Marathon MAC Football Championship Game | |
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Conference Football Championship | |
Sport | College football |
Conference | Mid-American Conference |
Current stadium | Ford Field |
Current location | Detroit, Michigan |
Played | 1997–present |
Last contest | 2019 |
Current champion | Miami RedHawks |
Most championships | Marshall Thundering Herd (5) |
TV partner(s) | ESPN2 |
Official website | MAC-Sports.com football |
Sponsors | |
Marathon Petroleum (2003–present) | |
Host stadiums | |
Marshall University Stadium (1997–2000, 2002) Glass Bowl (2001) Doyt Perry Stadium (2003) Ford Field (2004–present) | |
Host locations | |
Huntington, West Virginia (1997–2000, 2002) Toledo, Ohio (2001) Bowling Green, Ohio (2003) Detroit, Michigan (2004–present) |
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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.
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- Pitting the winners of the East and West divisions of the Mid-American Conference against one another, the MAC's football season concludes in thrilling fashion with the MAC Championship game at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.
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.
Year | East | West | Site | Attendance | ||
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1997 | Marshall Thundering Herd | 34 | Toledo Rockets | 14 | Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV | 28,021 |
1998 | Marshall Thundering Herd | 23 | Toledo Rockets | 17 | 28,085 | |
1999 | 11Marshall Thundering Herd | 34 | Western Michigan Broncos | 30 | 28,069 | |
2000 | Marshall Thundering Herd | 19 | Western Michigan Broncos | 14 | 24,816 | |
2001 | 20Marshall Thundering Herd | 36 | Toledo Rockets | 41 | Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH | 20,025 |
2002 | 24Marshall Thundering Herd | 49 | Toledo Rockets | 45 | Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV | 24,582 |
2003 | 13Miami RedHawks | 49 | 20Bowling Green Falcons | 27 | Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH | 24,813 |
2004 | Miami RedHawks | 27 | Toledo Rockets | 35 | Ford Field • Detroit, MI | 22,138 |
2005 | Akron Zips | 31 | Northern Illinois Huskies | 30 | 12,051 | |
2006 | Ohio Bobcats | 10 | Central Michigan Chippewas | 31 | 25,483 | |
2007 | Miami RedHawks | 10 | Central Michigan Chippewas | 35 | 25,013 | |
2008 | Buffalo Bulls | 42 | 12Ball State Cardinals | 24 | 12,871 | |
2009 | Ohio Bobcats | 10 | Central Michigan Chippewas | 20 | 23,714 | |
2010 | Miami RedHawks | 26 | 24Northern Illinois Huskies | 21 | 12,031 | |
2011 | Ohio Bobcats | 20 | Northern Illinois Huskies | 23 | 13,052 | |
2012 | 18Kent State Golden Flashes | 37 | 19Northern Illinois Huskies | 442OT | 18,132 | |
2013 | Bowling Green Falcons | 47 | 16Northern Illinois Huskies | 27 | 21,106 | |
2014 | Bowling Green Falcons | 17 | Northern Illinois Huskies | 51 | 15,110 | |
2015 | Bowling Green Falcons | 34 | Northern Illinois Huskies | 14 | 16,425 | |
2016 | Ohio Bobcats | 23 | 13Western Michigan Broncos | 29 | 45,615 | |
2017 | Akron Zips | 28 | Toledo Rockets | 45 | 16,225 | |
2018 | Buffalo Bulls | 29 | Northern Illinois Huskies | 30 | 10,255 | |
2019 | Miami RedHawks | 26 | Central Michigan Chippewas | 21 | 22,427 |
Results by team[edit]
Appearances | School | Wins | Losses | Win % | Year(s) Won | Year(s) Lost |
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8 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018 | 2005, 2010, 2013, 2015 |
6 | Marshall | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 | 2001 |
6 | Toledo | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2001, 2004, 2017 | 1997, 1998, 2002 |
5 | Miami | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2003, 2010, 2019 | 2004, 2007 |
4 | Central Michigan | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2006, 2007, 2009 | 2019 |
4 | Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2013, 2015 | 2003, 2014 |
4 | Ohio | 0 | 4 | .000 | 2006, 2009, 2011, 2016 | |
3 | Western Michigan | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2016 | 1999, 2000 |
2 | Akron | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2005 | 2017 |
2 | Buffalo | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2008 | 2018 |
1 | Kent State | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2012 | |
1 | Ball State | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2008 |
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.
