2007 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team

The 2007 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team represented Eastern Michigan University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Eastern Michigan competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) West Division. The team was coached by Jeff Genyk and played their homes game in Rynearson Stadium. The Eagles finished the season 4–8, tied with the 2004 and 2005 seasons for the most wins in Genyk's career.^[1]

2007 Eastern Michigan Eagles football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	West
Record	4–8 (3–4 MAC)
Head coach	Jeff Genyk (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Scott Isphording (1st season)
Home stadium	Rynearson Stadium (Capacity: 30,200)
Seasons ← 2006 2008 →

2007 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	Div							Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L					W		L
East Division
Miami (OH) xy		4	–	2					5	–	2					6	–	7
Bowling Green x		4	–	2					6	–	2					8	–	5
Buffalo x		4	–	2					5	–	3					5	–	7
Ohio		3	–	3					4	–	4					6	–	6
Temple		3	–	3					4	–	4					4	–	8
Akron		2	–	4					3	–	5					4	–	8
Kent State		1	–	5					1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
Central Michigan xy$		4	–	1					6	–	1					8	–	6
Ball State x		4	–	1					5	–	2					7	–	6
Eastern Michigan		3	–	2					3	–	4					4	–	8
Western Michigan		2	–	3					3	–	4					5	–	7
Toledo		2	–	3					3	–	5					5	–	7
Northern Illinois		0	–	5					1	–	6					2	–	10
Championship: Central Michigan 35, Miami 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth.

Recruiting

College recruiting information (2007)
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	40‡	Commit date
Overall recruiting rankings:
‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Eastern Michigan Football Recruiting 2007". ESPN.com. "2007 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 pm	at Pittsburgh*	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA		L 3–27	36,183
September 8	12:00 pm	Ball State	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	CL	L 16–38	5,794
September 15	12:00 pm	at Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL		W 21–19	20,012
September 22	3:30 pm	Howard*	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI		W 38–15	10,141
September 29	7:00 pm	at Vanderbilt*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		L 7–30	37,220
October 6	12:00 pm	at Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	BTN	L 22–33	108,415
October 13	12:00 pm	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH		L 42–48	17,031
October 19	7:00 pm	Northwestern*	Ford Field Detroit, MI	ESPNU	L 14–26	10,000
October 27	3:30 pm	Western Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI (Michigan MAC Trophy)	CL	W 19–2	7,002
November 3	7:00 pm	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH		L 28–52	17,270
November 9	7:30 pm	Bowling Green	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	ESPNU	L 32–39	4,304
November 16	7:00 pm	at Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI (rivalry)		W 48–45	15,822
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

See also: American football positions

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at school
Jeff Genyk	Head Coach	4th

Game summaries

Pittsburgh

See also: 2007 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

Eastern Michigan playing at Pittsburgh.

Ball State

See also: 2007 Ball State Cardinals football team

Northern Illinois

See also: 2007 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

After falling behind 13–0, the Eagles came back, and won 21–19 by blocking a Northern Illinois field goal attempt at the end of the game.

Howard

See also: Howard Bison football

Vanderbilt

See also: 2007 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

Michigan

See also: 2007 Michigan Wolverines football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eastern Michigan	3	5	6	8	22
Michigan	10	6	17	0	33

The Eagles registered their best showing ever against the Michigan Wolverines. In this 33–22 loss, EMU largely stifled Michigan's all-time leading quarterback, Chad Henne, and returned a blocked kick for a touchdown.

Ohio

See also: 2007 Ohio Bobcats football team

Northwestern

See also: 2007 Northwestern Wildcats football team

Western Michigan

See also: 2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	2	0	0	0	2
Eagles	0	3	6	10	19

This game was the first of three games that would determine the 2007 Michigan MAC Trophy winner (Central Michigan vs. WMU November 17 and CMU vs. EMU November 17). Prior to this game, Western led the all-time series 26-14-2 and had not lost in Rynearson Stadium since 1991 (7 wins).

Only a first quarter safety kept the Eagles from registering their first shutout since 1997.

Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notes

Toledo

See also: 2007 Toledo Rockets football team

Bowling Green

See also: 2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team

Central Michigan

See also: 2007 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

This was the final game in determining the 2007 Michigan MAC Trophy winner. With their win in this game, the Eagles captured the trophy for the first time.^[2]

After the season

The following Eagle was selected in the 2008 NFL draft after the season.^[3]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
2	54	Jason Jones	Defensive end	Tennessee Titans

References

1. "Jeff Genyk Records By Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2010.
2. "CMU/WMU Rivalry Trophy to Debut Saturday". Scout.com. October 15, 2008. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2010. Sponsored by the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame, the Michigan MAC Trophy is presented annually to the team with the best round-robin record between Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan. Eastern Michigan won the trophy in 2007.
3. "2008 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 7, 2024.