2010 MAC Championship Game
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| vte | Conf. | Overall | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||
| East Division | ||||||||||||
| Miami (OH) 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 championx – Division champion/co-champions |
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.
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)