The Jim McElwain era got off to a sensational start, but after two losing campaigns, the Central Michigan Chippewas could use a successful season. Does the Central Michigan 2024 football schedule hold any hope for a turnaround of fortune this fall?
Central Michigan 2024 Football Schedule
- vs. Central Connecticut State Blue Devils
Thursday, August 29, time TBA - at FIU Panthers
Saturday, September 7, time TBA - at Illinois Fighting Illini
Saturday, September 14, time TBA - vs. Ball State Cardinals
Saturday, September 21, time TBA - vs. San Diego State Aztecs
Saturday, September 28, time TBA - vs. Ohio Bobcats
Saturday, October 12, time TBA - at Eastern Michigan Eagles
Saturday, October 19, time TBA - at Miami (OH) RedHawks
Saturday, October 26, time TBA - vs. Bowling Green Falcons
Tuesday, November 5, time TBA - at Toledo Rockets
Tuesday, November 12, time TBA - vs. Western Michigan Broncos
Tuesday, November 19, time TBA - at Northern Illinois Huskies
Saturday, November 30, time TBA
The Central Michigan 2024 football schedule contains an out-of-conference slate that could bring optimism to Chippewas fans. They face three FBS teams — the San Diego State Aztecs, FIU Panthers, and Illinois Fighting Illini — who are coming off a losing campaign while their season-opener is against the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils.
At worst, the Chippewas should get two wins from their non-conference slate. However, the fun stops there, as the MAC element of the Central Michigan 2024 football schedule is brutal. They open with the Ball State Cardinals traveling to Mount Pleasant in Week 4. McElwain’s men haven’t beaten the Cardinals on home soil since a narrow win in 2016.
You have to go back to 2010 to find the last time Central Michigan beat the Western Michigan Broncos at home, while the Bowling Green Falcons have won the previous two times they’ve faced the Chippewas on the road. One team that has struggled in Mount Pleasant is the Ohio Bobcats, who come to town in Week 7 looking for their first win on Chippewas soil since 2011.
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The Ohio game is part of a hideous trifecta on the Central Michigan 2024 football schedule that could prove too tough to overcome. Two weeks after that matchup, they face the reigning MAC champion Miami (OH) Redhawks on the road before taking on the perennial contender Toledo Rockets for some midweek MACtion.
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