College football game
| 2000 MAC Championship Game |
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| Conference Championship |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | | Western Michigan | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | | Marshall | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 19 | |
| Date | December 2, 2000 |
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| Season | 2000 |
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| Stadium | Marshall Stadium |
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| Location | Huntington, West Virginia |
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| MVP | QB Byron Leftwich (Marshall) |
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| Favorite | WMU by 6.5[1] |
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| Attendance | 24,816 |
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| United States TV coverage |
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| Network | ABC |
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| Announcers | Sean McDonough, Ed Cunningham, Leslie Gudel[2] |
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| MAC Championship Game | | < 1999 | 2001 > | |
2000 Mid-American Conference football standings | Div | | | Conf | | | Overall |
| Team | | W | | L | | | | | W | | L | | | | | W | | L | |
| East Division |
| Marshall xy$ | | 5 | – | 1 | | | | | 5 | – | 3 | | | | | 8 | – | 5 | |
| Akron x | | 5 | – | 1 | | | | | 5 | – | 3 | | | | | 6 | – | 5 | |
| Ohio | | 4 | – | 2 | | | | | 5 | – | 3 | | | | | 7 | – | 4 | |
| Miami (OH) | | 4 | – | 2 | | | | | 5 | – | 3 | | | | | 6 | – | 5 | |
| Bowling Green | | 1 | – | 5 | | | | | 2 | – | 6 | | | | | 2 | – | 9 | |
| Buffalo | | 2 | – | 4 | | | | | 2 | – | 6 | | | | | 2 | – | 9 | |
| Kent State | | 0 | – | 6 | | | | | 1 | – | 7 | | | | | 1 | – | 10 | |
| West Division |
| Western Michigan xy | | 4 | – | 1 | | | | | 7 | – | 1 | | | | | 9 | – | 3 | |
| Toledo x | | 4 | – | 1 | | | | | 6 | – | 1 | | | | | 10 | – | 1 | |
| Northern Illinois | | 2 | – | 3 | | | | | 4 | – | 3 | | | | | 6 | – | 5 | |
| Ball State | | 2 | – | 3 | | | | | 4 | – | 3 | | | | | 5 | – | 6 | |
| Eastern Michigan | | 2 | – | 3 | | | | | 2 | – | 5 | | | | | 3 | – | 8 | |
| Central Michigan | | 1 | – | 4 | | | | | 2 | – | 6 | | | | | 2 | – | 9 | |
| Championship: Marshall 19, Western Michigan 14 |
- $ – Conference champion
- x – Division champion/co-champions
- y – Championship game participant
- Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth.
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The 2000 MAC Championship Game was played on December 2, 2000 at Marshall Stadium, now known as Joan C. Edwards Stadium, in Huntington, West Virginia.[2] The game featured the winner of each division of the Mid-American Conference. The game featured the Marshall Thundering Herd, of the East Division, and the Western Michigan Broncos, of the West Division. The Thundering Herd beat the Broncos 19−14.[3]
References
- ^ "Clipped from Detroit Free Press". Detroit Free Press. December 2000. p. 75.
- ^ a b "MAC Football Championship Notes" (Press release). MAC-Sports.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2009. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
- ^ "Marshall Wins MAC Championship, 19–14" (Press release). MAC-Sports.com. December 2, 2000. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
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