FOOTBALL 1997 NCAA FBS (5-6) Coach: Gene McDowell 8/30 at Mississippi (ot) L 9/6 at South Carolina L 9/13 at Nebraska (#6) L 9/20 Idaho W 9/27 at Auburn (#8) L 10/4 at Kent State W 10/11 Samford W 10/25 at Mississippi State L 11/1 at Louisiana-Monroe L 11/15 Eastern Michigan (HC) W 11/22 Toledo W
23-24 31-33 24-38 41-10 14-41 59-43 52-7 28-35 41-45 27-10 34-17
28,216 81,908 75,327 41,827 82,109 10,584 22,016 28,621 15,936 39,433 15,062
1998 NCAA FBS (9-2) Coach: Mike Kruczek 9/5 at Louisiana Tech W 9/12 Eastern Illinois W 9/19 at Purdue (ESPN) L 9/26 at Bowling Green W 10/3 at Toledo W 10/10 Northern Illinois W 10/24 at Louisiana W 10/31 Youngstown State W 11/7 at Auburn L 11/14 Ball State (HC) W 11/21 New Mexico W
64-30 48-0 7-35 38-31 31-24 38-17 42-10 44-32 6-10 37-14 38-6
23,677 35,219 53,469 15,824 20,008 30,415 10,124 21,251 80,743 31,412 19,025
1999 NCAA FBS (4-7) Coach: Mike Kruczek 9/4 Purdue (#22) L 9/11 at Florida (#4) L 9/18 at Georgia Tech (#12) L 9/25 at Georgia (#11) L 10/2 Eastern Illinois W 10/16 Nicholls State W 10/23 Louisiana Tech L 10/30 Eastern Michigan (HC) W 11/6 at Auburn L 11/13 at Middle Tennessee W 11/20 Bowling Green (ot) L
13-47 27-58 10-41 23-24 31-21 28-0 35-46 31-6 10-28 39-14 30-33
40,112 85,346 45,355 86,117 18,864 13,875 16,535 27,845 75,804 10,751 14,299
2000 NCAA FBS (7-4) Coach: Mike Kruczek 9/2 at Georgia Tech L 9/9 Northwestern State W 9/16 at Akron L 9/23 William & Mary W 9/30 at Eastern Michigan W 10/7 at Northern Illinois L 10/14 Eastern Kentucky W 10/21 Louisiana-Monroe (HC) W 10/28 at Alabama W 11/4 at Louisiana Tech W 11/11 Virginia Tech (#8) L
17-21 19-7 24-35 52-7 31-10 20-40 34-3 55-0 40-38 20-16 21-44
40,993 19,003 12,964 23,164 10,238 18,148 18,908 25,093 83,818 12,532 50,220
2001 NCAA FBS (6-5) Coach: Mike Kruczek 9/1 at Clemson (#19) L 9/8 at Syracuse L 9/22 at Tulane W 9/29 at Virginia Tech (#8) L 10/6 UAB W 10/13 Liberty W 10/20 Louisiana-Monroe (HC) W 10/27 at Utah State L 11/3 Akron W 11/10 at Arkansas L 11/24 Louisiana W
13-21 10-21 36-29 14-46 24-7 63-0 38-6 27-30 57-17 20-27 31-0
75,000 35,938 17,497 53,662 30,820 17,103 23,001 16,135 15,779 61,527 12,264
2002 NCAA FBS (7-5, 6-2) Coach: Mike Kruczek 8/31 at Penn State (#24) (ESPN) L 24-27 9/7 at Arizona State L 12-46 9/20 at Marshall* (ESPN2) L 21-26 9/28 Liberty W 48-17 10/12 at Western Michigan* W 31-27 10/19 Toledo* L 24-27 10/26 Akron (HC) * W 28-17 11/2 Syracuse L 35-38 11/9 at Buffalo * W 45-21 11/16 Kent State * W 32-6 11/23 at Miami (Ohio) * W 48-31 11/30 Ohio * W 42-32 * MAC game
103,029 43,401 32,900 21,137 21,505 18,812 19,799 24,043 6,923 7,354 7,962 12,462
2003 NCAA FBS (3-9, 2-6) Coaches: Mike Kruczek (first 10 games), Alan Gooch (last two games) 8/31 at Va. Tech (#9) (ESPN) L 28-49 9/13 Florida Atlan�c W 33-29 9/20 at Syracuse L 14-38 9/27 at Kent State * L 16-36 10/4 Buffalo * W 19-10 10/11 at Ohio * L 0-28 10/18 at Akron * L 24-38 10/25 Central Michigan (HC)* W 31-13 11/1 at West Virginia L 18-36 11/8 at Eastern Michigan * L 13-19 11/19 Marshall (ESPN2) * L 7-21 11/28 Miami (Ohio) (#15) * L 21-56 * MAC Game 2004 NCAA FBS (0-11, 0-8) Coach: George O’Leary 8/31 at Wisconsin (#21) (ESPN) L 6-34 9/11 West Virginia (#10) L 20-45 9/18 at Penn State L 13-37 10/2 at Buffalo * L 20-48 10/9 Northern Illinois * L 28-30 10/16 Akron * L 21-26 10/23 at Miami (Ohio) * L 7-43 10/30 at Marshall * L 3-20 11/6 Ohio (HC) * L 17 (ot) 11/13 at Ball State * L 17-21 11/23 Kent State * L 24-41 * MAC Game
65,115 26,901 35,103 6,728 22,657 21,109 8,113 20,523 42,712 5,150 18,141 12,902
82,116 32,224 101,715 12,173 16,555 18,401 8,012 23,122 20,498 5,309 12,083
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