The 2017 season's largest margin: Eastern Michigan 56, Ball State 14. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Correction
2017 is a losing-side chapter for Eastern Michigan. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Brogan RobackQB2,890 passing yards
- Ian EriksenRB805 rushing yards
- Shaq VannRB520 rushing yards
- Sergio Bailey IIWR878 receiving yards
- Antoine PorterWR548 receiving yards
- John NiupalauWR368 receiving yards
- Vincent CalhounDB78 tackles
- Brody HoyingDB78 tackles
- Jason BeckLB77 tackles
- Maxx CrosbyDL11 sacks
- Jeremiah HarrisDL6 sacks
- Luke MacleanDL4 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Eastern Michigan 30, Central Michigan 42. A 12-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Fly Eagles Fly"
2017 sits in Eastern Michigan's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.