2015 MAC Championship Game

2015 Marathon MAC Championship Game
Conference Championship
Northern Illinois Huskies Bowling Green Falcons (8–4) (9–3) 14 34 Head coach:  Rod Carey Head coach:  Dino Babers
1 2 3 4 Total Northern Illinois 0 0 14 0 14 Bowling Green 7 14 7 6 34
Date	December 4, 2015
Season	2015
Stadium	Ford Field
Location	Detroit, Michigan
Favorite	Bowling Green, -14.0
Attendance	16,425
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN2

2015 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Bowling Green x$		7	–	1					10	–	4
Ohio		5	–	3					8	–	5
Akron		5	–	3					8	–	5
Buffalo		3	–	5					5	–	7
Kent State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Miami		2	–	6					3	–	9
UMass		2	–	6					3	–	9
West Division
Northern Illinois xy		6	–	2					8	–	6
Western Michigan x		6	–	2					8	–	5
Toledo x		6	–	2					10	–	2
Central Michigan x		6	–	2					7	–	6
Ball State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Eastern Michigan		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Bowling Green 34, Northern Illinois 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of December 26, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 MAC Championship Game was a 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.

Teams

Bowling Green Falcons

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 3 point loss to a Memphis team that finished 9 – 3 in the regular season.

Scoring summary

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4th quarter scoring:

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