1891 1982 1986 2008 Eastern Michigan plays its first football game On October 21, 1891, Eastern Michigan (then known as Michigan State Normal College) played its first football game against Michigan State Normal School (now Western Michigan University) in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The game was played with 11 players on each side, and Eastern Michigan was led by its first coach, …
MAC School History
MAC School History The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twelve full-member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members located in Illinois, Indiana, and New York. For football, the …