Year Game Played: | 2003 |
Title Sponsor: | Marathon |
Game Name: | MAC Championship Game |
Subheader: | Conference Championship |
Football Season: | 2003 |
Visitor Name Short: | Miami |
Visitor Nickname: | RedHawks |
Visitor School: | Miami University |
Home Name Short: | Bowling Green |
Home Nickname: | Falcons |
Home School: | Bowling Green State University |
Visitor Record: | 11–1 |
Home Record: | 10–2 |
Visitor Coach: | Terry Hoeppner |
Home Coach: | Gregg Brandon |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 14 |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 15 |
Visitor Rank Bcs: | 11 |
Home Rank Ap: | 20 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 25 |
Home Rank Bcs: | 18 |
Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
Visitor 2Q: | 14 |
Visitor 3Q: | 21 |
Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
Home 1Q: | 7 |
Home 2Q: | 10 |
Home 3Q: | 3 |
Home 4Q: | 7 |
Date Game Played: | December 4 |
Stadium: | Doyt Perry Stadium |
City: | Bowling Green, Ohio |
Mvp: | Ben Roethlisberger (QB, Miami) |
Odds: | Miami by 7 |
Referee: | Todd Geerlings |
Attendance: | 24,813 |
Us Network: | ESPN2 |
Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
Us Announcers: | Mike Tirico, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Dr. Jerry Punch |
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.