The 2023 season's largest margin: Western Michigan 45, Eastern Michigan 21. A 24-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2023 — The Correction
2023 is a losing-side chapter for Western Michigan. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Hayden WolffQB1,505 passing yards
- Treyson BourguetQB713 passing yards
- Jalen BuckleyRB997 rushing yards
- Zahir Abdus-SalaamRB470 rushing yards
- Kenneth WomackWR691 receiving yards
- Leroy ThomasWR401 receiving yards
- Anthony SambucciWR318 receiving yards
- Tate HallockS75 tackles
- Aaron WoffordS72 tackles
- Damari RobersonLB68 tackles
- Marshawn KneelandDL4.5 sacks
- Donald WillisLB3.5 sacks
- Mason NelsonDL3 sacks
Season leaders, 2023.
The season's deepest loss: Western Michigan 7, Syracuse 48. A 41-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Row the Boat"
2023 sits in Western 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.