GAME 1 TV ESPN Play-by-Play: Kevin Brown Analyst: Mike Golic Jr. Reporter: Quint Kessenich RADIO CMU Sports Properties Radio Network – presented by Fabiano Brothers Play-by-Play: Adam Jaksa CENTRAL MICHIGAN VS. OHIO Analyst: Brock Gutierrez Wednesday, Nov. 4 • 7 p.m. ET • ESPN Mount Pleasant - WUPS-FM 98.5 Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, Mich. Midland - WLUN-FM 100.9 Detroit - WXYT-AM 1270 2019 STATISTICAL COMPARISON Grand Rapids - WMAX-FM 96.1 MAC FBS FBS MAC Grand Rapids - WTKG-AM 1230 Muskegon - WKBZ-AM 1090 CMU Rank Rank Rank Rank OU Petoskey - WJML-AM 1110 30.4 5 54 Scoring Offense 20 2 34.3 Traverse City - WJNL-AM 1210 Pregame begins one hour prior to kickoff. 28.3 6 72 Scoring Defense 60 3 26.5 312 1 18 First Downs - Offense 29 2 297 TABLE OF CONTENTS 275 7 93 First Downs - Defense 79 6 270 Game Preview ...................................................1 181.4 7 42 Rushing Offense 20 3 221.8 CMU-Ohio Stat Comparison ........................1 122.8 2 24 Rushing Defense 77 3 166.3 CMU Notes ......................................................2-8 252.2 2 48 Passing Offense 77 5 220.5 Media Information...........................................2 Last Time CMU played Ohio .........................3 240.2 10 89 Passing Yards Allowed 83 8 237.4 CMU Quick Facts ..............................................4 433.6 5 37 Total Offense 29 3 442.2 MAC-Only Games Stat Rankings ................5 363.0 2 41 Total Defense 76 5 403.7 2019 CMU GBG individual leaders .............5 40.5% 6 61 3rd Down Conversions 6 1 49.4% MAC Standings & Schedule ..........................6 33.7% 1 24 Def. 3rd Down Conversions 71 4 39.5% Pronunciation Guide ......................................6 -11 (19 G, 30 L) 11 120 Turnover Margin 90 7 -4 (15 G, 19 L) Tracking CMU’s Opponents .........................7 CMU Game Captains .......................................7 30:19 5 57 Time of Possession 28 3 31:44 The 2019 Chippewas are... ...........................8 Individual Defensive Career Highs ............8 2020 CMU SCHEDULE AND RESULTS 2020 OHIO SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Offensive Comparison: 18 vs. 19 ................9 0-0, 0-0 MAC 0-0, 0-0 MAC 2020 Start Chart ..............................................10 Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result Career Starts ...................................................10 The Last Time... ...............................................11 Nov. 4 Ohio 7 p.m. Nov. 4 at Central Michigan 7 p.m. Head Coach Jim McElwain ...................12-13 Nov. 11 at Northern Illions 8 p.m. Nov. 10 Akron 7 p.m. 2020 Roster .................................................14-15 Individual Offensive Career Highs ...........16 Nov. 18 Western Michigan TBA Nov. 17 at Miami (Ohio) TBA 2019 Statistics ............................................17-27 Nov. 27 at Eastern Michigan 4 p.m. Nov. 28 Bowling Green TBA Dec. 5 Ball State TBA Dec. 5 Buffalo TBA Dec. 12 at Toledo TBA Dec. 12 at Kent State TBA *Mid-American Conference game | All Times Eastern *Mid-American Conference game | All Times Eastern Central Michigan vs. Ohio MEDIA AVAILABILITY SCHEDULE Sunday, Nov. 1 • No availability The Starting Lineup Monday, Nov. 2 SETTING THE SCENE • From 1981-1994, CMU posted a 13-0-1 • Coach McElwain and two student- • Central Michigan (0-0, 0-0 MAC) opens record against Ohio. athletes available virtually the 2020 season when it hosts Ohio (0-0, (approximately Noon). To receive the 0-0 MAC) in Kelly/Shorts Stadium on MAC OPENER link, please RSVP at least 24 hours in Wednesday, Nov. 4. • CMU is looking to start the conference advance to Rob Wyman (wyman1rd@ • The contest is scheduled for a 7 p.m. ET schedule with a victory for the second- cmich.edu) kickoff and will be broadcast on ESPN with straight season. The Chippewas began MAC Kevin Brown (play-by-play), Mike Golic Jr. play with a 45-24 home win over Akron last Tuesday, Nov. 3 (analyst) and Quint Kessenich (reporter) year. The last time Central Michigan won its • No availability calling the action. conference opener in back-to-back years • Central Michigan captured its fifth MAC was 2008-09 with a win at Ohio in 2008 (31- Wednesday, Nov. 4 West Division title last season. CMU’s 28) and a victory over Akron in 2009 (48-21). • No availability prior to kickoff. Head coach Jim McElwain and select student- previous titles came in 2006, 2007, 2009 and • The Chippewas are 28-16-1 all-time in athletes available virtually following the 2015. It was the first outright title since the conference openers. CMU has lost eight of game. 2009 season. its last 10 league lid-lifters, and, before that, won six in a row. MEDIA INFORMATION UNUSUAL OPENER • CMU is 29-16 in MAC home openers Please coordinate all coach and player • Wednesday’s game is unique in many including last year’s victory over Akron.. interview requests through Associate AD different ways with the delay caused by Rob Wyman. He can be reached by email COVID-19. SWITCHING IT UP at [email