2010 MAC Championship Game

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
Date	December 3, 2010
Season	2010
Stadium	Ford Field
Location	Detroit, Michigan
MVP	Thomas Merriweather (RB, Miami)
Favorite	N. Illinois by 18.5
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

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 champion x – 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.