| Year: | 2007 |
| Team: | Western Michigan Broncos |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Division: | West |
| Record: | 5–7 |
| Conf Record: | 3–4 |
| Head Coach: | Bill Cubit |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Def Coach: | Bill Miller |
| Dc Year: | 1st |
| Off Scheme: | Multiple |
| Def Scheme: | 4–3 |
| Stadium: | Waldo Stadium (Capacity: 30,200) |
The 2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Bill Cubit and played their homes game in Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Broncos finished the season 5–7 overall and 3–4 in the Mid-American Conference. The highlight of the season was the 28–19 road victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes, a team that finished fifth in the Big Ten Conference.
The 2007 Bronco team returned 17 starters from an 8–5 team that finished 6–2 in the Mid-American Conference and participated in the 2007 International Bowl. While the team lost the bowl game 27–24, Western Michigan was picked to finish first in the MAC West Division and to win the MAC Championship Game by the MAC News Media Association.[1]
Jamarko Simmons' 144 receiving yards on 14 catches with two touchdowns were not enough for Western Michigan to upset the #3 West Virginia Mountaineers. West Virginia nearly doubled WMU's offensive production (542 yards to 277 yards) and cruised to a 62–24 victory behind two passing touchdowns by Pat White and four touchdowns (three rushing) by Steve Slaton.
Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notesWMU is 0–3 all-time vs Indiana. The most recent meeting was in 2006 when the Hoosiers won 39–20. All three games have been in Bloomington, Indiana.
Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notesIn 1999, Missouri beat the Broncos 48–34. That was the only meeting between the two schools.
Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notesis the only Division I Football Championship Subdivision team on WMU's schedule. This is the first ever meeting between the two schools.
Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notesThis game is the Mid-American Conference conference opener for WMU. Western Michigan defeated Toledo 31–10 in 2006 for the first time since 2000. WMU has not won at the Glass Bowl since 1988 (31–9 victory). Toledo leads the all-time series 36–25.
Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notesAfter shutting out Akron last season 17–0, WMU leads the all-time series 11–3 (8–1 at Waldo Stadium).
Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notesWMU leads the all-time series against Northern Illinois 20–11, including a 16–14 victory in 2006.
Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notesAfter losing to WMU 41–27 last season, Ball State went on to finish the season 3–1, with the lone loss being 34–26 against then-#2 ranked University of Michigan. WMU leads the all-time series 19–14. This game is WMU's Homecoming.
Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notesThis game is the first of the 3 games that will determine the 2007 Michigan MAC Trophy winner (Central Michigan vs. WMU November 17 and CMU vs. Eastern Michigan November 17). Western leads the all-time series 26-14-2 and has not lost in Rynearson Stadium since 1991 (7 wins).
Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notesIn a nationally televised Tuesday night game, WMU leads the all-time series against CMU 43-32-2 and has not lost at home to Central Michigan since 1993 (6 wins).
Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notesThe final non-conference game of the season is the first between WMU and Iowa since WMU won 27–21 in 2000. That was the only meeting between the two schools.
Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notesWMU defeated Temple 41–7 last season in a year when Temple finished the season 1–11. WMU has never lost against Temple and leads the series 5–0.
Recap | Boxscore | WMU pregame notes
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| Player | Att | Yards | Yds/Att | TD | Yds/Game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Bonds | 109 | 492 | 4.5 | 6 | 70.3 | |
| Brandon West | 101 | 461 | 4.1 | 3 | 58.6 | |
| Glenis Thompson | 24 | 88 | 3.7 | 1 | 12.6 | |
| Schneider Julien | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 1.6 | |
| Herb Martin | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 1.1 | |
| Bobby Crawford | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 6.0 | |
| Thomas Peregrin | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.3 | |
| Jamarko Simmons | 3 | −8 | −2.7 | 0 | −1.1 | |
| Drew Burdi | 3 | −11 | −3.7 | 0 | −5.5 | |
| 30 | −48 | −1.6 | 1 | −6.9 |
| Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Avg | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159 | 244 | 65.2 | 1713 | 13 | 8 | 244.7 | 135.16 | ||
| Thomas Peregrin | 15 | 24 | 62.5 | 129 | 1 | 1 | 32.2 | 113.07 | |
| Drew Burdi | 2 | 3 | 18 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 227.07 | |
| Herb Martin | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 547.60 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | Yds/Rec | TD | Yds/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamarko Simmons | 60 | 696 | 11.6 | 6 | 99.4 | |
| Branden Ledbetter | 27 | 308 | 11.4 | 4 | 44.0 | |
| Brandon West | 25 | 213 | 8.5 | 1 | 30.4 | |
| Herb Martin | 21 | 251 | 12.0 | 1 | 35.9 | |
| Juan Nunez | 10 | 169 | 16.9 | 1 | 24.1 | |
| Mark Bonds | 8 | 34 | 4.2 | 0 | 4.9 | |
| Schneider Julien | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 0 | 7.0 | |
| Anthony Middleton | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 1 | 6.6 | |
| Keith Schultz | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 1 | 4.9 | |
| 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 0 | 8.2 | ||
| Jamelle Murray | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 1 | 6.8 | |
| Glenis Thompson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 1.1 | |
| Kelly Martin | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 3.0 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Total | TFL | Sacks | Fumble force | Fumble rec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Gebhart | 15 | 16 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C.J. Wilson | 10 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dustin Duclo | 13 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Boston McCornell | 8 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Londen Fryar | 15 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Zach Davidson | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nick Varcadipane | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Austin Pritchard | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Berghuis | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Justin Braska | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cody Cielenski | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Marshall | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andy Dorcely | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cory Flom | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harrison Porter | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Desman Stephen | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cornelius Robinson | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mario Armstrong | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Pickens | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Gajos | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grant Nemeth | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garrett Sosnovich | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fernand Kashama | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brandon West | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Antwain Allen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nic Saad | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herb Martin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Jones | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glenis Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phillip Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Laney | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phillip Swanson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kirk Elsworth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Harrington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Player | Int | Yds | Break Up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Gebhart | 1 | 24 | 2 | |
| C.J. Wilson | 1 | 46 | 1 | |
| Andy Dorcely | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Londen Fryar | 6 | 167 | 24 | |
| Nick Varcadipane | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dustin Duclo | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cory Flom | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Garrett Sosnovich | 0 | 0 | 1 |