Green, Ohio and Western Michigan. Road games will be at Central Michigan, Miami, Northern Illinois and Toledo.
Eastern Michigan opens the season at home against Conference USA foe University of North Carolina Charlotte, Sept. 1. EMU will then hit the road for the remainder of its non-conference tilts, first traveling to Big Ten opponent Rutgers University, Sept. 9. Then heading to the Southeastern Conference's University of Kentucky, Sept. 20. The Eagles will close out non-conference play with an Oct. 14 matchup with Army West Point.
Head Football Coach Chris Creighton will host a National Signing Day Celebration to announce the 2017 Eagles recruiting class. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place Wednesday, Feb. 1, from 6-8 p.m. inside the Convocation Center atrium.
During the event, Coach Creighton will talk about the new Eagle signees and show video highlights of the class. He will then introduce the members of his coaching staff. In addition to the presentation, fans will have the chance to interact with the coaching staff, along with several football student-athletes, and enjoy a glimpse of the 2017 team.
In addition to the event at the Convocation Center, there will be complete coverage throughout signing day at EMUEagles.com. At 2 p.m. on Feb. 1, Coach Creighton and members of his staff will appear on ESPN3 for a National Signing Day Webcast to announce the class. The broadcast will also be archived online for on-demand viewing at EMUEagles.com/watch.
At that time EMU's official recruiting class press release, which will include biographical sketches on each of the signees along with highlight videos, will also be available. During this show, fans will be able to tweet or e-mail in questions for the members of the EMU staff. Use the hashtag #EMUSigningDay or e-mail the broadcast at emueaglesradio@gmail.com.
In addition to EMUEagles.com, fans can follow Signing Day updates through Eastern Michigan Athletics' official Twitter account @emuathletics.
Eastern Michigan University 2017 Football Schedule
Friday, Sept. 1 vs. CHARLOTTE
Saturday, Sept. 9 at Rutgers
Saturday, Sept. 30 at Kentucky
Saturday, Oct. 14 at Army West Point
Mid-American Conference Games
Home: Ball State, Bowling Green, Ohio and Western Michigan
Road: Central Michigan, Miami, Northern Illinois and Toledo
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