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1969 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team

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Conference
  
Independent

Home stadium
  
Rynearson Stadium

1969 record
  
5–4

Head coach
  
Dan Boisture (3rd year)

Captain
  
Bob Lints, Gary Matsche

The 1969 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team represented Eastern Michigan University as an independent during the 1969 college football season. In their third season under head coach Dan Boisture, the Hurons compiled a 5–4 record and outscored their opponents, 255 to 106. On September 27, 1969, the Hurons played their first game in Rynearson Stadium, built at a cost of $1.4 million. The Hurons won the opening game, 10-3, over Akron in front of a crowd of 12,100 spectators. The formal dedication of the new stadium was held on October 25, 1969, before a homecoming day crowd of 17,600; the Hurons lost to Tampa, 17-7, in the dedication day game.

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1969 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team Wikipedia