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98WMU FOOTBALL TEAM/ATTENDANCE RECORDS30 1970 seasonFEWEST DEFENSIVE INTERCEPTIONS:2 1960 seasonMOST FUMBLES:46 1972, 1973 seasonsFEWEST FUMBLES:14 2001 seasonMOST FUMBLES LOST:27 1972 seasonFEWEST FUMBLES LOST:6 1995 seasonMOST PUNTS:75 1973 seasonFEWEST PUNTS:23 1949 seasonMOST PUNT YARDS:3,181 2003 seasonFEWEST PUNT YARDS:803 1949 seasonMOST KICKOFF RETURNS:63 2011 seasonFEWEST KICKOFF RETURNS:12 1947 seasonMOST KICKOFF RETURN YARDS:1,409 2011 seasonFEWEST KICKOFF RETURN YARDS:265 1949 seasonMOST PUNT RETURNS:40 2002, 2003 seasonsFEWEST PUNT RETURNS:5 1947 seasonMOST PUNT RETURN YARDS:567 2000 seasonFEWEST PUNT RETURN YARDS:60 1975 seasonMOST RETURN YARDS:1,658 2011 seasonFEWEST RETURN YARDS:27 1960 seasonMOST PENALTIES:92 1988, 2011 seasonFEWEST PENALTIES:39 1938 seasonMOST PENALTY YARDS:818 1988 seasonFEWEST PENALTY YARDS:373 1968 seasonHIGHEST HOME ATTENDANCE, TOTAL:134,368 1999 season (five games)HIGHEST HOME ATTENDANCE, AVG .:26,874 1999 seasonHIGHEST TOTAL (ALL GAMES):395,826 2011 seasonNCAA RECORDSSINGLE GAMEMOST RECEIVING YARDS, FRESHMAN:263, Corey Alston vs. Eastern Michigan, 1997MOST POINTS SCORED BY KICKING:24, Mike Prindle vs. Marshall, 1984MOST FIELD GOALS MADE:7, Mike Prindle vs. Marshall, 1984MOST FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED:9, Mike Prindle vs. Marshall, 1984MOST SACKS IN A GAME:6.0, Ameer Ismail at Ball State, 2006 (T)KICK RETURN YARDS:ALL-PURPOSE YARDS:(T) Tied recordCAREER3,118, Brandon West, 2006-097,764, Brandon West, 2006-09Source: NCAA Football Records BookWALDO STADIUM (crowds over 30,000)36,361 Indiana State • (W) 2000 No. 3 MAC36,102 Central Michigan • (W) 1999 No. 4 MAC35,874 Youngstown State • (W) 1999 No. 5 MAC35,107 Northern Illinois • (W) 1998 No. 6 MAC33,976 Illinois State • (W) 2001 No. 10 MAC33,272 Central Michigan (L) 198932,285 Central Michigan (W) 198832,255 Central Michigan (L) 198031,129 Indiana • (L) 200730,848 Central Michigan (L) 198330,734 Western Illinois • (W) 199430,472 Marshall (L) 199930,327 Eastern Illinois • (L) 1996Note: WMU owns two of the top four home attendance figuresin MAC history and five of the top 10 home crowds.• night gamesAWAY (crowds over 50,000)110,506 Michigan L 2011109,837 Michigan L 2001109,019 Michigan L 2009107,856 Michigan L 200285,322 Florida L 199984,485 Nebraska L 200880,795 Notre Dame L 201078,236 Florida State L 200677,843 Wisconsin L 200076,107 Auburn L 199575,769 Michigan State L 201075,123 Michigan State L 198072,923 Michigan State L 200372,317 Michigan State L 199770,585 Iowa W 200767,195 Wisconsin L 198165,907 Michigan State L 198665,115 Virginia Tech L 200463,829 Michigan State L 198560,913 Florida State L 199160,563 West Virginia L 200760,206 Missouri L 199959,679 Virginia W 200658,880 Rice * L 200855,650 Iowa W 200055,140 Purdue L 200254,120 Purdue L 199353,662 Virginia Tech L 200153,480 Missouri L 200750,137 South Carolina L 1979* 2008 Texas Bowl - second highest bowl attendance in MAChistoryWMU VS. RANKED OPPONENTS11/8/47 @Ilinois (No. 11) L, 14-609/21/63 @Wisconsin (No. 7) L, 0-4111/3/73 Miami (No. 16) L, 9-2411/2/74 @Miami (No. 16) L, 0-3111/8/75 Miami (No. 17) L, 21-449/14/91 @Florida State (No. 1) L, 0-5810/21/95 @Auburn (No. 13) L, 13-3410/12/96 @Wyoming (No. 24) L, 28-429/6/97 @Michigan State (No. 25) L, 10-429/4/99 @Florida (No. 4) L, 26-5512/3/99 Marshall** (No. 11) L, 30-348/31/00 @Wisconsin (No. 4) L, 7-199/8/01 @Virginia Tech (No. 9) L, 0-319/7/02 @Michigan (No. 7) L, 12-359/28/02 Virginia Tech (No. 5) L, 0-3010/19/02 @Bowling Green (No. 25) L, 45-4810/18/03 @Northern Illinois (No. 12) L, 10-379/3/05 @Virginia (No. 23) L, 19-319/1/07 @West Virginia (No. 3) L, 24-5211/25/08 @Ball State (No. 15) L, 22-459/24/11 @Illinois (No. 24) L, 20-23** MAC Championship Game2012 WMU FOOTBALL RECORD BOOK