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Mount Pleasant’s CMU football down the stretch: Miami Oct. 24, Eastern Michigan at Ford Field Nov. 4, Sacramento State home Nov. 11

The Mitten Daily · October 20, 2026 · Mount Pleasant

A football stadium at night under heavy falling snow, with players on the field and lights glaring over the stands.
Kelly/Shorts Stadium in Mount Pleasant during a snowy game in October 2023, in a file photo. Photo: Jackeno99 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — Central Michigan’s football team, 3-4 overall and 1-2 in the Mid-American Conference, has five games left, including two at home at Kelly/Shorts Stadium, according to CMU Athletics.

Saturday, Oct. 24: Miami (Ohio), home. The Chippewas host the RedHawks at Kelly/Shorts.

Wednesday, Nov. 4: Eastern Michigan at Ford Field. CMU and EMU play their rivalry game indoors in Detroit, on a weeknight in the MAC’s November television window.

Wednesday, Nov. 11: Sacramento State, home. CMU’s last scheduled home game is a midweek night game against Sacramento State.

Wednesday, Nov. 18: at Buffalo.

Saturday, Nov. 28: at Ball State. The regular-season finale.

Bowl hopes. CMU needs six wins to be bowl-eligible, which means winning at least three of its last five.

Tickets and times. Kickoff times and TV for November games are set by the conference and its partners; check cmuchippewas.com. Dress warmly for weeknight games in November.

Sources:
CMU Athletics, 2026 football schedule (remaining games, sites, dates), https://cmuchippewas.com/sports/football/schedule/2026
Photo: Jackeno99, “Kelly Shorts Stadium during snowfall 10.31.2023.jpg,” Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and color-adjusted, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kelly_Shorts_Stadium_during_snowfall_10.31.2023.jpg

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