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1995 Central Michigan

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Mid-American Conference), coached by Dick Flynn.

Schedule and results

Central Michigan in 1995, game by game: won vs. Weber State 39–31; lost at East Carolina 17–30; won vs. Bowling Green 22–16; lost at Akron 13–16; lost at Eastern Michigan 24–34; won at Youngstown State 46–25; won vs. Kent State 27–16; lost vs. Miami (OH) 13–17; lost vs. Toledo 7–19; lost at Ball State 16–24; lost at Western Michigan 31–48+21−17Won 39–31 vs. Weber State+8Weber StateLost 17–30 at East Carolina-13East CarolinaWon 22–16 vs. Bowling Green+6Bowling GreenLost 13–16 at Akron-3AkronLost 24–34 at Eastern Michigan-10Eastern MichiganWon 46–25 at Youngstown State+21Youngstown StateWon 27–16 vs. Kent State+11Kent StateLost 13–17 vs. Miami (OH)-4Miami (OH)Lost 7–19 vs. Toledo-12ToledoLost 16–24 at Ball State-8Ball StateLost 31–48 at Western Michigan-17Western Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsWeber StateW 39–⁠3184%
Sep 16atEast CarolinaL 17–⁠3044%
Sep 23vsBowling GreenW 22–⁠1646%
Sep 30atAkronL 13–⁠1674%
Oct 7atEastern MichiganL 24–⁠3444%
Oct 14atYoungstown StateW 46–⁠2560%
Oct 21vsKent StateW 27–⁠1685%
Oct 28vsMiami (OH)L 13–⁠1753%
Nov 4vsToledoL 7–⁠1940%
Nov 11atBall StateL 16–⁠2441%
Nov 18atWestern MichiganL 31–⁠4832%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Western Michigan 48–⁠31; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Mid-American Conference.

In program history: The 31st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 68 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 7th in Mid-American Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
255–⁠276
Coach
Dick Flynn
Elo
1440 −81 this season
SP+ rating
-9.4 No. 81 of 107; offense No. 93, defense No. 66
SRS
−12.2 No. 91 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Tom Kearly
Defensive coordinator
Jim Schulte
Most valuable player
Cory Gildersleeve

All-MAC

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Brock GutierrezOLCoaches-1
  • Quincy WrightDBCoaches-1

Second team

  • Silas Massey IIIRBCoaches-2
  • Bryan CarpenterOLCoaches-2
  • Scott RehbergOLCoaches-2
  • Brad BlasyKCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Mid-American Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Toledo7–⁠0–⁠111–⁠0–⁠124
Miami (OH)6–⁠1–⁠18–⁠2–⁠1
Ball State6–⁠27–⁠4
Western Michigan6–⁠27–⁠4
Eastern Michigan5–⁠36–⁠5
Bowling Green3–⁠55–⁠6
Central Michigan2–⁠64–⁠7
Akron2–⁠62–⁠9
Ohio1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1
Kent State0–⁠7–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

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