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1976 Eastern Michigan

2–⁠9 (1–⁠5 Mid-American Conference), coached by Ed Chlebek.

Schedule and results

Eastern Michigan in 1976, game by game: lost vs. Ohio 7–23; lost at Western Michigan 13–31; lost at Bowling Green 12–53; lost at McNeese 10–23; lost vs. Northern Michigan 6–28; won vs. Arkansas State 32–30; lost at Akron 0–36; lost at Kent State 13–38; won vs. Central Michigan 30–27; lost at Illinois State 6–14; lost vs. Ball State 3–52+7−49Lost 7–23 vs. Ohio-16OhioLost 13–31 at Western Michigan-18Western MichiganLost 12–53 at Bowling Green-41Bowling GreenLost 10–23 at McNeese-13McNeeseLost 6–28 vs. Northern Michigan-22Northern Michig…Won 32–30 vs. Arkansas State+2Arkansas StateLost 0–36 at Akron-36AkronLost 13–38 at Kent State-25Kent StateWon 30–27 vs. Central Michigan+3Central MichiganLost 6–14 at Illinois State-8Illinois StateLost 3–52 vs. Ball State-49Ball State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsOhioL 7–⁠2318%
Sep 11atWestern MichiganL 13–⁠3123%
Sep 18atBowling GreenL 12–⁠536%
Sep 25atMcNeeseL 10–⁠2312%
Oct 2vsNorthern MichiganL 6–⁠2848%
Oct 9vsArkansas StateW 32–⁠3013%
Oct 23atAkronL 0–⁠3621%
Oct 30atKent StateL 13–⁠3810%
Nov 6vsCentral MichiganW 30–⁠2715%
Nov 13atIllinois StateL 6–⁠1441%
Nov 20vsBall StateL 3–⁠5212%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ball State 52–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Mid-American Conference.

In program history: The 53rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 64 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠5 9th in Mid-American Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
132–⁠355
Coach
Ed Chlebek
Elo
1112 −56 this season
SP+ rating
-13.0 No. 111 of 132; offense No. 87, defense No. 122
SRS
−22.3 No. 132 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Darrion Price and Rod Slater

1976 Mid-American Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ball State4–⁠18–⁠3
Kent State6–⁠28–⁠4
Ohio6–⁠27–⁠4
Western Michigan6–⁠37–⁠4
Central Michigan4–⁠37–⁠4
Bowling Green4–⁠36–⁠5
Miami (OH)2–⁠43–⁠8
Toledo2–⁠63–⁠8
Eastern Michigan1–⁠52–⁠9
Northern Illinois0–⁠61–⁠10

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