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2018 Central Michigan Chippewas football
2018 Central Michigan Chippewas football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	West Division
Record	1–11 (0–8 MAC)
Head coach	John Bonamego (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Chris Ostrowsky (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Greg Colby (4th season)
Home stadium	Kelly/Shorts Stadium
	Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

American college football season

The 2018 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach John Bonamego and played their home games at Kelly/Shorts Stadium as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 1–11, 0–8 in MAC play to finish in last place in the West Division.

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On November 23, following a loss to Toledo, head coach John Bonamego was fired.^[1] He finished at Central Michigan with a four-year record of 22–29. On December 2, the school hired Michigan wide receivers coach Jim McElwain, who previously served as head coach at Colorado State and Florida.^[2]

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2018 Central Michigan Chippewas football schedule 'FBSchedules.com'. Accessed April 11, 2018.

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Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
West Division
1	Northern Illinois	133 (15)
2	Toledo	125 (7)
3	Western Michigan	87 (1)
4	Eastern Michigan	67
5	Central Michigan	58 (1)
6	Ball State	34

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	3:30 p.m.	at Kentucky*	Kroger Field Lexington, KY	ESPNU	L 20–35	49,138
September 8	3:00 p.m.	Kansas*	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN+	L 7–31	18,127
September 15	3:30 p.m.	at Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPN+	L 16–24	12,354
September 22	3:00 p.m.	No. 13 (FCS) Maine*	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN+	W 17–5	16,474
September 29	12:00 p.m.	at No. 21 Michigan State*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	FS1	L 20–31	73,752
October 6	12:00 p.m.	Buffalo	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	CBSSN	L 24–34	14,044
October 13	3:00 p.m.	Ball State	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN3	L 23–24	10,255
October 20	3:30 p.m.	Western Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI (Michigan MAC Trophy/Victory Cannon)	ESPN+	L 10–35	10,097
October 27	12:00 p.m.	at Akron	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	ESPN3	L 10–17	17,582
November 3	12:00 p.m.	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI (Michigan MAC Trophy/rivalry)	ESPN3	L 7–17	13,468
November 10	3:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN+	L 13–24	8,041
November 23	12:00 p.m.	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	ESPN3	L 13–51	15,521
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	3	17	0	0	20
Wildcats	7	14	7	7	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jayhawks	0	7	14	10	31
Chippewas	0	0	7	0	7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	0	3	7	6	16
Huskies	0	14	7	3	24

2018_Central_Michigan_Chippewas_football_team

2018 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

Preseason

Award watch lists

Preseason media poll

Schedule

Game summaries

At Kentucky

Kansas

At Northern Illinois

Maine

At Michigan State

Buffalo

Ball State

Western Michigan

At Akron

At Eastern Michigan

Bowling Green

Toledo

Players drafted into the NFL

References

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2018 Central Michigan Chippewas football

Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	West Division
Record	1–11 (0–8 MAC)
Head coach	John Bonamego (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Chris Ostrowsky (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Greg Colby (4th season)
Home stadium	Kelly/Shorts Stadium
Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Buffalo x	7	–	1	10	–	4
Miami (OH)	6	–	2	6	–	6
Ohio	6	–	2	9	–	4
Akron	2	–	6	4	–	8
Bowling Green	2	–	6	3	–	9
Kent State	1	–	7	2	–	10
West Division
Northern Illinois x$	6	–	2	8	–	6
Western Michigan	5	–	3	7	–	6
Eastern Michigan	5	–	3	7	–	6
Toledo	5	–	3	7	–	6
Ball State	3	–	5	4	–	8
Central Michigan	0	–	8	1	–	11
Championship: Northern Illinois 30, Buffalo 29
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
2	39	Sean Murphy-Bunting	CB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
6	195	Xavier Crawford	CB	Houston Texans

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 (FCS) Black Bears	0	0	3	2	5
Chippewas	0	10	0	7	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	3	0	0	17	20
No. 21 Spartans	0	17	14	0	31