2018 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

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.

2018 Central Michigan Chippewas football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest Division
2018 record1–11 (0–8 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorChris Ostrowsky (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorGreg Colby (4th season)
Home stadiumKelly/Shorts Stadium
(Capacity: 32,885)
2018 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Buffalo x  7 –1     10 –4  
Miami  6 –2     6 –6  
Ohio  6 –2     9 –4  
Akron  2 –6     4 –8  
Bowling Green  2 –6     3 –9  
Kent State  1 –7     2 –10  
West Division
Northern Illinois x$  6 –2     8 –6  
Western Michigan  5 –3     7 –6  
Eastern Michigan  5 –3     7 –6  
Toledo  5 –3     7 –6  
Ball State  3 –5     4 –8  
Central Michigan  0 –8     1 –11  
Championship: Northern Illinois 30, Buffalo 29
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions

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]

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 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl where they lost to Wyoming.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Wuerffel Trophy[3] Mitch Stanitzek DL SR

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.[4]

West Division
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Northern Illinois133 (15)
2Toledo125 (7)
3Western Michigan87 (1)
4Eastern Michigan67
5Central Michigan58 (1)
6Ball State34

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 13:30 p.m.at Kentucky*
ESPNUL 20–3549,138
September 83:00 p.m.Kansas*
ESPN+L 7–3118,127
September 153:30 p.m.at Northern Illinois
ESPN+L 16–2412,354
September 223:00 p.m.No. 13 (FCS) Maine*
  • Kelly/Shorts Stadium
  • Mount Pleasant, MI
ESPN+W 17–516,474
September 2912:00 p.m.at No. 21 Michigan State*
FS1L 20–3173,752
October 612:00 p.m.Buffalo
  • Kelly/Shorts Stadium
  • Mount Pleasant, MI
CBSSNL 24–3414,044
October 133:00 p.m.Ball State
  • Kelly/Shorts Stadium
  • Mount Pleasant, MI
ESPN3L 23–2410,255
October 203:30 p.m.Western Michigan
ESPN+L 10–3510,097
October 2712:00 p.m.at Akron
ESPN3L 10–1717,582
November 312:00 p.m.at Eastern Michigan
ESPN3L 7–1713,468
November 103:00 p.m.Bowling Green
  • Kelly/Shorts Stadium
  • Mount Pleasant, MI
ESPN+L 13–248,041
November 2312:00 p.m.at Toledo
ESPN3L 13–5115,521
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[5]

Game summaries

at Kentucky
1 2 3 4 Total
Chippewas 3 17 0 0 20
Wildcats 7 14 7 7 35
See also: 2018 Kentucky Wildcats football team

Kansas
1 2 3 4 Total
Jayhawks 0 7 14 10 31
Chippewas 0 0 7 0 7
See also: 2018 Kansas Jayhawks football team

at Northern Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
Chippewas 0 3 7 6 16
Huskies 0 14 7 3 24
See also: 2018 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

Maine
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 (FCS) Black Bears 0 0 3 2 5
Chippewas 0 10 0 7 17
See also: 2018 Maine Black Bears football team

at Michigan State
1 2 3 4 Total
Chippewas 3 0 0 17 20
No. 21 Spartans 0 17 14 0 31
See also: 2018 Michigan State Spartans football team

Buffalo
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 7 10 7 10 34
Chippewas 3 0 14 7 24
See also: 2018 Buffalo Bulls football team

Ball State
1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 0 7 0 17 24
Chippewas 3 17 0 3 23
See also: 2018 Ball State Cardinals football team

Western Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
Broncos 7 14 0 14 35
Chippewas 0 0 10 0 10
See also: 2018 Western Michigan Broncos football team, Michigan MAC Trophy, and Central Michigan–Western Michigan football rivalry

at Akron
1 2 3 4 Total
Chippewas 0 0 10 0 10
Zips 7 10 0 0 17
See also: 2018 Akron Zips football team

at Eastern Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
Chippewas 0 7 0 0 7
Eagles 7 0 0 10 17
See also: 2018 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Michigan MAC Trophy, and Central Michigan–Eastern Michigan football rivalry

Bowling Green
1 2 3 4 Total
Falcons 0 0 17 7 24
Chippewas 7 6 0 0 13
See also: 2018 Bowling Green Falcons football team

Toledo
1 2 3 4 Total
Chippewas 0 0 0 13 13
Rockets 14 10 13 14 51
See also: 2018 Toledo Rockets football team

Players drafted into the NFL
See also: 2019 NFL Draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
239Sean Murphy-BuntingCBTampa Bay Buccaneers
6195Xavier CrawfordCBHouston Texans

References
  1. http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/25358286/john-bonamego-fired-central-michigan-head-coach
  2. "Central Michigan hiring Jim McElwain as coach". ESPN.com. December 2, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  3. "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  4. http://getsomemaction.com/news/2018/7/23/niu-ohio-picked-as-divisional-winners-in-2018-mac-football-media-preseason-poll.aspx
  5. 2018 Central Michigan Chippewas football schedule 'FBSchedules.com'. Accessed April 11, 2018.
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