2017 Marathon MAC Football Championship Game To Kickoff Dec. 2nd at Noon ET
2017 MARATHON MAC FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TO KICKOFF AT NOON ET ON SATURDAY, DEC. 2 ON EITHER ABC, ESPN OR ESPN2
CLEVELAND – The 2017 Marathon MAC Football Championship Game will kickoff on Saturday, Dec. 2 at Noon ET from Ford Field in Detroit and will be broadcast nationally on either ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 the league announced today along with media partner ESPN.
The 2017 Marathon MAC Football Championship game will feature the Champions from both the MAC East and West Divisions and will be the 21st Championship Game for the MAC and the 14th game played at Ford Field in Detroit.
Tickets for the Marathon MAC Football Championship Game are available at FordField.com, via phone at (877) 212-8898 and at the Ford Field Ticket Office. Tickets are available for $20 sideline, $15 corner and $10 general admission in the end zone.
Last season, Western Michigan University and Ohio University met in a much-anticipated matchup that set a Marathon MAC Football Championship attendance record with 45,615 in attendance. Western Michigan captured the MAC title with a 29-23 final to finish with a perfect 13-0 record and earn an invitation to the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic vs. Wisconsin.
MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE:
Founded in 1946, the Mid-American Conference is an NCAA Division I, 12-member conference that sponsors 23 championships and is one of 10 members of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). With total enrollment of nearly 300,000 students, the league represents institutions of higher learning in five (5) states – Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, and Ohio.
Current MAC schools that hold full membership and the year they joined are -- East Division: University of Akron (1992), Bowling Green State University (1952), University at Buffalo (1998), Kent State University (1951), Miami University (1947), Ohio University (1946). West Division: Ball State University (1973), Central Michigan University (1971), Eastern Michigan University (1971), Northern Illinois University (1975-86, rejoined in 1997), University of Toledo (1950), Western Michigan University (1947).
