Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. Please consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. This section may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. The defense that year was among the best in the nation. Jack Harbaugh's first team went 7–2–2 and was second in the MAC. Tom Nütten won a Super Bowl ring with the St. Several players from the 1980s also played professionally including Duane Wilson (USFL), John Offerdahl and Tom Toth for the Miami Dolphins, and Mark Garylchk. Rowe would go on to a 10-year National Football League career. That season, tackle Bob Rowe won his second MAC Lineman of the Year Award. The 1966 season resulted in a 7–3 record and WMU's first MAC football championship, which it shared with Miami. In freezing rain and snow, the Broncos lost to the University of New Mexico 28–12. Despite the second-place finish, WMU was invited to the Aviation Bowl in Dayton, OH.
In 1961, Western Michigan finished second in the MAC with a 4–1–1 record, one-half game behind Bowling Green State University. However, WMU would finish second or higher only 4 times in the next 39 years, compiling a 102–141–8 (.422) conference record in that stretch. The Broncos won their first conference game, 26–0, over Western Reserve and finished with a 6–3 record, good for second place. At that time, the MAC consisted of Miami University, Ohio University, University of Cincinnati, Western Reserve University, and Butler University. A contest was held to come up with a new name and assistant football coach John Gill suggested "Broncos." In support of the decision, the W Club's semi-annual publication, The Hilltopper, was renamed The Bronco. Coinciding with the opening of the new stadium, the Hilltoppers changed their name to avoid confusion with athletic teams at Western Kentucky University and Marquette University. In 1939, WMU began playing at Waldo Stadium. The only loss in 1916 was to Notre Dame when George Gipp completed a 62-yard drop kick, the longest in football history. Dunlap also set a team record with 19 touchdowns. Olsen set a school-record with 8 touchdowns in a single game that season. In 1916, Olsen led the country in scoring with 17 touchdowns and 36 extra points. The early dominance of the Hilltoppers was led by quarterback Walt Olsen and running back Scott Dunlap. In 1922, the team finished 6–0 while outscoring their opponents, 160–0. During that stretch, Western Michigan had only seven losing seasons, and only once had back-to-back losing records. See also: List of Western Michigan Broncos football seasons Early history (1906–1947) įrom Western Michigan's first season of football in 1906 until it joined the MAC in 1948, WMU compiled a 187–87–12 (.675) record, going undefeated six times, in 1909, 1913, 1914, 1922, 1932, and 1941. In 2017, the Broncos became the first MAC representative in the legendary Cotton Bowl Classic at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX after completing the 2016 regular season undefeated as MAC champions (13–0, 8–0). It did not win a bowl game until it defeated Middle Tennessee, 45–31, in the 2015 Bahamas Bowl. Western Michigan University played in the inaugural International Bowl in 2007 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The win was the Broncos' sixth in the last eight contests against the Chippewas. In the 2018 season, Western Michigan defeated Central Michigan, 35–10. In 2002, Western Michigan won the rivalry game at Central Michigan for the first time since 1973, snapping a 12-game winless streak (0–11–1). As of 2018, the Broncos own a 49–38–2 advantage in the series. WMU's main rival is the Central Michigan University Chippewas and they play for the Victory Cannon. Western Michigan's football team has had 16 head coaches in its history and is currently coached by Tim Lester. Prior to 1939, Western Michigan's athletic teams were known as the Hilltoppers. Western Michigan then moved to its present conference in 1948. In 1927, WMU joined four other schools ( Central Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University, Ferris State University, and Wayne State University) to form the Michigan Collegiate Conference. Western Michigan has competed in football since 1906, when they played three games in their inaugural season. The Western Michigan Broncos football program represents Western Michigan University in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I and the Mid-American Conference (MAC). 2021 Western Michigan Broncos football team
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