Last season was a landmark year for Chris Creighton and the Eastern Michigan Eagles. For the first time since 1987, the program finished a season in a bowl game, narrowly falling to Old Dominion 24-20 in the Popeye's Bahamas Bowl.
So greater expectations awaited the Eagles entering 2017. And the team is performing at one of its highest levels in the past 30 years. But they're 2-5.
How? Let's take a look at the unluckiest team in college football through a game-by-game basis.
Game 1
Eastern Michigan 24, Charlotte 7
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