GAME DAY: WMU at Central Michigan - 11.3.12
GAME 10
Western Michigan (3-6, 1-4 MAC) at Central Michigan (3-5, 1-3 MAC)
All-Time series — WMU leads 44-36-2
Last Meeting — WMU 44, CMU 14 (Sept. 17, 2011)
Record Last 5 Meetings — WMU trails, 1-4
Nov. 3, 2012 // Kelly-Shorts Stadium (30,255)
1:04 p.m. // Mount Pleasant, Mich. // ESPN3
Shawn Kenney - Play-by-Play; Bob Chmiel - Analysis
RADIO BROADCAST | LISTEN LIVE | LIVE STATS
The game will be broadcast live on the Bronco Radio Network:
96.5 FM (Kalamazoo, Portage, Mattawan); 94.1 FM (Lansing, Jackson,
Battle Creek), 101.3 FM (Grand Rapids) and 1310 AM (Detroit). Robin
Hook (play-by-play) and John Creek (analysis) will have the call
beginning at 12 p.m.
BROADCAST | ESPN3 (Exclusive)
The WMU-CMU game will stream live on ESPN3 with an official kick time of 1:04 p.m. Shawn Kenney (play-by-play) and Bob Chmiel
(analysis) will call the action.
WMU FOOTBALL NOTES OF INTEREST
• WMU plays CMU for the fifth time since the establishment of the “Battle for the Cannon” Trophy in 2008
• WMU leads the all-time series 44-36-2
• WMU trails the all-time series on the road 12-22-1
• WMU’s 44-14 win, a margin of 30 points, was its largest since defeating CMU, 41-0, to open the 1970 season (Sept. 12)
• WMU’s last win at Kelly-Shorts Stadium came on Nov. 23,2002 (to close out the season), 35-10
• Tyler Van Tubbergen threw for over 300 yards for the second-straight game, totalling the exact number of passing yards (333) as in his first career 300-yard game
• Eric Monette registered his first career 100-yard receiving game, hauling a career matching eight catches for a career high 142 yards
• Monette’s 142 yards are the seventh most by a receiver in his first career 100-yard game
• Johnnie Simon is 18 tackles from becoming the first Bronco defender with 100 stops in back-to-back seasons since Bryan Lape accomplished the feat in 2001 and 2002
• Freshman J. Schroeder became the sixth Bronco to earn a spot on a national award watch list this season, becoming one of 69 punters vying for the 2012 Ray Guy Award (as announced on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012)
• Justin Currie registered his second game with 10 or more tackles this season, leading the Bronco defense with 14 stops against Northern Illinois
• Western Michigan reached over 400 yards of total offense for the fifth straight game to open the 2012 Mid-American Conference season with 489 yards against Northern Illinois
• WMU offensive linemen Kevin Galeher, Dann O’Neill and Kasimili Uitalia have been on the field for 95 offensive snaps in back-to-back games; single-game career highs for all three
• Redshirt freshman Willie Beavers earned his first career start at left tackle for WMU against Northern Illinois, seeing the field for a career high 95 offensive snaps against the Huskies
HERE’S SOMETHING YOU DID NOT KNOW
As is such with most rivalries, WMU and CMU don’t see eye to eye on many things and that includes when the series actually started. WMU started its varsity football program in 1906 and, according to record, first played CMU in 1907 (a 27-0 win for the Broncos). CMU claims the first meeting took place in 1905 (a 6-0 win for the Chippewas). In actuality that game, as evidenced by the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, was played against WMU’s junior varsity team and, thus, does not count toward the all-time series record (according to WMU).
WMU at CMU - LIVE CHAT
