| Game Name: | MAC Championship Game |
| Title Sponsor: | Marathon |
| Subheader: | Conference Championship |
| Date Game Played: | December 4 |
| Year Game Played: | 2015 |
| Football Season: | 2015 |
| Stadium: | Ford Field |
| City: | Detroit, Michigan |
| Visitor Name Short: | Bowling Green |
| Visitor Nickname: | Falcons |
| Visitor Record: | 9–3 |
| Visitor Coach: | Dino Babers |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 14 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 6 |
| Home Name Short: | Northern Illinois |
| Home Nickname: | Huskies |
| Home Record: | 8–4 |
| Home Coach: | Rod Carey |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 0 |
| Home 3Q: | 14 |
| Home 4Q: | 0 |
| Mvp: | Travis Greene (RB, Bowling Green) |
| Odds: | Bowling Green by 14 |
| Attendance: | 16,425 |
| Us Network: | ESPN2/IMG College |
| Us Announcers: | Dave Flemming, Mack Brown, Allison Williams (ESPN2) David Shumate, Jon Jansen (IMG College) |
The 2015 MAC Championship Game was an NCAA Division I college football conference championship game for the Mid-American Conference. The game was played at Ford Field in Detroit on Friday, December 4, 2015, and featured Bowling Green (East Division winners) defeat Northern Illinois (West Division) 34–14.
For the third consecutive season the Bowling Green Falcons and Northern Illinois Huskies faced off in the MAC Championship Game. The previous season, the Huskies defeated the Falcons 51-17 to win the conference title. 2015 marked the sixth consecutive MAC Championship appearance for the Huskies. They are 3-3 in previous appearances.[1]
This was the fourth MAC Championship Game appearance for Bowling Green and their third consecutive appearance; they first appeared in 2003 and are 1-2 in previous appearances. Their Championship was in 2013. [2]
Bowling Green dominated the MAC East, with their only conference loss coming to West division co-champion Toledo. Bowling Green's resume also featured non-conference wins over Big Ten Conference teams Maryland and Purdue and a narrow three-point loss to a Memphis team that finished 9–3 in the regular season.[3] Bowling Green clinched a berth in the championship game following their win over Western Michigan on November 11th. [4]
The Huskies clinched a spot in the game following a tie breaker advantage over Toledo, Western Michigan and Central Michigan in the West Division. [5]