2003 MAC Championship Game
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| vte | Conf. | Overall | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||
| East Division | ||||||||||||
| No. 10 Miami (OH) x$ | 8 | – | 0 | 13 | – | 1 | ||||||
| Marshall | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||
| Akron | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||
| Kent State | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||
| UCF | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||
| Ohio | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||
| Buffalo | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||
| West Division | ||||||||||||
| No. 23 Bowling Green x | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||
| Northern Illinois | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||
| Toledo | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||
| Western Michigan | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||
| Ball State | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||
| Eastern Michigan | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||
| Central Michigan | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||
| Championship: Miami 49, Bowling Green 27 | ||||||||||||
| $ – Conference championx – Division champion/co-championsRankings from AP Poll |
The 2003 MAC Championship Game was played on December 4, 2003 at Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio. 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. 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.