Michigan State Normal School first fielded a football team in 1891. The 1916 Michigan State Normal College football team, in the 1917 yearbook. The team has never ended a season ranked in any major poll and is among the worst NCAA Division I FBS schools both in all-time win percentage (45.4%, for 107 out of 120) and in all-time scoring margin (-1898, for 108 out of 120). Since their first season of football, in 1891, Eastern Michigan University has compiled an all-time record of 428-519-47, failing to field a team only in 1944. 4.3 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.4.1 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
Among the lowest periods in the team's history was a 27-game losing streak in the early 1980s under head coach Mike Stock the team was held scoreless seven times and posted an average margin of loss of 18 points per game. The team saw its greatest period of success from 1925 through 1939 under head coach Elton Rynearson, for whom their home field, Rynearson Stadium, is named.
The team has never ended a season ranked in any major poll, and is among the worst Division I FBS schools both in all-time win percentage (45.4%, for 107 out of 120) and in all-time scoring margin (-1898, for 108 out of 120). Since 1891, Eastern Michigan University has compiled an all-time record of 428-519-47, fielding a team in each year except 1944.
Past names include Michigan State Normal College Normalites (1899 to 1928), Michigan State Normal College Hurons (1929 to 1955), and Eastern Michigan Hurons (1956 to 1990). They compete in Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and the Mid-American Conference. The Eastern Michigan Eagles are a college football program at Eastern Michigan University.