Central Michigan Chippewas football

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Head Coach	Butch Jones
Home Stadium	Kelly/Shorts Stadium
League/Conference affiliations
NCAA College Division (Small College) Independent (1896-1926), (1931-1949), (1970-71) Michigan Collegiate Conference (1927-1930) Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference(1950-1969) Mid-American Conference (1972-Present)
Team history
All-Time Record as of 2007: 551-348-36 Bowl Record: 1-3-0
National Championship 1974 (Division II)

The Central Michigan Chippewas are a mid-major college football program. They compete in Division I-A and the Mid-American Conference.

Contents 1 National Championship 2 Conference Championships 2.1 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 2.2 Mid-American Conference 3 Bowl Games 4 Trophy Games 5 Current NFL Players 6 Other Famous Players 7 External links 8 References

[edit] National Championship

• NCAA Division II: 1974

[edit] Conference Championships

[edit] Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

• 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1968

[edit] Mid-American Conference

• 1979, 1980, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2007

[edit] Bowl Games

• California Bowl, Fresno, California - 1990 (Defeated by San Jose State)
• Las Vegas Bowl, Las Vegas, Nevada - 1994^[1] (Defeated by UNLV)
• Motor City Bowl, Detroit, Michigan - 2006 (Defeated Middle Tennessee State University)
• Motor City Bowl, Detroit, Michigan - 2007 (Defeated by Purdue)

[edit] Trophy Games

• Michigan MAC Trophy - Eastern Michigan Eagles and Western Michigan Broncos

[edit] Current NFL Players

• Kent Smith - Quarterback,Tennessee Titans
• Eric Ghiaciuc - Center, Cincinnati Bengals
• Tory Humphrey - Tight End, Green Bay Packers
• Cullen Jenkins - Defensive End, Green Bay Packers
• Adam Kieft - Offensive Tackle, Cincinnati Bengals^[2]
• Dan Bazuin- Defensive End, Chicago Bears
• Joe Staley- Offensive Tackle, San Francisco 49ers
• Drew Mormino- Center, Miami Dolphins

[edit] Other Famous Players

• Ray Bentley - USFL Linebacker, Retired NFL (Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, ESPN Analsyst and Arena Football League Head Coach of Buffalo Destroyers.
• Gary Hogeboom - Retired NFL Quarterback and Reality TV star

[edit] External links

• Official Site

[edit] References

1. ^ Central Michigan Historical Data
2. ^ Current NFL Players