Eastern Michigan 10/23/82-11/6/82

The 1982 season for the Eastern Michigan Eagles was pretty miserable. During their 11 games, they scored at total of 85 points. 85! Heading into their match-up with Shame Mask wearing Northern Illinois, they had lost their first six games of the season, and stretching back to 1980, they had lost 25 games in a row. This included starting the season with losses to Akron and Lousiana Tech, neither of which were in Division I-A at the time. To make matters more frustrating, EMU had lost their two games before playing NIU by a total of two points: 20-19 at Toledo (the 19 was their highest scoring game of the season) and then 14-13 to Ohio. Then they lost 10-0 to Northern Illinois and were forced to take possession of the Shame Mask.

The following week, EMU lost at Ball State 16-7 to set up a titanic match-up against Kent State. Eastern Michigan entered with a 27-game losing streak. Kent State had lost 10 games in a row, with their last win coming last season against against Easter Michigan. EMU earned their revenge with a 9-7 win and celebrated by sprinting across the field, pinning the Golden Flashes to the turf and securing the Shame Mask firmly around their--well I'm not sure what part of the anatomy a Golden Flash could wear a Shame Mask, but they got it nonetheless.

Eastern Michigan lost their next game, but tied Western Michigan to finish the season 1-9-1.