Central Michigan (2-2, 1-0 MAC) at Western Michigan (2-2, 0-0 MAC)
September 28, 2019 • 12 Noon • CBS Sports Network
Kalamazoo, Mich. • Waldo Stadium (30,200 • FieldTurf)

The City of Kalamazoo will open Oakland Drive and Crosstown Parkway to accommodate traffic flow for Saturday's game.

• Western Michigan returns home for the annual Battle for the Cannon clash with in-state rival Central Michigan ... The Broncos will also celebrate for Hall of Fame Weekend ... Kickoff is set for 12 noon on CBS Sports Network
• The Broncos and Chippewas will play for the Cannon Trophy, which was established in 2008 between the student governments at Western Michigan and Central Michigan ... One side of the wood statue is maroon and lists each of Central Michigan's victories over the Broncos while the opposite side is brown and notes each of the Broncos' wins in the series
• A cannon sits atop the trophy, representing the cannon that is fired after scores at Central Michigan's Kelly/Shorts Stadium and Western Michigan's Waldo Stadium
• Saturday's game marks the first matchup in the round-robin competition for the Michigan MAC Trophy ... Created in 2005 by the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame, the Michigan MAC Trophy is presented annually to the team with the best round-robin record among Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan ... The Broncos received the trophy in 2018 ... A similar trophy is also awarded in men's basketball
• The Broncos own a 49-38-2 record against Central Michigan ... Western Michigan is 6-2 against the Chippewas over the last eight seasons with the two losses coming in Kalamazoo (2013/27-22 & 2017/35-28)
• The Western Michigan Division of Intercollegiate Athletics and the WMU Hall of Fame Committee will induct their class of 2019 this weekend, welcoming Shawn Faulkner (football), David Gennero (men's tennis), Frederika Girsang (women's tennis), Bill Horn (ice hockey), Shaylen Jackson (volleyball) and Jeff Zylstra (men's track & field/cross country)
• The Broncos are 7-5 (.583) in September since head coach Tim Lester took over the program in 2017
• WMU enters the weekend looking for its first 3-0 home start since 2017, and just the eighth 3-0 beginning to the home campaign since 2000: 2000 (5-0), 2001 (4-0), 2006 (5-0), 2008 (6-0), 2011 (5-0), 2016 (6-0) and 2017 (3-0)
• An offensive force, Western Michigan enters the weekend leading the MAC in scoring offense (38.8), total offense (515.2) and pass efficiency (164.1) while standing second in passing offense (313.2) and third in rushing offense (202.0)
• Senior RB LeVante Bellamy has rushed for 357 yards in the last two games after totaling 97 ground yards through the first two games of the season ... Bellamy enters the weekend as the MAC's second-leading rusher with 113.5 yards per game after finishing the 2018 season second in the league with 94.46 yards per tilt ... Bellamy is also tied for the national lead in rushes of 30+ yards with five and paces the country with four 40+ yard rushes

43 — Consecutive games started by senior C Luke Juriga, every game of his career
7 — Program-record rushing touchdowns scored by the Broncos against Georgia State
6:10 — Touchdown to incompletion ratio for senior QB Jon Wassink during home games this season
6:0 — Touchdown to interception ratio for Wassink in home games this season
4 — Touchdown receptions this fall for senior TE Giovanni Ricci, the most in the Mid-American Conference and a single-year high for Ricci, who entered 2019 with three career TD grabs
3 — Consecutive games for junior LB Treshaun Hayward with double-digit tackles, becoming the first Bronco to accomplish the feat since Mike Jones in 2013 versus Buffalo (14), Ball State (11) and Massachusetts (11)
3 — MAC West Division Players of the Week this fall with Wassink (Offensive/September 2), Keith Mixon Jr. (Special Teams/September 2) and Hayward (Defensive/September 16)
1 — The only FBS player to start a game on both offense and defense this season — Western Michigan senior D'Wayne Eskridge, who lined up at cornerback and wide receiver versus Georgia State and Syracuse

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