Eastern Michigan takes the hop over Lake Michigan to Minneapolis to play their first-ever game against the Minnesota Gophers. When they arrive at Huntington Bank Stadium, they will find a familiar face in the form of former Western Michigan coach, P.J. Fleck. They are 1-3 against P.J. Fleck all-time, but that shouldn’t matter since that was an almost different era.
The Eagles are coming off a 33-23 win against the Howard Bison. In that game, they got three scores from their special teams. One of them was a safety when the ball went through the endzone during a punt.