2000 MAC Championship Game

2000 MAC Championship Game
Conference Championship
Western Michigan Broncos Marshall Thundering Herd (9–2) (6–5) 14 19 Head coach:  Gary Darnell Head coach:  Bob Pruett
1 2 3 4 Total Western Michigan 0 0 7 7 14 Marshall 3 10 0 6 19
Date	December 2, 2000
Season	2000
Stadium	Marshall Stadium
Location	Huntington, West Virginia
MVP	QB Byron Leftwich (Marshall)
Favorite	WMU by 6.5[1]
Attendance	24,816
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Announcers	Sean McDonough, Ed Cunningham, Leslie Gudel[2]

2000 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	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.

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

1. "Clipped from Detroit Free Press". Detroit Free Press. December 2000. p. 75.
2. "MAC Football Championship Notes" (Press release). MAC-Sports.com. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
3. "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.