Western Michigan Broncos

The Western Michigan Broncos are a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I program representing Western Michigan University (WMU) in college athletics. They compete in the Mid-American Conference in men's baseball, basketball, football (within the Football Bowl Subdivision), soccer and tennis; and women's basketball, cross-country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, track and field, and volleyball. The men's ice hockey team competes in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.

Football

Western Michigan Broncos college football

First Season
1906
Team History
Western Michigan Broncos (1889-present)
Conference
Big Ten Conference (1896-present) Independent (1889-95)
Venue
Camp Randall Stadium (1917-present) Randall Field (1895-1916)
Key People
Players • Coaches

Programs by season

1940s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1945
September 22	vs. Alma	Waldo Stadium

1950s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1950
October 7	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium
October 14	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium
November 4	vs. Purdue	Camp Randall Stadium
November 11	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1951
October 27	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
November 17	vs. Iowa	Camp Randall Stadium
1952
October 18	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium
November 8	vs. Northwestern	Camp Randall Stadium
January 1, 1953	vs. USC	Rose Bowl
1954
October 16	vs. Purdue	Camp Randall Stadium
October 23	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
October 30	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium
November 20	vs. Minnesota	Camp Randall Stadium
1955
October 8	at Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium
1956
October 6	vs. USC	Camp Randall Stadium
October 27	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
November 10	vs. Northwestern	Camp Randall Stadium
November 17	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium
1957
October 26	vs. Ohio State	Camp Randall Stadium
November 16	vs. Illinois	Camp Randall Stadium
1958
November 15	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium
1959
October 24	vs. Ohio State	Camp Randall Stadium
January 1, 1960	vs. Washington	Rose Bowl

1960s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1960
October 8	vs. Purdue	Camp Randall Stadium
October 22	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
October 29	vs. Michigan	Camp Randall Stadium
November 5	vs. Northwestern	Camp Randall Stadium
1961
November 25	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium
1962
January 1, 1963	vs. USC	Rose Bowl
1963
September 28	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
November 16	vs. Illinois	Camp Randall Stadium
1964
November 14	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium
1965
October 16	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
November 20	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium
1966
October 15	vs. Northwestern	Camp Randall Stadium
November 19	vs. Minnesota	Camp Randall Stadium
1967
October 7	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
November 11	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1968
October 12	vs. Utah State	Camp Randall Stadium
October 26	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
November 9	vs. Ohio State	Camp Randall Stadium
1969
October 18	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
November 1	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
November 22	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium

1970s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1971
October 16	vs. Michigan State	Camp Randall Stadium
October 23	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1972
October 21	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
November 4	vs. Iowa	Camp Randall Stadium
November 18	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium
1973
September 15	vs. Purdue	Camp Randall Stadium
September 29	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium
October 20	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
1974
September 21	vs. Nebraska	Camp Randall Stadium
October 12	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1975
September 13	vs. Michigan	Camp Randall Stadium
1976
October 30	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium
November 13	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium
1977
September 10	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium
November 5	vs. Purdue	Camp Randall Stadium
1978
September 23	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
October 28	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
1979
September 15	vs. Air Force	Camp Randall Stadium
October 6	vs. Indiana	Camp Randall Stadium

1980s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1980
September 13	vs. Purdue	Camp Randall Stadium
November 1	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium
1981
September 12	vs. Michigan	Camp Randall Stadium
1982
November 13	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium
1983
September 10	vs. Northern Illinois	Camp Randall Stadium
1984
December 29	vs. Kentucky	Hall of Fame Classic (Birmingham, AL)
1985
October 19	vs. Northwestern	Camp Randall Stadium
October 26	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium
1986
November 15	vs. Ohio State	Camp Randall Stadium
1988
October 29	vs. Purdue	Camp Randall Stadium
1989
September 9	vs. Miami	Camp Randall Stadium
October 7	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium

1990s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1991
October 5	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1997
October 4	at Northwestern	Ryan Field
1998
September 19	vs. UNLV	Camp Randall Stadium
November 21	vs. Penn State	Camp Randall Stadium

2000s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2000
September 9	vs. Oregon	Camp Randall Stadium
September 16	vs. Cincinnati	Camp Randall Stadium
2001
September 22	at Penn State	Beaver Stadium
November 3	vs. Iowa	Camp Randall Stadium
2005
September 3	vs. Bowling Green	Camp Randall Stadium
September 24	vs. Michigan	Camp Randall Stadium

2010s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2011
September 1	vs. UNLV	Camp Randall Stadium
January 2, 2012	vs. Oregon	Rose Bowl
2012
September 15	vs. Utah State	Camp Randall Stadium
2013
January 1, 2014	vs. South Carolina	Florida Citrus Bowl
2015
December 30	vs. USC	Qualcomm Stadium
2016
January 2, 2017	vs. Western Michigan	Cotton Bowl
2017
December 30	vs. Miami	Hard Rock Stadium
2018
December 27	vs. Miami	Yankee Stadium
2019
January 1, 2020	vs. Oregon	Rose Bowl

Media guides and yearbooks by season

Media guides

1940s	1946
1950s	1953 • 1955 • 1956 • 1958
1970s	1973
1980s	1985
2010s	2017