2020 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

The 2020 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Jim McElwain, and played their home games at Kelly/Shorts Stadium, as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference.

2020 Central Michigan Chippewas football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	West Division
Record	3–3 (3–3 MAC)
Head coach	Jim McElwain (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Charlie Frye (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Robb Akey (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kelly/Shorts Stadium
Uniform
Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

2020 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 25 Buffalo xy		5	–	0					6	–	1
Kent State		3	–	1					3	–	1
Ohio		2	–	1					2	–	1
Miami (OH)		2	–	1					2	–	1
Akron		1	–	5					1	–	5
Bowling Green		0	–	5					0	–	5
West Division
No. 23 Ball State xy$		5	–	1					7	–	1
Western Michigan		4	–	2					4	–	2
Toledo		4	–	2					4	–	2
Central Michigan		3	–	3					3	–	3
Eastern Michigan		2	–	4					2	–	4
Northern Illinois		0	–	6					0	–	6
Championship: Ball State 38, Buffalo 28
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Note: Due to COVID-19, the Mid-American suspended the season on August 8, but later decided to begin play on November 4. Rankings from AP Poll.

Schedule

Central Michigan had games scheduled against Nebraska and Northwestern, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 4	7:00 p.m.	Ohio	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN	W 30–27	757
November 11	8:00 p.m.	at Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPNU	W 40–10	419
November 18	7:00 p.m.	Western Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 44–52	0
November 27	4:00 p.m.	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI (rivalry)	CBSSN	W 31–23	300
December 5	5:30 p.m.	Ball State	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPNU	L 20–45	0
December 12	3:00 p.m.	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	ESPN3	L 23–24	0
All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Ohio

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	7	13	7	0	27
Chippewas	14	6	7	3	30

At Northern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	7	2	17	14	40
Huskies	0	0	0	10	10

Western Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	14	17	14	7	52
Chippewas	14	0	16	14	44

At Eastern Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	6	0	0	25	31
Eagles	7	10	3	3	23

Ball State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	10	14	14	7	45
Chippewas	0	7	7	6	20

At Toledo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	7	3	13	0	23
Rockets	10	7	0	7	24