Mid-American Conference

2016 MAC Bowl Schedule:
• Dec. 17: Raycom Media Camellia Bowl -- Montgomery, Ala.; 5:30 pm ET (ESPN) 
Toledo (9-3, 6-2 MAC) vs. Appalachian State (9-3, 7-1, Sun Belt)
• Dec. 19:  Miami Beach Bowl -- Miami, Fla.; 2:30 pm ET (ESPN)
Central Michigan (6-6, 3-5 MAC) vs. Tulsa (9-3, 6-2, American Athletic)
• Dec. 23: Popeyes Bahamas Bowl -- Nassau, Bahamas, 1:00 pm ET (ESPN)
Eastern Michigan (7-5, 4-4 MAC) vs. Old Dominion (9-3, 7-1, C-USA)
• Dec. 23:  Dollar General Bowl -- Mobile, Ala. 8:00 pm ET (ESPN)
Ohio (8-5, 6-2 MAC) vs. Troy (9-3, 6-2, Sun Belt)
• Dec. 26: St. Petersburg Bowl -- St. Petersburg, Fla., 11:00 am ET (ESPN)
Miami (6-6, 6-2 MAC) vs. Mississippi State (5-7, 3-5, SEC)
• Jan. 2: Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic -- Arlington, Texas, 1:00 pm ET (ESPN)
No. 15 Western Michigan (13-0, 8-0 MAC) vs. No. 8 Wisconsin (10-3, 7-2, Big Ten)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Since the Conference inception in 1946, the MAC has played in 100 bowl games with a 42-58 (.420) overall bowl record. In the early years, bowl games were few and far between before the consistency of a single-bowl game became into existence in 1981. However, over the last decade the MAC has witnessed a significant increase in the number of bowl invitations both from primary and secondary bowl partnerships, but also several at-large bowl selections as well.  

From 1946 to 1980, the MAC appeared in a total of 17 bowl games in the first 35 years of the Conference in operation. Then from 1981 to 2000, the MAC witnessed twenty consecutive years of receiving only one bowl invitation each football season.    

The MAC forged a bowl partnership with Detroit from 1997-2013 (Motor City Bowl and Little Caesars Pizza Bowl).  The MAC added Mobile in 2001 (GMAC Bowl, GoDaddy Bowl and now Dollar General Bowl) and Boise in 2010 (Humanitarian, now named Famous Idaho Potato Bowl) as primary bowl partners.

Beginning in 2004, the Conference witnessed increased bowl participation in at-large selections as the 2004 bowl season witnessed five MAC programs receive a bowl invitation and that number was matched during the 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2014 bowl seasons. The Confernece sent four programs to bowls in 2006 and 2010. The MAC set a Conference record with seven bowl invitations in both the 2012 and 2015 bowl seasons.

MAC Commissioner Dr. Jon Steinbrecher joined the Conference in 2009 and added Boise as a primary bowl partner in 2010, while adding secondary bowl agreements ranging from Gildan New Mexico; St.  Petersburg and the Birmingham Bowl in order to provide MAC members the opportunity to represent the Conference and receive additional bowl invitations.  

The 2012 bowl season witnessed the conference earn its first BCS Bowl invitation with Northern Illinois gaining a No. 15 BCS ranking and an invite to the Discover Orange Bowl to face Florida State.  

In 2014, the MAC announced primary bowl partnerships with the newly created Raycom Media Camellia Bowl (Montgomery, Ala.), Popeyes Bahamas Bowl (Nassau, Bahamas), Marmot Boca Raton Bowl (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Miami Beach Bowl (Miami Beach, Fla.). In addition, the MAC secured a six-year partnership with the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl as a primary and secondary partner and a secondary bowl partnership with the Quick Lane Bowl (Detroit) during this span.

Western Michigan’s invitation to the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic to face Wisconsin on Jan. 2nd is the MAC’s second New Year’s Six Bowl Game appearance.

In the last five bowl seasons, the MAC has an 11-18 overall bowl record in 29 bowl games -- 2015 (3-4); 2014 (2-3); 2013 (0-5); 2012 (2-5); 2011 (4-1). In 2011 the MAC won the ESPN Challenge Cup with a 4-1 record for the best FBS Conference record in bowl games.

MAC Bowl Records
Team                         W    L    T    PCT.    Last Appearance
Akron                          1    1    0    .500      2015 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Ball State                   0    7    0    .000     2014 GoDaddy Bowl
Bowling Green           5    8    0    .385     2015 GoDaddy Bowl
Buffalo                       0    2    0    .000     2013 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Central Michigan       3    6    0    .333     2015 Quick Lane Bowl
Eastern Michigan      1    0    0    1.000    1987 California Raisin Bowl
Kent State                 0    3    0    .000     2013 GoDaddy.com Bowl
Miami                         7    3    0    .700     2011 GoDaddy.com Bowl
Northern Illinois        4    7    0    .364     2015 S.D. Poinsettia Bowl
Ohio                           2    7    0    .222      2015 Raycom Media Camellia Bowl 
Toledo                      11    4    0    .733      2015 Marmot Boca Raton Bowl
Western Michigan    1    6    0    .143       2015 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl
Current Members   35   54   0    .393

Former MAC Members
Cincinnati                 1    1    0    .500    1951 Sun Bowl
Marshall                   5    2   0    .714     2004 Plains Capital
Temple                     1    1    0    .500    2011 Gildan New Mexico Bowl
Former Members     7    4    0    .636    

Totals                  W    L    T    PCT.
Current Members    35    54    0    .393
Past Members            7     4    0    .636
Overall                     42    58    0    .420