protected]. • This will be CMU’s latest start to a season. • Multiple CMU student-athletes have CMU began the 1896 season on Oct. 31 switched positions or taken new roles this POSTGAME PROCEDURE with a 6-0 loss to Alma High School. That offseason Home Games: Following a cooling off was Central Michigan’s first season of • Bernhard Raimann is now at left tackle after period, head coach Jim McElwain and competition. playing his first two seasons at tight end. selected student-athletes will meet with the media virtually. A link to the virtual • This is the Chippewas’ latest MAC opener in • Darius Bracy is now a running back, moving press conference will be sent out on program history. The previous mark came over from defensive back. Bracy was a gameday. in 2004 when head coach Brian Kelly led his quarterback in high school. Road Games: Following a 10-minute squad to a 24-21 home win over Kent State • Kumehnnu Gwilly is now on defense, cooling off period, head coach Jim on Oct. 2. It was Kelly’s first MAC game and playing linebacker and defensive line, after McElwain and selected players will meet his first victory over a Division I team. seeing action at running back the last three with the media virtually. A link to the • This is the first time since 1997 that Central years. virtual press conference will be sent out Michigan has begun the season with a • Keegan Cossou has moved to offensive on gameday. conference game. That year CMU opened tackle from defensive end. the year with a 44-10 victory over CMU’s locker room is closed to the Northern Illinois. media at all times. 2020 MAC Coaches Preseason Poll • This will be the second time that the East Division West Division Chippewas have opened the season SOCIAL MEDIA Miami (6) – 64 pts. Toledo (4) – 54 pts. with a game against Ohio. CMU Visit CMUChippewas.com/socialmedia Buffalo (4) – 58 pts. WMU (2) – 53 pts. for a complete directory of CMU’s official began the 1991 season with a 17-17 Ohio (1) – 48 pts. CMU (5) – 52 pts. social media sites. The CMU football tie versus the Bobcats. program is on Facebook at Facebook.com/ Kent State – 42 pts. Ball State (1) – 50 pts. CMUFootball, on Twitter @CMU_Football CENTRAL MICHIGAN-OHIO SERIES Bowling Green – 23 pts. Eastern Michigan – 22 pts. and on Instagram @CMUFootball • Central Michigan owns a Akron (1) – 17 pts. Northern Illinois – 21 pts. commanding 25-5-2 advantage in its all-time series versus Ohio, including a 2020 MAC Media Preseason Poll 14-2-1 mark in Mount Pleasant. East Division West Division • The Chippewas have won eight of Buffalo (19) – 135 pts. CMU (10) – 119 pts. their last nine meetings with the Miami (3) – 107 pts. Toledo (7) – 118 pts. Bobcats including a 26-23 victory in Ohio (1) – 101 pts. Ball State (4) – 93 pts. Athens in 2017. Kent State (1) – 85 pts. WMU (3) – 89 pts. • The last match-up in Kelly/Shorts Bowling Green – 50 pts. Eastern Michigan – 46 pts. Stadium was a 27-20 victory in a midweek game in 2016. Akron – 26 pts. Northern Illinois – 39 pts. • CMU is 8-1 against Ohio head coach Frank Solich including victories in Predicted MAC Champion: Buffalo (14), Central Michi- the 2006 and 2009 Mid-American gan (4), Toledo (3), Ball State (2), Kent State (1) Conference Championship games. (first places votes in parenthesis) 2 @CMU_FOOTBALL • FACEBOOK.COM/CMUFOOTBALL • CMUCHIPPEWAS.COM Chippewas vs. Bobcats Last Meeting ATHENS, Ohio – Welcome back, Tyler Conklin. CENTRAL MICHIGAN AT OHIO And welcome to the Mid-American Conference Saturday, October 7, 2017 race, Central Michigan. Peden Stadium Conklin made his 2017 debut a memorable one Athens, Ohio on Saturday as he made 10 catches for 136 yards – both career highs -- and two touchdowns in leading the Chippewas to a 26-23 victory over Ohio before 23,570 at the Bobcats’ Peden Stadium. The win snapped a three-game losing streak and was the Chippewas’ first in the MAC this season. CMU is 3-3, 1-1 league. The Chippewas ended Ohio’s three-game win streak. The Bobcats are 4-2, 1-1. 1 2 3 4 Total Conklin, who missed the Chippewas’ first five Central Michigan 7 6 6 7 26 games with a foot injury, made his presence felt almost immediately. His first catch went for 19 Ohio Quickie7 Statistics7 (Final)0 9 23 Central Michigan vs Ohio (Oct 07, 2017 at Athens, Ohio) yards on the Chippewas’ first possession, which ended in a 16-yard Conklin touchdown catch from CMU OHIO Score 26 23 quarterback Shane Morris. FIRST DOWNS 18 21 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 31-68 39-190 PASSING YDS (NET) 249 160 Trailing 14-7 with 6 seconds left in the first half, the Passes Att-Comp-Int 35-25-1 31-17-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 66-317 70-350 Chippewas blocked an Ohio field goal attempt and Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-13 Sean Bunting scooped up the loose ball and raced Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-48 3-43 Interception Returns-Yards 1-45 1-11 60 yards to pull CMU to within a point, 14-13, at the Punts (Number-Avg) 5-28.2 3-44.3 break.