The 2023 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team represented Eastern Michigan University during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Eagles were led by tenth-year head coach Chris Creighton and played their home games at Rynearson Stadium in Ypsilanti, Michigan. They competed as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). They finished the regular season 6âÂÂ6 and 4âÂÂ4 in conference play. They would end the season losing 10âÂÂ59 to South Alabama in the 68 Ventures Bowl.
The Eastern Michigan Eagles football team drew an average home attendance of 16,882 in 2023.
On July 20, the MAC announced the preseason coaches poll. Eastern Michigan was picked to finish second in the West Division.
Following the game, an altercation took place on-field between the teams prior to the trophy presentation, initiated by an Eastern Michigan player sucker punching a South Alabama player while the South Alabama marching band and team were singing the school's alma mater. Eastern Michigan's athletic director apologized the next day, stating (in part) "We strongly condemn the actions of some of the student-athletes".