Eastern Michigan (1-0) dominated in a win against Mississippi Valley State (0-1) as they won 61-14 in the season opener at Rynearson Stadium.
EMU coach Chris Creighton said about the win, “The 1-0 is what our record is right now and that’s our mentality that we want to have on every play, every series, every quarter, every game and every week.”
The 61 points put up by the offense is the most posted by Eastern since the 2004 season. The offense posted 479 total yards of offense as 198 yards came through the air and 281 rushing yards by the Eagles.