Eastern Michigan finished their regular season on a high note Friday afternoon, by beating their other in-state rival Central Michigan by a final score of 38-19.
With this win, Eastern Michigan wins the Michigan MAC trophy outright for the first time since 2011. (They previously retained the trophy in 2012.) Eastern Michigan also won a share of the MAC West Championship with their win and Toledo’s loss, but they are not going to Detroit, as the head-to-head tiebreaker is with Toledo, who clinched the spot a few weeks ago.
The win was also the eighth of the season for EMU, the first time the Eagles have accomplished the feat since their magical 1987 MAC Championship run, when the Eagles finished with 10 wins.