Central Michigan–Western Michigan football rivalry

The Central Michigan–Western Michigan football rivalry is an annual college football game between Central Michigan University (CMU) and Western Michigan University (WMU). The winner receives the Victory Cannon. In its first appearance, it was awarded to CMU at the conclusion of the October 18, 2008, game.

Central Michigan Chippewas Western Michigan Broncos
Sport	Football
First meeting	October 19, 1907 Western State, 29–0
Latest meeting	November 18, 2020 Western Michigan, 52–44
Next meeting	Fall 2021
Trophy	Victory Cannon
Statistics
Meetings total	91
All-time series	WMU leads 51–38–2
Largest victory	WMU, 54–0 (1930)
Longest win streak	WMU, 13 (1928–1944)
Current win streak	WMU, 3 (2018–present)

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Locations of Central Michigan and Western Michigan

Victory Cannon

A cannon, which represents the cannons that are fired at both CMU's Kelly/Shorts Stadium and WMU's Waldo Stadium, sits atop the trophy and each of the schools' wins are noted on both sides.[1]

Although the trophy was not awarded until 2008, the two teams first played one another in 1907.[2]

Western Michigan ended the Chippewas five year winning streak with a 30-point win in 2011,[3] and backed it up with a win in 2012, the Broncos' first win in Mount Pleasant since 2002.[4] Although the Broncos lead the all-time series 51–38–2, since both teams began competing together in the NCAA Division I in 1975, Central Michigan leads the series 27–18–1. However, since the adoption of the Victory Cannon trophy, Western Michigan leads the series 8–5.

Game results

Central Michigan victories

Western Michigan victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 1907 Mount Pleasant, MI Western State 29–0 2 1908 Kalamazoo, MI Western State 11–5 3 1909 Mount Pleasant, MI Western State 11–0 4 1910 Kalamazoo, MI Western State 16–6 5 1925 Kalamazoo, MI Tie 0–0 6 1927 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 18–12 7 1928 Kalamazoo, MI Western State 19–0 8 1929 Mount Pleasant, MI Western State 25–6 9 1930 Kalamazoo, MI Western State 54–0 10 1931 Mount Pleasant, MI Western State 7–6 11 1932 Kalamazoo, MI Western State 7–0 12 1933 Mount Pleasant, MI Western State 19–0 13 1934 Kalamazoo, MI Western State 13–0 14 1935 Mount Pleasant, MI Western State 13–0 15 1936 Kalamazoo, MI Western State 33–0 16 1937 Mount Pleasant, MI Western State 7–0 17 1938 Kalamazoo, MI Western State 35–0 18 1943 Mount Pleasant, MI Western Michigan 19–0 19 1944 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 35–14 20 1945 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 6–0 21 1946 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 27–21 22 1947 Mount Pleasant, MI Western Michigan 20–12 23 1948 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 7–0 24 1949 Mount Pleasant, MI Western Michigan 35–8 25 1950 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 21–13 26 1951 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 46–25 27 1952 Mount Pleasant, MI Western Michigan 18–0 28 1953 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 21–0 29 1954 Kalamazoo, MI Central Michigan 25–19 30 1955 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 27–12 31 1956 Kalamazoo, MI Central Michigan 14–7 32 1957 Mount Pleasant, MI Western Michigan 33–0 33 1958 Kalamazoo, MI Central Michigan 33–32 34 1959 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 21–15 35 1960 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 31–0 36 1961 Mount Pleasant, MI Western Michigan 27–21 37 1962 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 28–0 38 1963 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 30–14 39 1964 Kalamazoo, MI Central Michigan 18–6 40 1965 Mount Pleasant, MI Western Michigan 21–13 41 1966 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 31–14 42 1969 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 24–0 43 1970 Mount Pleasant, MI Western Michigan 41–0 44 1973 Mount Pleasant, MI Western Michigan 18–13 45 1974 Kalamazoo, MI Central Michigan 42–6 46 1975 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 34–0 No. Date Location Winner Score 47 1976 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 42–14 48 1977 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 28–23 49 1978 Kalamazoo, MI Central Michigan 35–14 50 1979 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 10–0 51 1980 Kalamazoo, MI Central Michigan 22–10 52 1981 Kalamazoo, MI Central Michigan 15–13 53 1982 Mount Pleasant, MI Tie 18–18 54 1983 Kalamazoo, MI Central Michigan 32–14 55 1984 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 38–19 56 1985 Kalamazoo, MI Central Michigan 24–17 57 1986 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 18–10 58 1987 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 30–27 59 1988 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 42–24 60 1989 Kalamazoo, MI Central Michigan 34–6 61 1990 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 20–13 62 1991 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 27–17 63 1992 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 19–14 64 1993 Kalamazoo, MI Central Michigan 23–18 65 1994 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 35–28 66 1995 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 48–31 67 1996 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 38–28 68 1997 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 38–24 69 1998 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 26–24 70 1999 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 38–16 71 2000 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 21–17 72 2001 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 20–17 73 2002 Mount Pleasant, MI Western Michigan 35–10 74 2003 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 44–21 75 2004 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 24–21 76 2005 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 31–24 77 2006 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 31–7 78 2007 Kalamazoo, MI Central Michigan 34–31 79 2008 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 38–28 80 2009 Kalamazoo, MI Central Michigan 34–23 81 2010 Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan 26–22 82 2011 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 44–14 83 2012 Mount Pleasant, MI Western Michigan 42–31 84 2013 Kalamazoo, MI Central Michigan 27–22 85 2014 Mount Pleasant, MI Western Michigan 32–20 86 2015 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 41–39 87 2016 Mount Pleasant, MI Western Michigan 49–10 88 2017 Kalamazoo, MI Central Michigan 35–28 89 2018 Mount Pleasant, MI Western Michigan 35–10 90 2019 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan 31–15 91 2020 Mount Pleasant, MI Western Michigan 52–44 Series: Western Michigan leads 51–38–2

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See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games
• Michigan MAC Trophy

References

1. "CMU-WMU Rivalry Trophy to Debut Saturday - CMUChippewas.com—Official Web Site of Central Michigan University Athletics". Cmuchippewas.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved November 24, 2011.
2. "Bronco history" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 29, 2011. Retrieved November 24, 2011.
3. John A. Lacko / Special to the Gazette. "Western Michigan kicks rivalry blues, pounds Central Michigan, 44-14". MLive.com. Retrieved November 24, 2011.
4. http://www.mlive.com/broncos/index.ssf/2012/11/western_michigan_football_defe_1.html
5. "Central Michigan vs Western Michigan". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved October 25, 2016.