2010 MAC Championship Game

2010 MAC Championship Game
Conference Championship
Northern Illinois Huskies Miami RedHawks (10–2) (8–4) 21 26 Head coach:  Jerry Kill Head coach:  Michael Haywood AP Coaches BCS 24 23 25
1 2 3 4 Total Northern Illinois 14 0 0 7 21 Miami 13 0 7 6 26
Date	December 3, 2010
Season	2010
Stadium	Ford Field
Location	Detroit, Michigan
MVP	Thomas Merriweather, Miami
Favorite	N. Illinois by 17[1]
Referee	Mike Conlin (R), Ken Zelmanski (U), Bruce Keeling (L), J. Shelton (LJ), Tom Riepenhoff (BJ), Joel Clay (FJ)
Attendance	12,031
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN

2010 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Miami x$		7	–	1					10	–	4
Ohio		6	–	2					8	–	5
Temple		5	–	3					8	–	4
Kent State		4	–	4					5	–	7
Bowling Green		1	–	7					2	–	10
Buffalo		1	–	7					2	–	10
Akron		1	–	7					1	–	11
West Division
Northern Illinois x		8	–	0					11	–	3
Toledo		7	–	1					8	–	5
Western Michigan		5	–	3					6	–	6
Ball State		3	–	5					4	–	8
Central Michigan		2	–	6					3	–	9
Eastern Michigan		2	–	6					2	–	10
Championship: Miami 26, Northern Illinois 21
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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.^[2]

Scoring

First Quarter

• Miami — Thomas Merriweather scored on a 1-yard run to give MU-Ohio 6 point lead (Northern Illinois 0 - Miami 6)
• Northern Illinois — Martel Moore caught a 69-yard pass from Chand Harnish (Northern Illinois 7 - Miami 6)
• Miami — Tracy Woods ran for 7 yards for a touchdown (Northern Illinois 7 - Miami 13)
• Northern Illinois — Chand Harnish passed to Martel Moore for a 27-yard touchdown (Northern Illinois 14 - Miami 13)

Third Quarter

• Miami — T. Merriweather ran for 1-yard touchdown (Northern Illinois 14 - Miami 20)

Fourth Quarter

• Northern Illinois — Willie Clark caught a 39-yard pass from Harnish (Northern Illinois 21 - Miami 20)
• Miami — Austin Boucher passed to Armand Robinson for 33 yards (Northern Illinois 21 - Miami 26)

References

1. The Odds, College Football, World Features Syndicate, Inc., via Los Angeles Times, December 3, 2010
2. Final Gamebook, December 3, 2010