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1999 Eastern Michigan

4–⁠7 (4–⁠4 Mid-American Conference), coached by Rick Rasnick, then Tony Lombardi (interim, final game).

Schedule and results

Eastern Michigan in 1999, game by game: lost at Michigan State 7–51; lost at Miami (OH) 14–35; won vs. Akron 38–17; lost at Louisville 10–45; lost vs. Western Michigan 37–40; won vs. Ohio 27–26; won at Toledo 20–13; lost at UCF 6–31; won vs. Ball State 31–21; lost at Central Michigan 26–29; lost at Northern Illinois 23–30+21−44Lost 7–51 at Michigan State-44Michigan StateLost 14–35 at Miami (OH)-21Miami (OH)Won 38–17 vs. Akron+21AkronLost 10–45 at Louisville-35LouisvilleLost 37–40 vs. Western Michigan-3Western MichiganWon 27–26 vs. Ohio+1OhioWon 20–13 at Toledo+7ToledoLost 6–31 at UCF-25UCFWon 31–21 vs. Ball State+10Ball StateLost 26–29 at Central Michigan-3Central MichiganLost 23–30 at Northern Illinois-7Northern Illino…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11atMichigan StateL 7–⁠5120%
Sep 18atMiami (OH)L 14–⁠3516%
Sep 25vsAkronW 38–⁠1748%
Oct 2atLouisvilleL 10–⁠4531%
Oct 9vsWestern MichiganL 37–⁠4037%
Oct 16vsOhioW 27–⁠2651%
Oct 23atToledoW 20–⁠1328%
Oct 30atUCFL 6–⁠3132%
Nov 6vsBall StateW 31–⁠2176%
Nov 13atCentral MichiganL 26–⁠2951%
Nov 20atNorthern IllinoisL 23–⁠3046%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Northern Illinois 30–⁠23; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Mid-American Conference.

In program history: The 23rd-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 1999.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
4–⁠4 8th in Mid-American Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
239–⁠338
Coach
Rick Rasnick, then Tony Lombardi (interim, final game)
Elo
1359 −25 this season
SP+ rating
-14.3 No. 97 of 114; offense No. 86, defense No. 94
SRS
−13.6 No. 98 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Todd Monken
Captains
Brandon Campbell, Walter Church, Donald “Blake” McCall, Tom Michel and Ashley Travis
Most valuable player
Donald “Blake” McCall

1999 Mid-American Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Marshall8–⁠013–⁠010
Miami (OH)6–⁠27–⁠4
Western Michigan6–⁠27–⁠5
Akron5–⁠37–⁠4
Toledo5–⁠36–⁠5
Northern Illinois5–⁠35–⁠6
Ohio5–⁠35–⁠6
Eastern Michigan4–⁠44–⁠7
Bowling Green3–⁠55–⁠6
Central Michigan3–⁠54–⁠7
Kent State2–⁠62–⁠9
Buffalo0–⁠80–⁠11
Ball State0–⁠80–⁠11

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