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MVPs[edit]
Year | MVP(s) | Team | Position |
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1997 | Randy Moss | Marshall | WR |
1998 | Chad Pennington | Marshall | QB |
1999 | Chad Pennington | Marshall | QB |
2000 | Byron Leftwich | Marshall | QB |
2001 | Chester Taylor | Toledo | RB |
2002 | Byron Leftwich | Marshall | QB |
2003 | Ben Roethlisberger | Miami | QB |
2004 | Bruce Gradkowski | Toledo | QB |
2005 | Luke Getsy | Akron | QB |
2006 | Damien Linson | Central Michigan | WR |
2007 | Dan LeFevour | Central Michigan | QB |
2008 | Mike Newton | Buffalo | DB |
2009 | Dan LeFevour | Central Michigan | QB |
2010 | Thomas Merriweather | Miami | RB |
2011 | Nathan Palmer | Northern Illinois | WR |
2012 | Jordan Lynch | Northern Illinois | QB |
2013 | Matt Johnson | Bowling Green | QB |
2014 | Drew Hare | Northern Illinois | QB |
2015 | Travis Greene | Bowling Green | RB |
2016 | Corey Davis | Western Michigan | WR |
Photo gallery[edit]
Before 2006 MAC Championship Game
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2006 MAC Championship: Central Michigan vs. Ohio
See also[edit]
References[edit]
American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game | |
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Conference Football Championship | |
Sport | Football |
Conference | The American |
Played | 2015–present |
Last contest | 2019 |
Current champion | Memphis |
Most championships | UCF |
TV partner(s) | ESPN/ABC |
Official website | Official site |
Host stadiums | |
Best conference team's home field (2015–present) |
The American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game is a college football game currently held by the American Athletic Conference (The American) each year to determine the conference's season champion. The inaugural game was held on December 5, 2015, at 12:00 pm ET.[1]
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The game will pit the champion of the Eastern Division (UCF, Cincinnati, Connecticut, East Carolina, South Florida, and Temple) against the champion of the Western Division (Houston, Memphis, Navy, SMU, Tulane, and Tulsa). The game will be played at the home stadium of the division winner with the better conference record.[2]
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Television broadcast rights to the game are owned by ESPN/ABC.[1]
History[edit]
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The American was reorganized following the tumultuous period of realignment that hobbled the Big East between 2010 and 2013. In all, 14 member schools announced their departure for other conferences, and 15 other schools announced plans to join the conference (eight as all-sports members, and four for football only). In December 2012, the Big East's seven remaining non-FBS schools, all Catholic institutions — DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, and Villanova – announced that they voted unanimously to leave the conference.
After a settlement in 2013 between the non-FBS schools and the FBS schools regarding the use of the conference name, the ten remaining football playing members renamed themselves the American Athletic Conference.[3] In 2014, Louisville and Rutgers departed the conference and joined the ACC and Big Ten, respectively. Their departure was succeeded on the same day by the entrance of East Carolina, Tulane, and Tulsa for all sports.[4] In 2015, the U.S. Naval Academy joined the conference for football, bringing the membership total in that sport to twelve teams. At the time, the conference split into two six-team divisions and created a conference championship game.[2]
On July 1, 2020 UConn officially left the American, with its football team becoming an FBS independent once the school joined the Big East.[5] The American has no immediate plan to add another team to rebalance division, so divisions have been eliminated from the conference for the time being. The championship game will now be played by the two teams that achieved the best record in regular season conference play.
Pre-championship game era[edit]
The 2013 and 2014 American Athletic Conference football champions were determined by the team(s) with the best conference record, and there was no championship game held. In years when two or more teams tied in conference record, co-champions were declared.
Season | Champion(s) | Conference record | Overall record |
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2013 | UCF | 8–0 | 12–1 |
2014 | Memphis | 7–1 | 10–3 |
Cincinnati | 7–1 | 9–4 | |
UCF | 7–1 | 9–4 |
Championship Game results[edit]
Below are the results from all AAC 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.
