2018 Central Michigan Chippewas Football Team
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Central Michigan University Central Michigan University (CMU) is a public research university in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Established in 1892 as the Central Michigan Normal School and Business Institute, the private normal school became a state institution and renamed Cen ...
in the
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. They were led by fourth-year head coach
John Bonamego John Frank Bonamego (born August 14, 1963) is an American football coach who serves as a senior coaching assistant for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He has two decades of college and pro coaching experience. He play ...
and played their home games at
Kelly/Shorts Stadium Kramer/Deromedi Field at Kelly/Shorts Stadium is an American football stadium in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. It serves as the home field for the Central Michigan University Chippewas. The stadium opened in 1972 and holds 30,255 spectators, making i ...
as members of the West Division of the
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. 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. He finished at Central Michigan with a four-year record of 22–29. On December 2, the school hired
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wide receivers coach
Jim McElwain James Frank McElwain (born March 1, 1962) is an American football coach who is currently the head coach at Central Michigan University. He previously served as the head coach at Florida from 2015 to 2017, and Colorado State from 2012 to 2014, ...
, who previously served as head coach at
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and
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.


Previous season

The Chippewas finished the 2017 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
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where they lost to
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.


Preseason


Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released


Preseason media poll

The MAC released their preseason media poll on July 24, 2018, with the Chippewas predicted to finish in fifth place in the West Division.


Schedule

2018 Central Michigan Chippewas football schedule
'FBSchedules.com'. Accessed April 11, 2018.


Game summaries


at Kentucky


Kansas


at Northern Illinois


Maine


at Michigan State


Buffalo


Ball State


Western Michigan


at Akron


at Eastern Michigan


Bowling Green


Toledo


Players drafted into the NFL


References

Central Michigan Central Michigan, also called Mid Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As its name implies, it is the middle area of the Lower Peninsula. Lower Michigan is said to resemble a mitten, and Mid Michigan cor ...
Central Michigan Chippewas football seasons
Central Michigan Chippewas football The Central Michigan Chippewas are a college football program in Division I FBS, representing Central Michigan University (CMU). CMU has the 30th highest overall winning percentage of programs playing in NCAA Division I. The Chippewas have pla ...
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