Year Game Played: | 2010 |
Game Name: | MAC Championship Game |
Subheader: | Conference Championship |
Football Season: | 2010 |
Visitor Name Short: | Northern Illinois |
Visitor Nickname: | Huskies |
Visitor School: | Northern Illinois University |
Home Name Short: | Miami |
Home Nickname: | RedHawks |
Home School: | Miami University |
Visitor Record: | 10–2 |
Home Record: | 8–4 |
Visitor Coach: | Jerry Kill |
Home Coach: | Michael Haywood |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 24 |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 23 |
Visitor Rank Bcs: | 25 |
Visitor 1Q: | 14 |
Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
Home 1Q: | 13 |
Home 2Q: | 0 |
Home 3Q: | 7 |
Home 4Q: | 6 |
Date Game Played: | December 3 |
Stadium: | Ford Field |
City: | Detroit, Michigan |
Mvp: | Thomas Merriweather (RB, Miami) |
Odds: | N. Illinois by 18.5 |
Referee: | Mike Conlin (R), Ken Zelmanski (U), Bruce Keeling (L), J. Shelton (LJ), Tom Riepenhoff (BJ), Joel Clay (FJ) |
Attendance: | 12,031 |
Us Network: | ESPN |
The 2010 MAC Championship Game was played at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, December 3, 2010, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan to determine the 2010 football champion of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The game featured the Miami University Redhawks and the Northern Illinois Huskies.
Miami defeated Northern Illinois 26-21 on a 33-yard pass from Austin Boucher to Armand Robinson for a touchdown with 33 seconds remaining in regulation. The game lasted 3 hours and 12 minutes.[1]