2016 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team


The 2016 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team represented Eastern Michigan University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Chris Creighton. The Eagles played their home games at Rynearson Stadium and are members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. Coming off of a 1-11 season in 2015, the Eagles performed a remarkable turnaround and finished 7–6, 4–4 in MAC play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They were invited to the 2016 Bahamas Bowl, just their second bowl game in school history. They also improved their home attendance by over 260% compared to 2015.

Schedule

Game summaries

Mississippi Valley State

at Missouri

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–21997MIZZOU, 44–24

at Charlotte

Wyoming

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–02015EMU, 48–29

at Bowling Green

Overall recordLast meetingResult
11–25–12013BGSU, 58–7

Toledo

Overall recordLast meetingResult
11–322015TOL, 63–20

at Ohio

Overall recordLast meetingResult
11–18–12013OHIO, 56–28

at Western Michigan

Overall recordLast meetingResult
18–31–22015WMU, 58–28

Miami (OH)

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–182015MIA, 28–13

at Ball State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
21–34–22015BALL, 28–17

Northern Illinois

Overall recordLast meetingResult
14–30–22015NIU, 49–21

Central Michigan

Overall recordLast meetingResult
28–59–62015CMU, 35–28

vs. Old Dominion–Bahamas Bowl

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–22015ODU, 38–34