Record: 7-6, lost in Dallas Bowl to Wisconsin
Season Synopsis: Kept close with better teams on schedule (Boston College), took care of business against lower level conference foes.
Key Player - QB Jason Lucas, 139-279, 1861 yds, 20 TD, 226 carries, 955 yds and 8 TD
Also had 1000 yard rusher in Chris Wheeler
Record: 11-3, lost Time Warner Cable Bowl to UL Lafayette.
Season Synopsis: Only regular season loss came out of conference. Was not ranked all season. Lost MAC CG to Toledo before bowl loss.
Key Player - QB Chris Williams, 240-358, 3606 yards, 30 TD, 251 rush, 953 yards, 17 TD
Also had 1600 yard rusher in Jasper Haley and 1100 yard receiver in Matt Cooper
Record: 6-6, not invited to bowl game.
Season Synopsis: Four game win streak mid-season pushed team to .500. Lost two of last three.
Key Player - RB Ira Miller, 202 rush, 1292 yds, 7 TD
Record: 5-7, no bowl.
Season Synopsis: Beat Kansas, played Michigan State and Oklahoma State tough out of conference. Struggled against upper level MAC talent, losing to Buffalo, Bowling Green, Toledo and Ball State. Nevertheless, CMU was in the MAC West race until the last week, and had a chance to win division through a list of scenarios in Week 14. Knocked out of bowl contention that week with loss to Ball State.
Key Player - RB Jerry Bailey, 208 rush, 1199 yards, 11 TD
QB Darius Wood, 181-370, 2245 yards, 15 TD, 15 INT
Record: #20 AP, 10-3, win Armed Forces Bowl over Middle Tennessee St.
Season Synopsis: Started 4-0, late loss to San Jose State erased any dark horse big bowl game hopes. Strong season nevertheless in Trebell's first season.
Key Player - DT Noke Alafaku, 50 tackles (21 TFL), 9.5 scks (All-American)
QB Mike Bryant, 3085 pass yards and 25 TD, also had 1300 yard rusher and 1000 yard receiver
Record: 3-9
Season Synopsis: Won two games in conference (Penn State and Indiana).. Kept several games with ranked opponents close but couldn’t quite pull out upsets.
Key Player - QB Roshawn Adams, 169-319, 2465 yards, 19 TD
RB Mario Washington from a town I’m very familiar with, Bellows Falls, VT -- 142 rush, 922 yards, 11 TD
Record: 9-4, loss Target Bowl Minneapolis to NC State
Season Synopsis: Two critical conference losses late in the year to Navy and Tulsa ruined Conference Championship hopes. 42-31 loss to Miami early.
Key Player - QB Erik Harvey, 133-268, 1905 yards, 13 TD, 181 rush, 1067 yards, 12 TD
RB Napoleon Mason, 251 rush, 1343 yards, 7 TD
Record: 6-7, loss Armed Forces Bowl to Hawai’i
Season Synopsis: Started 0-3, won 3 in a row to get to .500. Dipped to 4-6 before winning last two over FIU and LA Tech to become bowl eligible.
Key Player: QB Warren Johnson, 190-378, 2283 yards, 23 TD
RB Brandon Kennedy, 155 rush, 932 yards, 9 TD
Record: 7-6, loss Bank of America Bowl to Florida State
Season Synopsis: Started 5-1. 4 game losing streak dampered conference title hopes (losses to ranked ULL and Ark State, Arkansas)
Key Player - QB Jarred Jackson, 160-370, 2083 yds, 15 TD, 226 rush, 1059 yards, 8 TD
Record: 3-9
Season Synopsis: Lost first eight to end season before it really began. However, Ohio beat Akron, Toledo and Western Michigan in consecutive weeks to bring some momentum into 2020.
Key Player - RB Ron Cox, 252 rush, 1461 yards, 11 TD
Record: #15 AP, 10-3, loss to Florida in Cotton Bowl.
Season Synopsis: Started 9-0, (blew out Ohio State 52-24), ranked #1 in middle part of season. Snubbed from Playoffs after sitting idle on championship week. Lost to Nebraska and Minnesota late.
Key Player - LB John Upshaw, 91 tackles, 27 TFL’s, 7.5 sacks, 1st team All-Big Ten
Record: #23 AP, 8-5, win Quick Lane Bowl over Buffalo
Season Synopsis: Started 4-0 before 4 game losing streak in conference to Wisconsin, Ohio State, Penn State and Michigan. Beat Maryland and Michigan State late in year.
Key Player - WR John Grant, 96 rec, 1414 yards, 12 TD
Record: 9-4, won St. Petersburg Bowl over Navy
Season Synopsis: Started 5-1 (loss to Old Dominion), faded slightly as season wound down but won bowl game for the second straight year.
Key Player - QB Ryan Davis, 200-300, 2799 yards, 29 TD, 175 rush, 763 yards, 8 TD
Record: 3-9
Season Synopsis: Step back from ACC Title Game berth last year. Lost 8 of last 9 games (all in conference).
Key Player - QB Gus Martin, 152-283, 1965 yards, 14 TD, 111 rush, 543 yards, 3 TD
Record: 0-12
Season Synopsis: Kept close with big schools (8 point loss to LSU, 7 point loss to Arkansas State, 7 point loss to Hawai’i), but severe offensive struggles prevented the Blazers from getting a win.
Key Player - WR Sha’Jon Simpson, 38 rec, 428 yards, 2 TD
Record: 7-6, loss to BYU in Birmingham Bowl
Season Synopsis: 4 game winning streak at the end of the season helped clinch bowl appearance. Started 3-5.
Key Player - QB Steve Vincent, 215-392, 2758 yards, 24 TD
RB Willie Alexander, 216 rush, 1133 yards, 10 TD
Record: #25 AP, 10-3, win over Bowling Green in Time Warner Cable Bowl
Season Synopsis: Won 7 of last 8 games. Losses to UCLA, Arkansas State and UNLV.
Key Player - QB Julius Townsend, 208-386, 2439 yards, 26 TD
Record: #2 AP, 13-2, won Fiesta Bowl over Minnesota, loss to Ohio State in National Title Game.
Season Synopsis: After winning the national title in year 2 of the Quinn Shea regime, the Trojans nearly repeated. They won their first 11 to stretch their win streak to 29 games before losing to a desperate five win Notre Dame team in the last week. Came up seven points short of repeating as national champions.
Key Player - RB Lamar Holycross, 239 rush, 1576 yards, 23 TD, 26 rec, 259 yards, 3 TD, 1000+ return yards
QB Brad Ewing, 240-326, 3194 yards, 36 TD
Record: 5-7
Season Synopsis: Vastly improved over 2018. Lost three of last four to eliminate from bowl contention -- suffered biggest blow possible with absence of star QB Cafika Samples to career ending back injury early in the season. Wins over Southern Miss, Texas State, MTSU and New Mexico State. Six of seven losses came to sub-.500 teams.
Key Player - QB Mike Smith, 130-259, 1696 yards, 13 TD
Record: 2-10
Season Synopsis: Wins over Colorado and Oregon State highlighted Willingham’s disappointing second season. Started 1-8.
Key Player - RB Elson Asa’sina, 167 rush, 939 yards, 7 TD