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Western Michigan Football Team History

Western Michigan Broncos

Western Michigan
Kalamazoo, MI
Founded: 1903
Stadium: Waldo Stadium
Capacity: 30,200
Colors: Brown & Gold
Coach:
Conference: Mid-American-

Western Michigan

Team Timeline
First Team: 1905

Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
1929, 1966, 1988, 2016
Division Championships
1999, 2000, 2016

Team Records
Overall Record	604-489-24
Winning Pct.	55%
Vacated Wins	0
Forfeit Games	0
Adjusted Record	604-489-24
Winning Pct.	55%
National Championships	0
Conference Titles	0
Division Titles	0
Conference Record	250-224-6
All American Players
NFL Players (#2)
Home Record	316-176-7
Away Record	210-282-13

By The Numbers
Seasons	120
Winning Seasons (#1)	81
Losing Seasons (#1)	36
Most Wins in A Season	13 (2016)
Most Loses in A Season	11 (2013)
10 Win Seasons	1
Most Points Scored in a Game	103 (1918)
Most Points Scored in a Season	582 (2016)
Most Points Allowed in a Game	68 (10/7/2017)
Most Points Allowed in a Season	449 (2018)
Largest Margin of Victory	103 (1918)
Largest Margin of Defeat	63 (9/11/2004)
Most Points Both Teams in a Game	139 (10/7/2017)
Last Shutout	9/11/2021
Last Time Shutout	9/7/2024
Shutouts All-Time	176
Been Shutout All-Time	90

Streaks
Longest Win	15 (11/27/2015-12/2/2016)
Longest Losing	14 (10/26/1974-11/8/1975)

Bowl Records
Overall Record	2-10-0
Rose	0-0-0
Cotton	0-1-0
Orange	0-0-0
Fiesta	0-0-0
Sugar	0-0-0

By the Decade
2020-29	26-30
2010-19	67-60
2000-09	58-61
1990-99	65-44
1980-89	58-50-3
1970-79	55-52-1
1960-69	44-46-3
1950-59	33-51-3
1940-49	47-27-1
1930-39	44-27-4
1920-29	52-19-4

Next Game

2024 Season

Fri., Aug. 30	@ Wisconsin	14-28 L
Sat., Sep. 7	@ Ohio State	0-56 L
Sat., Sep. 14	vs. Bethune-Cookman	59-31 W
Sat., Sep. 21	OPEN
Sat., Sep. 28	@ Marshall	20-27 L
Sat., Oct. 5	@ Ball State	45-42 W
Sat., Oct. 12	vs. Akron	34-24 W
Sat., Oct. 19	@ Buffalo	48-41 W
Sat., Oct. 26	vs. Kent State	21-52 L
Sat., Nov. 2	OPEN
Wed., Nov. 6	vs. Northern Illinois	28-42 L
Tue., Nov. 12	@ Bowling Green	13-31 L
Tue., Nov. 19	@ Central Michigan	14-16 L
Sat., Nov. 30	vs. Eastern Michigan	26-18 W
Sat., Dec. 14	vs. South Alabama	23-30 L

2024 Season Totals
Record	5-8
Scoring	345-438
Conference Record	4-4
Home Record	3-2
Away Record	2-5

2024 Mid-American Standings
Season		Conference
Miami Ohio	9-5	7-1
Ohio	11-3	7-1
Bowling Green	7-6	6-2
Buffalo	8-4	6-2
Northern Illinois	8-5	4-4
Toledo	8-5	4-4
Western Michigan	5-8	4-4
Akron	4-8	3-5
Ball State	3-9	2-6
Central Michigan	4-8	2-6
Eastern Michigan	5-7	2-6
Kent State	1-11	1-7

Longest Running Rivalry
Western Michigan & Central Michigan have played 96 games.
Western Michigan has won 53 games.
Central Michigan has won 41 games.
with 2 tie games.

Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
Scoring	Record
less than 10	1-20
10 or more	150-131
20 or more	141-82
30 or more	117-22
40 or more	77-6

Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
Points Allowed	Record
less than 10	24-0
10 or more	127-151
20 or more	74-142
30 or more	32-107
40 or more	6-51

Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

The first college football National Champion was Princeton. They received the honor in 1869 and only played two games.