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1995 Eastern Michigan

6–⁠5 (5–⁠3 Mid-American Conference), coached by Rick Rasnick.

Schedule and results

Eastern Michigan in 1995, game by game: won at Akron 49–29; lost at Pittsburgh 30–66; won vs. UNLV 51–6; won vs. Ohio 31–20; won vs. Central Michigan 34–24; lost at Syracuse 24–52; won at Ball State 40–35; lost at Toledo 28–34; lost at Miami (OH) 23–39; lost vs. Western Michigan 13–23; won at Kent State 40–7+45−36Won 49–29 at Akron+20AkronLost 30–66 at Pittsburgh-36PittsburghWon 51–6 vs. UNLV+45UNLVWon 31–20 vs. Ohio+11OhioWon 34–24 vs. Central Michigan+10Central MichiganLost 24–52 at Syracuse-28SyracuseWon 40–35 at Ball State+5Ball StateLost 28–34 at Toledo-6ToledoLost 23–39 at Miami (OH)-16Miami (OH)Lost 13–23 vs. Western Michigan-10Western MichiganWon 40–7 at Kent State+33Kent State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atAkronW 49–⁠2961%
Sep 9atPittsburghL 30–⁠6644%
Sep 16vsUNLVW 51–⁠658%
Sep 23vsOhioW 31–⁠2080%
Oct 7vsCentral MichiganW 34–⁠2456%
Oct 14atSyracuseL 24–⁠5231%
Oct 21atBall StateW 40–⁠3544%
Oct 28atToledoL 28–⁠3429%
Nov 4atMiami (OH)L 23–⁠3934%
Nov 11vsWestern MichiganL 13–⁠2354%
Nov 18atKent StateW 40–⁠775%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Kent State 40–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Mid-American Conference.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 64 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1995.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠3 5th in Mid-American Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
363–⁠335
Coach
Rick Rasnick
Elo
1472 +15 this season
SP+ rating
-5.6 No. 72 of 107; offense No. 24, defense No. 89
SRS
−7.6 No. 79 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Sam Gruneisen
Captains
Steve Clay, Kevin Kwiatkowski, Reese McCaskill and Barry Stokes

All-MAC

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Charlie BatchQBCoaches-1
  • Steve ClayWRCoaches-1
  • Barry StokesOLCoaches-1

Second team

  • Bristol GreeneWRCoaches-2
  • Ryan WheatleyTECoaches-2
  • Avery BrownLBCoaches-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.