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The MAC Football Championship Game is a football game between the winners of the East and West divisions of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) to determine the conference champion. The game has been played since 1997, when the conference was first divided into divisions and since 2003 has been sponsored by Marathon Petroleum (officially known as the Marathon MAC Football Championship Game). The winner of the game is guaranteed a berth in a bowl game which the MAC has contractual obligations to field a team. Unlike the MAC's Group of Five contemporaries, which hold their respective championship games on campus sites, the MAC Championship Game is held at a neutral site, Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan since 2004.

In 2000, 2001, and 2007, due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth. In other years, the teams with the best overall conference records received a berth.

The game is held on the first Saturday in December, on the same weekend that other NCAA Division I FBS conferences hold their championship games.

Results by year[edit]

Below are the results from all MAC Football Championship Games played. The winning team appears in bold font, on a background of their primary team color. Rankings are from the AP Poll released prior to the game.

From 1997 through 2003, the championship game was played at campus sites. Since 2004, the game has been played at Ford Field in Detroit.

Results by team[edit]

Eastern Michigan is the only team currently in the conference to have not attended a Championship Game. Marshall is the only Championship Game Winner to not be a current member of the MAC.

MVPs[edit]

Photo gallery[edit]

• Before 2006 MAC Championship Game

• 2006 MAC Championship: Central Michigan vs. Ohio

See also[edit]

References[edit]

The Mid-American Conference announced its 2020 football schedule on Wednesday afternoon. The conference's title game will be either Dec. 4 or 5 at Ford Field. The exact date and time will be announced later.

Here are the schedules for the three Michigan MAC teams, with kickoff times and TV networks to be announced later:

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Central Michigan

Sept. 5 vs. San Jose State

Sept. 12 at Nebraska

Sept. 19 at Northwestern

Sept. 26 vs. Bryant

Oct. 3 at Eastern Michigan

Oct. 10 at Northern Illinois

Oct. 17 vs. Western Michigan (at Ford Field)

Oct. 24 vs. Miami (Ohio) (homecoming)

Nov. 4 vs. Ohio

Nov. 11 at Toledo

Nov. 18 vs. Ball State

Nov. 24 at Kent State

Eastern Michigan

Sept. 5 at Kentucky

Sept. 12 vs. Coastal Carolina

Sept. 19 vs. Northern Illinois

Sept. 26 at Missouri

Oct. 3 vs. Central Michigan

Oct. 10 at Ohio

Mac Football Title Game 2016

Oct. 17 at Army

Oct. 24 vs. Toledo

Oct. 31 at Western Michigan

Nov. 10 at Ball State

Nov. 21 vs. Bowling Green

Nov. 27 at Miami (Ohio)

Western Michigan

Sept. 4 vs. Colgate

Sept. 11 at Cincinnati

Sept. 19 at Notre Dame

Sept. 26 vs. Syracuse

Oct. 3 at Ball State

Oct. 10 vs. Toledo

Oct. 17 at Central Michigan (at Ford Field)

Oct. 24 at Kent State

Oct. 31 vs. Eastern Michigan

Mac Football Title Game 2011

Nov. 10 vs. Northern Illinois

Nov. 21 at Akron

Nov. 27 vs. Buffalo

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