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{{2010 Mid-American Conference football standings}}
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The '''2010 [[MAC Championship Game]]''' was played at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, December 3, 2010, at [[Ford Field]] in [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]] to determine the [[2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2010]] [[college football|football]] champion of the [[Mid-American Conference]] (MAC). The game featured the [[2010 Miami RedHawks football team|Miami University Redhawks]] and the [[2010 Northern Illinois Huskies football team|Northern Illinois Huskies]].
The '''2010 [[MAC Championship Game]]''' was played at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, December 3, 2010, at [[Ford Field]] in [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]] to determine the [[2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2010]] [[college football|football]] champion of the [[Mid-American Conference]] (MAC). The game featured the [[2010 Miami RedHawks football team|Miami University Redhawks]] and the [[2010 Northern Illinois Huskies football team|NIU 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.<ref>Final Gamebook, December 3, 2010</ref>
Miami defeated NIU 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.<ref>Final Gamebook, December 3, 2010</ref>


==Scoring==
==Scoring==
;First Quarter:
;First Quarter:
* Miami&nbsp;— Thomas Merriweather scored on a 1-yard run to give MU-Ohio 6 point lead (Northern Illinois 0 - Miami 6)
* Miami - Thomas Merriweather scored on a 1-yard run to give MU-Ohio 6 point lead (NIU 0 - Miami 6)
* Northern Illinois&nbsp;— Martel Moore caught a 69-yard pass from Chand Harnish (Northern Illinois 7 - Miami 6)
* NIU - Martel Moore caught a 69-yard pass from Chand Harnish (NIU 7 - Miami 6)
* Miami&nbsp;— Tracy Woods ran for 7 yards for a touchdown (Northern Illinois 7 - Miami 13)
* Miami - Tracy Woods ran for 7 yards for a touchdown (NIU 7 - Miami 13)
* Northern Illinois&nbsp;— Chand Harnish passed to Martel Moore for a 27-yard touchdown (Northern Illinois 14 - Miami 13)
* NIU - Chand Harnish passed to Martel Moore for a 27-yard touchdown (NIU 14 - Miami 13)
;Third Quarter:
;Third Quarter:
* Miami&nbsp;— T. Merriweather ran for 1-yard touchdown (Northern Illinois 14 - Miami 20)
* Miami - T. Merriweather ran for 1-yard touchdown (NIU 14 - Miami 20)
;Fourth Quarter:
;Fourth Quarter:
* Northern Illinois&nbsp;— Willie Clark caught a 39-yard pass from Harnish (Northern Illinois 21 - Miami 20)
* NIU - Willie Clark caught a 39-yard pass from Harnish (NIU 21 - Miami 20)
* Miami&nbsp;— Austin Boucher passed to Armand Robinson for 33 yards (Northern Illinois 21 - Miami 26)
* Miami - Austin Boucher passed to Armand Robinson for 33 yards (NIU 21 - Miami 26)


==Footnotes and references==
==Footnotes and references==

Revision as of 02:53, 21 June 2012

For the MAC men's basketball championship, see 2010 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament.
MVPThomas Merriweather, Miami
2010 Mid-American Conference football standings
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 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 NIU Huskies.

Miami defeated NIU 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 (NIU 0 - Miami 6)
  • NIU - Martel Moore caught a 69-yard pass from Chand Harnish (NIU 7 - Miami 6)
  • Miami - Tracy Woods ran for 7 yards for a touchdown (NIU 7 - Miami 13)
  • NIU - Chand Harnish passed to Martel Moore for a 27-yard touchdown (NIU 14 - Miami 13)
Third Quarter
  • Miami - T. Merriweather ran for 1-yard touchdown (NIU 14 - Miami 20)
Fourth Quarter
  • NIU - Willie Clark caught a 39-yard pass from Harnish (NIU 21 - Miami 20)
  • Miami - Austin Boucher passed to Armand Robinson for 33 yards (NIU 21 - Miami 26)

Footnotes and references

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