Date | East Division | West Division | Site | Attendance | ||
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December 5, 2015 | 20Temple Owls | 13 | 17Houston Cougars | 24 | TDECU Stadium • Houston, Texas | 35,721 |
December 3, 2016 | Temple Owls | 34 | 20Navy Midshipmen | 10 | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland | 22,815 |
December 2, 2017 | 12UCF Knights | 622OT | 16Memphis Tigers | 55 | Spectrum Stadium • Orlando, Florida | 41,433 |
December 1, 2018 | 8UCF Knights | 56 | Memphis Tigers | 41 | 45,176 | |
December 7, 2019 | 21Cincinnati Bearcats | 24 | 16Memphis Tigers | 29 | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee | 33,008 |
Game MVPs[edit]
Year | MVP | Team |
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2015 | QB Greg Ward Jr. | Houston |
2016 | QB Phillip Walker | Temple |
2017 | QB McKenzie Milton | UCF |
2018 | QB Darriel Mack Jr. | UCF |
2019 | WR Antonio Gibson | Memphis |
Results by team[edit]
Appearances | School | Wins | Losses | Pct. | Year(s) Won | Year(s) Lost |
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3 | Memphis | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2019 | 2017, 2018 |
2 | UCF | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2017, 2018 | |
2 | Temple | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2016 | 2015 |
1 | Houston | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2015 | |
1 | Navy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2016 | |
1 | Cincinnati | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2019 |
- East Carolina, USF, SMU, Tulane, Tulsa, and UConn have yet to make an appearance in an AAC Football Championship Game.
Selection criteria[edit]
Team selection[edit]
Division standings are based on each team's overall conference record. In the event that two teams are tied, head-to head competition would break the tie. If the two teams did not play, division record will be used to determine the divisional champion. If three or more teams are tied, the following tiebreakers are used to determine the divisional champion:[1]
- The following procedures will only be used to eliminate all but two teams, at which point the two-team tie-breaking procedure (head-to-head result) will be applied.
- Head-to-head (best record in games among the tied teams).
- Record in games played within the division.
- Record against the next highest placed team in the division (based on record in all Conference games, both divisional and non-divisional).
- Record against the next highest placed team in the division (based on record in divisional games).
- Record against common non-divisional opponents.
- Best overall winning percentage in all games.
- Highest CFP ranking following the last weekend of regular-season games.
- Coin toss.
Site selection[edit]
The site of the Championship Game is the home stadium of the division champion with the best overall conference record. In the event that the two division champions are tied, then the head-to-head record shall be used as the tiebreaker. If the two teams did not play, the following procedure is used to determine the host:[6]
- College Football Playoff ranking, under the following conditions:
- If only one division champion is ranked entering the final week of conference play, it will host if it wins in that week. If that team loses, a composite of four computer rankings is used to determine the host.
- If both division champions are ranked, the higher-ranked team that won in the final week will host. If, in this scenario, neither wins in the final week, the same computer ranking system is used.
- If neither division champion is ranked, the aforementioned computer rankings are used.
- If neither CFP nor computer rankings determine a host, the teams' records against common conference opponents are used.
- If still tied, overall record determines the host.
- Finally, a coin toss is held at the conference offices.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ abc'The American Championship Central'. American Athletic Conference. June 4, 2015.
- ^ ab'American Announces Football Schedule Format for 2015-18'. USA Today. December 18, 2012.
- ^Wolken, Dan (May 29, 2013). 'American Athletic Conference unveils its primary logos'. USA Today.
Beyond the challenge of avoiding something that looked corporate, the league also couldn't build the logo around an acronym. From the very beginning, the conference office has been adamant that it wants to be known as The American instead of the AAC to avoid confusion with the Atlantic Coast Conference.
- ^'At a glance: Latest wave of conference realignment'. USA Today. June 29, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
- ^Borzello, Jeff (July 26, 2019). 'UConn leaving AAC in '20, will owe $17M exit fee'. ESPN. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
- ^'Football Bylaw 5.2 – Championship Host Determination'(PDF). American Athletic Conference Constitution. American Athletic Conference. October 30, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2016.