The 2017 season's largest margin: Western Michigan 55, Ball State 3. A 52-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The 2017 Season
Western Michigan's 2017 season (6-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Jon WassinkQB1,391 passing yards
- Reece GoddardQB542 passing yards
- Jarvion FranklinRB1,228 rushing yards
- Jamauri BoganRB589 rushing yards
- LeVante BellamyRB394 rushing yards
- D'Wayne EskridgeWR506 receiving yards
- Donnie ErnsbergerTE394 receiving yards
- Keishawn WatsonWR374 receiving yards
- Asantay BrownLB98 tackles
- Robert SpillaneLB88 tackles
- Stefan ClaiborneS64 tackles
- Eric AssouaDL3 sacks
- Antonio BalabaniDE3 sacks
- Ali FayadDE2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Western Michigan 10, Toledo 37. A 27-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Row the Boat"
2017 is a middle chapter for Western Michigan — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.