Western Michigan·Mid-American

2020 — The 2020 Season

Western Michigan's 2020 season (4-2) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 4-2
Final result Non-bowl season
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -3.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Akron 58-13 W vs Toledo 41-38 W @ Cent Mic 52-44 W vs Nort Ill 30-27 L vs East Mic 42-53 L @ Ball Sta 27-30

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2020.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2020 season's largest margin: Western Michigan 58, Akron 13. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Western Michigan 42, Eastern Michigan 53. A 11-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Row the Boat"
— Western Michigan fanbase voice · 2020· synthesized
What it meant

2020 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.