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1980 Central Michigan

9–⁠2 (7–⁠2 Mid-American Conference), coached by Herb Deromedi.

Schedule and results

Central Michigan in 1980, game by game: won vs. Ball State 21–17; won at Miami (OH) 15–14; won vs. Illinois State 16–0; won vs. Kent State 21–6; won vs. Toledo 14–10; lost at Ohio 9–24; lost at Northern Illinois 0–21; won vs. Northwestern State 17–0; won at Eastern Michigan 51–15; won vs. Bowling Green 32–10; won at Western Michigan 22–10+36−21Won 21–17 vs. Ball State+4Ball StateWon 15–14 at Miami (OH)+1Miami (OH)Won 16–0 vs. Illinois State+16Illinois StateWon 21–6 vs. Kent State+15Kent StateWon 14–10 vs. Toledo+4ToledoLost 9–24 at Ohio-15OhioLost 0–21 at Northern Illinois-21Northern Illino…Won 17–0 vs. Northwestern State+17Northwestern St…Won 51–15 at Eastern Michigan+36Eastern MichiganWon 32–10 vs. Bowling Green+22Bowling GreenWon 22–10 at Western Michigan+12Western Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsBall StateW 21–⁠1769%
Sep 13atMiami (OH)W 15–⁠1454%
Sep 20vsIllinois StateW 16–⁠091%
Sep 27vsKent StateW 21–⁠691%
Oct 4vsToledoW 14–⁠1080%
Oct 11atOhioL 9–⁠2472%
Oct 18atNorthern IllinoisL 0–⁠2170%
Oct 25vsNorthwestern StateW 17–⁠087%
Nov 1atEastern MichiganW 51–⁠1584%
Nov 8vsBowling GreenW 32–⁠1074%
Nov 15atWestern MichiganW 22–⁠1051%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Western Michigan 22–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; Mid-American Conference champions.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 68 on file).

Mid-American Conference champions7–⁠2 in the conference

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
7–⁠2 first in Mid-American Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
218–⁠127
Coach
Herb Deromedi
Elo
1619 −1 this season
SP+ rating
6.4 No. 53 of 133; offense No. 86, defense No. 23
SRS
−5.6 No. 88 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Most valuable player
Chuck Stiver

1980 Mid-American Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Central Michigan7–⁠29–⁠2
Western Michigan6–⁠37–⁠4
Northern Illinois4–⁠37–⁠4
Miami (OH)4–⁠35–⁠6
Ohio5–⁠46–⁠5
Ball State5–⁠46–⁠5
Bowling Green4–⁠44–⁠7
Toledo3–⁠64–⁠7
Kent State3–⁠63–⁠8
Eastern Michigan1–⁠71–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.