2003 MAC Championship Game

College football game

2003 Marathon MAC Championship Game

Conference Championship
| Miami RedHawks | Bowling Green Falcons

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(11–1) | (10–2)
49 | 27
Head coach:
Terry Hoeppner | Head coach:
Gregg Brandon
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14| 15| 11
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20| 23| 18
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Miami | 7| 14| 21| 7 | 49
Bowling Green | 7| 10| 3| 7 | 27
Date| December 4, 2003
Season| 2003
Stadium| Doyt Perry Stadium
Location| Bowling Green, Ohio
MVP| Ben Roethlisberger (QB, Miami)
Favorite| Miami by 7
Referee| Todd Geerlings
Attendance| 24,813
United States TV coverage
Network| ESPN2
Announcers| Mike Tirico, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Dr. Jerry Punch[1]
|  MAC Championship Game

< 2002  |  2004 >
2003 Mid-American Conference football standings

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Team |   | W |   | L |   |  |  |   | W |   | L |
East Division
No. 10 Miami (OH) x$  |   | 8  | – | 0  |   |  |  |   | 13  | – | 1  |
Marshall |   | 6  | – | 2  |   |  |  |   | 8  | – | 4  |
Akron |   | 5  | – | 3  |   |  |  |   | 7  | – | 5  |
Kent State |   | 4  | – | 4  |   |  |  |   | 5  | – | 7  |
UCF |   | 2  | – | 6  |   |  |  |   | 3  | – | 9  |
Ohio |   | 1  | – | 7  |   |  |  |   | 2  | – | 10  |
Buffalo |   | 1  | – | 7  |   |  |  |   | 1  | – | 11  |
West Division
No. 23 Bowling Green x  |   | 7  | – | 1  |   |  |  |   | 11  | – | 3  |
Northern Illinois |   | 6  | – | 2  |   |  |  |   | 10  | – | 2  |
Toledo |   | 6  | – | 2  |   |  |  |   | 8  | – | 4  |
Western Michigan |   | 4  | – | 4  |   |  |  |   | 5  | – | 7  |
Ball State |   | 3  | – | 5  |   |  |  |   | 4  | – | 8  |
Eastern Michigan |   | 2  | – | 6  |   |  |  |   | 3  | – | 9  |
Central Michigan |   | 1  | – | 7  |   |  |  |   | 3  | – | 9  |
Championship: Miami 49, Bowling Green 27

* $ – Conference champion
* x – Division champion/co-champions

Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 MAC Championship Game was played on December 4, 2003 at Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio.[1] The game featured the winner of each division of the Mid-American Conference. The game featured the Miami RedHawks, of the East Division, and the Bowling Green Falcons, of the West Division. The RedHawks beat the Falcons 49–27.[2] Miami quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw for a game-record 440 yards in the process.

To date, this is the last MAC Championship game to be hosted by one of the schools involved. Subsequent contests have been played at Ford Field in Detroit.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b "Seventh MAC Championship Football Game Set for Thursday Night" (Press release). MAC-Sports.com. December 3, 2003. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
2. ^ "Miami Grabs MAC Football Crown" (Press release). MAC-Sports.com. December 4, 2003. Retrieved September 22, 2009.

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