Western Michigan·Mid-American

2019 — The 2019 Season

Western Michigan's 2019 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Lost the First Responder Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -1.0 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Monmouth 48-13 L @ Mich St 17-51 W vs Geor Sta 57-10 L @ Syracuse 33-52 W vs Cent Mic 31-15 L @ Toledo 24-31 W vs Miam (OH 38-16 L @ East Mic 27-34 W vs Bowl Gre 49-10 W vs Ball Sta 35-31 W @ Ohio 37-34 L @ Nort Ill 14-17 L vs West Ken 20-23 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2019.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2019 season's largest margin: Western Michigan 57, Georgia State 10. A 47-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Western Michigan 17, Michigan State 51. A 34-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Western Michigan fell to Western Kentucky 20-23 in the postseason.

"Row the Boat"
— Western Michigan fanbase voice · 2019· synthesized
What it meant

2019 is a middle chapter for Western Michigan — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.